PRX Annual Report Playlist

There’s More to That - A Field of Dreams Built in an Unlikely Place: A Japanese American Internment Camp

Baseball was a way of life in the camps that incarcerated Japanese Americans during World War II. The United States government stripped the Americans who lived in these camps of their liberties, but for those communities, having played the game for generations, baseball brought them closer to each other and, paradoxically, to their country. At Manzanar, one such site at the foot of the Sierra Nevada in California, dozens of baseball and softball teams played regularly. Decades after the camps closed, and after Japanese Americans had returned to their homes on the West Coast, Manzanar was established as a historic site [https://www.nps.gov/manz/index.htm]. Replicas of camp buildings were erected to memorialize what had happened there, but the baseball field was in complete disrepair. Artist and baseball enthusiast Dan Kwong led the herculean restoration effort. Host Ari Daniel talks with Kwong and Smithsonian writer Rachel Ng, who reported [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/moving-story-of-bringing-baseball-back-to-manzanar-where-thousands-of-japanese-americans-were-incarcerated-during-world-war-II-180986312/] on the endeavor.  Read the original Smithsonian article here [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/moving-story-of-bringing-baseball-back-to-manzanar-where-thousands-of-japanese-americans-were-incarcerated-during-world-war-II-180986312/]. To subscribe to “There’s More to That,” and to listen to past episodes on a recently solved mystery surrounding the burial of John F. Kennedy [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-mystery-surrounding-the-grave-of-jfk-is-solved-180986178/], the only battalion during World War II composed entirely of Black women [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-remarkable-story-of-wwiis-6888-as-told-by-the-women-who-were-there-180982854/], and everything you wanted to know about sweating and sports [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-to-sweat-like-an-olympianthis-summer-dont-be-embarrassed-by-those-pit-stains-or-your-drenched-workout-clothes-our-expert-on-the-science-of-sweat-says-perspiration-is-what-makes-humans-faster-higher-and-stronger-180984760/], find us on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/theres-more-to-that/id1694965155?ign-itscg=30200&ign-itsct=podcast_box_player], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4NYRCRxkYJTLjW71sqYOFv?si=08fa62c3e59d450f&nd=1], iHeartRadio [https://www.iheart.com/] or wherever you get your podcasts.  “There’s More to That” is a production of Smithsonian magazine and PRX Productions.  From the magazine, our team is Ari Daniel, Debra Rosenberg and Brian Wolly. From PRX, our team is Jessica Miller, Genevieve Sponsler, Adriana Rosas Rivera, Sandra Lopez Monsalve and Edwin Ochoa. The executive producer of PRX Productions is Jocelyn Gonzales. Fact-checking by Stephanie Abramson. Our music is from APM Music. Episode artwork by Emily Lankiewicz. Photos by Aaron Rapoport and the National Archives under public domain. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/podcast/series/theres-more-to-that/ [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/podcast/series/theres-more-to-that/]

Special Sauce - California Avocado Growers In Crisis

On this episode of Special Sauce we talk to avocado farmer Norm Kachuck and Los Angeles Times reporter Daniel Miller about the crisis facing California avocado growers as they try to compete with Mexican avocados.  https://www.thespecialsaucepodcast.com/ [https://www.thespecialsaucepodcast.com/]

The Zest - Author Craig Pittman on Quirky—and Hilarious—Florida Food Stories

Pizza fraud, fried mullet masquerading as a bird and produce used as weapons. For Craig Pittman [https://www.instagram.com/craigpittman78/?hl=en], it’s all in a day’s work.  Craig is a journalist and author of several books about the quirky side of our state. His latest is Welcome to Florida [https://upf.com/book.asp?id=9780813080949]—or, for short, WTF. He also co-hosts a podcast [https://welcometoflorida.buzzsprout.com/] of the same name. Many of these stranger-than-fiction stories involve food, so we invited Craig on the pod to share a few of his favorite epicurean anecdotes. A Florida native known for wearing  tropical-themed shirts, Craig explains how his interest in quirky news stories started in childhood. He also shares his favorite under-the-radar eateries around the state. To subscribe to Craig’s Oh, Florida! Newsletter, click here [https://craigpittman.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=06551dfbe863650a2d6d5109f&id=d5a45e6af8]. Related episodes: * Author & Restaurateur Randy Wayne White on Rum, Hot Sauce & His Latest Doc Ford Novel [https://thezestpodcast.com/s10e1/] * “Call Anthony” Gilbert Reviews Food at Gas Stations and Other Overlooked Eateries [https://thezestpodcast.com/s11e12/] * “Happiest Plate on Earth” Podcast Hosts Dish on Disney Dining [https://thezestpodcast.com/s9e1/]

Know What You See - From Lipstick to Loons: Jennifer Sullivan’s Journey into Birding

Host Brian Lowery talks with journalist Jennifer Sullivan about the parallels between beauty and birding. As someone who has spent years writing about appearance and self-perception, Jenn discovered that watching birds offered a different kind of reflection—one that quiets the mind and expands our sense of place in the world. She and Brian discuss how stepping into nature can shift the way we see ourselves, and what happens when we stop looking in the mirror and start looking up. For more on the show, go to knowwhatyousee.com [https://www.knowwhatyousee.com/].

American Railroad - North Carolina

Episode 1 takes us to North Carolina, where host and Silkroad Artistic Director Rhiannon Giddens reveals the origins of the popular Appalachian folk song, “Swannanoa Tunnel” and how professors Jeffrey A. Keith and Kevin Kehrberg’s research sparked important conversations about erasure and ownership in Appalachian music. We’ll also hear from Banjo player Tray Wellington about his experience as a Black band leader making a way in a genre not well known for performers who look like him. https://www.silkroad.org/american-railroad-podcast [https://www.silkroad.org/american-railroad-podcast]