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Check Out PRX's New Interactive Tool For Producers

PRX's new PRX Pointer will help you get your pieces to show up in search results and… Continue

Added by Emily on November 24, 2009 at 5:55pm — No Comments

Growing Up, Getting By: A Radio Rookies Special

Recent Rookie Yesenia interviews at Washington Square Park (from the Radio Rookies blog).

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Added by Jones Franzel on November 12, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Producer's Corner: If These Walls Could Talk

Hip Hop Night in the Dayroom If These… Continue

Added by Jones Franzel on November 5, 2009 at 10:56am — No Comments

Caller Ecstatic Over New Trailer...

Just came home from our travelling show in Dallas, KVIL 103. We subbed for a bit seeing that the real DJ was not available at the time (whoever you are, I'm not mentioning your name but you really do owe me big time!). So there I was riding shotgun with my friend Valerie who was manning the boards like she was the queen and I was busy, well, producing stuff for the show. Valerie earlier read an e… Continue

Added by Germaine Rondstadt on November 3, 2009 at 4:12am — No Comments

October Radio Piece Pick

A twelve year-old with dreams to be a fashion designer won my heart over this month. Alejandra's "Paper Pad Story," a segment from KRCB Voice of Youth's "Dollar Tree Dreams did it for me." (http://www.prx.org/group/krcbvoiceofyouth"… Continue

Added by Sandra Chen on October 25, 2009 at 6:38pm — 1 Comment

Renewable energy... not so renewable anymore?

Currently hydro-energy, energy derived from moving water, is the most common source of renewable energy on earth. Many places rely on running water for light and heat. But with glaciers all over the world disappearing fast, are we going to have as much moving water as before? The melting of snow deposits in the summer causes water to rush down from the mountains, going through dams and creating… Continue

Added by Kyle Alpert on October 25, 2009 at 6:02pm — No Comments

PRX Pointers: Creating Playlists

The PRX help desk is at it again - this time, compiling a how to for those of you who have wondered how to make, manage and listen to playlists.… Continue

Added by Jones Franzel on October 21, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Bombs Away!

On the ninth of October, NASA sent two large projectiles cannoning into the moon, in the hopes of finding ice under the surface. The results will take two weeks to diagnose, so there is no knowing whether or not this was a success. A discovery of ice, of course, means a discover of water, which as far as we know is the lifeblood of every living organism in the universe. Finding ice now coul… Continue

Added by Kyle Alpert on October 15, 2009 at 6:51pm — 1 Comment

Anatomy of an interview gone wrong

There are good interviews and not-so-good interviews and then, in the case of the band Sigur Ros speaking with Bryant Park Project's Luke Burbank, there are interviews that go terribly, awfully wrong. Watching this video is a little like witnessing a 7th grade dance - it's squirm-inducingly uncomfortable, but also kind of hard to turn away from. To its credit, Bryant Park not only posted this interview, but then sat down with music journalist Jancee Dunn to analyze jus… Continue

Added by Jones Franzel on October 15, 2009 at 10:02am — No Comments

Life-Play, Phone Adventures for Youth Radio Teachers

By Carman Dewees I would like to introduce Generation PRX to Life-Play | phone adventures. I co-founded the organization with a few friends—one of whom is considered the “Grandfather of American Improv Theatre,” David Shepherd. David created Compass Cabaret, the forerunner of Second City and SNL. David turns 85 years old this… Continue

Added by Carman Dewees on October 7, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Poddio turns iPhone into studio...

The latest buzz from the techno-geek world is Poddio, an iPhone application from VeriCorder that turns an iPhone into a hand held recorder and digital audio workstation. Though the sound isn't necessarily studio-quality -… Continue

Added by Jones Franzel on October 5, 2009 at 9:58am — No Comments

September Radio Piece of the Month

It's that time of the month again. This month's pieces were all so amazing. But the piece I have to go with is one that I'm personally very interested in. Pendarvis Harshaw's "Sex Without Condoms is the New Engagement Ring."(http://www.prx.org… Continue

Added by Sandra Chen on September 28, 2009 at 11:45pm — No Comments

Choose your own... web documentary of China's coal industry

Do you remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books where you got to determine the story plot by making choices abo… Continue

Added by Jones Franzel on September 21, 2009 at 2:14pm — No Comments

Listen Up! The Audio for Educators Playlist

Photo by Ayton This summer, as part of the Listen Up! Audio for Educators workshop at the Center for Docum… Continue

Added by Jones Franzel on September 15, 2009 at 12:23pm — No Comments

Youth radio from the outside in: Taki Telonidis on Spy Hop Productions

For most of you, youth media is a familiar concept; you know the power of young people using media. But what about people who don't call youth media home? When we came across "Spy Hop: Making Music, Changing Lives," a profile of Sal… Continue

Added by Jones Franzel on September 9, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Baby Steps

After backpacking for a bit over a week without both showers and anywhere to put waste products I have very much come to appreciate the effort it takes to be truly one with the environment. However cleaning food bowls with dirt and carrying my TP (hiking lingo for toilet paper) with me as I hiked pushed me a tad too far over my comfort zone. This… Continue

Added by Kat Beame on August 31, 2009 at 11:58pm — 1 Comment

Favorite of the month

So, during my first month as a YEB member, I've listened to four very differenet pieces. But my very favorite has to be "Korean BBQ Tacos" by Ana Ruth Castillo from Youth Radio. (http://www.prx.org/group/youthradio) This piece indulged in th… Continue

Added by Sandra Chen on August 31, 2009 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

Get your Fresh Greens on PRX!

Fresh Greens: Teens & the Environment has arrived. The new collaboration from New Hamps… Continue

Added by Jones Franzel on August 31, 2009 at 12:21pm — No Comments

On Transom.org: Tribal Radio

In May, producers Jesse Hardman and Maura O'Connor took off across the southwest to visit some of the 33 Native American reservations that have their own radio stations. In a photo/audio essay on Transom, they show that despite all the Twittering, Flickring, Facebooking we m… Continue

Added by Jones Franzel on August 14, 2009 at 9:53am — No Comments

The Moth has landed... on PRX

When you boil radio down to its core, you find one thing: storytelling. And The Moth Radio Hour is storytelling at its very finest. The Moth features true stories told live on stage without scripts, notes, props, or accompaniment.… Continue

Added by Jones Franzel on August 10, 2009 at 11:39am — No Comments