PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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Tonette sends an audio postcard from her favorite Chicago block: we eavesdrop on the guys at the corner, see Ms. P come out onto her porch, and hea...
- Added: Jul 03, 2013
- Length: 04:55
For some South Jersey residents, "Sing a Song of Sixpence" is more than just a nursery rhyme; it's supper.
- Added: Jun 26, 2013
- Length: 02:53
Charmil Davis talking to the US Congress from New Jersey Donald Payne Jr.
- Added: Jun 09, 2013
- Length: 09:40
Beep, beep, beep. Welcome Valued Customer. A college student profiles late-night grocery shopping in a college town, and what she finds is unexpected.
- Added: May 16, 2013
- Length: 03:05
Executives from Herman Miller and Gensler talk about how their companies help others achieve better outcomes through well-designed work environments.
- Added: May 10, 2013
- Length: 58:59
My mom and I don't agree on much, but we can agree on one thing — potlucks are the pits. Produced for the 2013 ShortDocs Challenge.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 05, 2013
- Length: 02:56
- Purchases: 1
Robert Jevne discusses his former love of the Chicago Cubs in a lighthearted tone and how their incessant losing seasons defeated his passion for b...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Apr 04, 2013
- Length: 01:02
- Purchases: 1
When it actually matters, do you care about the theory?
- Added: Feb 28, 2013
- Length: 02:06
It's often said that love can be transformative. For Philly Youth Radio's Dinh To, the saying couldn't be more true. Two years ago, Dinh moved from...
- Added: Feb 12, 2013
- Length: 04:01
Many songs, books, and movies focus on love and romance, but what happens when they become one’s only source for learning? Philly Youth Radio’s Jay...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 12, 2013
- Length: 04:23
- Purchases: 3
Philly Youth Radio’s Yingci Chen is a first generation Chinese immigrant. She's noticed that Chinese immigrant parents often don't want their kids ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 12, 2013
- Length: 04:40
- Purchases: 2
Judy Sorum constructs beautiful glowing stained glass panels.
- Added: Feb 09, 2013
- Length: 23:11
Retired educator, Lorie Yourd, shares her insightful, reflective poem "After Hearing About the Rain."
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 02:08
Lots of people talk about how addicted we are to our screens. We spend our days staring at smartphones, tablets, and computers. But the first digit...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jan 14, 2013
- Length: 08:33
- Purchases: 1
On December 24th BARNEY MARTIN became our 38th island castaway. Barney is someone who leads a life in duality with one foot in the white collar wor...
- Added: Jan 09, 2013
- Length: 01:26:23
One woman's philanthropic mission comes full circle.
Bought by KMXT, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, WOUB and more
- Added: Dec 31, 2012
- Length: 06:15
- Purchases: 24
Excerpts from the anonymous blog "What to Expect When You Are Aborting."
- Added: Dec 29, 2012
- Length: 07:51
Jimmy LaValle of The Album Leaf talks about the band's EP "Forward/Return."
- Added: Dec 17, 2012
- Length: 04:17
New to California, the narrator experiences his first earthquake drill: online, and at LA's Union Station
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 02:00
To many Americans, Falafel is a fried ball of mashed up garbanzo beans that you can put in a sandwich. But to KALW's Hana Baba, falafel reminds her...
- Added: Oct 21, 2012
- Length: 07:43
A personal narrative about a traumatizing experience I had in elementary school in Egypt.
- Added: Oct 13, 2012
- Length: 05:22
When you visit the West African nation of Togo, you're likely to hear the "yovo song" -- a song chanted by many Togolese youth that goes: "White pe...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 26, 2012
- Length: 04:14
- Purchases: 1
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
Professional photographer, Aubry Edwards goes on the photo shoot from hell when Jay Thunderbolt locks her into the "private strip club" in his Detr...
- Added: Sep 13, 2012
- Length: 06:22
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
