PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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Saidu Tejan-Thomas is a young poet. For a long time, he had a story he needed to tell: an homage and apology to his mother. It's a tragic love stor...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 38:13
- Purchases: 2
This episode of The Apple Seed invites you to reflect on stories of progress and change.
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Feb 18, 2020
- Length: 53:40
- Purchases: 1
Leonard Slatkin on Schoenberg.
- Added: Feb 13, 2020
- Length: 06:30
A collection of stories about things that have been passed down from those who came before.
- Added: Jan 23, 2020
- Length: 57:54
An hour of stories all about growing up, and learning lessons from family members.
- Added: Jan 22, 2020
- Length: 57:03
A collection of stories that explore wisdom and luck.
Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920
- Added: Jan 22, 2020
- Length: 57:56
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jan 22, 2020
- Length: 56:19
- Purchases: 1
n my story, you will hear my mom talk about her journey and what it was like growing up and getting kicked out of Ethiopia.
- Added: Dec 30, 2019
- Length: 03:12
Mementos Podcast pilot: How did an old dusty box in the back of a garage spawn a burst of grief, a period of reflection about a mother and daughter...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 29, 2019
- Length: 12:06
- Purchases: 1
Raven and Eboni are friends who look like each other. And there are not a lot of people who like they do at their college in Missoula, Montana. But...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 02, 2019
- Length: 05:45
- Purchases: 1
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
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
Episode 31
Two years ago on July 28th, Houda’s family stepped off a plane into the intense Tucson heat. They weren’t sure what was in store for the...
- Added: Jan 31, 2019
- Length: 04:38
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
Jake's been playing baseball since age 4, but his family has been playing for generations.
- Added: Dec 11, 2018
- Length: 04:11
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
4th graders in Austin, Texas discuss what their hopes and dreams mean to them.
- Added: Dec 11, 2018
- Length: 02:49
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
You don't have to keep your traditions. You can always change them to make them better.
- Added: Dec 11, 2018
- Length: 03:50
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
Nico, a 4th grade student in Austin, brings some of her Romanian heritage through her grandmother's charms.
- Added: Dec 11, 2018
- Length: 01:58
A series of random events in Nepal bring an Israeli reporter and a nepalese teenager to grow an unlikely bond.
- Added: Dec 06, 2018
- Length: 23:57
This is audio of a formerly incarcerated woman reading a letter she wrote while in prison.
- Added: Nov 03, 2018
- Length: 03:13
Smash society and you create craven people. Craven, from the early English word meaning crushed, defeated, overwhelmed.
- Added: Jul 03, 2018
- Length: 03:30
Unhappy with contemporary America, Avery Thompson travels to Plymouth, Massachusetts to consult the man responsible for bringing his family to thes...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 15, 2018
- Length: 12:13
- Purchases: 1
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2018 Martin Middle School Stories
Series: 2018 Martin Middle School Stories
Ms. Booth talks to students about her aviation-filled family history.
- Added: Jun 11, 2018
- Length: 05:39
It has always been my dream to live on a sailboat and travel the world. In this short audio piece, I invite the listener into the first step in the...
- Added: Apr 10, 2018
- Length: 05:03
"I escaped because of my friend. The three of us started planning while we were in south Sudan." Beatrice Ocwee
Reporter Gladys Oroma continues ...
- Added: Apr 09, 2018
- Length: 44:12
"If I did not reveal that I was formerly abducted, nobody would know. If I did not tell that these children were born from captivity, nobody would ...
- Added: Apr 09, 2018
- Length: 36:25
