PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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When have you felt like an outsider? And when have you felt like you truly belonged?
Today’s SUPERHUMAN storyteller, Raj Aggarwal, reveals to us o...
- Added: Aug 09, 2021
- Length: 26:49
If unable to care for yourself, who would you choose as your guardian angel?
After a harrowing health scare, Alexandra Drane shares her SUPERHUMAN...
- Added: Aug 09, 2021
- Length: 36:26
What would you do if your life took a turn and you were suddenly given more time to be alive?
In this SUPERHUMAN story, Dr. David Fajgenbaum faces...
- Added: Aug 09, 2021
- Length: 46:29
What would it look like for you to live your life with grace?
This SUPERHUMANS story shows us how to experience loss with Grace. Kristi opens up a...
- Added: Feb 19, 2021
- Length: 36:40
If you could meet up with one person in the afterworld, who would it be?
This SUPERHUMANS story takes us into the mind of a NASA astronomer as she...
- Added: Feb 19, 2021
- Length: 34:24
If given a do-over in life, what would you do with it?
This SUPERHUMANS story takes us on a beautifully raw journey that displays the courage and ...
- Added: Feb 19, 2021
- Length: 26:36
This is audio of a formerly incarcerated woman reading a letter she wrote while in prison.
- Added: Nov 03, 2018
- Length: 03:13
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
In this voice collage, veterans and youth share their personal definitions of what it means to be an “Urban Warrior.”
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 02:44
In the Navy for five years Carlos maintained airplanes. As a behavior therapist for youth, Carlos works with a young man who intimidates the other ...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 08:41
After George loses his father, he starts smoking marijuana and selling drugs. In Urban Warriors, he connects with a veteran who has a positive impa...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 03:12
Growing up in Little Village, Jorge experienced firsthand the toll that gang violence has on communities and individuals. Jorge talks about joining...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 08:16
Francisco grew up feeling endangered and like he had to become involved with the gang his family was in for his own safety. When he was ready to ma...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 05:46
In part two of his story, Steven talks about how addressing emotions and trauma is often taboo for veterans, and how Urban Warriors gave him a chan...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 05:17
Giovanni knows that others consider him and many youth in his neighborhood to be criminals. In Urban Warriors, he learns about himself and begins t...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 04:28
Steven knew from a young age that he wanted to join the military. In Afghanistan, the expectation of violence impacts the rest of his life experien...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 07:50
Abner talks about how he responded to his own bad choices and the problems they created by joining the Army. In Urban Warriors, Abner connects with...
- Added: Jul 19, 2016
- Length: 05:56
At young age, Victor is taken from his mother and lives at three foster homes. After witnessing violence against his family, he has a realization w...
- Added: Jul 19, 2016
- Length: 04:38
As an Urban Warriors facilitator, Charles has learned strategies for connecting with youth by strategically encouraging them to open up about their...
- Added: Jul 19, 2016
- Length: 05:43
Jacobi shares the struggles he encountered while growing up and how they led to his involvement with a gang. He talks about how he channelled his p...
- Added: Jul 19, 2016
- Length: 06:10
On July 17th, 1981 The Kansas City Hyatt Hotel Skywalk fell onto the unsuspecting attendants at one of the hotel’s popular Tea Dances. 114 people w...
- Added: Oct 28, 2015
- Length: 10:26
Two journeys - in very different directions, and taken for very different reasons - out of, and then into, Africa.
- Added: Oct 21, 2015
- Length: 44:14
Belinda Cai knew only the outline of her father’s childhood in China's Cultural Revolution. Recently, when she asked her father for details, she wa...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Jul 01, 2015
- Length: 05:41
- Purchases: 1
Why do we become our worst enemies when it comes to pursuing the things we actually want? I’ve been there. This is the origin story of making Mille...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 31, 2015
- Length: 20:31
- Purchases: 1
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
