PRX - Pieces for Tone: This American Life-esque

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From: Vermont Public
Series: 10 in Their 20s
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A 20-something party-goer fights the apathy of his peers.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WZBC


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3
Miracle On The Streets
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A profile of life on the streets for homeless youth told through the experiences of 21-year-old Miracle Draven.

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 01, 2004
  • Length: 17:35
  • Purchases: 1
Lost in America
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Drug addicts, a prostitute and a blind woman recount their journeys through homelessness to a new life.

Bought by PRX Remix and Audible


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Rocks at Rock Bottom
From: Hillary Frank
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The story of a man who hits rock bottom when he's surrounded by a whole lot of rocks -- and how he uses those rocks to get over heartbreak.

Bought by KUOW, KUT, Iowa Public Radio, Remix Radio, PRX Lovesick Stream and more


  • Added: May 10, 2004
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 7
Mystery Train
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A teenage couple's date takes a turn for the worse when they run into a girl they know.

Bought by KUT, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, and WZBC


  • Added: May 10, 2004
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 4
Jimmy & Jewel: A Love (?) Story [long version]
From: Jason Rayles
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A woman I had never met before handed me a rose at my grandfather's funeral.

Bought by KPFA


  • Added: May 04, 2004
  • Length: 15:58
  • Purchases: 1
Davy Rothbart, Found Magazine
From: Adam Allington
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Davy Rothbart founder of "Found" Magazine describes some of his favorite finds

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: May 03, 2004
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
Jimmy & Jewel: A Love (?) Story [short version]
From: Jason Rayles
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A woman I had never met before handed me a rose at my grandfather's funeral.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 03, 2004
  • Length: 10:52
  • Purchases: 1
Orphan Opossums
From: Worth Bishop
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Even killing a varmint has consequences.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2004
  • Length: 05:33
From Goody Two Shoes to Rock Bottom
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Listen to George tell the story of how he went from being an innocent kid to surviving two brushes with cancer to being locked up at Long Creek You...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2004
  • Length: 09:28
  • Purchases: 1
Different Worlds - Moving From NY to San Fran
From: Dave Adox
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What's it like to move from New York to San Francisco? We hear from people about the culture shock that comes with moving between the coasts.

Bought by KUOW, KZSC, and WFUV


  • Added: Mar 29, 2004
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 3
The Day My Mother's Head Exploded (Short Version)
From: Hannah Palin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It is the story of the brain aneurysm that almost killed my mother in 1987 and how she became a completely different person from the mother of my c...

Bought by KUOW, Wisconsin Public Radio, KPCC, East Village Radio, WUAL and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2004
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 6
The Day My Mother's Head Exploded
From: Hannah Palin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It is the story of the brain aneurysm that almost killed my mother in 1987 and how she became a completely different person from the mother of my c...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, XRAY.fm, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2004
  • Length: 19:59
  • Purchases: 10
This American Cheese
From: Abby Goldstein
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A parody of This American Life

Bought by XRAY.fm, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WUWM


  • Added: Feb 19, 2004
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 3
Girl Detectives
From: Sue Mell
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The aftermath of a friend's murder and the search for resolution in the face of an unexplained death.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2004
  • Length: 17:57
Sweet Phil from Sugar Hill
From: Phyllis Fletcher
Caption: the producer with her parents
A man has 14 children with 13 different women, dies young, and leaves them to learn about him through each other, and through the letters he wrote ...

Bought by KUER, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, WYBC, KCUR, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2004
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 10
Matthew and the Judge: Juvenile Court Diary
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Prison Diaries
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Radio Diaries gave both Judge Jeremiah, a Rhode Island juvenile court judge, and Matthew, a 16-year-old repeat offender, tape recorders in 2001. Ju...

Bought by KRCC-FM, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2003
  • Length: 17:46
  • Purchases: 7
The Miseducation of Josh Frank
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A teenager decides to give up his social life to play the trumpet.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 10:09
  • Purchases: 2
Giantman
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A college campus is convinced that a nine-foot giant has come to save them from themselves.

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, East Village Radio, WCFM, and WZBC


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 11:13
  • Purchases: 5
First Menstruation Stories
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It's both terrifying and highly anticipated, and, as rites of passage often are, perhaps somewhat overrated. Blunt producer Ariel Adams set out wit...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2003
  • Length: 10:32
Dad & Daws (Father's Day)
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Short Features
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PERFECT FOR FATHER'S DAY! A personal essay on how a volatile father's gift led to a career

Bought by KPIK-LP, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, Public Interactive, KFSR and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2003
  • Length: 10:47
  • Purchases: 7
A Guy Named Joe Bevilacqua
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Short Features
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A personal story about people with my name

Bought by XRAY.fm, WEKU, KTNA, WGCU, and East Village Radio


  • Added: Nov 29, 2003
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 5
The WASPs: Women Pilots of WWII
From: Radio Diaries
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The story of the first female pilots in WWII.

Bought by KVMR, KUT, RadioFreePalmer, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KCNP and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 22:42
  • Purchases: 50
Surviving Church
From: Bruce Gerstman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two people who joined Jim Jones's cult, The People's Temple, and got married 20 years after the Jonestown Massacre.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2003
  • Length: 10:22
Matching Outfits Not Included
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two elderly sisters, who are not twins, dress exactly the same, eat all the same food, and go everywhere together.

Bought by WJCT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser) and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2003
  • Length: 10:24
  • Purchases: 9

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