PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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Richard and his daughter Johanna explore the physical, emotional, and spiritual planes of our existence while exercising on Zoom.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2020
  • Length: 08:47
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Julio, brought here when not quite 2 years old, grew up not knowing he was undocumented until he went to get his driver's license. His status did n...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Maria, from El Salvador, speaks of her struggles to learn English, reacquaint herself with her children after 8 years apart, and how they all achie...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri PRX Radio Show, Credit: Photo by Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about making up a...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • 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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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
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A quirky story about kid's observations of a Sunday Catholic Mass while being bored and starving for pancakes...set in the 1960s.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:40
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Karlin does his best to win over a girl at Princeton Seminary with a fly rod and a healthy sense of confidence.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Aug 06, 2011
  • Length: 09:28
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
The secret for a happy marriage

  • Added: Jan 05, 2011
  • Length: 01:15
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
An observation on marital bliss

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 20, 2010
  • Length: :37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Be responsive to your partner's needs

  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:57
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Do all men get cranky in their old age or is it just me?

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 01, 2010
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Parents do not answer want ads in the classifieds, but their unpaid, unheralded job has some of the greatest rewards.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 04:34
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Those who know history are often amused.

  • Added: Aug 13, 2010
  • Length: 01:54
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Intimate secrets of a happy life

  • Added: Jul 23, 2010
  • Length: 01:37
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
What better place to fight over a woman?

  • Added: Jul 07, 2010
  • Length: 01:19
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Most men who work hard are very insecure.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:39
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A Maine man shot his nagging wife.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2010
  • Length: :29
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
One man's trash is another man's treasure.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2010
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Never Again Clean Up After A Child's Birthday Party.

Bought by KUT and WTIP


  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:26
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
One must be flexible if a marriage is to survive.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jun 01, 2010
  • Length: 01:23
  • Purchases: 1
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I've exchanged my Super Mom cloak for a Good Enough Mom sweatshirt.

  • Added: May 20, 2010
  • Length: 04:47
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Children without television have been known to learn how to read.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: May 19, 2010
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
But they don't listen to me.

Bought by WTIP and KUT


  • Added: May 18, 2010
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Do people who live together gradually acquire the same habits?

  • Added: May 14, 2010
  • Length: 01:41