PRX - Pieces for Format: Essay
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Emily speaks with Emily Maloney about her new collection of essays, Cost of Living, which explores the American healthcare system and what it’s lik...
Bought by KWMR
- Added: Mar 08, 2022
- Length: 33:59
- Purchases: 1
Air India’s reputation is of a sort of futzy dowager, very uncool. Even its mascot a Maharajah in a red coat and turban with a pointy mustache see...
- Added: Apr 19, 2017
- Length: 06:00
It was admittedly a moment of sheer American holiday nostalgia. Cooking a turkey in India. I thought it could be a fun adventure. I just didn’t rea...
- Added: Jan 09, 2017
- Length: 06:00
A religious father refuses to let his daughter get corrupted by The Love Boat and other 80s pop culture.
- Added: Jun 19, 2016
- Length: 20:13
What do the restaurants of your childhood say about the place you grew up? In Jack Hitt’s case, the Oysters Mornay and Escargots Bourguignonne of h...
- Added: Dec 17, 2015
- Length: 28:02
- Purchases: 3
Becca doesn't have very good luck with hiking. This is the story of her two near-death experiences with hiking, set ten years apart.
- Added: Apr 26, 2015
- Length: 04:16
Keeping Me Humble is a podcast about the tough things in life...the stuff that keeps us humble.
Today...stories of disappointment.
Violinist Andrew...
- Added: Feb 26, 2015
- Length: 16:19
Destination DIY host Julie Sabatier tells a story live on stage about that time she cooked potatoes for her Idaho in-laws.
Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KPIK-LP
- Added: Nov 27, 2014
- Length: 13:13
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Jun 10, 2014
- Length: 02:01
In this humorous piece, Nick, a music teacher, tells the story of two Celine Dion songs and how they have helped him understand the value of music ...
- Added: May 09, 2014
- Length: 06:38
The story of dying my hair red on a whim and the way people reacted to me as a redhead.
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 09:11
The imaginary travails of myself reacting to rude patrons making noise with candy wrappers, cell phones, and other rude behavior in public movie th...
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 05:48
Gail describes her recent visit to an Irish bar in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood.
- Added: Aug 31, 2013
- Length: 15:20
An introduction to some of my illustrious colleagues from my days as a bellhop/valet/part-time restaurant host at the Hilton.
- Added: May 15, 2012
- Length: 15:12
This collection of short stories captures the beauty, triumph and challenge of making the leap of moving from the city to a small town on the North...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 27, 2011
- Length: 28:06
- Purchases: 1
A personal audio essay detailing one former tough-guy's transition into fatherhood. A humorous, reflective piece about moving through life with th...
- Added: Dec 14, 2011
- Length: 03:54
In this feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack takes us on the historic home tour which recently wound its way through the SCSU ne...
- Added: Jun 20, 2011
- Length: 31:11
Young man speaks of the manners involved with a first date and how etiquette interfere with getting a second.
- Added: Mar 29, 2011
- Length: 04:00
Storyteller Jennifer Munro shares a childhood memory about her father and an overzealous neighbor.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 28, 2010
- Length: 04:04
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jan 13, 2010
- Length: 13:42
- Purchases: 2
Secret messages from psychic sources! Crazy letters from kooky grandparents! Proof from the past of long told stories! Buffoonery, tomfoolery, a...
- Added: Apr 24, 2009
- Length: 01:07:24
- Added: Jan 21, 2008
- Length: 03:42
- Purchases: 1
Personal essay by Courtenay Hameister, host of Live Wire Radio, featuring lots 'o' humiliating moments.
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WNIN, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX
- Added: Jun 04, 2007
- Length: 07:54
- Purchases: 4
A rhythmic essay describing the producer's first job cleaning up a drive-in theater.
Bought by WDBM, KFAI Minneapolis, and KUT
- Added: Jan 08, 2006
- Length: 06:29
- Purchases: 3
Two men walk into your kitchen to cook paella - what are you going to say - No?
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore
- Added: Sep 08, 2003
- Length: 03:03
- Purchases: 2
