PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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E01 / Your Pet Hates Your Music
From: Sarah Hoyles
Series: Pet Sounds
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You leave the radio on for your pet, before you leave the apartment. We'll find out if the cat and dog wish you hadn't.

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, North State Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 13:41
  • Purchases: 4
Breaking Protocol
From: Jessica Cheung
Caption: Constellation Heart, Credit: Gavin Potenza
One day at the clinic, a medical interpreter breaks protocol to cure a wound no other doctor can see.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:57
Reflections on Education Equity from Dr. Diane Torres-Velasquez
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Responding to our pieces with Dr. Jeff Menzise and Dr. Augustine Romero, Professor Torres-Velasquez of the Latino Education Taskforce integrates th...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 06:58
The Asakawa Christmas Party
From: Graham Shelby
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Storyteller Graham Shelby is thinking about the WWII veterans in his family when he serves as guest of honor at an unusual Christmas party - one he...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 12:29
Kindergarten v. First Grade
From: Jesse Rhodes
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Will a kindergartner and a first grader find the same thing funny? A school librarian in San Francisco teamed up with his Kindergartners to write ...

Bought by WMMT, KUOW, and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 3
Where@bouts - Episode 002 - Hugh Bob's Van
From: Mad Genius
Series: Where@bouts
Caption: Hugh Bob's van, outside another club. Anywhere, USA., Credit: Mad Genius
"Where@bouts" is the short radio series about the sense of place. Our guests conduct their world like a song in an imaginative feat of radio art. M...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 15, 2014
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Working Poor I: Natasha and Robin
From: WCPN
Series: The Working Poor
Caption: Natasha Wynn high-fives her daughter, Robin., Credit: Brian Bull, WCPN.
A single mom working a fast-food job aims high.

Bought by KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 4
The Free-Book Shelf
From: Bill Lancz
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A Trans-Atlantic flight, and the lessons gleaned from it.

  • Added: May 28, 2014
  • Length: 05:48
¡Gaytino!
From: Camino Real Productions, LLC
Caption: Dan Guerrero
¡Gaytino! - written and performed by Dan Guerrero - is a remarkable life journey from 1950s East LA to New York’s Great White Way in the 60s and 70...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KWMR, Radio Catskill, KTSW 89.9, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: May 27, 2014
  • Length: 56:24
  • Purchases: 9
Leaving Los Angeles
From: Alison Byrne
Caption: Leaving Los Angeles, Credit: Alison Byrne
Personal Essay on working odd jobs to get by in Los Angeles, trying to find creative and fulfilling work, getting older, and, finally, leaving Holl...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 27, 2014
  • Length: 11:53
  • Purchases: 2
The Sweet Science
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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The story of one woman's improbable journey from the gym to the boxing ring.

  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 16:05
Song Story S0.E5 - James Dalton's "Mama's Got Her Ukulele" (pre-season sneak-peek)
From: Eric Ginsberg
Series: Song Story
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer/songwriter and DIY...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2014
  • Length: 12:09
Aging Voices Read “The Road Not Taken”
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Inspired by Frost’s focus on the choices we make throughout our lives, Sarah Milad has recorded voices from progressive ages to read his poem. The ...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:17
Wilderness Adventures Through the Eyes of a Child
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Caption: Elliot after his trek to the top, Credit: Shana Weber
Take a journey with a parent and child as they explore the wilderness in search of their favorite mountain mammal, the American pika.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2014
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
On speaking vs writing
From: Veronica Simmonds
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What is the nature of speech? Why did we start writing stuff down? And which of these lasts longer?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 2
Catch 311
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
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On March 11th, 2011 Justine Beed was sitting in an English classroom outside of Tokyo, when the 9.0 Earthquake hit near Fukushima.

Bought by MPR News Stations


  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 1
Dissociation
From: Barbara Morris
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A non-fictional piece about how I relinquished my power of DISSOCIATION in order to finally allow someone to love me.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2014
  • Length: 05:35
Candombe
From: Ben Weisz
Caption: Child with tambor
Ben Weisz discovers the vibrant street tradition of Candombe drumming, and explores its origins among Montevideo's Afro-Uruguayan community.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 08:28
The Curious Gamer
From: Devin Polaski
Caption: Logo of The Curious Gamer, Credit: Devin Polaski
A radio show discussing the culture, design, and joy of video games. Hosted by Devin Polaski.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2013
  • Length: 21:28
That’s the Way the Toilet Bowl Flushes
From: Megan Sukys
Series: Drunken Telegraph
Caption: Nobel Prize winner John Northrup, in earlier days.
Nobel Prize winners may be hiding in plain sight, ready to help the most clueless junior high kid on his science project.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 12:56
The Two Dads & Two Sh***y Babies Show
From: Megan Sukys
Series: Drunken Telegraph
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Two stay-at-home dads don't find friendship, but they do learn the opposite of lonliness.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 10:14
Mrs. Johnson and The Thunder Bomb Dogs
From: Megan Sukys
Series: Drunken Telegraph
Caption: Tom Llewellyn and the wrapper for his Thunder Bombs, Credit: David Matsui
As a kid, Tom Llewellyn fought gentrification with his beloved Thunder Bombs.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 14:52
The Possibility of a Neighborhood Watch
From: Megan Sukys
Series: Drunken Telegraph
Caption: Tracie Bonjour, Credit: David Matsui
Great cities are made of great neighborhoods, but bad neighbors can ruin the whole town.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 09:18
Worm Bin Disaster
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Julie Sabatier tells the story of her worm composting bin that turned out to be a stinky, DIY disaster.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 09:52
  • Purchases: 1
Tree Disaster
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Sometimes DIY isn't the best way to go...and it can lead to disaster.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:59