PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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- Added: Jan 08, 2023
- Length: 03:52
- Purchases: 1
A humorous essay: Interviews with the dogs I meet on my morning walk, most, I'm sure, with better stories than those of their owners. Some really t...
- Added: May 13, 2020
- Length: 03:41
At 32, Larry Tazuma embarked on a journey to live a life as somebody much more special than himself — as Bruce Lee, the legendary martial artist an...
- Added: Aug 04, 2018
- Length: 05:30
Current Mood: Desperate. Mortified pays tribute to the kids who grew up in an era right before Myspace and Facebook and pioneered the idea of goin...
- Added: Apr 15, 2018
- Length: 27:04
The story of a small town girl who found herself in the center of a cinematic love triangle. Whoever she chooses could change the direction of her ...
- Added: Apr 01, 2018
- Length: 20:08
The story of a shy teenager who wanted to meet the man of her dreams. Or at the very least, a straight guy. But some things are easier dreamed than...
- Added: Mar 11, 2018
- Length: 19:49
Driving with my Dad one summer evening, through his voice comes his his love for family, his influence on my life, and his radio career.
Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Jun 27, 2017
- Length: 08:22
- Purchases: 2
Good Samaritan finds an unconscious man lying next to her car in a parking lot. Is giving him a ride home the right thing to do?
- Added: Mar 11, 2016
- Length: 12:07
Randy Brown has to, no lie, shoot a bear and immediately grab it by the tail and Glenner Anderson makes the cardinal mistake of bear encounters--he...
- Added: Mar 02, 2016
- Length: 28:59
This Mortified Mixtape episode is devoted to sensitive teenage guys who aren't afraid to wear their hearts on their sleeves. With a special perform...
- Added: Dec 07, 2015
- Length: 30:15
The journals of a confused teenager who waffles between his romantic side and his raging hormones.
- Added: Aug 31, 2015
- Length: 20:09
The diaries of a high school misfit who in an attempt to fit in found herself in a series of epic, embarrassing moments -- culminating at the SATs.
- Added: Jul 27, 2015
- Length: 15:17
Will a kindergartner and a first grader find the same thing funny?
A school librarian in San Francisco teamed up with his Kindergartners to write ...
Bought by WMMT, KUOW, and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA
- Added: Oct 02, 2014
- Length: 06:27
- Purchases: 3
- Added: May 28, 2014
- Length: 05:48
¡Gaytino! - written and performed by Dan Guerrero - is a remarkable life journey from 1950s East LA to New York’s Great White Way in the 60s and 70...
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KWMR, Radio Catskill, KTSW 89.9, KUPR low power FM and more
- Added: May 27, 2014
- Length: 56:24
- Purchases: 9
Two stay-at-home dads don't find friendship, but they do learn the opposite of lonliness.
- Added: Sep 24, 2013
- Length: 10:14
As a kid, Tom Llewellyn fought gentrification with his beloved Thunder Bombs.
- Added: Sep 24, 2013
- Length: 14:52
Sometimes DIY isn't the best way to go...and it can lead to disaster.
- Added: Aug 14, 2013
- Length: 03:59
My high school used to drop groups of kids off in the woods in order to teach them survival skills. There was no adult supervision.
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 11:06
This story was first told on July 10, 2012, and later produced for radio broadcast by Laine Kaplan-Levenson and Nina Feldman. The theme of that eve...
- Added: Sep 23, 2012
- Length: 33:19
A personal audio essay detailing one former tough-guy's transition into fatherhood. A humorous, reflective piece about moving through life with th...
- Added: Dec 14, 2011
- Length: 03:54
- Added: Dec 14, 2011
- Length: 14:30
- Purchases: 1
The alternate title for this was going to be the Isaac Hayes-esque "Girl, I Wanna Get You Into My Belly Button T-Shirt Hole" but the mp3 title fiel...
- Added: Oct 03, 2011
- Length: 04:38
One menopausal woman's search for the meaning of thong menstrual pads.
- Added: Aug 21, 2011
- Length: 08:00
The author considers a childhood toy.
- Added: Nov 02, 2010
- Length: 02:14
- Purchases: 2
