PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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One day, Jakob Lewis receives an email from a German man named Ingo asking to be his pen pal. The close relationship they develop teaches Jakob tha...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Mar 25, 2021
- Length: 27:55
- Purchases: 1
Walker meets up with a close friend at a favorite Thai restaurant to get her advice on the latest situation in her relationship with Trent.
- Added: Jan 15, 2021
- Length: 05:00
The story of girl who copes with feeling like a misfit by inventing imaginary pen pal relationships with Movie of the Week characters. The Mortifie...
- Added: Jun 18, 2017
- Length: 24:06
A religious father refuses to let his daughter get corrupted by The Love Boat and other 80s pop culture.
- Added: Jun 19, 2016
- Length: 20:13
Since I was 12-years-old, I always thought I would die by the age of 30. Here's the story of how I didn't, and how I spent my 'last few days' prepa...
- Added: Sep 15, 2014
- Length: 09:59
- Added: Jul 21, 2014
- Length: 06:17
- Purchases: 1
City living proves less glamorous than anticipated to one wide-eyed newcomer -- but there are lessons about family to be learned.
Bought by American Voices
- Added: Dec 02, 2012
- Length: 10:23
- Purchases: 1
Just as Sam is starting to feel like he's getting the hang of this whole cab driving thing, he becomes ensnared in the nefarious clutches of 31st S...
- Added: Sep 08, 2011
- Length: 08:35
A true story. When my best friend broke up with me, I wished her dead. Then she had a brain hemorrhage.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUT, and PRX Remix
- Added: May 19, 2011
- Length: 08:52
- Purchases: 3
Storyteller Jennifer Munro shares a childhood memory about her father and an overzealous neighbor.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 28, 2010
- Length: 04:04
- Purchases: 1
On my 21st birthday my father said to me: "Happy birthday, you're not covered on my insurance anymore ... so do me a favor, don't wear a seatbelt. ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, and KUOW
- Added: May 22, 2010
- Length: 07:32
- Purchases: 3
This audio essay is based upon a near accident during a winter weekend drive from Boston to New York City.
- Added: Jan 03, 2009
- Length: 04:47
A personal audio essay about my Italian-American Nani teaching me the importance of showing love through cooking.
- Added: Jan 03, 2009
- Length: 06:19
