PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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Kendra Jones, an English teacher in Alabama, believes in toughness, steeliness and even meanness.

Bought by WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, KUOW, and WBHM


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 5
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As a doctor and patient, Alicia Conill has learned that listening is an important part of healing.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WEZU, WEZU, Iowa Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 5
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Farmer Gina Parosa believes in setting good boundaries, and being flexible enough to change them.

Bought by WEZU and WEZU


  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 2
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Environmental activist Majora Carter believes in making the old neighborhood a better place to live.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KSJD


  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 3
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Since nothing is permanent, Dalia Sofer believes happiness is found in life's more ephemeral gifts.

Bought by WEZU and WEZU


  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 2
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
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In no longer fighting her kinky hair, Toya Marshall believes she found the freedom to be herself.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KUOW, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 4
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