PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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An ex-felon and former car salesman works two jobs to rebuild his life and hopefully some day reunite with his daughter.
Bought by KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Jul 02, 2014
- Length: 04:03
- Purchases: 3
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
- Added: Jun 04, 2014
- Length: 04:39
- Purchases: 1
This story is about a high school teacher in New Orleans who looks back on his shenanigans as a student, and how teaching helps him grow.
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 05:00
A woman arms herself before leaving for work; an 18 year old girl spends three months in an Alaskan cannery; and that woman on the phone is not who...
Bought by KUAC, XRAY.fm, KOSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Aspen Public Radio and more
- Added: Mar 04, 2013
- Length: 28:31
- Purchases: 6
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
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: 01:19
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: 01:25
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: :54
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: 01:31
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: 01:24
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: 01:57
A personal narrative about a traumatizing experience I had in elementary school in Egypt.
- Added: Oct 13, 2012
- Length: 05:22
This Story was told on July 10th, 2012 at Aubrey's Place in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. Here, Elizabeth Steeby reminisces on the horrify...
- Added: Sep 24, 2012
- Length: 07:00
In Key West, Florida,a neighborhood rooster's cries awaken a woman mourning her mother's recent death.
- Added: May 06, 2012
- Length: 02:59
Miranda tells us about her love filled jaunt in Paris and how to detect men not of your dreams.
- Added: Apr 02, 2012
- Length: 08:07
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
One evening during the overnight shift at the Hilton, Sam inadvertently ruins a co-worker’s life.
- Added: Feb 28, 2012
- Length: 12:25
A true story told live in London. As a trader, Shaun had it all - money, cars, women - until he got into dealing drugs as well as shares. This is h...
- Added: Jan 09, 2012
- Length: 09:50
After more than 30 years together, my beloved British sports car and I have parted. We've become too old to continue our exciting adventures together.
- Added: Nov 20, 2011
- Length: 05:47
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
"IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK: Inside Youth Speak Out" is a poetry series drawn from testimonial writings by the youngest members of America's prison ...
Bought by WGDR
- Added: Jan 18, 2011
- Length: 14:58
- Purchases: 1
Aspergers, in my opinion, has always been misunderstood due to it being a medical "condition." When you listen to this, I ask that you go in with ...
Bought by HowSound, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis, KSFR and more
- Added: Nov 09, 2010
- Length: 05:47
- Purchases: 8
