PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
Can't find it?
Try Advanced Search
From: SLB Radio
Series: Crossing Fences: Connecting African American Men & Boys through the Oral Tradition
Series: Crossing Fences: Connecting African American Men & Boys through the Oral Tradition
Hip Hop legend Paradise Gray (b. 1964) reflects on becoming an activist and ushering in a new generation of hip-hop based on interviews by teens Da...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jan 29, 2016
- Length: 04:32
- Purchases: 1
From: SLB Radio
Series: Crossing Fences: Connecting African American Men & Boys through the Oral Tradition
Series: Crossing Fences: Connecting African American Men & Boys through the Oral Tradition
Veteran and retired police sergeant Homer Craig (b.1939) reflects on family and community life in Hazelwood based on interviews conducted by teens...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jan 29, 2016
- Length: 04:47
- Purchases: 1
From: SLB Radio
Series: Crossing Fences: Connecting African American Men & Boys through the Oral Tradition
Series: Crossing Fences: Connecting African American Men & Boys through the Oral Tradition
Malik Bankston, Executive Director, The Kingsley Center (b. 1962), reflects on his college experience and his desire to better his community based ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jan 29, 2016
- Length: 04:49
- Purchases: 1
From: SLB Radio
Series: Crossing Fences: Connecting African American Men & Boys through the Oral Tradition
Series: Crossing Fences: Connecting African American Men & Boys through the Oral Tradition
Pastor and retired paratrooper Donald Turner (b. 1936) reflects on racial tension in his adolescent years and his faith in God based on interviews ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jan 29, 2016
- Length: 06:14
- Purchases: 1
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
The child of two Longhorn Band veterans digs into the unseen world of the band's strangest traditions, from "hupping" to the secret "10 til 2" saying.
- Added: Jan 23, 2016
- Length: 05:06
Physics, math, canyoning between buildings: Not scary. Finding an apartment, learning how to vote: Scary. How one young woman feels about making th...
- Added: Dec 21, 2015
- Length: 03:40
Does your race affect how you act? Well, it probably affected how you answered that question.... In this award-winning story, hear why one young ma...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 21, 2015
- Length: 04:41
- Purchases: 3
Seventeen year-old Shamarra Rombawa lives in Wilmington, Delaware. Her city was dubbed "Murder Town" by a 2014 article in Newsweek because of its h...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 16, 2015
- Length: 03:08
- Purchases: 1
When 16 year-old Max Rakus set off to Germany right after his sophomore year of high school ended, he had no idea that the trip would change him fo...
- Added: Dec 16, 2015
- Length: 01:39
Sam hails from Bosnia, but she’s lived in the US for the last 6 years. Sometimes she finds that her two cultures have opposing values. Add to that ...
- Added: Dec 16, 2015
- Length: 02:58
The most important meal of the day - breakfast - is no longer a priority among teenagers. Why can't they find the time for golden waffles doused in...
- Added: Jun 06, 2015
- Length: 01:33
Katia Hauser explores the intricacies of teenagers having the legal right to make their own medical decisions.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jun 06, 2015
- Length: 02:44
- Purchases: 1
Mina, a high school freshman, has always been bored by love. This year she found an identity that seemed to fit: aromantic. Mina interviews her mom...
- Added: May 31, 2015
- Length: 04:05
The day you graduate college is suppose full of smiles, family pictures, and a sense of accomplishment. But what happens after that day when you pa...
Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, American Voices, and PRX Remix
- Added: May 31, 2015
- Length: 09:56
- Purchases: 3
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Grisham Middle School 2014-15
Series: Grisham Middle School 2014-15
A family in Texas deals with, and raises, all sorts of reptilian creatures. Produced by students at Grisham Middle School for Stories from Deep in ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 27, 2015
- Length: 04:42
- Purchases: 1
Have you ever stuck with something that was difficult because you knew the reward was worth the journey? Follow Robert Franklin’s day as he prepare...
- Added: Jan 21, 2015
- Length: 05:21
Responding to our pieces with Dr. Jeff Menzise and Dr. Augustine Romero, Professor Torres-Velasquez of the Latino Education Taskforce integrates th...
- Added: Dec 06, 2014
- Length: 06:58
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Rio, faces a big identity question. "Am I Mexican? If so how Mexican am I?" Let's just say Rio was raised a bit differently than prior generations ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 04:44
Shona revisits a conversation she had at the age of 17 with Andy Lipkiss, founder of TreePeople, and discovers that his story has even more relevan...
- Added: Oct 03, 2014
- Length: 14:26
When Radio Rookie Danielle Motindabeka came to the United States at age 13, she didn’t speak English. By the time she was in high school, Danielle ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 23, 2014
- Length: 07:15
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Apr 15, 2014
- Length: 03:42
What is a home? Come take a look at the concept of “home” from a different perspective.
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 02:32
Anni's favorite place growing up was ... the school-bus stop?
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 02:16
Since he was three years old, Obasi Onuoha has been in love with computers. really. To him, they're way more than just machines....
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 02:30
Cristabel Amoah, a Minneapolis High School student, tells about her background. Unlike all the other students, she was born in England.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 01:19
- Purchases: 1
