PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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Raven and Eboni are friends who look like each other. And there are not a lot of people who like they do at their college in Missoula, Montana. But...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 02, 2019
- Length: 05:45
- Purchases: 1
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
Jake's been playing baseball since age 4, but his family has been playing for generations.
- Added: Dec 11, 2018
- Length: 04:11
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
You don't have to keep your traditions. You can always change them to make them better.
- Added: Dec 11, 2018
- Length: 03:50
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2018 Martin Middle School Stories
Series: 2018 Martin Middle School Stories
Ms. Booth talks to students about her aviation-filled family history.
- Added: Jun 11, 2018
- Length: 05:39
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Martin Middle School 2016-17 Stories
Series: Martin Middle School 2016-17 Stories
Kids at Martin Middle School discuss what Dia de los Muertos means to them.
Bought by RADIOLEX, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Jun 05, 2017
- Length: 03:11
- Purchases: 3
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
The child of two Longhorn Band veterans digs into the unseen world of the band's strangest traditions, from "hupping" to the secret "10 til 2" saying.
- Added: Jan 23, 2016
- Length: 05:06
Have you ever stuck with something that was difficult because you knew the reward was worth the journey? Follow Robert Franklin’s day as he prepare...
- Added: Jan 21, 2015
- Length: 05:21
Anni's favorite place growing up was ... the school-bus stop?
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 02:16
Dayquan writes about his struggles losing his mother to death at an early age.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 02:27
- Purchases: 1
When Maryama Abdi came with her family to this country from Somalia, she left behind someone very dear to her.
- Added: Dec 11, 2013
- Length: 01:49
Many songs, books, and movies focus on love and romance, but what happens when they become one’s only source for learning? Philly Youth Radio’s Jay...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 12, 2013
- Length: 04:23
- Purchases: 3
A sister tries to reacquaint herself with her older brother during a cross country road trip only to realize it might not be so simple a task.
Bought by WTIP
- Added: Oct 10, 2012
- Length: 05:37
- Purchases: 1
Taking his inspiration from Marvin Gaye's song "What's Going On," Ryan Lawless, SFCC student, explores family dynamics in the 21st century while re...
- Added: May 04, 2012
- Length: 05:53
A student at United World College, Nelson Diaz Monterrosa, worked with Youth Media Project's Summer Intensive 2010 to produce this moving piece abo...
- Added: Feb 09, 2011
- Length: 05:17
- Purchases: 2
If Pat could tell his late step-mother, Barbara Jean, one thing, it's that he probably should have listened to her advice.
- Added: Jan 18, 2011
- Length: 05:02
- Purchases: 2
"IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK: Inside Youth Speak Out" is a poetry series drawn from testimonial writings by the youngest members of America's prison ...
Bought by WGDR
- Added: Jan 18, 2011
- Length: 14:58
- Purchases: 1
Poem about origins performed by members of Santa Fe Indian School's spoken word team.
Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
- Added: Jun 21, 2010
- Length: 04:20
- Purchases: 1
A poem by three students from the Santa Fe Indian School's Spoken Word team -- Santana Shorty, Clara Natonabah, and Nolan Eskeets -- about understa...
- Added: Apr 21, 2010
- Length: 03:38
Tattoos have surpassed lockets as a way of keeping memories close.
- Added: Feb 03, 2010
- Length: 04:06