Programs

Coming Soon

Sharing Fire – a new one-hour weekly radio show about 21st-century philanthropy. It features the stars and the stories of the exploding “nonprofit” world: who’s there, and why; what they’re doing, and how; who benefits, and in what ways. The host is radio and TV interviewer Marc Hardy, who holds a Ph.D. in Philanthropic Studies, and is the Director of Nonprofit Executive Education at the University of Notre Dame. A fascinating look at “the business of doing good.” You’ll be moved and surprised!
COST: FREE
LENGTH: 58 minutes
AVAILABLE: PRX, CONTENT DEPOT, CD

Specials

Action Speaks: Underappreciated Dates that Changed America – A series of 1 hour radio specials. Join host Marc Joel Levitt & guest panelists for some old-fashioned community exchange; Action Speaks looks at contemporary issues through the lens of history by using underappreciated dates of the twentieth-century that have changed America.

The spring season is organized around the theme ‘What Now?’ With our country mired in its worst economic collapse since the great depression, history can be a guide for what actions our nation should or shouldn’t take to provide for its citizens and whether or not it is time to re-set our priorities.

Spring Season Episodes

April 29th: 1933 The Creation of the CCC; The Civilian Conservation Corps LISTEN

May 6th: 1949: Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’ First Produced (60th Anniversary)

May 13th: 1937: The Flint, Michigan United Auto Workers Sit-In

May 20th: 1962 JFK Calls for the Moon!

COST: FREE
LENGTH: 58:50
AVAILABLE: CD, PRX, THE CONTENT DEPOT

We Shall Remain – A five part radio series that coincides with the five-part television special from the PBS series, American Experience, telling the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective. Five 5-minute radio programs, produced by Native Public Media in partnership with Boston’s station WGBH.
COST: FREE
LENGTH: 5 minutes
AVAILABLE: PRX, CONTENT DEPOT, Downloads (Request links via email)
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We Shall Remain – A 1 hour special that compiles the 5 part radio modules with additional content. Produced by Native Public Media in partnership with Boston’s station WGBH.
COST: FREE
LENGTH: 59 minutes
AVAILABLE: PRX, CONTENT DEPOT, CD, Downloads (Request links via email)

Ongoing Weekly Hours

A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES — an award-winning, progressive, weekly look at global and national public affairs, featuring leading policy makers, social innovators and concerned citizens from around the world addressing the hot-button issues of our time.
LENGTH: 55 minutes
COST: FREE
AVAILABLE: CD, MP3, Content Depot, Podcast, as well as selected episodes on PRX
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Compact Discoveries — A series of one-hour, classical music radio programs, which, true to its title, introduces listeners to some of the most exciting and unusual compositions to be found on compact discs. Award-winning host-producer-writer Fred Flaxman organizes his weekly hour of classical selections thematically. Fred’s easy-going manner and wit, combined with his masterful grasp of musicology make him an ideal presenter and guide. Listeners love the show, and broadcasters have nothing but praise for it!
LENGTH: 58 Minutes
COST: FREE
AVAILABLE: PRX, FTP Download, & CDs

FOOTLIGHT PARADE – Songs from Broadway and Hollywood musicals, cleverly connected by theme. Host Bill Rudman connects the messages from the lyrics of musicals as far back as the turn of the 20th Century and as current as Broadway’s latest hits, relating them all to his theme du jour — “Transformations,” “Down With Love,” and “To Dub or Not to Dub” are some recent titles.
LENGTH: 53 minutes
COST: FREE
AVAILABLE: MP2 Downloads or PRX
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Living With Music - a new limited series about music, discovery, and music discovery. We believe in progress, culture, and jazz. Hear the next generation of musicians in their own words. Get a random access sample of what’s inside their digital music collection. Experience an entire week of news headlines crammed into two minutes of hip hop poetry. Learn how to digitize your music collection. Find out how jazz is aggregating the worlds of hip hop, indie rock, world music, and everything else it smashes into. Enjoy the sounds of history with artists who are making it now. Listen Online
LENGTH: 54 minutes
COST: FREE (Content Depot & Downloads) 540 points (on PRX)
AVAILABLE: PRX, Content Depot, & Downloads (Request links via email)

