[NFCB] On PRX: Quest, Earth Day Picks, Louder than a Bomb...

[Jake Shapiro]

April 9, 2008

WHO IS BUYING WHAT: Pieces licensed from PRX this past week:
http://prx.org/pieces/licensed/?timeframe=1w

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PLAN AHEAD

Passover is coming:
http://www.prx.org/articles/496

Get your free raw audio from the campaign trail:
http://www.prx.org/articles/905

Music station recommendations are updated for April:
http://www.prx.org/articles/1216

News station recommendations are updated for April:
http://www.prx.org/articles/1195

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GO CLIMB A TREE

Quest (KQED, 32 segments)
A series of highly produced pieces about environmental issues and
people addressing them throughout the West.
http://www.prx.org/series/21353

The Environment Report (88 segments)
Environmental features and news stories, from diapers to
nanotechnology to ethanol.
http://www.prx.org/group/glrc/pieces

Explore our Earth Day Editor's Picks:
http://www.prx.org/articles/531

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SET ALL YOUR BLOOD ASTIR

Louder Than a Bomb 2008 (Breeze Richardson / WBEZ, 24 drop-ins)
For the fourth year, WBEZ invited competition finalists in-studio
from the teen poetry slam "Louder Than a Bomb".
http://www.prx.org/series/24889

What's the Word? Celebrating Poetry (Modern Language Association, 2
hour-long pieces)
The art of poetry, from classical Arabic ode to twentieth-century
experimental poems.
http://www.prx.org/series/24127/pieces

Check out other pieces for Poetry Month:
http://www.prx.org/articles/461

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CONTEXT FOR PETRAEUS

Front Line: Missouri Soldiers in Iraq (Adam Allington, 6 segments)
For 2 weeks, KWMU Reporter Adam Allington traveled with a company of
Missouri Reservists in Iraq.
http://www.prx.org/series/24418

Also check out War News Radio:
http://www.prx.org/group/warnews/pieces

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OTHER GOOD STUFF

* Make a difference! Volunteer opening at PRX:
http://ballotvox.prx.org/archives/14/like-to-be-a-co-curator

* A ton of documentaries:
http://www.prx.org/articles/816

* Who's hot on PRX? Check our 2007 Zeitfunk winners:
http://about.prx.org/zeitfunk

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