PRX’s Spring Awakening

John posted on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 | Station Newsletters

The new spring season of The Moth Radio Hour is here. Plus, last chance for great Poetry Month Picks. And, did you know there are plenty of fun pieces to celebrate everyone’s favorite body-scanner-free transportation?

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April 24, 2012

PRX’s Spring Awakening

Hi friend of PRX,

April showers, new flowers, and warmer temps mean the arrival of…a new season of The Moth Radio Hour!

The hit series is back with FIVE new episodes — preview ‘em now so you are ready to air them starting May 25.

The stories in these episodes are especially strong: psycho-killer, know thyself; grief meets sexual passion and an end to trauma; turning the tables on an identity thief, and so much more.

In spring, listeners’ ears turn to the radio…and The Moth Radio Hour.

Buzz,
John

Almost Out of Time…

For a rhyme

Perhaps the best season yet of emerging poetry and performance talent from Louder than a Bomb.

A new wave of African-American writers is challenging the notion of a single Appalachian region and culture.
From the archive of Naropa University’s Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics: Allen Ginsberg sings a poem about peace, the environment, and imperialism.

More for Poetry Month (April)

National Train Day

Stop for these tracks

National Train Day is May 12. Here are some pieces to help you celebrate everyone’s favorite body-scanner-free transportation:

Where do you want to go? Conversations with Julie, the voice on the Amtrak telephone line.
Meet train fans who have been sharing their common passion for 50 years.
Tokyo’s train lines have different music to help keep people calm.
Bet you never thought of the music from subway escalators.
The House of Blues Radio Hour pays tribute to the locomotive with favorite Blues songs about trains.

More trains? Yes.

Coming Right Up

Preview and plan now

Many new shows from favorite series are ready for picking.

WTF with Marc Maron: Preview the 10 shows on PRX so you’re ready for the six new ones in May!
State of the Re:Union is back for their third full year of production. Listen now: Vermont and Washington state. More coming. Air windows open in June.
Backstory with the American History Guys returns May 11 as a weekly show! Start with Born in the USA, the history of childbirth in America.
This summer: 8, presented by LA Theatre Works. Brad Pitt, George Clooney, and the drama surrounding the anti-gay marriage proposition in California.

Other Good Stuff

Tomorrow, April 25 at 1 p.m. ET: iMA Premium Webinar: Mobile May be Public Media’s Chance to Lead. Join KPBS and PRX for an active discussion.
Spend fall on the Cape: Transom is holding a story workshop for beginning producers. June 1 application deadline.

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