PEACE TALKS RADIO– An award-winning series of hours or half-hours that explore the history and art of peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution strategies. Peace Talks Radio includes inspiring tales about, and conversations with, Nobel Peace Prize winners plus discussions about addressing conflict in our daily lives. Topics have included bullying, domestic violence, the death penalty, peace studies programs, violence in the media, civility in political discourse, and peaceful parenting. 12 new shows yearly, plus 29 archived. 13 or 26 week free trial runs available.
LENGTH: 59:00 / 54:00 / 29:00
AVAILABLE: PRX; CD’s; Downloads from Producers
COST: FREE to stations making multi-program commitments

PRIME TIME RADIO — Host Mike Cuthbert engages in lively conversations with newsmakers, authors, experts, and just plain folks. Includes special features: Postscripts and Movies for Grownups. Underwritten by AARP, the topics focus on subjects of interest to the 40+ listener. Visit their new website for updates and archives of the programs.
LENGTH: 54:00 or 59:54 ( plus Prime Time Postcript module)
COST: FREE
AVAILABLE: CD, Content Depot, mp3 downloads, and Podcast
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THE VINYL CAFE — One of Canada’s most popular radio programs, with over 750,000 North American listeners. Host and story-teller Stuart McLean is a best-selling author and award-winning journalist and humorist. The show features the music of up and coming Canadians — both live and recorded — and the misadventures of Dave — owner of the “Vinyl Cafe”, the world’s smallest record store (motto: “We may not be big, but we’re small”). Dave’s fictional milieu includes wife, Morley, their two children, Sam and Stephanie, and assorted friends, neighbors, and customers. Since 1998, Stuart has taken the show on the road to large and small towns across Canada from Newfoundland to the Yukon. Currently airing on CBC Radio 1 & 2, on BBC 7 in the UK, and on KUOW in Seattle, WCPN in Cleveland, WBEZ in Chicago and other US stations and networks.
LENGTH: 54 minutes (newscast compatible)
AVAILABLE: Exclusively on PRX
COST: 275 PRX Points per episode

Ongoing Weekly Half Hours

BIONEERS: Revolution From The Heart Of Nature — An award-winning series of half-hours promoting practical environmental solutions and innovative social strategies for restoring the Earth and communities. Since 1990, the Bioneers organization has held annual scientific conferences based on the premise that we are moving from the Information Age to the Biology Age, in which environmental issues will shape all others. The Bioneers radio showsfeature the leading scientific and social innovators of our time bringing all the drama and optimism of these conferences to life. 15 new shows yearly plus 91 archived.
LENGTH: 28:30
AVAILABLE: Content Depot, CDs, and FTP (request info)
COST: FREE
LISTEN: 2008 Series

WHAT’S THE WORD? — Sally Placksin hosts this highly produced program on a wide array of literary topics from autobiographies and translations to censorship and libraries. With discussions, readings, and expert opinions.
LENGTH: 30 minutes
COST: FREE
AVAILABLE: CD, PRX, Content Depot

Ongoing Modules

Discovery Now – Discovery Now – A year-round series of 90-second vignettes featuring highlights in space exploration, science, history, technology, innovations, research, and inventions from the aerospace industry, worldwide. The National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) is now half a century old, and has accumulated a history rich with dramatic advances and triumphs. Produced by the National Institute of Aerospace in cooperation with WHRO-FM.
LENGTH: 90 seconds
AVAILABLE: CDs, Downloads via website
COST: FREE

ISLA EARTH — A radio series that explores today’s most important challenges to the environment and impressive successes in conservation. These entertaining, science-based, modules encourage ecological awareness, deepen understanding of our natural world, and encourage environmentally sustainable choices. Produced by the Catalina Island Conservancy.
LENGTH: 90 seconds
COST: FREE
AVAILABLE: CD, mp2, and Podcast