PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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Zombies. I hate them the way Indiana Jones hates snakes. As part of my series Imaginary Worlds, I confront my biggest phobia with the help of a zom...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 27, 2019
- Length: 16:54
- Purchases: 3
Every week, Cracker Barrel provides 4 million Americans with a studied version of down-home Southern food and hospitality. The dumplins and the chi...
- Added: Apr 21, 2016
- Length: 26:03
- Purchases: 2
An homage to crying, originally aired on Radiotonic.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 22, 2015
- Length: 15:26
- Purchases: 1
I hate high fives and have only tried to high five one person as an adult. It was Denzel Washington. He wasn't really into it.
- Added: Jul 31, 2015
- Length: 06:16
If James Brown was the Godfather of Soul, George Clinton remains the undisputed Crown Prince of Funk.
Parliament-Funkadelic. Flashlight. The Mothe...
- Added: Mar 16, 2015
- Length: 04:59
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
Many songs, books, and movies focus on love and romance, but what happens when they become one’s only source for learning? Philly Youth Radio’s Jay...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 12, 2013
- Length: 04:23
- Purchases: 3
Is marriage forever? Sometimes it can seem like it. This short, fully-produced audio essay describes the tension between loving and LIVING WITH tho...
Bought by KPIK-LP and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 09, 2010
- Length: 03:11
- Purchases: 2
What is "The Black Experience"?
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Mar 10, 2010
- Length: 04:46
- Purchases: 3
A (very) short story of love and anxiety. A child grows to age 13 in three minutes while a father muses on parental fears.
Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, KFAI Minneapolis, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more
- Added: Feb 08, 2009
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 16
More cultural shorthand from the folks who offer cultural shorthand. We are not shorthanded in that department.
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 03:11
- Added: Dec 09, 2008
- Length: 08:28