PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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On her kids' last day of school, Laura draws from Susan Wise Bauer's research, writing, and experience on how we can rethink the way we approach ou...
- Added: May 27, 2020
- Length: 22:02
Sarah Wyman reflects on self-care, adulthood and the roommate she didn’t know she had.
- Added: Apr 19, 2018
- Length: 03:18
When you look into the eyes of someone who’s Bi-Polar, it’s like looking at a hurricane from space. You can see the swirling mass, but the real ho...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WABE, The Story, KUOW, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 11, 2017
- Length: 09:31
- Purchases: 5
Is live theatre still relevant? Why do I spend my summers doing family-friendly theatre in small towns?
- Added: Jul 23, 2015
- Length: 08:27
When you think of someone who's part of America's "working poor", you may picture a high school or college dropout. It's generally assumed that th...
Bought by KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WTJU
- Added: Jul 02, 2014
- Length: 04:10
- Purchases: 4
For many senior citizens, the "Golden Years" are meant to be lived comfortably. One retires, takes things easy, maybe catches up with kids and gra...
Bought by KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Jul 02, 2014
- Length: 04:10
- Purchases: 3
As we recognize Bud Powell as one of the most influential jazz pianists of the 20th century, we must also acknowledge how much of his greatness and...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 02:29
- Purchases: 2
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman.
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KHSU
- Added: Jan 07, 2013
- Length: 05:52
- Purchases: 2
Homo sapien, human being. Homo mustus, human doing. How much of my life is defined by my doing rather than my being?
- Added: May 31, 2011
- Length: 05:31
I know my mother and my children, literally, from the inside out.
- Added: May 31, 2011
- Length: 05:20
On May Day, the first day of summer in the Celtic calendar, I celebrate the music of Turlough O'Carolan, the last great Irish composer and harpist.
- Added: May 31, 2011
- Length: 06:02
What catalyzes change in my life? Although fear and pain top the list, only inspiration is a sustainable fuel.
- Added: Apr 19, 2011
- Length: 05:36
When I first walked into the nursing home, I saw the residents as "living cadavers." Later I came to love them and celebrate their lives.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 17, 2011
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 1
Walking on a beach on Australia's east coast, I witnessed my birthday, and the birth of a new year.
- Added: Mar 17, 2011
- Length: 05:11
In death is the possibility of harvest - making life from the fruits of the passing season.
- Added: Feb 03, 2011
- Length: 05:25
Celebrating the birthday of my 70 year old friend Louise, who is in full bloom.
- Added: Jan 21, 2011
- Length: 05:41
I've spent much of my life ruled by the long-armed reach of the clock. Now, focusing on the present moment, I'm learning to live outside time.
- Added: Jan 05, 2011
- Length: 05:18
At six years old, in my family's barren living room, Santa furnished our hearts with love.
- Added: Jan 05, 2011
- Length: 05:48
Living in Scotland, where the mid-winter sun barely crests the horizon, a tiny oak seedling unfurled its leaves on solstice morning.
- Added: Jan 05, 2011
- Length: 05:21
If I viewed my life as an experiment, a Petri dish of experience, what would I devote myself to?
- Added: Nov 23, 2010
- Length: 05:24
Imagine giving thanks for every aspect of Creation - how long would that take?
- Added: Nov 23, 2010
- Length: 05:52
In a used bookstore, I recognize that I view beloved books as family, as paper-bound kin
- Added: Oct 29, 2010
- Length: 05:31
The mind is a vicious master, searching for absolute certainty, which in truth is an illusion.
- Added: Oct 29, 2010
- Length: 05:15
Like the ancient Celts, Halloween is a time for me to experiment with new forms and ways of being.
Bought by KUT
- Added: Oct 29, 2010
- Length: 05:12
- Purchases: 1
A pair of owls hooting in the dawn are harbingers of death and awakening.
- Added: Oct 29, 2010
- Length: 05:07
