PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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More and more women are breaking up with the expectation that you need a partner to parent. What’s it like raising kids as a single mother by choice?

  • Added: May 07, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
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Assumptions about narcissism, loneliness and selfishness in only children are largely that: assumptions. But there are experiences unique to being ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
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A collection of stories about things that have been passed down from those who came before.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 57:54
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A mother & daughter recollect moving to Austin from Vietnam. This story was produced by Ana Kolendo, Linda O’Neal, and Lindsey Shirack during the ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 1
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How do we balance raising our kids, retaining our careers, and at the same time find time for ourselves and our families?

  • Added: Oct 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:04
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Michael Goldberg shares his advice on trying new things. In his essay, Goldberg sets realistic goals for himself. All the while Goldberg is reflect...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:10
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Anne Dunn
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Even at war there is order. Or is there?

  • Added: Oct 28, 2012
  • Length: 03:03
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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: Navigating Life with Science and Soul
Our physical inheritance offers clues about our ancestors

  • Added: May 19, 2009
  • Length: 04:53
Caption: Navigating Life with Science and Soul
Songs celebrating mothers and family

  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:45