PRX - Pieces for Topic: Family

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Erin Lynn Marsh has been published in Sugarhouse Review, Post Road Magazine, and Paper Darts. She holds an MFA from Lesley University in Boston, is...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2012
  • Length: 01:56
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Sharon Harris is a member of the Jackpine Writer's Block, and a native of Park Rapids. She has published three books of poetry. Here Sharon Harris ...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
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Dean Bakopoulos discusses his first novel about fathers and sons in middle America's working class. [30:40]

Bought by WNJR, KPIP-LP, and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 30:40
  • Purchases: 3
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After his mother has a massive stroke, writer Dave White describes the quick thinking and problem solving necessary for a simple trip to the movies.

Bought by WCNY, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 13, 2012
  • Length: 10:49
  • Purchases: 3
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A true story told live in London. Radcliffe lost his home, his job and his wife in 24 hours. An uplifting tale on drug addiction and redemption, fr...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 13:42
  • Purchases: 1
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Chelsey Russell interviews her grandfather about his struggle with alcoholism, and the faith he has put in Jesus to help in recover.

Bought by WGXC and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Nov 03, 2011
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 2
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When I was growing up, my mom went through a phase where she got rid of several of my pets without asking me.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 07:55
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A veteran of 25 years witnesses a fellow soldier kill an eight year-old girl. Upon returning home, he develops Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and f...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 05:31
Caption: Valencia and her mother, Charlene, Credit: MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
For fourteen years, a singular event has shaped Valencia McMurray's life: her mother, Charlene Sanders, was violently attacked by her father when s...

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Aug 14, 2011
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 1
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This kickoff show is steeped in Southern heat as the writers take us back to childhood summers. Sarah Mattingly takes a vacation to meet family, Sa...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A man decides to leave his unfaithful ex-girlfriend and their daughter.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
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Jon Brock tells his daughter Glenny Brock about being committed to Bryce Hospital, Alabama's oldest psychiatric facility, in 1965.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 2
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Libby St. Pierre knew since she was a young girl that she wanted only a few simple things in life: a career, which she has as a nurse in Auburn, Ma...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, and WMPG


  • Added: Jan 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 3
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We wake John Bauer up from his vacation on the West Coast before 6:00am his time.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 08:33
Caption: The Guerette family of Pittston, Maine two years after attackers broke into their home with machetes. , Credit: Sarah Craig
"Left for Dead" is probably the most gruesome story reported by a Salt student. It's not for the faint of heart.

Bought by Radio Newark, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 05, 2010
  • Length: 17:50
  • Purchases: 3
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A portrait inspired by a close relative’s ongoing struggle in life.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2010
  • Length: 06:31
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Frighten up your holidays with 'edge of your seat' storytelling and holiday music in this 'Tale Spinning' hour of Terror from WYSO Public Radio and...

Bought by KBYS 88.3 FM and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 08, 2009
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
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14-year-old Santa Fe Student Felicia created her poem, inspired by a family portrait.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:10
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A woman decides to kick her drug addiction.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Eugene describes the aftermath of his accident and how he was touched by the divine.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2009
  • Length: 06:02
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My friend, Aaron Shloss, discusses the holidays and the patterns of social acceptance.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2008
  • Length: 17:33

  • Added: Jun 06, 2008
  • Length: 01:45
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Baltimore City Police head out to find kids wanted by the police...but meet the kids' mothers instead.

  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 06:56
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A musical thought about poverty, desperation, and violence in an increasingly mad world.

  • Added: Mar 08, 2008
  • Length: 04:19
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A confrontation between father and son over hair, nails, and being Goth.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 1