PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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An emotional and poetic tour of a day in the life of a youth at Cook County's Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 07:13
Packed in one car, Elaine Manis, her six siblings, and her mother set out on a trip from the small town of Forgan, Oklahoma, to the seaside town of...
- Added: Apr 25, 2016
- Length: 01:24
The day you graduate college is suppose full of smiles, family pictures, and a sense of accomplishment. But what happens after that day when you pa...
Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, American Voices, and PRX Remix
- Added: May 31, 2015
- Length: 09:56
- Purchases: 3
An artist living in Seattle has just had to move for the fifth time in four years. As he gets older it's becoming harder and harder for him to expo...
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 04:44
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Rio, faces a big identity question. "Am I Mexican? If so how Mexican am I?" Let's just say Rio was raised a bit differently than prior generations ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 04:44
Shona revisits a conversation she had at the age of 17 with Andy Lipkiss, founder of TreePeople, and discovers that his story has even more relevan...
- Added: Oct 03, 2014
- Length: 14:26
When Radio Rookie Danielle Motindabeka came to the United States at age 13, she didn’t speak English. By the time she was in high school, Danielle ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 23, 2014
- Length: 07:15
- Purchases: 1
Thirteen year old Toby Choyt of Maine meets a retired lobsterman on Portland's historic Widgery Wharf and tells his story.
- Added: Dec 11, 2013
- Length: 06:18
Have you wanted to grow your own garden, but you're afraid you don't have a green thumb? Tune in to hear expert advice on how to get started. Avoid...
- Added: Aug 26, 2013
- Length: 08:30
In this piece, students from the United World College in Montezuma, NM tell stories about loss, hunger, abandonment, and family. Have a listen to t...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Apr 03, 2013
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 1
Youth producer Gracia Manzanares' touching interview with her mother about immigrating to the United States and the differences between women in Me...
- Added: Sep 26, 2011
- Length: 03:07
Israeli United World College student, Nofar Hamrani, shares her moving story about growing up in the Gaza Strip. She begins her story with a famil...
Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 06, 2011
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
“Palestinian Hoop Dreams” is a thoughtful story by Ahmed Hemeid, a Palestinian student at United World College. Ahmed’s tells us an amazing story t...
- Added: Apr 05, 2011
- Length: 06:30
- Purchases: 2
When Brenda was 7, she was carried across the border from Mexico. Now 19, the Minneapolis teen wishes she could live and work legally in the countr...
Bought by WTIP, WGXC, KUNM, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and KSFR
- Added: Dec 08, 2010
- Length: 06:55
- Purchases: 5
Tells the stories of how American youth think about their daily impact on our planet.
Bought by KVMR, KZYX, KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUNM and more
- Added: Aug 17, 2009
- Length: 51:29
- Purchases: 10
The LVIS girls return to you this week (after a brief thesis-induced hiatus) with the Loss and Found episode.
- Added: May 10, 2009
- Length: 35:20
