PRX: Informing the Debate

John posted on Wednesday, January 16th, 2013 | Station Newsletters

What do post-Soviet countries, clandestine kitchens, and 1913 all have in common? They’re all subjects of cool new specials on PRX.

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January 15, 2013

PRX: Informing the Debate

Hi friend of PRX,

The gun debate once again is front and center. It’s not an intellectual exercise; passion fuels the issue as much as facts. Here are some stories we think provide some good perspective:

Oakland is plagued by gun violence. KALW went in search of the gun story there.
The American History Guys take the long view when it comes to this country and guns.
Y-Press did a series on youth and guns last year, focusing on Indiana.
Award-winning producer Jay Allison thoughtfully recalls his mixed relationship with guns.
Fathers, grandfathers, and hunting for deer. The culture of the gun.

Arm listeners…with facts and context.

-John

Black History Month

Specials, series, and segments for Feb.

Race and the Space Race: How the greatest technical achievement in the last 50 years advanced civil rights. Narrated by Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space. From Richard Paul and Soundprint.

Confront expectations and spark discussion with Perceptions Shattered: African American Masculinity.
What it’s like to volunteer as an actor in an Underground Railroad Reenactment.
Music specials favorite Joyride Media has a series of four Black History Month hours.

Much more to the right under Timely Picks

Inauguration Ideas

For Jan. 20 and beyond

Pieces about President Obama and about the issues he may face in his second term.

Bill Moyers tackles politics and important issues weekly, like Ending the Silence on Climate Change and Paul Krugman on Why Jobs Come First.

Coming Jan. 18: Backstory tells us: What did the first inauguration look like? Why do presidents-elect take their oaths on Bibles, and why did Teddy Roosevelt refuse to do so? And more. Hear the promo.
Relive presidential history with comedians, actors, musicians and, yes, presidents in this inaugural special refreshed for 2013.
A time machine back to 2008 and the feeling of that campaign: Barack Obama – The Remix and his first inaugural address.

More for the inauguration

Specials Galore

What’s happening in post-Soviet Russia? Unemployment. Crime. Dissent. Greed.

FREE: Generation Putin is an hour special on young people and politics in the former Soviet Union. Hosted by Brooke Gladstone and freshly reported by the Seattle Globalist.

The avant garde art world pushed into the mainstream 100 years ago. Culture Shock 1913 captures the intensity, from Sara Fishko and WNYC.
Coming soon from the Kitchen Sisters: Hidden Kitchens: The Raw and the Cooked, an hour-long journey into the world of clandestine cooking, rituals, and traditions. With host Academy Award-winning actress Frances McDormand.

Other Good Stuff

Youth radio producers shared an impressive 452 (!) new stories on PRX in 2012. Here are Generation PRX’s favorites, showcasing what we think makes youth radio great: honest, format-breaking and original work.

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Timely Picks

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Black History Month: Hours

Black History Month: Shorter Pieces

Black History Month: Series

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Exclusive Series

The Moth Radio Hour

True stories told weekly.

State of the Re:Union

Communities, experiences… life.

Sound Opinions

Rock weekly.

Snap Judgment

Fate, fights, gratitude, Snap.

American Routes

The iconic program on the music of America.

Here’s The Thing

Alec Baldwin interviews icons like no one else.

WTF with Marc Maron

The hugely popular comedy podcast goes radio.

LA Theatre Works

Contemporary radio drama.

Public Radio Remix

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PRX Podcasts

	99% Invisible: A show about design with Roman Mars.
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	Latitude News, the latest: Europeans are now wary of US horsemeat. Here’s why.

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