PRX - Pieces for Tone: Personal

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Caption: Lillie Cotlon and Burnell Cotlon in front of Burnell’s store, ‘Burnell’s Lower Ninth Ward Market’ in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 19, 2015., Credit: By Ian Spencer Cook for StoryCorps.
Eight years after their original StoryCorps interview, Burnell Cotlon reflects with his mother, Lillie Cotlon, about opening up a store in New Orle...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 06:09
Caption: Sometimes, story is the best form of medicine.
If given a do-over in life, what would you do with it? This SUPERHUMANS story takes us on a beautifully raw journey that displays the courage and ...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2021
  • Length: 26:36
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I chose to do an audio piece dedicated to my sister since she was leaving for college.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 07:21
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"What's At Steak With Steak" gets us to look at our dinner plate differently and leave us with deeper questions about how we relate to meat.

  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 31:02
Caption: Rondon, a traditional Creole dish, Credit: Maria Doerr
On the Eastern Coast of Nicaragua, palm plantations are taking over land traditionally used for growing coconuts. How are Creole people resisting ...

Bought by KRVS and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Michael Morrison tells the story of his job selling educational books door to door in the South during college.

Bought by WOUB and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 2
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Nhu-Y Pham tells a live audience how to make Braised Pork with Coconut, a special dish from Vietnam.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Alexis Diao's Father's Family in the Philippines.
When Alexis Diao’s father arrived in Tallahassee, Florida, he couldn’t even find coconut milk—let alone many other ingredients to make the Filipino...

Bought by KVLU, WJCT, and WABE


  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: 26:13
  • Purchases: 3
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Nicolas interviews his dad while making spaghetti, who emphasizes how important it is to know how to cook-especially when you are single, and/or wh...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 03:55
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Montana passed a recent law allowing people to pick up dead animals on the side of the road and eat them. Producer Madelyn Beck's story *goes there.*

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KBGA 89.9 FM, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 3
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Radio Curious visits with organic grape grower Charlie Barra, founder of Barra of Mendocino Organic Wines.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: Olga Colon., Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.
In this short documentary, longtime New Yorkers recall family cooking traditions and foods from home lost to immigration.

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:52
Caption: Margot Karp., Credit: Photo courtesy of Margot Karp.
Margot Karp, 86, moved with her family to Washington Heights, Manhattan, in 1939 to escape Nazi Germany. Karp has fond memories of her mother's str...

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 03:04
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High school senior Maria Zapetis believes it's time to start helping people less fortunate than her.

Bought by WEZU, Outer Voices, and WEZU


  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 3
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A personal commentary on food and cooking

  • Added: Apr 14, 2008
  • Length: 03:26
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Educator Lee Shulman believes life, like pastrami, should be enjoyed in its full and rich complexity.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WPSU


  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 2
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Waitress Ivory Harlow believes peace can begin with a stack of pancakes and a side order of friendliness.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KOSU, KJZZ, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 31, 2007
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 5
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A handyman at a girl's school is called upon for some unusual tasks.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: 01:47
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Joe Hotch is a Native Alaskan and shares how fishing has been a way of life for the Tlingit people.

Bought by KMXT and KSUT


  • Added: Mar 04, 2005
  • Length: 16:03
  • Purchases: 2