PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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Flat is the new black.
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
More cultural shorthand from the folks who offer cultural shorthand. We are not shorthanded in that department.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 03:11
Caffeine, America's Most Popular Drug
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
If you don't ask, you won't get it

  • Added: Dec 22, 2008
  • Length: 02:28
Amy
From: Alexander Yellen
Series: Tell Me Your Story
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Amy gives away hand-knit hats

  • Added: Dec 21, 2008
  • Length: 02:27
Obama and Rick Warren
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: j
Obama has chosen Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Dec 19, 2008
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1
Two Ponzi Perpetrators and a Journalism Student's Dilemma
From: Mordechai Twersky
Series: Variations on a Theme
Caption: PRX default Piece image
First-person essay in wake of Bernard L. Madoff scandal recalling a journalism student's dilemma in covering a similar scandal close to "home."

  • Added: Dec 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:20
Golf
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A man who is 107 plays golf every day

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Dec 18, 2008
  • Length: :35
  • Purchases: 2
The Other Nine Percent
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
transforming high school for the 21st century

  • Added: Dec 17, 2008
  • Length: :40
It Took A Lot of Memory
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
on the day before their marriage his bride-to-be told him about all of her previous affairs.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2008
  • Length: :28
Long Distance Love in Los Angeles - Shorter Version
From: Karen Fritsche
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In Southern California, everything depends on one thing: how long will it take to drive there? Whether it's where you work, where you eat, or wher...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: 04:44
Long Distance Love in Los Angeles
From: Karen Fritsche
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In Southern California, everything depends on one thing: how long will it take to drive there? Whether it's where you work, where you eat, or wher...

Bought by KSFR, KPIK-LP, KUT, PRX Remix, KRUA and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 7
He Threw A Shoe At President Bush
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
when President Bush visited Iraq, an Iraqi man threw a shoe at him.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: :23
Why Would She Email Me?
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A commentary on the content of unsolicited email

  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: :21
There Was No One There
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A visit to the Endagered Species booth at the Common Ground Fair

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Dec 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1
War Rugs: What Little Girls Make
From: Susan Barrett Price
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Contemplating a war rug made during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WFUV, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
Buy Me A Can of Coffee
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A man forgets to repay a small loan

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Dec 12, 2008
  • Length: :46
  • Purchases: 1
Ellen Gibbons: Going vs Staying
From: Susan Barrett Price
Series: Family History: The Stars Who Guide Us
Caption: Montage: Chicago fire, train, Credit: Private Archive Photos
An immigrant story: longing for permanence but restless in pursuing it. My great-grandmother.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:00
Help With Rehersal
From: The humble Farmer
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Another reason to go into teaching

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 10, 2008
  • Length: :39
  • Purchases: 1
Proud to be Polish
From: Catie Talarski
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A journey to find my Polish roots...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2008
  • Length: 08:28
Can You Be Trusted With Money?
From: The humble Farmer
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I need to find an executor for my estate.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2008
  • Length: :30
Anthony's Tattoo
From: Alexander Yellen
Series: Tell Me Your Story
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Anthony's tattoo is a constant reminder of a past love.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
These Fellows Intend to Be Thorough
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Air travel today

  • Added: Dec 08, 2008
  • Length: :31
Alternative Living- on Water
From: Third Coast Live Radio Theater
Caption: Along Mt. Tam River
Rich history of Sausalito, California, once the sex and drug capitol of the San Francisco Bay Area, has gentrified houseboat living. Hosting our t...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 16:44
  • Purchases: 1
Elephants - 6 Minutes of Fact and Story
From: Paul Messing
Series: For Kindred Spirits (and separate elements)
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Basic facts and about elephants from Carol Buckley, founder of The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, plus a personal elephant story from NY Times be...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2008
  • Length: 07:06
How to Be a Man...(sort of)
From: Ryan Scammell
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Father & sons, the woods, and our feeble attempts at trying to figure out what it means to be a man.

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 30, 2008
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 3
My Politically Incorrect Christmas
From: Susan Kottler
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At Christmas our public school kindergarten class performed the story of the birth of Christ, complete with New Testament readings, pint-size Mary ...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Nov 30, 2008
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1

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