PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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I hate high fives and have only tried to high five one person as an adult. It was Denzel Washington. He wasn't really into it.
- Added: Jul 31, 2015
- Length: 06:16
The Creative Pulse is an intense summer graduate program offered through the University of Montana. The perception of many is teachers have their “...
- Added: Jul 01, 2015
- Length: 06:24
The most important meal of the day - breakfast - is no longer a priority among teenagers. Why can't they find the time for golden waffles doused in...
- Added: Jun 06, 2015
- Length: 01:33
Los Angeles County's poverty line is almost at 20%, and the majority of these households have children. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LA...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jun 01, 2015
- Length: 03:45
- Purchases: 2
The day you graduate college is suppose full of smiles, family pictures, and a sense of accomplishment. But what happens after that day when you pa...
Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, American Voices, and PRX Remix
- Added: May 31, 2015
- Length: 09:56
- Purchases: 3
Responding to our pieces with Dr. Jeff Menzise and Dr. Augustine Romero, Professor Torres-Velasquez of the Latino Education Taskforce integrates th...
- Added: Dec 06, 2014
- Length: 06:58
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
In the foothills of the Sierra Nevada lies the San Juan Ridge. On the Ridge, tucked away amongst towering pines, flanked by two forks of the Yuba R...
- Added: Oct 03, 2014
- Length: 28:25
Shona revisits a conversation she had at the age of 17 with Andy Lipkiss, founder of TreePeople, and discovers that his story has even more relevan...
- Added: Oct 03, 2014
- Length: 14:26
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
When Radio Rookie Danielle Motindabeka came to the United States at age 13, she didn’t speak English. By the time she was in high school, Danielle ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 23, 2014
- Length: 07:15
- Purchases: 1
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
What is librarian Emily's biggest fear? Not being able to finish all the books she is in the middle of.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 25, 2014
- Length: 02:50
- Purchases: 1
Julia R. Masterman High School Student Nuwar Ahmed introduces us to her classmates and teachers—all of whom are struggling to keep education a prio...
- Added: Feb 17, 2014
- Length: 07:10
Generation Justice’s own Arturo Castillo shared his thoughts on why education is important, looking at the systems of support that he benefited fro...
- Added: Feb 10, 2014
- Length: 04:12
Where are you applying to school? Are you staying in-state?
Have you written your essays?
- Added: Jan 23, 2014
- Length: 05:21
In our inaugural episode, we discuss some different properties of nouns. What is a noun and how can you identify one? Listen and find out.
- Added: Jan 19, 2014
- Length: 07:28
A ten year old girl outruns her bully and grapples with the onset of adolesence...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 16, 2013
- Length: 03:12
- Purchases: 1
David Hendy on the comforts and irritations of next-door's noise. Episode twenty-four of Noise: A Human History, ‘Life in the City'.
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Nov 20, 2013
- Length: 14:45
- Purchases: 1
How recording technology made it possible to catch the fugitive moment. Episode twenty-five of Noise: A Human History, Capturing Sound'
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 20, 2013
- Length: 14:47
- Purchases: 2
This story is about a high school teacher in New Orleans who looks back on his shenanigans as a student, and how teaching helps him grow.
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 05:00
This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...
Bought by Radio New Zealand and WRPI
- Added: Oct 08, 2013
- Length: 58:54
- Purchases: 2
This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...
Bought by WRPI, Radio New Zealand, and WRPI
- Added: Oct 08, 2013
- Length: 58:49
- Purchases: 3
This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...
Bought by WRPI, Radio New Zealand, and WRPI
- Added: Oct 08, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 3
