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December 1, 2009
PRX Is On the List
Hi friend of PRX,
“Check again. Yeah, your boss said we’d be on the list. Yes, P-R-X.
“We’re the go-to place for all sorts of audio. You know how to download, don’t you? Listen to anything you want at PRX. Bright guy like you reads Raymond Carver, right? We got him. You dig The Boss? We have Bjork, too! Even that won’t get me in? Oh.”
365 Holidays with the Canadian Brass Listener Directed Productions, Inc. | 00:59:55
The Canadian Brass play Hanukkah and Christmas favorites in new and classic arrangements, including “Hanukkah Medley,” “Joy to the World,” “The First Noel” and a “Jingle Bells” in the style of Handel.
It’s Always Christmas When You’re Santa Claus Jason Sear | 00:09:00
Producer Jason Sear’s uncle has a foot-long beard, drives a red Ford pickup truck he calls his sleigh, and wears red almost every day of the year. He explains what it means to be Santa 24/7 and how he draws inspiration from his father, who was also a Santa for over 35 years.
This I Believe – Yolanda O’Bannon This I Believe | 00:03:26
“Whatever stereotypes your listeners may have about secretaries, this essay by Yolanda O’Bannon gets in there and wrestles them.” – News Curator Naomi Starobin, WSHU
Amazing Grace CBC | 00:50:27
“The song’s story and history, by themselves, go well beyond interesting and captivating. But it’s the history of the individual words, ‘wretch,’ ‘grace’ and ‘amazing’ that create the most interest and momentum.” – Music Curator David Srebnik, Virtuoso Voices
In the News: Global Warming The UN Climate Change Conference is Dec. 7-18
Heat Of The Moment Inside Out Documentaries | 00:59:00
Science journalist Daniel Grossman explores places where the effects of climate change are already felt; from South Africa, where global warming is intensifying drought, to Paris, where people suffered disproportionately in a 2003 European heat wave. Also in the series: Meltdown.
Coal and Climate — We Shall Remain Eric Mack | 00:29:00
Visit three communities — a Montana town where coal has been both a blessing and a curse, an Indian reservation looking to coal for salvation, and a town on the plains of North Dakota that’s still hesitant to open its doors to coal development after years of the industry’s knocking.
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