[NFCB] On PRX: Hula Lesson, Mother's Day Specials, Hand-Picked Pieces...

[Jake Shapiro]

April 30, 2008

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

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PRX Station Showcase Free MP3 of the week:
"“Messiaen at 100” from KALW"
http://podcast.prx.org/showcase/?p=184
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PLAN AHEAD

May is Asian American Heritage Month:
http://www.prx.org/articles/178

Browse Memorial Day pieces:
http://www.prx.org/articles/517

April is Poetry Month:
http://www.prx.org/articles/461

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

Music curator David Srebnik is listening closely:
http://www.prx.org/articles/1216

News curator Mike Marcotte has discerning recommendations:
http://www.prx.org/articles/1195

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GET YOUR TICKET TO HAWAII

The Hula Lesson (Outer Voices, 54:00)
http://www.prx.org/pieces/77
What hula is, what it means to Hawaii, and why so many non-Hawaiians
love it.

Nona Beamer: Hawaiian Elder (Heidi Chang, 06:35)
Nona Beamer was a revered Hawaiian elder and one of the last links to
the art of Hawaiian storytelling, chant and traditional hula.
Winner of a 2000 National Award from the Asian American Journalists
Association.
http://www.prx.org/pieces/15420

Hear more for Asian Pacific Heritage Month:
http://www.prx.org/articles/178

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60 YEARS SINCE THE FOUNDING OF ISRAEL (MAY 14)

Shoah (HearingVoices, 54:00)
Stories for Holocaust Remembrance Day.
http://www.prx.org/pieces/25486

The Lemon Tree (Sandy Tolan / Homelands Productions, 59:00)
Originally aired on Fresh Air in 1998, this updated documentary tells
the story of a remarkable relationship between two families -- one
Arab, one Jewish.
http://www.prx.org/pieces/25320

Hear more related to Israel:
http://www.prx.org/search/results.do?q=israel&type=piece

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MOTHERLY LOVE

Mother's Day Special (World Vision Report, 58:59)
Traditional lifestyles for women are changing in the developing world.
http://www.prx.org/pieces/25377

All Mom Radio (HearingVoices, 53:00)
Stories about moms: including a round of Bingo, a gay man returning
home to care for his mother -- and to a "cure" -- and some hilarious
phone messages.
http://www.prx.org/pieces/25171

Check out the Editor's Picks for Mother's Day:
http://www.prx.org/articles/545

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OTHER GOOD STUFF

* 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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