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PRX is a public media company and audio technology organization. It builds podcast publishing technology (including Dovetail), distributes a portfolio of podcast and broadcast shows, and provides training and production services for audio producers, stations, and news organizations. If you're a listener, PRX is likely the network behind a show you already follow; if you're a producer or station, it's a technology and distribution partner.
What PRX actually does
PRX operates across three connected areas:
- Audio technology — It builds a "privacy-first suite of applications for all your podcasting needs," with Dovetail as its podcast publishing platform. The stated goal is to help top producers reach and grow audiences and make money.
- Content and distribution — It carries podcast and broadcast shows, described as including some of the most popular in the world.
- Training and production — PRX trains storytellers, producers, stations, and news organizations, and its PRX Productions team handles audio direction, editing, sound design, engineering, and production for podcasts, broadcast shows, experiential audio, and sonic branding.
The shows under the PRX umbrella
PRX's catalog spans investigative journalism, personal storytelling, science, food, and foreign policy. Named shows include:
| Show | What it is |
|---|---|
| The World | International news and culture |
| Reveal | Weekly investigative radio show and podcast |
| This American Life | Storytelling public radio show and podcast |
| The New Yorker Critics At Large | Culture criticism |
| Ear Hustle | Stories of life inside prison, produced by people living it |
| The Moth | Storytelling show on public radio and podcast |
| Snap Judgment | Story-driven radio with a cinematic, musical style |
| Song Exploder | Musicians break down how their songs were made |
| Milk Street Radio | Cooking, food, culture, wine, and farming |
| Lost Women of Science | Science history and discovery |
| Things That Go Boom | Foreign policy for a general audience |
| Normal Gossip, Monumental, Hyperfixed, Peak Travel, The Recipe, The Sam Sanders Show, How God Works, We Disrupt This Broadcast | Additional podcast titles in the network |
The full list is longer than what's shown on the homepage; PRX points visitors to a "See all shows" page for the complete catalog.
Scale and reach
PRX reports two audience figures on its site:
- 25 million — audience reached monthly on air across the U.S.
- 100 million — monthly podcast downloads
These numbers describe the network as a whole rather than any single show, so they're a rough signal of reach, not a per-show metric.
Who PRX is for
- Listeners — You don't need to do anything special; PRX shows are distributed through standard podcast apps and public radio stations.
- Podcasters and producers — Dovetail is the entry point if you want publishing and audience-growth tooling. PRX also offers training programs for producers and newsrooms.
- Stations and regional broadcasters — PRX runs a separate Station Services site, framed around serving individual stations and their regions.
- Partners needing custom audio — PRX Productions takes on commissioned work, from full podcasts to sonic identifiers.
What the site doesn't tell you
The homepage doesn't publish pricing for Dovetail, training, or production services, and it doesn't state whether any of these require an account or application. If cost or eligibility matters for your decision, treat that as something to confirm directly with PRX rather than assume.
The short version
PRX sits at the intersection of public media and podcast infrastructure: it makes the publishing technology, produces and distributes the shows, and trains the people who make them. Which part matters to you depends on whether you're listening, publishing, or commissioning audio.