PRX - Pieces for Format: Soft Feature

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

29 results


Shaky Ground: Tsunami Sister City
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
Piece image
Following the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan, a small boat belonging to Takata High School in Rikuzentakata was swept o...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
The benefits of Yoga
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Yoga has many benefits to health, both mentally and physically, Credit: Sara Rizzo
Many people find yoga to help and others find it more stressful than relaxing. Listen to find out more.

  • Added: May 01, 2018
  • Length: 03:01
Depression in 7th grade: 'I want to die but if I could get help that would be awesome'
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Sam struggled with depression in middle school., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/NATALIE NEWCOMB
“I started being like, I can’t talk about these things. You’re basically taught to bottle up your feelings in middle school.” RadioActive Youth M...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 2
I'm alive because of a dictator's ego and my family's clever thinking
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: RadioActive producer Jad Vianu with his father Alec Vianu., Credit: Courtesy of Jad Vianu
Many people have heard of the brutal dictatorships that ruled Soviet Eastern Europe in the twentieth century. RadioActive youth producer and high s...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 04:55
How My Bookworm Sister Left Our Refugee Camp
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Piece image
In the United States, we take the right to get an education for granted but that's not the case for many refugees. RadioActive's Faisa Muse brings ...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 05:12
Ms. Ozuna
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Fulmore Middle School 2017
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Latinx identity and speaking Spanish are important to Ms. Ozuna at Fulmore Middle School, who uses her upbringing to connect with her students.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 05:21
StoryCorps: Calvin Burns and Stepheni Bellamy
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Piece image
Calvin Burns and his teenage daughter, Stepheni Bellamy, visit StoryCorps to have a difficult conversation about rac

Bought by WVBI-LP, Public Radio for All, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 24, 2017
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 3
Break Away From Tradition
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Jewish students at Syracuse University celebrate the culture during a pre-orientation program , Credit: Alyssa Goldberg
24% of Syracuse University is Jewish. See how some students embrace the stereotypes of being Jewish, while also breaking away from celebrating Juda...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1
Hey Prof -- You Still Hold Office Hours?
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Piece image
Most colleges require professors to hold office hours so students have the chance to ask for help. However, nowadays, students are less and less wi...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 02:42
Connected Neuro System
From: KBEM
Piece image
Melvin comments in his poem, that there are too many people in our society not really connecting with one another.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2014
  • Length: 04:26
Freedom of Speech
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
Piece image
Herbert addresses the importance of free speech in our country.

Bought by KVSC and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 20, 2014
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 2
Gunshot Sonata
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
Piece image
Gunshot Sonata

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 20, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Love Poem
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
Piece image
Alex was influenced to go in the direction of this poem by listening to the work of his peers.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 20, 2014
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
To My Unborn
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
Piece image
Minneapolis high school student is from the point of view of the positive side of a young mother giving her baby up for adoption.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Word Club
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
Piece image
Frankie is in love with words and the rap format and sees himself as a professional rapper. You can see by this piece that he has definite potential.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:33
  • Purchases: 1
I Am From
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
Piece image
In this piece, a middle school poet from Minneapolis tells of his background, including slavery and citizenship.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:25
  • Purchases: 1
A Trip Downtown
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
Piece image
nice images in this poem about going downtown

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:43
  • Purchases: 1
All These Things
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
Piece image
Dylan's poems to to a young woman who has caught his eye.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 1
I Am From
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
Piece image
Danielle, a Minneapolis Menlo Park Academy student tells us what she's all about.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:18
  • Purchases: 1
The Appeal of Running Track
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
Piece image
A lot of mental work and skill the combine to help you win a running race. To this young Minneapolis poet, nothing is more fun.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:06
  • Purchases: 1
Work at the Cookie Cart
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
Piece image
The Cookie Cart is a north side Minneapolis business which gives many high school kids their first jobs, as is the case with this poet, Darrien.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:19
  • Purchases: 1
Growing Up In Poverty
From: City High Radio
Caption: Arturo And His Mom, Credit: From The Collection Of Arturo Camelot
Sixteen-year-old Arturo spent most of his life in what he considers poverty--living on welfare and supported by the Section 8 housing program--but ...

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


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
Youth bring fresh eyes to Alcatraz
From: KALW
Piece image
A local art and theater group the We Players has also been in residence on Alcatraz for the past three years. Their work is designed to spark discu...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 05:40
Is Foster Care a Good Thing? One Teenager's Opinion
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Piece image
After going through foster care, this Minneapolis High School kids wonders about the good accomplished by foster care.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Benefits of Being Mixed Race
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Darshon Moore, Credit: Philip Nusbaum
Darshon Moore speaks from experience of having parents representing differing cultural backgrounds

  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 01:00