NEW Special

VOICES FROM TAHRIR – In this new one-hour public radio show from Human Rights Watch and Hearing Voices, participants in the people’s revolution give first hand accounts of their historic 18 days in Tahrir Sqaure and discuss the challenges they face in a post-Mubarak Egypt.  Available for the one year anniversary of the Jan 25th – Feb 11th 2011 uprising.
COST: FREE
LENGTH: ONE HOUR
AVAILABLE: CONTENT DEPOT, PRX

Black History Month Specials

from L.A. Theatre Works:
UNQUESTIONED INTEGRITY: THE HILL-THOMAS HEARINGS – (One-hour) 20th Anniversary Special Compiled from the official transcripts of the 1991 Senate Judiciary Committee hearings.
Starring Edward Asner, Ella Joyce, and Paul Winfield
Length: 59:00
Cost: FREE
Available: PRX, FTP (email for info)

A RAISIN IN THE SUN – Lorraine Hansberry’s groundbreaking play chronicles the Younger family on the south side of Chicago.
Starring Judyann Elder, Corey Hawkins, Deidire Henry, and Rutina Wesley (Tara in HBO’s True Blood).
Cost: PRX 590 points FTP – $60
Length: 01:57:58 (Can be played as two one-hour programs)
Available: PRX, FTP (email for info)

A HUEY P. NEWTON STORY – In this Obie Award-winning show written, performed, and directed by Roger Guenveur Smith, the life of the controversial Black Panther leader is brilliantly imagined through a series of improvisations based on Newton’s own words and writings.
Cost: FREE
Length: 01:57:54 (Can be played as two one-hour programs)
Available: PRX, FTP (email for info)

RUBY MCCOLLUM – In 1952, in a small town in Florida, a wealthy African-American woman named Ruby McCollum shot and killed a respected white physician, ostensibly over a bill. Her true motives came to light during her murder trial, which made national headlines. The story is a true-life case, and the stuff of a Southern Gothic novel, complete with interracial romance, drug abuse, mental illness, and the racist attitudes of the Jim Crow South. Starring Paul Winfield and Loretta Devine
Cost: FREE
Length: 01:57:58 (Can be played as two one-hour programs)
Available: PRX, FTP (email for info)

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 2011 Season  is organized around the theme ‘Conflict and Amusement in America’
This four part series looks at how the border between conflict and amusement is disappearing and what it portends for good TV…are we all embedded?

Fall Season Episodes

• President Eisenhower’s Military Industrial Complex Speech
• The Birth of Pong and Video Games
• The American Family; Our First Reality TV Show
• President Reagan Fires Air Traffic Controllers

LENGTH: 1 hour
COST: FREE
AVAILABLE: PRX, Downloads

 

NATURAL MAGIC: The Earth Hospitality Enterprise – a new one-hour special from Bioneers Radio that explores the time-tested processes, relationships and recipes that have allowed life to flourish during 3.8 billion years of evolution. Our guides are scientific and social innovators known as “the bioneers.” Luminaries featured include: globally renowned biologist and educator David Suzuki, best-selling author and environmental entrepreneur Paul Hawken, biomimicry master Janine Benyus, clean energy expert Amory Lovins and author and climate leader Bill Mckibben.
LENGTH: 59 Minutes
AVAILABLE: PRX, Content Depot, CD and FTP (request info)
LISTEN: http://www.bioneers.org/radio/one-hour-radio-special

 

RESPONDING TO DISASTERS: From Prediction to Recovery – From re-creating tsunamis in the laboratory to tracking global pandemics, scientists and engineers around the country are constantly seeking new insights into natural and man-made disasters. This one-hour, special report looks at what researchers are doing to protect us from and help us survive these life-shattering events. Part of the Engineers of the New Millennium Series, produced by IEEE Spectrum magazine and the National Science Foundation.
LENGTH: 1 Hour
COST: FREE
AVAILABLE: PRX, Content Depot, Download (email for info)

Ongoing Weekly Hours

BIG PICTURE SCIENCE – A one-hour science program produced at the SETI Institute’s radio studio in Mountain View, California.  Big Picture Science connects ideas about the origins, the behavior, and the future of life – and technology – on Earth in surprising and playful ways. If you’re curious about where innovation is headed and delight in the wonders of scientific discovery, tune your ears to Big Picture Science.  Science radio doesn’t have to be dull. The only dry thing about our program is the humor.
LENGTH: 54 Minutes
COST: FREE
AVAILABLE: PRX, Content Depot, Download

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:   Downloads or PRX
LISTEN:

L.A. Theatre Works – COMPELLING STORIES • INSPIRING PLAYWRIGHTS • HEADLINE ACTORS
Each two-hour show has been produced into two one-hour segments that include celebrity interviews and behind-the-scenes features.

LENGTH: 2 Hours
AVAILABLE: CD, PRX, Downloads(email for info), Podcast

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 shows feature 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, PRX, and FTP Downloads (request info)
COST: FREE
LISTEN: 2009 Series

Ongoing Modules

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
LISTEN

SOUND BEAT – A trip through the history of recorded sound. The daily, 90-second radio show highlights the holdings of the Belfer Audio Archive at Syracuse University, one of the largest sound archives in the United States. Each episode focuses on one particular recording from the archive and provides a back story detailing its place in recording history.
LENGTH: 90 seconds
COST: FREE
AVAILABLE: CONTENT DEPOT, PRX (select episodes),  CD, Downloads (email for info)