PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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Bullying - and What's Behind It
From: ZUMIX Radio
Caption: Lesly Monroy
12 year old Lesly Monroy was being bullied at school. She decided to make a radio story about it. In the process, she found out she wasn't alone ...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 04:54
Shannon
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
Caption: Otto Trautz
Two strangers meet and talk very late one night on a northbound NYC subway...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 09:33
  • Purchases: 1
Down To The River
From: Bring Your Own
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This story was the winner on October 17th, 2013 at Fortier Park. The theme was "Thrown." Lindsey Bottinger tells of the sweaty morning in Spain tha...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 06:12
Teacher's Day
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Father Bouche and class, Credit: Sandip Roy
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
Acoustic Stories : Steve Downing : " Romance and reason aren't the mismatch that they appear to be."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
Chapter 25 - Starting a New Chapter
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
As seniors at Union Seminary, Richard and Jim are responsible for welcoming the incoming students through “round robins” hosted in the homes of fac...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 15:40
Tannah and Coley Morrris
From: You're U.S.
Series: You're U.S.
Caption: Detail of Portraits, Credit: Paintings by Emile B Klein
Tannah and Coley are twin Gospel musicians living in an economically depressed community. Beyond the stereotypes we discover how two high-schoolers...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 15:02
  • Purchases: 1
Super(wo)man
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by CasaDeQueso, Flickr
Claudia Cruz, a Capital High junior, explores an aspect of immigration that not many discuss: gender.

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:15
Dad to Dad: A Preparation
From: Eric Winick
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In Fall 2009, as my wife entered the late stage of pregnancy, I asked several friends of mine who are recent or long-time dads for advice on becomi...

Bought by KSKA, KUER, WTJU, KZYX, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Nov 23, 2009
  • Length: 13:46
  • Purchases: 7
This I Believe - Amy Tan
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Acclaimed writer Amy Tan believes in ghosts and the messages of joy, love and peace they bring her.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WEZU, KUER, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 7