25 Best The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX Podcasts
A list of the most popular The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX podcasts on Podyssey Podcasts.
25 Best The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX Podcasts
1. Reveal
Reveal’s investigations will inspire, infuriate and inform you. Host Al Letson and an award-winning team of reporters deliver gripping stories about caregivers, advocates for the unhoused, immigrant families, warehouse workers and formerly incarcerat...Show More
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13:34 | Feb 12th, 2020
7 RECOMMENDATIONS
A new ritual called an honor walk is bringing solace to families who’ve lost a loved one and consented to have organs donated. Hospitals are organizing these walks as a way to honor the gift of life t...Show More
2. Snap Judgment
Snap Judgment (Storytelling, with a BEAT) mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic, kick-ass radio. Snap’s raw, musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another.
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49:50 | Feb 8th, 2019
7 RECOMMENDATIONS
A computer hacker tries to make his way home through two countries, a dense jungle and a seemingly endless string of technical challenges. Season 10 Episode 4
3. The Science of Happiness
Learn research-tested strategies for a happier, more meaningful life, drawing on the science of compassion, gratitude, mindfulness, and awe. Hosted by award-winning professor Dacher Keltner. Co-produced by PRX and UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science C...Show More
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How To Make Time for Happiness
18:16 | Jan 2nd, 2020
5 RECOMMENDATIONS
Her New Year's resolution was to have more joyful and fulfilling experiences in her daily life. Our guest tried a practice to help make that happen.
4. Selected Shorts
Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. New episod...Show More
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1:00:57 | Nov 30th, 2017
2 RECOMMENDATIONS
Guest host Michael Cerveris presents stories in which trusting your senses is important. In Jeanne Dixon’s “Blue Waltz with Coyotes,” a rebellious farm girl flirts with danger. It’s read by Mia ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5. Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen
The Peabody Award-winning Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, from PRI, is a smart and surprising guide to what's happening in pop culture and the arts. Each week, Kurt introduces the people who are creating and shaping our culture. Life is busy – so let ...Show More
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Extra: New York Icons: The Brill Building
30:51 | Dec 10th, 2019
2 RECOMMENDATIONS
For a few years in the late 1950s and early ‘60s, the heart of the music industry was an 11-story structure in midtown Manhattan: The Brill Building. There, and at the nearby 1650 Broadway, a group of...Show More
6. Latino USA
Latino USA offers insight into the lived experiences of Latino communities and is a window on the current and merging cultural, political and social ideas impacting Latinos and the nation.
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53:13 | Jan 29th, 2020
3 RECOMMENDATIONS
The novel American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins was released this January with much anticipation. Oprah selected it to be part of her book club, writer Don Winslow called it, "a Grapes of Wrath for our tim...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7. The World in Words
The World in Words is a podcast about languages and the people who speak them. What happens to the brain on bilingualism? Does it matter that so many languages are dying out? Should we fear the rise of global English? Is the United States losing i...Show More
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To Catch a Fortune Cookie Thief
25:51 | Jul 24th, 2017
2 RECOMMENDATIONS
This week on the podcast producer Lidia Jean Kott cracks open a case of fortune cookie theft. "Some men dream of fortunes. Others dream of cookies." This is a real fortune cookie fortune. A presci...Show More
8. The Takeaway
A fresh alternative in daily news featuring critical conversations, live reports from the field, and listener participation. The Takeaway provides a breadth and depth of world, national, and regional news coverage that is unprecedented in public medi...Show More
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How Hollywood Harms the Dwarfism Community
15:21 | Feb 3rd, 2022
3 RECOMMENDATIONS
Last week, actor Peter Dinklage—best known for his role on Game of Thrones—appeared on the podcast WTF with Marc Maron. Dinklage talked about a lot: the evolution of his career, mainstream success, a...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9. The Tobolowsky Files
You've seen him in movies like Groundhog Day, Memento, Sneakers, and on TV in shows like Deadwood and Glee. Now hear what he's like when Stephen Tobolowsky is playing himself! The Tobolowsky Files is a podcast brought to you by the people behind the ...Show More
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The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 99 - My Possible Future (Season Finale)
1:19:39 | Jan 11th, 2021
If life is perplexing just remember: It’s almost always about the guitar.
10. Suave
Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Audio Reporting The U.S is the only country in the world that allows minors to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Approximately 2,500 juveniles have been effectively sentenced to d...Show More
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35:29 | Mar 9th, 2021
1 RECOMMENDATION
“That little place right here changed my whole life. December 6, 1986. 15 seconds. 15 seconds changed my whole life.” Suave has been cleared from all accusations and is free once again. He returns wi...Show More
11. The World
Host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories that remind us just how small our planet really is.
