PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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Sometimes an object out of place becomes the only thing in place.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2022
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Lizzie Webb Guptill
Lizzie Webb Guptill as written and performed by Amber Lyon

  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 05:49
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In this special Mother's Day episode of Palestinians Podcast you'll hear about Nadia Abuelezam's childhood and her love for her mother. Specificall...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 13:59
Caption: The infamous staircase., Credit: Mishy Harman
Mishy Harman shares the zany matchmaking adventures of his Orthodox downstairs neighbor, which he had no chance but to overhear because all her dat...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 09:27
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Debika and Ronu
The end of year issues all over magazine stands in India all carry photo spreads of the icons we lost. Famous people from the world of politics and...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
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Fathers…and mothers…on fatherhood and how it’s changing. Traditional ideas about what a dad is supposed to be are slowly disappearing, but what wil...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KZYX, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Anne Dunn
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, and KHSU


  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Anne Dunn
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman. In this essay A...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 2
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In the latest installment of The Taxi Tapes, Sam recalls the unexpected consequences of a voyage to the strange environs of Avenue Z in Brooklyn, w...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 15:07
Caption: Pat (left) and Joshua Presby
If Pat could tell his late step-mother, Barbara Jean, one thing, it's that he probably should have listened to her advice.

Bought by YouthCast and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Newlyweds & cat - circa 1977
Valentine's Day, 1977 was our first together as a young couple. We thought we were soul mates, but how well did we really know each other? The gift...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2010
  • Length: 05:16
Caption: The omnipresent casserole
A brief reflection, upon the death of my grandmother, on the ways that food and death are inextricably linked in Southern culture.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 14, 2010
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
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The author reminds her loved ones that the valentines keep coming all year long.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
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How the passage of time touches every life

  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 03:59
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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