PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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Even starting a piece that's 639 years long is an act of incredible optimism.
- Added: Aug 04, 2020
- Length: 07:54
When there’s trouble on the edge of civilization—where the wilderness meets what mankind makes—well, here we encounter fierce things both natural a...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Nov 30, 2018
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Chess Records' first release was a disastrous Tibbs Brother song expressing displeasure with the then recently deceased racist Mississippi Governor...
- Added: May 01, 2017
- Length: 01:08:20
Interrupting my Saturday night music radio show with some words about Muhammad Ali who passed earlier in the day. Ali's impact on me as an 8th gra...
- Added: Jun 07, 2016
- Length: 46:15
Pat Zakaib's bitter-sweet memory of friendship lost and found spans decades as she shares a frustrating tale of her travels from Paris to Athens.
- Added: Sep 05, 2015
- Length: 05:01
As we recognize Bud Powell as one of the most influential jazz pianists of the 20th century, we must also acknowledge how much of his greatness and...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 02:29
- Purchases: 2
On April 27th, 2012, I stood on the banks of the Hudson River in NYC.. and watched Space Shuttle Enterprise make a fly-by, strapped to the back of...
- Added: May 04, 2012
- Length: 57:37
- Added: Dec 09, 2010
- Length: :42
- Purchases: 1
Those who pursue a life in the spotlight have a lot of tough decisions to make about the things they choose to participate in. At the end of the da...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 06, 2010
- Length: 13:00
- Purchases: 1
An observation on the city of Columbus, GA and the arts departments of Columbus State University told with sounds of the street and downtown founta...
- Added: Mar 24, 2010
- Length: 04:14
Have you complimented your favorite artist today?
Bought by WTIP
- Added: Mar 19, 2010
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
Did you know that Okie From Muskogee was a satire?
- Added: Jan 10, 2009
- Length: 01:12