PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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Caption: Sarah Haskins at The Paper Machete, Ricochet's Tavern, Chicago, 8/14/2010, Credit: Kurt Heintz
Sarah Haskins (comedienne, Infomania's "Target Women" series) discusses how pregnancy has inspired her to prepare for the end of the world. Recorde...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 1
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There's a tipping point in every nerd's life - the moment they accept it's cool to be, well ... uncool.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KDNK, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 4

  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
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A high school valedictorian owes the class on '97 a retraction: Don't follow your dreams. Seriously, it's a terrible idea.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2010
  • Length: 09:58
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In India recently, a large gathering of women welcomed reporter Will Everett to a special celebration. But Will wasn’t happy about it. In fact, h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 1
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The author reminds her loved ones that the valentines keep coming all year long.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
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Taking a first job at an inner city non-profit can be horrifying. But there's a lot of perks too ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 22, 2009
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1
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This time of year, even when the spirit isn’t really there at all, we can decorate and party and shop ourselves into a state of manufactured joy. ...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2009
  • Length: 04:35
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"For most of my adult life, I’ve had my hands on the wheel. With lists on my mind and places to be and things to do. I’ve worked hard and tried to ...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:30

  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 03:38

  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 03:30

  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Seeing familiar faces in a box of old photographs

  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
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How the passage of time touches every life

  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 03:59
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Azerbaijan is a country that sits at the crossroads of East and West. And it’s reflected in the culture. Most of the people there are Muslim, but...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2009
  • Length: 02:38
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The entire housekeeping staff at Hyatt hotels in the Boston area was fired recently. Temporary workers making half their hourly wage replaced them...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2009
  • Length: 05:07
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Health care is a hot topic right now. And not just in the United States. A report just out from Amnesty International says healthcare in Sierra Le...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2009
  • Length: 02:20
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During Pope Benedict‘s recent trip to the Middle East, he called for greater respect for women. The Sisters of the Good Shepherd would endorse tha...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 15, 2009
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mary Van Pelt, Credit: Miles Eddy
Invisible social barriers and the contrast between physical disabilities and psychiatric disabilities.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
Caption: Eat! Eat!, Credit: Sandy Chin
A personal audio essay about my Italian-American Nani teaching me the importance of showing love through cooking.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2009
  • Length: 06:19
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New York Times takes a look at a prostitute's MySpace page so we don't have to.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 02:16