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12. Things That Go Boom
Stories about the ins, outs, and whathaveyous of what keeps us safe. Hosted by Laicie Heeley. Things That Go Boom takes an unconventional look at critical global and national security issues -- so grab a beer and buckle up. It gets bumpy.
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13. Afropop Worldwide
Afropop worldwide is your source for music and stories from the African planet. We explore the the world through sound, from the ancient past to the cutting edge present, combining music, history, and culture. Distributed by PRI.
Most Recommended Episode
59:03 | Dec 12th, 2024
1 RECOMMENDATION
Traditional Manding (Mande) griots living in France sit at the crossroads between Africa and Europe. Historically, their role has been to weave traditional, oral histories, often within music, to prom...Show More
14. Nixon at War
Most accounts of the collapse of Richard Nixon’s presidency begin with Watergate — the now iconic tale of a bungled break-in and the misbegotten cover-up that followed. But what led to Watergate? How — and more puzzlingly, why — did one of the shre...Show More
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S3 Ep 4 - Searchlight on the Lawn
54:02 | Jul 5th, 2021
1 RECOMMENDATION
In the spring of 1970, the war in Vietnam comes home with a vengeance. A year of secret bombing having produced no movement from the North Vietnamese, Nixon and Kissinger raise the stakes, dramatical...Show More
15. To The Best Of Our Knowledge
To The Best Of Our Knowledge is a nationally-syndicated, Peabody award-winning public radio show that dives headlong into the deeper end of ideas. We have conversations with novelists and poets, scientists and software engineers, journalists and hist...Show More
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16. Orbital Path
Astronomer Michelle Thaller takes a look at the big questions of the cosmos and what the answers can reveal about life here on Earth. From podcast powerhouse PRX, with support from the Sloan Foundation.
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31:05 | Dec 21st, 2018
Orbital Path signs off with a site visit to NASA’s mysterious and extraordinary building 29.
17. ROS Presents: Roughhousing
ROS Presents is home to Religion of Sports’ most ambitious and engaging audio storytelling, existing at the intersection of sports and society. We are now in our third season with Roughhousing, an exploration of hazing in high school sports. Our fi...Show More
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COUNTERATTACK Part 6: The Comeback
31:29 | Jun 15th, 2023
Telling their stories opens the door for Sinead Farelly and Mana Shim — and the NWSL itself — to undergo radical transformations.
18. Transistor
Transistor is podcast of scientific curiosities and current events, featuring guest hosts, scientists, and story-driven reporters. Presented by radio and podcast powerhouse PRX, with support from the Sloan Foundation.
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19. Live Wire with Luke Burbank
Like late-night for radio, hosted by Luke Burbank (Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me), the show artfully blends an eclectic mix of artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers, comedians and cultural observers. Music, comedy, and conversation, live and packed with ...Show More
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20. RadioWest
Conversation and stories that explore the way the world works. Produced by KUER 90.1 in Salt Lake City and hosted by Doug Fabrizio. Find archived episodes at http://radiowest.org
Most Recommended Episode
51:30 | Nov 18th, 2022
1 RECOMMENDATION
A true multi-hyphenate, writer-director-actor Lake Bell is obsessed with how we sound. Her new audiobook celebrates that “least-appreciated” trait: our voices.
21. Otherhood
In an era of “us” and “them,” be an “other” — someone trying to understand how we all live together. Journalism about the multicultural nation America will become — hosted by Rupa Shenoy.
22. Our Global Economy
Stories that provide depth and context to interrelated economic issues, including the best from PRI’s The World, The Takeaway, Living on Earth, and other popular programs.
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How much will a 25% tariff hurt sales of Scotch?
04:55 | Oct 17th, 2019
Distillers — and consumers — are worried about the impact of a 25% tariff on exports of Scottish whisky to the US.
23. Living on Earth
As the planet we call home faces a climate emergency, Living on Earth is your go-to source for the latest coverage of climate change, ecology, and human health. Hosted by Steve Curwood and brought to you by PRX.
24. The World: Global Hit
A daily spotlight on international musical artists and trends. Created by host Marco Werman, the Global Hit features interviews with musicians, critics and deejays around the globe.
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0:00 | Apr 17th, 2023
The singer-songwriter has always straddled between the worlds of globalization and the traditions of her homeland.
25. Politics with Amy Walter
Every Friday, Amy Walter brings you the trends in politics long before the national media picks up on them. Known as one of the smartest and most trusted journalists in Washington, D.C., Amy Walter is respected by politicians and pundits on all s...Show More
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