Public Radio Exchange

Hi friend of PRX,

Kraft is buying Cadbury, the British chocolate maker. The Brits are saying ‘Oh fudge;’ they worry Kraft will homogenize the creamy, distinct Cadbury flava.

PRX likes a wide variety in chocolate and sound: scan our dozens of stories for Black History Month and blues and even…bees! No matter what your taste you can probably find it on PRX. And no two pieces are the same.

Vive la difference,
John

Fresh angles for Black History Month 
History, music and…orbit

Race and the Space Race
Richard Paul and Soundprint | 00:59:18
How the greatest technical achievement in the last 50 years advanced civil rights. Narrated by Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space. Part of the series, Out of This World.

Who Is This Man? A State of the Re:Union Special
Al Letson | 00:59:59
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech has become the shorthand of the civil rights movement, but we might never have heard it if it were not for another man who has largely been forgotten by history: Bayard Rustin.

See our curated selections for Black History Month

Perspectives on Haiti 
New from World Vision Report

Show 314 – Haiti
World Vision Report | 00:58:59
Haitians are dealing with widespread death and destruction from last week’s devastating earthquake. The World Vision Report talks with a reporter in Haiti who survived the quake and with a Haitian dance teacher in Boston.

Also available in a half-hour version.

Virtuoso Voices Performer Clips 
Now available to all stations for no additional fees

Virtuoso Voices clips make fun and informational intros to classical pieces, and are great for learning more about individual musicians.

They’re now available for only a few PRX points.

Listen to new clips from violinist Hilary Hahn about playing on the “Tonight Show”:
Hilary Hahn (5-4-3-2-GO!) and Hilary Hahn (Tonight Show Biz)

Plus:

Robert Spano on conducting Barber’s Adagio for Strings

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra makes decisions in “the War Room”

Conductor Lorin Maazel’s “addiction”

Violinist Joshua Bell performs with Rachmaninoff using “re-performance” technology

Plan Ahead 

• The Moth Radio Hour:
  There’s a storyteller in all of us.

• Date-pegged playlists from PRX Editors:
  • Black History Month Hour Specials
  • Black History Month Series
  • Black History Month Pieces Under 49 Minutes
  • Valentine’s Day
  • Presidents’ Day – Feb. 15

Other Good Stuff 

• FluPortal.org:
  Is H1N1 on the ropes? Get the facts

• PRX and the Economy Collaboration:
  • EconomyBeat – Recession reality.
  • EconomyStory – Public media is on top of the meltdown.
• Public Radio Player for your iPhone:
  Hear public radio. Everywhere. Grab this must-have app!
• PRX on Twitter:
  • New! Staff picks you’ll like
  • What stations are buying
  • Recently added pieces – new feed
• Podcasts — Listen to the cutting edge of public radio:
  • EconomyBeat – PRX producers on the economy.
  • YouthCast – The next generation of sound.
  • Nature Stories – The natural world from PRX producers.
  • SaltCast – The backstory to great radio storytelling.
  • Podcasts by PRX members