PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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Caption: John Bailey with a cart full of TaB, Credit: John Bailey
After years of languishing at the far end of the soda aisle, TaB has at last fallen victim to a decision by its parent company, Coca-Cola, to end p...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 13, 2022
  • Length: 11:50
  • Purchases: 1
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95-year-old Richard and his daughter Margaret struggle with the technical details of their recording project.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2020
  • Length: 06:41
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What a decade-long fight taught Laura about relationships, laughter, and the grace we need to keep giving each other.

  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 15:32
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In this episode we will see examples of some of the influential people and stories from one’s life, and how these stories continue to influence gen...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 21, 2020
  • Length: 56:34
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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Tales of kids with an unbridled passion to hear wedding bells. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Listen to all episod...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2017
  • Length: 24:01
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Driving with my Dad one summer evening, through his voice comes his his love for family, his influence on my life, and his radio career.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 2
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Tales of kids whose pets weren't just their best friend, they were EVERYTHING. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. List...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 19, 2017
  • Length: 28:37
  • Purchases: 2
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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Are you ever concerned that your pajamas are not seasonally appropriate? Fret no more. Ellery Stritzinger speaks to a professional about staying cu...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2015
  • Length: 01:21
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This is an essay about cooking and all the shame and rage and frustration that can accompany this art. Writer Sarah Miller describes her desire to ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 10:13
  • Purchases: 1
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A ten-year-old on deep space, death, and Revolutionary War reenactments.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 10:03
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, we take a deep look at how and why we learn to lie, and what lying does to you

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: you're not around, Credit: pscm
When all you need is someone to answer the phone

  • Added: Jan 23, 2014
  • Length: :54
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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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Among the many thousands of mommies in the blog-o-sphere writing about parenting-its troubles and its triumphs, how do you stand out from the rest?

  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:03
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Among the many thousands of mommies in the blog-o-sphere writing about parenting-its troubles and its triumphs, how do you stand out from the rest?

  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 04:29
Caption: Christmas Tree Shopping, Credit: Scott Schnur
I went home for Christmas and tried to make an audio piece without too much drama. Here's what happened instead

  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 07:34
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays. In th...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Ryan Vine is a Duluth poet. He is a Professor of English at the College of St. Scholastica. And Ryan Vine has been widely published including in su...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 1
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KAXE contributor, Aaron Brown, reads a piece about trying new things. Brown's aspirations seem high initially before adding a healthy dose of reali...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:07
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Reporter and producer Christopher Johnson describes his frustrating year-and-a-half-long struggle to diagnose his chronic and sometimes painful diz...

Bought by XRAY.fm, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Happy Father's Day! I'm an adoptive dad....28 years now and counting. And as a lifelong journalist, this program attempts to show...through narrat...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 57:09
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Sam recently performed this excerpt from the Taxi Tapes series at his office talent show--and it sounded like THIS.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 11:53
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A reflective piece about a middle aged man's visit to the cardiologist for his annual stress test.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2012
  • Length: 04:58