PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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Assumptions about narcissism, loneliness and selfishness in only children are largely that: assumptions. But there are experiences unique to being ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
Caption: Diana Opong & Kristin Leong, Credit: Photo by Jessica Peterson & Keri Zierler
Race and Identity at Home is a narrated public radio audio feature exploring parenting in multicultural families with Kristin Leong and Diana Opong...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2021
  • Length: 17:47
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A collection of stories about things that have been passed down from those who came before.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 57:54
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A story about the transformative power of loss. How one tiny life can become so large, that you begin to see it everywhere and in everything that y...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 20:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Los Angeles County's poverty line is almost at 20%, and the majority of these households have children. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LA...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
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A ten-year-old on deep space, death, and Revolutionary War reenactments.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 10:03
  • Purchases: 1
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A narrative weaving together the voices and stories of women who, by choice or chance, do not have children and what they are doing with their love...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2014
  • Length: 15:41
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Michael Goldberg shares his advice on trying new things. In his essay, Goldberg sets realistic goals for himself. All the while Goldberg is reflect...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:10
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Lives can change in the flash of a moment: Helen Austin never sees the face of a stranger who saves her life, Susan Toone's life changes with one l...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Hank Godwin, Chuck Butkus, and Daniel Koehler share about childhood mistakes. Southern-style storytelling in front of a live audience at Starving A...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, KFOK-LPFM, and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
One must be focused to excel

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: :42
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A calf might be easier on the grandchildren

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: :43
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
In the US your chances of being shot are relatively high.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 26, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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I struggle to teach my boys to be cautious around strangers, and trust the world.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:27
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Love your child by being deliberately obtuse.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 07, 2010
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Have you ever read a news story and wanted to know more?

  • Added: Jul 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:27
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
The Statistics Are Shameful

  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: :37
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Never Again Clean Up After A Child's Birthday Party.

Bought by KUT and WTIP


  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:26
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Time is now worth more than the price of food

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: May 07, 2010
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Adipose Rex was the fattest king in Thebes

  • Added: Apr 02, 2010
  • Length: :23
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Young grandchildren who visit raise the rubber ducks in the bathtub problem

  • Added: Mar 13, 2010
  • Length: :49
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Anthony Marshall was an impatient heir who couldn’t wait for his mother to die so he could get his hands on her money

  • Added: Dec 22, 2009
  • Length: :32
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14-year-old Santa Fe Student Felicia created her poem, inspired by a family portrait.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:10
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A young man seeking enlightenment once travelled far away to a distant land and climbed a tall mountain where a wise old man was known to dispense ...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2009
  • Length: :46
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A sociologist at Harvard, has just published a study proving that everything is youth oriented in the present decade.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: :39