PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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82-year-old retired trauma surgeon Bill Meffert, who cared for wounded soldiers in Vietnam, reflects on that bloody experience and the words of a p...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2019
  • Length: 35:44
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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Following the religious journey of a puzzled teenager

  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:12
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Whitney Jones tells his story of losing faith and finding new ways to connect with the world around him.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KFAI Minneapolis, HowSound, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2012
  • Length: 14:10
  • Purchases: 5
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Humility and gratitude: Arthur Paul Bowen watches as his uncle must let his aunt go, Joanna Seibert travels to the other side of the world to give ...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
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Stories about children and the fine line between reality and fantasy, myth, and even truth. Told in front of a live audience each week at Starving ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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A personal reflection on the stakes of becoming the godfather to my best friend's first child.

  • Added: Dec 25, 2010
  • Length: 09:59