Playlists

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Updated: Mar 28, 2023

Friendship

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Updated: Mar 24, 2023

1 Hr Music

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Updated: Mar 24, 2023

1 Hour Specials (Comm. Air, Misc.)

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Updated: Mar 24, 2023

Paul Ingles' Music Doc Favorites

Since resuming public radio program production in 1999, Paul Ingles has produced some of the most widely heard music specials in the country including an extensive series of in-depth programs on the history of The Beatles, and a series called "The Emergence of..." which explores the early history...
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Updated: Mar 24, 2023

JONI MITCHELL SPECIALS

The singular Joni Mitchell is profiled in either a 1 or 2 hour special. A separate hour, carved from the longer special, singles out in more detail her landmark BLUE album from 1971.
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Updated: Mar 22, 2023

Spring 2023 Fundraising Episodes + Anytime Spots

Fresh, innovative fundraising spots — TAL & Snap Judgment hosts compete for the best story and more — plus full fundraiser episodes from PRX shows!
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Updated: Mar 21, 2023

holidays

Caption: Theresa Nguyen (L) talks to her daughter, Stephanie (R), about balancing their Vietnamese heritage with raising a family in the United States. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/52422-storycorps-theresa-and-stephanie-nguyen">Listen Here</a>.
Updated: Mar 20, 2023

'Wisdom'

From poetic turns of phrase to plain-spoken truths, there are little gems of wisdom in each one of these stories.
Caption: Mala Fernando tells her daughter Ashanthi Gajaweera about the early days of her marriage in Sri Lanka. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/43223-storycorps-ashanthi-gajaweera-and-mala-fernando">Listen Here</a>.
Updated: Mar 20, 2023

'Romance'

You can't help falling in love right along with the people in these stories. Romantic in the truest sense of the word.
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Updated: Mar 15, 2023

Music Shows

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Updated: Mar 14, 2023

2 hr Music

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Updated: Mar 13, 2023

For Listening

Caption: Zenobbie Clark (L) and her sister, Diana Carter (R), remember their brother, Samuel "Bubba" Hammond Jr. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/48177-storycorps-griot-zenobbie-clark-and-diana-carter">Listen Here</a>.
Updated: Mar 13, 2023

'Witness'

Yes, they were there for that. They saw it, heard it, and in these pieces they tell you all about it.
Caption: Joan DeLevie (R) tells her daughter, Sharon (L), how she met her husband, Ari at a party in 1959. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/49479-storycorps-joan-and-sharon-delevie">Listen Here</a>.
Updated: Mar 13, 2023

'Struggle'

These are not easy. Stories about dealing with the harder decisions in life.
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Updated: Mar 13, 2023

Legacy

Caption: Larry Hoover tells his granddaughter Anastacia Garcia about his time at The New Mexico Boys' School in Springer, New Mexico. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/56618-storycorps-historias-larry-hoover-and-anastacia-g">Listen Here</a>.
Updated: Mar 13, 2023

'Growing Up'

Stories about dealing with growing pains, no matter how old you are.
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Updated: Mar 13, 2023

Family

Caption: Scout Derek Connell (C) talks with his Scoutmasters Richard (L) and Claudia. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/44739-derek-connell-richard-and-claudia-coleman">Listen here</a>.
Updated: Mar 13, 2023

'Angels & Mentors'

Stories about those people who really matter in our lives.
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Updated: Mar 09, 2023

Black Music IS Black History

Producer Paul Ingles gathers his many music documentaries and appreciation programs spotlighting black artists into one powerful playlist that stations and listeners can pull from to celebrate the greats either during February's BLACK HISTORY MONTH or June's BLACK MUSIC APPRECIATION MONTH. ...
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Updated: Mar 09, 2023

THE EMERGENCE OF MARVIN GAYE

Music specials host Paul Ingles and a panel of music scholars recall and celebrate the career of Motown music legend Marvin Gaye. This first of 2 episodes tracks Gaye's career from his first recordings in 1961 to his revered landmark album WHAT'S GOING ON? in 1971. That album was listed as #1...
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Updated: Mar 08, 2023

WOMEN'S MUSIC IS WOMEN'S HISTORY

Great women music makers are honored in deep dive documentaries and appreciation programs produced by public radio's top music historian and documentarian, Paul Ingles. Many shows speak to the artists' roles in defining and amplifying women's social and interpersonal issues. Scroll through...
Caption: Sylvia Mendez (L) talks to her sister Sandra Mendez Duran (R). <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/46621-storycorps-historias-sylvia-mendez-and-sandra-men">Listen Here</a>.
Updated: Mar 06, 2023

'Historias'

StoryCorps' collection of Latino stories from all across the country.
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Updated: Mar 01, 2023

Atomic Hour Chestnuts- Mister 1960's Record Review

We All Love To Read The Liner Notes.
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Updated: Feb 28, 2023

Midnight Radio Theater

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Updated: Feb 27, 2023

Military Voices Initative

Caption: StoryCorps Facilitator Lillie Love passed away on June 25, 2010. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/49444-storycorps-griot-lillie-love">Listen here</a>, to her positive persective on life.
Updated: Feb 27, 2023

'Griot'

StoryCorps' collection of African American stories from all across the country.
Caption: Retired New York City sanitation worker Angelo Bruno (L) speaks with his former partner, Eddie Nieves (R), about working together on their daily route. <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/52877-storycorps-angelo-bruno-and-eddie-nieves">Listen Here</a>.
Updated: Feb 27, 2023

'Work'

We all spend 8 hours a day at it: hear stories from and about work, unusual jobs, and loving what you do.
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Updated: Feb 27, 2023

Civil Liberties for Lifelong Learners

Commentaries, Sixty Second Moral Inquiries and Two and One Half Minute Conspiracy Theories along with a lyric or two for The Great American Wrongbook (and the Department of Poetic Justice and Reckoning) ! Life long education to answer the question : What is a civil liberty anyway? In 2011, at...
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Updated: Feb 27, 2023

The Two and One-half Minute Conspiracy Theory: Assorted

In just 2 and 1/2 minutes, facts, truth and speculation curated into conspiracy theories. Questions you thought no one would ask, asked.
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Updated: Feb 27, 2023

It's Not What You're Given. It's What You Do With What You Get

These days, from the new fascination with genetic endowment and Ancestry to the moral entitlement of any number of religious sects, what you are given is grabbed to like a brass ring. Enough to make a difference. Turns out though, as the lyrics of a great Maine jazz singer remind us, it's...