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Hi friend of PRX,

Nothing says yummy as much as a Toll House chocolate chip cookie. So we sputtered on our crumbs when the FDA discovered E. coli bacteria in samples of refrigerated raw cookie dough at a Nestle plant in Virginia. Lots of people sick.

At PRX, our radio goodies contain a ton of information so you can make an informed choice about every piece on the site: producer, posting date, broadcast date, carriage, content warnings, even a free sample. They’re safe to air!

For eating, not so much.
-John

Man on the Moon 
July 20th: 40 Years Since Apollo 11

Washington Goes To The Moon
Richard Paul | Series of two hour-long episodes
Explore the politics behind the Apollo program.

Part 1, Washington We Have A Problem, looks at the battle to keep the Apollo space program funded and on deadline.

Part 2, Trials and Fire, goes back to the disaster that almost derailed the Apollo program and America’s drive to put a man on the moon: the tragedy of Apollo 1.

Public Radio Rocks the Murrows 
2009 Winners on PRX

PRX has many 2009 Edward R. Murrow Award winners, on a range of topics and places, from street gangs in St. Louis, to intense experiences in Chad and the DRC, to low-impact burials.

All Murrow Award winners on PRX from 2005-2009

From Hippies to Harmonica 
July’s format-specific picks for music stations

Born on the Fourth of July: a Popular-Song Celebration of Independence Day
WFIU | 00:58:57
Vintage recordings from Sinatra, Paul Robeson, Peggy Lee, Ray Charles, and more make this a “pleasing, relaxed and highly appealing music show for the 4th.” – Format Curator David Srebnik of Virtuoso Voices

Howard Levy: Reinventing the Harmonica
David Schulman | 00:07:22
“Levy’s harmonica rocks, sings, flies, sighs, and wails in many different languages including Cuban and classical.” – Srebnik

Woodstock and beyond — More picks for music stations

Plan Ahead 

• Fireworks fun and historical specials:
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