PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

22 results


Piece image
Jonny Morales, 18, worries that COVID-19 will overwhelm the healthcare system he's gotten to know so well from his ER visits.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2020
  • Length: 03:35
Piece image
In episode 13 of Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship, it’s Melanie’s turn to take you to Small Syria. To sit by the pool with a group of Syrian w...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2017
  • Length: 05:41
Piece image
I'm eighteen and for some reason I can't be on time.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:22
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
Rich recognizes the similarities between his childhood and the youth he works with in Urban Warriors. He stresses that youth have choices, even if ...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 04:37
Piece image
Alberto’s convoy security truck is hit with an IED in Iraq, and the military recognizes his service with a Purple Heart. After returning from war, ...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 06:15
Piece image
Noah’s childhood was full of instability as he and his family moved from place to place and shelter to shelter. The strict rules of the shelters we...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 07:49
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Caption: Zoey going hiking, Credit: LN Lurie
A sound-designed piece from a cat's perspective on her last adventure.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2015
  • Length: 07:32
Piece image
Victoria Gunning re-calls some childhood memories skiing in Bogus Basin, Idaho.

  • Added: May 12, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she's been checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. In thi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Anne Dunn
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 10, 2012
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Youth Spin Sonic Youth ID
Ceci attends the Austin Music Awards with her band Schmillion and she sees one of her favorite artists of all time. While she is staring her mom in...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 01:21
Piece image
Humorous,on-the-job stories told by a Driver Education instructor.

Bought by KMUZ


  • Added: Dec 14, 2011
  • Length: 14:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
People who are properly motivated can move mountains.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2009
  • Length: 01:58
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This year about 750,000 teenagers will become pregnant. According to The Centers for Disease Control teen pregnancy has risen three percent in 200...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Andy's parents deliver the news that they were to move to Arizona. At Disneyland.

  • Added: May 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:20
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
The man pays

  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 03:17
Piece image
Cleo had a hard time learning how to read

  • Added: Dec 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:49