PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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- Scent number 20: Chanel No. 5 Perfume - Walker brings us back to her startup days when the coveted perfume Chanel No. 5 helped her close many bu...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2021
  • Length: 02:54
Caption: Mortified logo, Credit: Jered Bogli
Need relief from all the juvenile antics of campaign season? From PRX's Radiotopia, "MORTIFIED'S TOTALLY JUVENILE ELECTION SPECIAL" is your antidot...

Bought by KPIK-LP, WUTC, KJZZ, Troy Public Radio, KALW and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 26
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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
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Starting off on my quest to generate a new piece based on the Moth's weekly storytelling themes. This week's theme is vacation, so here is a tale ...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 11:12
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One evening during the overnight shift at the Hilton, Sam inadvertently ruins a co-worker’s life.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 12:25
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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
Caption: Eat! Eat!, Credit: Sandy Chin
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