PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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In this episode, Emily speaks with writer and philosophy professor Chloé Cooper Jones about her memoir Easy Beauty, which chronicles her quest to w...

  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 53:50
Caption: 07-(37), Credit: Becker1999
It’s been one year since a gunman opened fire in Dayton’s Oregon District, killing nine people and injuring 27.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Jul 23, 2020
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Nora Caselli wearing her Irish step dance shoes, Credit: Danielle Warner
Nora is a 5th grade student in Austin, Texas, and is continuing her grandmother's tradition of Irish step dancing.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2020
  • Length: 03:22
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National Park Ranger Margo Roseum shares her passion for Yellowstone with World Pieces host Jason Kladiva.

  • Added: Jul 04, 2019
  • Length: 07:04
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After we finished recording this episode over coffee at Safaa and Sedra’s apartment, Houda said that it was the most important episode we have reco...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2018
  • Length: 04:30
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Standing Rock Water Protector Loki talks about his experience learning from the Elders at the Front

  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: :27
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A short form version of the non-narrated ARRVLS feature "Orthodox". What happens when your religious faith and sexual identity directly contradic...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 06, 2016
  • Length: 23:43
  • Purchases: 1
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In this voice collage, veterans and youth share their personal definitions of what it means to be an “Urban Warrior.”

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:44
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In the Navy for five years Carlos maintained airplanes. As a behavior therapist for youth, Carlos works with a young man who intimidates the other ...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 08:41
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After George loses his father, he starts smoking marijuana and selling drugs. In Urban Warriors, he connects with a veteran who has a positive impa...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 03:12
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Growing up in Little Village, Jorge experienced firsthand the toll that gang violence has on communities and individuals. Jorge talks about joining...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 08:16
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Francisco grew up feeling endangered and like he had to become involved with the gang his family was in for his own safety. When he was ready to ma...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 05:46
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In part two of his story, Steven talks about how addressing emotions and trauma is often taboo for veterans, and how Urban Warriors gave him a chan...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 05:17
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Being a soccer mom is harder than it looks.

Bought by KVSC and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 05, 2015
  • Length: 24:26
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Antoinette Tuff
The story of Antoinette Tuff, a bookkeeper who was filling in at the front desk of an Atlanta Suburban elementary school of about 800 students on A...

Bought by KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: AIDS Skeletons, Credit: Bob Smith
Youth Media Project intern Tara Trudell, a student at New Mexico Highlands University, interviews South African folk artists Lulama Sihlabeni, in a...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 08:22
Caption: Curtis Billie from N'MPower
N’MPower participant and Program Manager, Curtis Billie, interviews Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez, a potter from the San Ildefonso Pueblo, in a community ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 06:32
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
Caption: Sharon Wirtz, left, talks to Marquell Hicks, right, in front of a panel from the NM AIDS Memorial Quilt, Credit: Katy Gross
N’MPower participant, Marquell Hicks, interviews quilt artists Sharon Wirtz and Jane Gabaldon, in a community engagement project between the Museum...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Caption: John Gallegos, left, is interviewed by Antonio Martinez, right, with assistance from Marquell Hicks, center., Credit: Laura Marcus Green
N’MPower participant, Antonio Martinez, interviews Spanish Colonial artist John Gallegos, in a community engagement project between the Museum of I...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 06:34
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This is an adventure story about how I met a girl who couldn’t laugh, and my quest to get my laugh back, which I lost somewhere under the pile of l...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 21:14
Caption: John Register, Credit: johnregister.com
This week on Culture Clique, Olympian John Register speaks to us about the disabled community. While training for the 1996 Olympics, Register fell ...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 27:47