PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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Caption: Constellation Heart, Credit: Gavin Potenza
One day at the clinic, a medical interpreter breaks protocol to cure a wound no other doctor can see.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:57
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A ten-year-old on deep space, death, and Revolutionary War reenactments.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 10:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: OOPSIES
A story I told for our embarrassment podcast. Edited by the amazing Mr. Nathan Friend.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:26
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How do you save an important piece of your past while building your future?

  • Added: Dec 04, 2014
  • Length: 06:39
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A narrative weaving together the voices and stories of women who, by choice or chance, do not have children and what they are doing with their love...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2014
  • Length: 15:41
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Will a kindergartner and a first grader find the same thing funny? A school librarian in San Francisco teamed up with his Kindergartners to write ...

Bought by WMMT, KUOW, and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 3
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How old is gender? Can a six-year-old child really be considered transgender? Marlo Mack explores this question, with a little help from her tran...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Sep 06, 2014
  • Length: 08:54
  • Purchases: 1
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A mother comes to terms with the fact that her young son...is actually her daughter.

Bought by XRAY.fm, HowSound, WCPN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 7
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Behind the wheel for the first time, a new Dad.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 21, 2014
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Antoinette Tuff
The story of Antoinette Tuff, a bookkeeper who was filling in at the front desk of an Atlanta Suburban elementary school of about 800 students on A...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Aspen Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
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Mother’s Day is the one day of the year we set aside to honor mothers. Some do it with flowers and cards. For women who are in prison and their chi...

Bought by KVNF and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 11, 2014
  • Length: 24:57
  • Purchases: 2
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How do you build a strong family after a crisis?

  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 05:32
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Where do you turn when you can’t afford to live in the city?

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
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How do you proceed with your life when a family secret is revealed?

  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 06:11
Caption: AIDS Skeletons, Credit: Bob Smith
Youth Media Project intern Tara Trudell, a student at New Mexico Highlands University, interviews South African folk artists Lulama Sihlabeni, in a...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 08:22
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
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
Caption: Elliot after his trek to the top, Credit: Shana Weber
Take a journey with a parent and child as they explore the wilderness in search of their favorite mountain mammal, the American pika.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2014
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Anni's favorite place growing up was ... the school-bus stop?

  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:16
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Since he was three years old, Obasi Onuoha has been in love with computers. really. To him, they're way more than just machines....

  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
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How do you cope when you find out at the birth - that your baby has Down Syndrome? What are the first steps that you take?

  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 04:55
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How is raising a little girl in the United States different from raising her in India? What happens when you move to America where expectations fo...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
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How are modern grandmothers different from their predecessors? What does grand-parenting looks like in our modern world?

  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 05:34
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When you’re an 18 year old mom-to-be, what are your resources and how do you cope?

  • Added: Feb 06, 2014
  • Length: 05:35
Caption: Garth Mullins & Lisa Hale, Credit: Don Sawatzky
From the 19th century freak show to the East African black market in body parts to the modern cinema, the image of the albino has seized the popula...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
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How does a family function when living out of a hospital during a young child's illness?

  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 14:26