PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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A bicycle courier has a run-in with winged beauties; Wilderness adventurers confront a grizzly in Alaska; An underage partier runs from the cops an...
- Added: Feb 14, 2012
- Length: 29:45
Commencement heaps humiliation upon a born loser; An American in Europe is suspected of terrorism; A first-time voter finds that he isn't the only ...
- Added: Feb 14, 2012
- Length: 28:45
An essay about growing up in the 80's and 90's as a male named Whitney and as a result the effect that Whitney Houston has had on my life.
- Added: Feb 13, 2012
- Length: 03:56
- Purchases: 2
A master storyteller recounts the little-known story of a member of the Lewis & Clark expedition; A ripe railroader makes headlines while detained ...
- Added: Feb 07, 2012
- Length: 28:44
Deep in hill country, a writer meets folk with an authentic sense of place; A former teen runaway offers frank insights into life on the run impers...
- Added: Feb 07, 2012
- Length: 28:22
Forest campers try to keep wild animals out of the trash; A rural historian explores the motivation behind storytelling through evocative vignettes...
- Added: Feb 07, 2012
- Length: 29:06
A professional cartoonist recalls her strange path to print; A six-year-old learns that bad things happen to good people; Grab her ass and she will...
- Added: Feb 07, 2012
- Length: 28:43
An amateur brewer goes to great lengths to bring homemade hooch home for the holidays; A first-time mother isn't sure what to expect when contracti...
- Added: Feb 07, 2012
- Length: 29:55
A Boy Scout in full dress uniform smokes a joint in Haight-Ashbury during the Summer of Love; A new home reveals the ever-present flow of blessings...
- Added: Feb 07, 2012
- Length: 29:05
No pen can hold an impulsive pig; A master storyteller recalls a chilling tale of murder on a college campus; A deflowered art student isn't sure G...
- Added: Feb 07, 2012
- Length: 29:18
A true story told live in London. As a trader, Shaun had it all - money, cars, women - until he got into dealing drugs as well as shares. This is h...
- Added: Jan 09, 2012
- Length: 09:50
Another true story told live in London. Joanna LOVES Dallas, so when Larry Hagman (JR) visits a nearby TV studio, Jo does everything in her power t...
- Added: Jan 09, 2012
- Length: 06:44
- Purchases: 2
Spending the holidays with the family can be the highlight of winter for those who live far from home. But when a family member dies, returning hom...
- Added: Jan 02, 2012
- Length: 04:33
From JFK Elementary in Babbitt, Minnesota as child to Pike Bay on Cass Lake, Minnesota, long after her father's passing, Jamie Lee is still held up...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ
- Added: Dec 29, 2011
- Length: 04:03
- Purchases: 2
A group of drunken Brits guides Sam directly into the path of an oncoming MTA bus, with unexpected results. This episode is an excerpt from the li...
- Added: Dec 19, 2011
- Length: 06:34
This is an adventure story about how I met a girl who couldn’t laugh, and my quest to get my laugh back, which I lost somewhere under the pile of l...
- Added: Nov 27, 2011
- Length: 21:14
Intimate acoustic set by Rosanne Cash and her husband, John Leventhal in their living room (aka Zone C). Includes exclusive live recordings of son...
Bought by KPSQ-LP, KOSU, NPR Illinois, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more
- Added: Nov 21, 2011
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 10
Archival Paul Simon interviews from various moments of his career are intertwined to show the evolution of his creative process. Hosted by Rita Ho...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Prairie Public, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public and more
- Added: Oct 17, 2011
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 17
The alternate title for this was going to be the Isaac Hayes-esque "Girl, I Wanna Get You Into My Belly Button T-Shirt Hole" but the mp3 title fiel...
- Added: Oct 03, 2011
- Length: 04:38
Brand new one-hour special features exclusive Sting interview looking back on music from his solo career.
Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, KPVL, WUKY, Prairie Public and more
- Added: Sep 30, 2011
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 11
The musical story of "ASHFORD & SIMPSON", today plus the celebration of the life of NICHOLAS ASHFORD (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011). ASHFORD & SIM...
Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WJAB, and WVAS
- Added: Sep 26, 2011
- Length: 57:46
- Purchases: 3
Author Suzi Parker confronts Duran Duran on a special encore presentation of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stor...
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 29:00
“Music was unexpected. I always wanted to be a writer and I still do. I was always turned on by words, by the way people could use words and that k...
Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, PRX Remix, and KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Jul 28, 2011
- Length: 11:59
- Purchases: 5
Actress Natalie Canerday humorously remembers her first film role. A special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their ow...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio
- Added: Jul 18, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Renaissance festivals are olden, but they're also getting old. Many of the velvet-costumed, jousting, and sword-wielding performers at these festiv...
Bought by WOUB, WTJU, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix and more
- Added: Jul 05, 2011
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 6
