PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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Buried memories of China's Cultural Revolution haunt a family
From: Bending Borders
Series: Between Homelands: Hope, Fear and Longing in America
Caption: A young Belinda Cai and her father., Credit: Belinda Cai
Belinda Cai knew only the outline of her father’s childhood in China's Cultural Revolution. Recently, when she asked her father for details, she wa...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 1
Am I Puerto Rican Enough?
From: Bending Borders
Series: Between Homelands: Hope, Fear and Longing in America
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Victor Figueroa looks the part of a Hispanic, but some call him a "fake Puerto Rican," since he doesn't speak Spanish and knows few customs. Here,...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 1
Finding Humanity
From: Talena Sanders
Series: On Summer (Creative Pulse 2015)
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The Creative Pulse is an intense summer graduate program offered through the University of Montana. The perception of many is teachers have their “...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 06:24
Allusionist 12: Pride
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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It’s June; the President of the USA has officially designated it LGBT Pride Month, and there’ll be Pride events around the world. But how did the w...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZMU Moab Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 14:08
  • Purchases: 3
#4 Nothing to Lose
From: Megan Tan
Series: Millennial
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Why do we become our worst enemies when it comes to pursuing the things we actually want? I’ve been there. This is the origin story of making Mille...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 31, 2015
  • Length: 20:31
  • Purchases: 1
#3 Brunchies
From: Megan Tan
Series: Millennial
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Following your dreams is not always glamorous, especially when you could get stuck in "transition."

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 31, 2015
  • Length: 19:28
  • Purchases: 1
#1 Welcome to Millennial
From: Megan Tan
Series: Millennial
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The day you graduate college is suppose full of smiles, family pictures, and a sense of accomplishment. But what happens after that day when you pa...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, American Voices, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 31, 2015
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 3
#2 Living on "The Line"
From: Megan Tan
Series: Millennial
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Decisions. How do you know which ones will lead you to become the person you want to be in the future? And which ones may screw everything up?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 31, 2015
  • Length: 20:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Oldest Greenhorn - 1 Hour Radio Program
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: The Oldest Greenhorn
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Experience the adventure, joys and perils in a greenhorn wrangler's account of the 40th annual Sombrero Ranches "Great American Horse Drive". Eight...

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
E03 / The Dog with 3½ Names
From: Sarah Hoyles
Series: Pet Sounds
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She didn't start with her name or with me. We trace the pure bred mutt's story back to the beginning, or as best we can.

Bought by North State Public Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2015
  • Length: 14:29
  • Purchases: 1
E02 / Capturing Pets
From: Sarah Hoyles
Series: Pet Sounds
Caption: Mike O'Neill & Fruitjack, Credit: Stephanie Clattenburg
We'll find out why people love to capture pets in photos, even though they don't behave for the camera.

Bought by North State Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 13, 2015
  • Length: 14:35
  • Purchases: 3
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
I Thought I'd Get Into Hiking
From: Becca Grumet
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Becca doesn't have very good luck with hiking. This is the story of her two near-death experiences with hiking, set ten years apart.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2015
  • Length: 04:16
George Clinton, AKA Dr. Funkenstein, in his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
Caption: Mysterious detail from the funk-cloning electron microgramatoscope, Credit: Dr. Schulmanstein
If James Brown was the Godfather of Soul, George Clinton remains the undisputed Crown Prince of Funk. Parliament-Funkadelic. Flashlight. The Mothe...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 04:59
It's Been Six Dates
From: Israel Story
Caption: The infamous staircase., Credit: Mishy Harman
Mishy Harman shares the zany matchmaking adventures of his Orthodox downstairs neighbor, which he had no chance but to overhear because all her dat...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 09:27
  • Purchases: 2
Ryan's First Kiss
From: Annie McEwen
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Ryan tells the story of his very first kiss and what happened after...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 09:04
  • Purchases: 1
Some Thoughts On Mercy: An Essay on Race and Redemption, written and read by Ross Gay
From: Chris Moore-Backman
Series: Bringing Down the New Jim Crow
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In this provocative radio essay, a commonplace encounter with racial profiling opens the door to the vast and painful reality of racism in the Unit...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Art and Transition
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: Samaj examines his painting. It is part of his new series, called Entry/Dropline.
An artist living in Seattle has just had to move for the fifth time in four years. As he gets older it's becoming harder and harder for him to expo...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 04:44
Hire Me Gimlet
From: Podcast Kelly
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A radio nerd chases her dream job. Also a love story.

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Jan 09, 2015
  • Length: 14:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Spiritual Edge: Bay Area Jews head to the desert to reclaim their Biblical roots
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - The Spiritual Edge
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Berkeley-based Wilderness Torah is one group that’s trying to bring new meaning to the old tradition. Intrigued, I tagged along this past spring fo...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 11:58
Let's Get Intimate
From: Sara Brooke Curtis
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A personal essay exploring all kinds of intimacy.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2014
  • Length: 05:16
Becoming An Advocate
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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What does life look like after experiencing major trauma?

  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 11:00
A Survivor Story
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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What does life look like after experiencing major trauma?

  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 21:09
A Purple Heart
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How do you save an important piece of your past while building your future?

  • Added: Dec 04, 2014
  • Length: 06:39
Babies on Demand: Reproduction in a Technological Age
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: In vitro fertilization (IVF) in progress. , Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
At the beginning of the 19th century women in the United States had an average of seven or eight children. By 1900 they had only three or four, and...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 40:27

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