PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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In 1971, Hunter S. Thompson chronicled his drug-fueled haze during an off-road-desert race, the Mint 400, in his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Veg...
- Added: May 18, 2021
- Length: 11:17
Burrowed down through another Extreme Heat Event, we send this radio dispatch to you. The world has gone mad, why not join the fun? Join the revolu...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Sep 04, 2020
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Geologist Lori Dengler talks about NOAA's National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program. This program provides and facilitates vital warning systems a...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Glenn Boyd was convicted of a crime he did not commit. This episode of the California Innocence Project features another story about a bad identifi...
- Added: Apr 02, 2018
- Length: 05:00
The California Innocence Project relies on interns to go through thousands of requests for assistance. In this episode, interns share some of their...
- Added: Apr 02, 2018
- Length: 02:00
In this episode we hear from Saleem Haddad, author of Guapa. Saleem explores his Palestinian identity through storytelling and discusses shaming, g...
- Added: Jul 24, 2017
- Length: 33:30
Each summer, people from all around the country gather for the Soros Justice Fellowship Conference -- three days of meetings, conversations, and wo...
- Added: Oct 04, 2016
- Length: 39:16
The 2016 US election isn't going away anytime soon, so let's seek refuge in etymology. Consider the linguistically appropriate age of a senator, an...
- Added: Feb 25, 2016
- Length: 36:05
Like the JFK assassination, everyone remembers what they were doing when they heard the news. For Aliza Goren, that isn’t so hard – she was one of ...
- Added: Nov 09, 2015
- Length: 09:56
In the summer of 1970, when she was 21, Patrice Gaines spent several weeks in jail facing charges for possession of heroin. She was a drug abuser s...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 07, 2015
- Length: 11:48
- Purchases: 1
"She called us on the phone and said, 'You will not be allowed to return to the Y.'"
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 23, 2015
- Length: 08:32
- Purchases: 1
- Added: May 26, 2015
- Length: 08:48
- Purchases: 1
Calvin Duncan spent over 28 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. In prison, he taught himself the law. He became a jailhouse lawyer and he...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 25, 2015
- Length: 17:08
- Purchases: 1
In his first Book former Newark Mayor Sharpe James write about his career as the leader of New Jersey's largest City and has good things to say abo...
- Added: Nov 13, 2013
- Length: 54:00
Charmil Davis talking to the US Congress from New Jersey Donald Payne Jr.
- Added: Jun 09, 2013
- Length: 09:40
Excerpts from the anonymous blog "What to Expect When You Are Aborting."
- Added: Dec 29, 2012
- Length: 07:51
Anthony Garza has an appearance that seems to mirror everyone's expectation of him. Middle Easterners, Americans and Hispanics strangers enjoy pic...
- Added: Sep 13, 2012
- Length: 03:27
Two generations of veterans cope with PTSD—looking to heal themselves and heal the world. Featuring S. Brian Wilson, author of “Blood on the Tracks”
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC, WMPG, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more
- Added: Sep 28, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 10