PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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Walker meets up with a close friend at a favorite Thai restaurant to get her advice on the latest situation in her relationship with Trent.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
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Most of us spend close to half of our waking adult lives at work, but I would venture to guess that less than five percent of narrative films take ...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2019
  • Length: 03:56
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A young black man yearns to reclaim the old San Francisco house that he grew up in, but which his father lost, in this film about home, friendship,...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2019
  • Length: 03:39
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On this show I want to cover two films about people trying to do something no one else has done; both of them played in theaters during the past ye...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2019
  • Length: 04:26
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Elisabeth Moss dominates the screen as a crash-and-burn rock star in Alex Ross Perry’s latest provocative drama.

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 03:54
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I’ve remarked more than once, here on the show, on the unique qualities that director Wes Anderson brings to his films.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 04:44
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Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel has become my favorite living director. That might sound extravagant to say about someone who has only made fou...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 08:38
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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
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Third Episode of Aural Regions

  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 10:25
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Episode four of Aural Regions

  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 11:11
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Since I was 12-years-old, I always thought I would die by the age of 30. Here's the story of how I didn't, and how I spent my 'last few days' prepa...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
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Actor Ned Averill-Snell reflects on sweaty teenage rehearsals for musical theatre, and forbidden glimpses of a more glamorous world.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:39
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Robert Jevne gives us his thoughts on aspirations for the year including not giving into cynicism and remaining upbeat when there is much to be dow...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 01:09
  • Purchases: 1
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Professional photographer, Aubry Edwards goes on the photo shoot from hell when Jay Thunderbolt locks her into the "private strip club" in his Detr...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 06:22
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Two stories about healers and teachers who do not have the best interests of their students in mind.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 04, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
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This audio essay is based upon a near accident during a winter weekend drive from Boston to New York City.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2009
  • Length: 04:47