Public Radio Exchange
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For core support to 'The World'
Date
Dec. 11, 2025
Duration
24 months
Description
The World is an international news program on public radio dedicated to enhancing American audiences’ understanding of global security matters. It strives to increase awareness and foster transparent dialogue. Throughout the grant period, The World will cover regions experiencing geopolitical shifts, humanitarian crises, and emerging conflicts through on-the-ground reporting and expert interviews. Additionally, by expanding into digital platforms, including a new YouTube channel, the program seeks to engage younger audiences.
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For core support to the Global Security Unit's The World
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
As peace and security problems become increasingly complex, high-quality journalism helps build an informed citizenry that understands these issues and how they intersect. Public Radio Exchange (PRX) is a content and audio company that delivers context, analysis, and storytelling through the views of experts and people on the ground. Housed in PRX’sGlobal Security Unit, its feature outputThe World covers major global threats, making international issues and events relevant and compelling to U.S. listeners.
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For the podcast seasons of "Things That Go Boom"
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The “Things That Go Boom” (TTGB) podcast explores national security and foreign policy issues through rigorous journalism and storytelling. A project of Public Radio Exchange and Inkstick Media, TTGB analyzes issues from multiple viewpoints, perspectives, and disciplines, particularly those underrepresented in the public conversation. Continued Corporation support will allow the development, production, and distribution of the next few seasons of TTGB, following foreign policy, nuclear weapons, and national security issues through the 2024 presidential election and beyond.
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For core support to The World and its Global Security Unit
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
As today’s peace and security problems become increasingly complex, high-quality journalism helps build an informed citizenry that understands these issues and how they intersect. Public Radio Exchange (PRX) is a content and audio company that delivers context, analysis, and storytelling through the views of experts and ordinary people on the ground. Its feature The World is dedicated to making international issues and events relevant and compelling to U.S. listeners. With renewed support, PRX will continue its coverage of major global threats through its dedicated Global Security Unit.
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For the next podcast seasons of "Things That Go Boom"
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Public media provides programs that educate society and help inform essential discourse. Explaining global affairs in a way that is compelling builds an engaged citizenry that can understand the drivers of today’s most pressing security problems. The podcast Things That Go Boom (TTGB) explores national security and foreign policy issues through rigorous journalism and storytelling. A project of Public Radio Exchange and Inkstick Media, TTGB analyzes issues from multiple viewpoints, perspectives, and disciplines, particularly those underrepresented in the public conversation. Continued Corporation support will allow the development, production, and distribution of the next few seasons of TTGB, following foreign policy and national security issues through the 2022 midterm elections and toward the 2024 presidential election.
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For core support to The World and its Global Security Unit
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
The complexity of today’s peace and security problems has the public seeking answers to many questions. High quality journalism helps provide explanations. Public Radio Exchange (PRX) is a content and audio company that delivers context, analysis, and storytelling through the views of experts and ordinary people. Its feature The World is dedicated to making international issues and events relevant and compelling to U.S. listeners. With renewed support, PRX will establish its Global Security Unit, a dedicated department and staffing that will report on major global threats.
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For the next podcast seasons of "Things That Go Boom"
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
Public media provide programs that educate society and help inform essential discourse. Explaining global affairs in a way that is compelling builds an engaged citizenry who can understand the drivers of today’s most pressing security problems. The podcast Things That Go Boom (TTGB) explores national security and foreign policy issues through rigorous journalism and storytelling. A project of Public Radio Exchange and Inkstick Media, TTGB analyzes issues from multiple viewpoints, perspectives, and disciplines, particularly those underrepresented in the public conversation. Continued Corporation support will allow the development, production, and distribution of the next few seasons of TTGB, following foreign policy and national security issues through and beyond the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.
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For a new season of "Things that Go Boom"
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
13 months
Description
A well-functioning democracy relies on an informed citizenry. Citizens in turn benefit from media that is anchored in journalism, strengthened with diverse voices, and amplified by innovative technology. Through a recent merger with longtime grantee Public Radio International, cutting-edge media creator Public Radio Exchange is expanding its programming portfolio, including through the podcast “Things That Go Boom” (TTGB), which seeks to make national security issues relatable to the general public. Hosted by security analyst Laicie Heeley, TTGB’s early seasons reached over 600,000 listeners across platforms. This grant will provide critical editorial and production support toward the podcast’s third season, which will explore the military, diplomatic, economic, and security implications of the new great power competition among the United States, Russia, and China.
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As a one-time grant for the podcast "Space-Bridge!", a production of showcase from Public Radio Exchange's Radiotopia
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Launched in 2003, Public Radio Exchange (PRX) is a public media company that reaches more than 25 million people each month, on-air, across the U.S., and is responsible for more than 43 million monthly podcasts, including the Moth Radio Hour and This American Life. With Corporation support, PRX will produce Space-Bridge!, a four episode podcast recounting the late Cold-War era story on how American and Russian citizens used early technology and a conventional phone line, a predecessor to the internet, to create a diplomacy channel without government intervention. Their ability to connect directly fundamentally altered the nature of international relations. The podcasts are being created in partnership with Azarmas Academy, a Russian-language educational website dedicated to the history of culture and aims to expand international understanding of the Cold War, especially among young listeners who are not familiar with that time in history, and how its consequences manifest today.
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For an oral history project to increase public awareness of significant events throughout John F. Kennedy's political career
Date
Sep. 12, 2013
Duration
6 months