PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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Along the road, stretches from Louisville to New Mexico, there are moments that never live up to the pictures we take. But they're what we always s...
Bought by KUPR low power FM
- Added: Nov 18, 2014
- Length: 11:04
- Purchases: 1
An ex-felon and former car salesman works two jobs to rebuild his life and hopefully some day reunite with his daughter.
Bought by KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Jul 02, 2014
- Length: 04:03
- Purchases: 3
A first person account of overcoming the urge for violence.
NB: The content of this essay is intense - addressing subjects of a sensitive nature.
Bought by KKRN, KUER, KCMJ Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Jun 03, 2014
- Length: 03:55
- Purchases: 5
Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer/songwriter and DIY...
- Added: Apr 21, 2014
- Length: 12:09
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
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
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
Native American women experience the highest rates of violence of any other group in the United States. One in three native women have been victims...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Nov 24, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
How do we balance raising our kids, retaining our careers, and at the same time find time for ourselves and our families?
- Added: Sep 07, 2013
- Length: 03:33
In high school, Josh Cutler documented his life with Tourette’s Syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes uncontrollable tics and involuntary v...
- Added: May 30, 2013
- Length: 40:08
A look at community motivated selfishness in "Buy Local" movements.
- Added: Apr 24, 2013
- Length: 04:47
Angelo and Joey took a brave step into the world of Heavy Metal. This is a story from one of their first big interviews with the lead singer from A...
- Added: Dec 07, 2012
- Length: :56
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: 01:47
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: :54
Josh Morrissette of Tacoma, Wash. talked with KPLU about gay marriage.
- Added: Nov 04, 2012
- Length: :34
High school isn't easy. Jimmy's high school experience was especially difficult. Now a student at the United World College in Montezuma, NM, Jimmy ...
- Added: Jul 19, 2012
- Length: 03:33
Renowned Indian author Arundhati Roy takes us deep into the revolutionary-filled jungles of India, as she reads excerpts from her new book ‘Walking...
- Added: Jun 04, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Spoken word. It's poetry it's hip-hop and increasingly, it's the chosen means of expression for today's youth. On this edition, to celebrate Nation...
- Added: Apr 09, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Virginia Mae Snyder lived alone in her house in West Virginia until she was 94. She suffered a drastic fall while gardening; a fall which forced he...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 04, 2012
- Length: 05:55
- Purchases: 1
Some thoughts on the Mike Daisey situation from a fellow monologist with approximately one-fortieth the level of fame and notoriety as Mike Daisey.
- Added: Mar 20, 2012
- Length: 22:23
Paulette Mehta witnesses a painful goodbye, Frank Thurmond travels around the world to meet his father for the first time, and Judy Stokley copes w...
- Added: Jun 15, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Travel offers new experiences; some more pleasant than others. Dottie Lou Norwood shares an unusual nightly ritual, Brittany Edwardes escapes schoo...
- Added: Apr 25, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Personal encounters in homes and streets of various African towns. I first went to Africa feeling like a child, everything new and different, but s...
- Added: Nov 01, 2010
- Length: 06:43
- Purchases: 2
A personal story of being violently mugged
Bought by KUT, HCC Radio The Dragon, KCRW, KUT, and PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 25, 2010
- Length: 19:00
- Purchases: 5
Second City and iO comedienne Katie Rich stopped by The Paper Machete (as South Side resident Patti Benassi) to weigh in on the dip in attendance a...
- Added: Aug 19, 2010
- Length: 09:41
