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Featured Project: PRX Remix

PRX Remix is for people who love to listen to great stories.

We handpick the best short works from shows like The Moth, 99% Invisible, and Snap Judgment, from independent radio makers on PRX.org, and from podcasters everywhere.

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Caption: The Immediate Aftermath

Two Little Girls Explain The Worst Haircut Ever (02:57)
From: Jeff Cohen

My five year old cut off my three year old's hair. A few weeks later, I decided to interview them and get their explanations. Here's what they told me.
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The Kindness of Strangers (06:15)
From: Kirsty McQuire

One woman's philanthropic mission comes full circle.
Caption: Martha Lillard, 65, uses her iron lung to breathe at night., Credit: Julia Scott

The Last of the Iron Lungs (06:30)
From: Julia Scott

Sixty years after polio was eradicated in America, a dozen survivors still rely on their iron lungs to breathe. Come inside the machine Martha Lillard would rather die than ...
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The Long Game: Texas' Ongoing Battle for the Direction of the Classroom (59:01)
From: Trey Kay

"Long Game" is a new radio documentary about ongoing culture war battles over education in the Lone Star State.
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Lou's Legacy: A Lou Reed Appreciation (01:57:59)
From: Paul Ingles

A panel of music writers and Lou Reed fans sample the late musician's catalog through the years and suggest what made him important to the history of rock music. [Reed died ...
Caption: Third Coast winners receive this hand-crafted award, Credit: Kate Joyce

Best of the Best: The 2013 Third Coast Festival Broadcast and Promo (01:58:00)
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival

Each year The Third Coast International Audio Festival brings the best new documentaries produced worldwide to the national airwaves in a special two-hour program hosted by ...
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Reveal PILOT (59:01)
From: Reveal

Reveal is a new investigative program from The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX. In this pilot: the volume and impact stemming from the VA's over-prescription of ...
Caption: Data from 12 different locations let violinmaker Joseph Curtin digitize a violin's sonic fingerprint., Credit: David Schulman

The Elusive Digital Stradivarius (07:38)
From: David Schulman

The sound of a fine acoustic violin is deviously hard to mimic. But a leading maker now has a digital prototype designed to sound the equal of a Stradivarius.