PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: A. Curtis Farrow In Conversation With Another Great Performer
Series: A. Curtis Farrow In Conversation With Another Great Performer
Gospel Artist Great, Cissy Houston talks about her career, her children which included her daughter, the late great recording Artist Whitney Housto...
- Added: May 23, 2014
- Length: 01:00:36
The story of one woman's improbable journey from the gym to the boxing ring.
- Added: May 15, 2014
- Length: 16:05
One of our weekday 100-second modules for May: Author Clay Risen reads a compelling passage from his new book of the same title. This is the 50th a...
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Apr 24, 2014
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 1
Teresa Goff has been following an ancient network of trails used by the coastal First Nations to trade gleetna, or grease. Gleetna is made from ool...
- Added: Apr 24, 2014
- Length: 13:21
Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer/songwriter and DIY...
- Added: Apr 21, 2014
- Length: 12:09
This piece by Eric Millman is about moving to New Orleans from California hoping to join a baseball community, and drowning in the unavoidable Sain...
- Added: Apr 17, 2014
- Length: 05:31
Adam Karlin talks about the Boat Parade during Lundi Gras in New Orleans, and how he likes it more than the more traditional parts of Carnival.
- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 04:39
Cristabel Amoah, a Minneapolis High School student, tells about her background. Unlike all the other students, she was born in England.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 01:19
- Purchases: 1
Carmen, a Minneapolis middle school student gives a fine accounting of why she is as she is.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 01:14
- Purchases: 1
A Minneapolis middle school student tells the world the experiences that motivate her life.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 18, 2014
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 1
Sadly, the historic Hubig's Pie factory in New Orleans burned down, and its neighbor Laura McKnight slept through it...almost.
- Added: Feb 13, 2014
- Length: 04:43
Storyville is a new collaboration between of the University of New Orleans and WWNO. These are true stories about New Orleans written by the studen...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 23, 2014
- Length: 05:33
- Purchases: 1
Dayquan, a student at Harrison High School, tells about the experiences that hade him what he is. A good deal of pathos is included.
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 01:35
- Purchases: 2
Phyllis Dunham tells of her first experiences coming to New Orleans with her father...and his friends...
- Added: Dec 11, 2013
- Length: 05:41
Dan Lawton talks of his first assignment as a crime reporter in the 7th Ward of New Orleans.
- Added: Nov 20, 2013
- Length: 04:27
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
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
This story is about a New Orleans native who leaves the city after Hurricane Katrina, only to find his way back...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Oct 10, 2013
- Length: 05:47
- Purchases: 2
Ben Weisz discovers the vibrant street tradition of Candombe drumming, and explores its origins among Montevideo's Afro-Uruguayan community.
- Added: Oct 08, 2013
- Length: 08:28
September 5th is "Teacher's Day" in India, and Sandip Roy remembers one of his.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 03, 2013
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 2
My sincere but silly attempt to live without plastic for a week.
- Added: Aug 27, 2013
- Length: 06:36
Lessons on Writing With Style is an in depth source of information for writers looking to improve their command of the craft. Today I'm going share...
- Added: Aug 15, 2013
- Length: 03:00
Sometimes DIY isn't the best way to go...and it can lead to disaster.
- Added: Aug 14, 2013
- Length: 03:59
- Added: Jul 23, 2013
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
