PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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When I moved from Melbourne to Italy I was faced with a difficult decision: take my cat Ombra with me, submitting her to a gruelling 26-hour flight...

  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 01:17
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This is audio of a formerly incarcerated woman reading a letter she wrote while in prison.

  • Added: Nov 03, 2018
  • Length: 03:13
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On this episode of Palestinians Podcast we hear from author Wafa Ghnaim about her struggle with being the daughter of immigrants in the United Stat...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2017
  • Length: 37:13
Caption: Ludlow Street, NYC
Three days after 9/11, I run into a cop who is just up from Ground Zero to get cigarettes and something warm. Something real.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2016
  • Length: 09:20
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Maisy is a shop dog in Toronto, but she had to take time off -- a sick leave. To battle her cancer, her humans traveled with Maisy to seek treatmen...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 27:43
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Free, audio book excerpts. There’s something naively beautiful about letting yourself fall in love—it’s the emotional rush, the increasing velocity...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 09:19
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Sealed explores divorce and its lingering effects. Nearly two decades after their parents’ separation, four siblings reflect on its aftermath.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 22:22
  • Purchases: 1
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"What do you think of when you think of your dad?" People in Seattle share stories about their fathers. Death, divorce, drugs, love, Casey Kasem...

Bought by KSFR, KUT, and KUT


  • Added: Mar 05, 2010
  • Length: 14:24
  • Purchases: 3