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March 2, 2010
PRX: Behind the Story
Hi friend of PRX,
On Saturday morning just after the quake hit Chile and the tsunami warnings were issued, Ari Epstein from MIT and founding father of Terrascope sent me an urgent message: one of his student reporters had already done a PRX piece with survivors of the 1960 Chilean quake and massive wave.
Then WBUR’s Curt Nickisch got in touch about his nuanced piece with Harry Markopolos, the guy who uncovered Bernie Madoff as a crook long before anyone would listen. Markopolos’ book came out today; PRX offered the story Monday morning. Curt was on to Markopolos’ story long before anyone in public radio.
The Orchestrion: Pat Metheny’s One-Man Band John Diliberto | 00:03:30
“This piece does a good job of tracing the Orchestrion’s history and background, shows off its oddities and somewhat bizarre leanings. But it is also an instrument capable of rising above the bizarre, especially when the Orchestrion is being orchestrated by guitar legend Pat Metheny.” – Music Curator David Srebnik, Virtuoso Voices
Couple Argues About the Environment Avishay Artsy | 00:02:35
“This is a narrator-less exchange between a wife and husband. They differ on just how they should run their household to conserve energy and recycle…This would work well paired with something about the environment or even something about relationships.” – News Curator Naomi Starobin, WSHU
Radiolab: New Season Five new shows available for preview
Radiolab is an investigation. Each program is a patchwork of people, sounds, stories and experiences centered around One Big Idea. On Radiolab, science bumps into culture and information sounds like music.
The seventh season explores animal minds, famous tumors and more. Get a head start and preview the full season now — the broadcast window opens April 2.
New: This American Life App, developed by PRX
It’s here. Everything TAL has ever done, radio and TV. Live and on-demand listening, plus exclusive extras, staff picks and a link to the live weekly broadcast.
Get ready for National Fundraising Week
Wed. March 10 at 3 p.m. EST: Fundraising Soundbank Curator Jody Evans will hold a webinar on how to access PRX’s library of free ready-to-air and sample fundraising spots. To participate, send an email to genevieve [at] prx [dot] org.
H1N1 in context
As the pandemic wanes, FluPortal invites pubmedia and social media folks to reflect on health crisis coverage.
PRX and the Economy Collaboration
EconomyBeat – The best blogs, images and video on the recession.
EconomyStory – Public media is on top of the meltdown.
Public Radio Player keeps getting better Version 2.1 is live! Now with fresh code for faster performance, an alarm clock and sleep timer, and more.
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