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Hi friend of PRX,

China’s penchant to censor the Internet is now off the rails. All PCs sold there after July have to contain software the government can program to block “unhealthy information” from the Web.

PRX is proud to show off some content that would drive the government in Beijing batty, such as this and this and whoa, this.

Freedom is listening,

John

Yay, America! 

History and road trips for July Fourth

Road Trip

Hearing Voices | 00:54:00

An hour of travelers’ tales for your long weekend, from spending a day with an ex-KGB spy, to hitchhiking across the U.S., and more.

The Declaration of Independence

Michael Scherer | 00:09:05

The text of the Declaration of Independence, read and produced by Michael Scherer.

More for Independence Day

News & Music Stations: New Ideas 

From our Format Curators

Discoveries at Walt Disney: John Adams

NPR Music | 00:58:56

A celebration of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams’ work. “Performances are terrific and the audio engineering is very well managed and produced.” – Music Curator David Srebnik, Virtuoso Voices

Music stations: Full list of June picks

Sound Design from Hell

Jonathan Mitchell | 00:06:00

It’s summer movie time! “We get right into the sound effects man’s head, how he thinks, and what he wants when the scene calls for ‘getting the moviegoer frightened.’” – News Curator Naomi Starobin, WSHU

News stations: Full list of June picks

A Jazzy Juneteenth 

June 19, 1865: End of slavery in Texas

The Juneteenth Jazz Jamboree

WFIU | 00:58:57

A musical and historical celebration of the holiday that began in Texas, but is now recognized in dozens of states. Includes freedom-related jazz from John Coltrane, Louis Jordan, Max Roach with Abbey Lincoln, Paul Robeson with Count Basie, Charles Lloyd, Carmen McRae, and more.

Plan Ahead 

• PRX Editors’ Picks:
  
  • LGBT Pride Month — June
  • Father’s Day is June 21
• Prom, vacation, and summer jobs:
  
  Sounds of Summer from youth producers
• Family, magnificent obsessions, and the great outdoors:
  
  CBC Radio’s Outfront in hour-long episodes exclusively for U.S. public radio