PRX - Pieces for Format: Commentary

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

19 results


Hyphenated Identity
From: Laura Joyce Davis
Series: Shelter in Place
Piece image
What's in a name? We reflect on where we belong and what it means to be American, especially in the wake of anti-Asian hate crimes.

  • Added: Apr 06, 2021
  • Length: 52:02
Rethinking Needs
From: Kyle Boelte
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The author goes into the wilderness and comes back with a new appreciation of his needs.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:33
Maxwell Street by Adam Gottlieb
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
Piece image
His fourth year in the competition, Adam says this piece is a poem for his Grandma - it's a beautiful reflection on a Chicago landmark. Adam Gottl...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:13
As we boomers age ...
From: Laura Friedman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A boomer youngster finds inspiration about aging - from people her own age.

Bought by WKMS


  • Added: Dec 27, 2007
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
"Gratiot" by Adam Levin
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
Piece image
His grandmother's refusal to accept his mother's conversion to Judaism. This poet is a student at Oak Park-River Forest High School (IL).

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 01:47
"Metaphoric Race" by Novana Venerable
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
Piece image
With a black father that wanted to be darker and an aunt that passed for white, Novana writes about how to accept her biracial identity. This poet...

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
"School Agers" by Deja Taylor
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
Piece image
The youngest kid in kindergarten, Deja stood up for herself one day by bringing up death... a lesson she had learned too young and was struggling t...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:19
"Spaghetti Sauce" by Tabitha Watson
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
Piece image
One young writer's lessons learning from a family member with a mental disability. This poet is a student at Oak Park-River Forest High School (IL).

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:27
"Fitting in" by Team Oak Park-River Forest High School
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
Piece image
Peer expectations in a teenage world are strong, and being confortable with who you are is a hard lesson to learn. Addressing issues of faith, gen...

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
My Pink Easter Dress
From: Miles Eddy
Piece image
Storyteller Mary Van Pelt remembers shopping for a special dress, her fear of the big city, and receiving gentle guidance and love from her Grandmo...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and WYSO


  • Added: Feb 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 4
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: (Christmas) Just in the nick of time
From: Spokane Public Radio
Piece image
By the time Christmas rolls around, I've lost the glow. I'm grouchier and meaner than the Grinch.

Bought by KZUM


  • Added: Dec 16, 2006
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: The Dance
From: Spokane Public Radio
Piece image
Of all the tender moments I have shared with my children, I think I?ll remember the dancing the most.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 03:06
Home Planet: Fly away home
From: Spokane Public Radio
Piece image
Watching a family of Swallows who have nested under the eaves brings a comparison to the drama in the human nest

  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: 03:22
Hopeless in High School
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Some kids joke about dropping out, but when Sarah Smith's family started to fall apart, she saw it as her only option.

Bought by SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, WXLV-FM, YouthCast, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 03, 2006
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 4
Home Planet: (New Year) Time in My Hands
From: Spokane Public Radio
Piece image
I don't have a lot to show for last year. I didn't lose a pound or gain an hour. I didn't save nearly enough time or money. I didn't turn over any ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Public Interactive, KUOW, and KZUM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 5
Home Planet: (Christmas) Mom's Secret Christmas List
From: Spokane Public Radio
Piece image
When my children ask what I want for Christmas, I give the the standard list: perfume, slippers and things like that. But I have a secret list.

Bought by WEZU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2005
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 3
Home Planet: Dear Santa, Make it work again.
From: Spokane Public Radio
Piece image
A few minutes before midnight a little boy brings one of last year's gifts and places it under the tree. He wants to return it to Santa.

Bought by WRVO Public Media and WNIN


  • Added: Dec 03, 2005
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2
Talk Early, Talk Often
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Blunt Presents: Youth and Sex
Caption: PRX default Piece image
As a way to approach that awkward child-parent sex talk, Aoife Baker and her mom both read Sabrina Weill's "The Real Truth about Teens and Sex." In...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 03:15
Thanksgiving story
From: Holly Kernan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A refugee remembers his first Thanksgiving

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, WNCW, KRZA, WHRV, KHSU and more


  • Added: Nov 11, 2003
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 42