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Hi friend of PRX,

July 20 is the anniversary of the moon landing. But what if that mission had ended in disaster?

Award-winning producers Hillary Frank and Jonathan Mitchell imagined exactly that horrible outcome and have dramatized it in a brief new piece called Moon Graffiti.

We’re working with American Public Media to get the word out and solicit your feedback on this production. Whatcha think?

Of course we have plenty of excellent radio about the moon landing that did happen and did succeed.

And yo, producers: enter the Third Coast competition! The deadline is tomorrow!

One small step,
John

Classical in the Carolinas 
Catch this series now

Series: OpenAir Brevard 2010
WDAV Classical Public Radio | 01:58:58
This new weekly concert series broadcasts from the 74th season of the renowned Brevard Music Festival in western North Carolina.

Each episode runs about 01:58:58, and new programs will be added into August. Hear works by Rachmaninoff, Mozart, Beethoven and others direct from Brevard’s historic Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium.

All-Star Listening 
Baseball pieces for summer

Take Me Out to the Ballgame: A Baseball Anthology
New Letters on the Air | 00:29:00
No other sport has inspired as much poetry as baseball. This anthology features works by former U.S. Poet Laureates and other lovers of the sport.

Play Ball!
WFIU | 00:59:02
A program of jazz and American popular song with songs about baseball! Stepping up to the plate are Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelley, Les Brown and Sarah Vaughan, with Count Basie, Vince Guaraldi and Dave Frishberg also on deck.

Have You Heard the Song is You? 
Series now exclusively on PRX

Series: The Song Is You with Bonnie Grice | 00:59:00
Check out the new show sampler. Hear host Bonnie Grice uncover the musical favorites of stars and celebrities including Mad Men’s Bryan Batt, singer Lisa Loeb and even sports writer John Feinstein.

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  True stories. Live.

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