PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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Celebrate the misery of Valentines with tales of teenagers who fall for heart-breakers and find themselves asking the age-old question... Why Do I ...
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 24:06
A teenager writes her diary to her recently deceased grandfather -- only to share with him every graphic detail about her love life.
- Added: Jan 11, 2016
- Length: 21:46
In honor of the holiday season, Mortified presents the story of a sheltered middle-schooler who writes to Santa Claus for a boyfriend.
- Added: Dec 20, 2015
- Length: 21:24
A teenage misfit tries to empower himself by taking on the persona of a medieval Scottish King.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 30, 2015
- Length: 21:44
- Purchases: 1
In honor of Thanksgiving, we present the story of an ungrateful teenager who starts a gratitude journal in the hope of becoming a better person and...
- Added: Nov 23, 2015
- Length: 20:02
A nerdy girl's over the top obsession with the popular boy in school.
- Added: Nov 16, 2015
- Length: 24:13
An incredibly shy teenager overcomes a speech impediment and works up the courage to ask out a girl.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 12, 2015
- Length: 19:53
- Purchases: 1
The journals of a confused teenager who waffles between his romantic side and his raging hormones.
- Added: Aug 31, 2015
- Length: 20:09
The diaries of a teenager from the South Bronx whose life changes when she discovers The Cure. Featuring Special Guest Host, Lol Tolhurst, foundin...
- Added: Aug 17, 2015
- Length: 20:09
The letters of a teenager desperately trying keep her boyfriend's spirits up while he serves time.
- Added: Aug 10, 2015
- Length: 23:06
The diaries of a high school misfit who in an attempt to fit in found herself in a series of epic, embarrassing moments -- culminating at the SATs.
- Added: Jul 27, 2015
- Length: 15:17
Amina Al-Sadi is a 25-year-old American Muslim currently observing the holy month of Ramadan. This year in the west, Ramadan lines up with the summ...
Bought by KZYX, KREV-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KZYX and more
- Added: Jun 23, 2015
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 8
- Added: May 11, 2015
- Length: 09:53
- Added: Feb 06, 2015
- Length: 09:04
- Purchases: 1
Storyteller Graham Shelby is thinking about the WWII veterans in his family when he serves as guest of honor at an unusual Christmas party - one he...
- Added: Dec 02, 2014
- Length: 12:29
- Added: May 28, 2014
- Length: 05:48
Sandip Roy sends us an audio postcard from the 2014 Indian election season.
- Added: May 15, 2014
- Length: 04:30
A woman arms herself before leaving for work; an 18 year old girl spends three months in an Alaskan cannery; and that woman on the phone is not who...
Bought by KUAC, XRAY.fm, KOSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Aspen Public Radio and more
- Added: Mar 04, 2013
- Length: 28:31
- Purchases: 6
Excerpts from the anonymous blog "What to Expect When You Are Aborting."
- Added: Dec 29, 2012
- Length: 07:51
This Story was told on July 10th, 2012 at Aubrey's Place in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. Here, Elizabeth Steeby reminisces on the horrify...
- Added: Sep 24, 2012
- Length: 07:00
WNPR producer Chion ("khy-own") Wolf visited Solair Family Nudist Resort in Woodstock, Connecticut to fully experience, for the first time, life as...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUT
- Added: Jul 11, 2012
- Length: 06:51
- Purchases: 2
Every waking moment of his life Carl Kozlowski is in a struggle just to stay awake. He's fighting narcolepsy, that chronic disorder rendering the s...
Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, Aspen Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 27, 2012
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 5
Reporter and producer Christopher Johnson describes his frustrating year-and-a-half-long struggle to diagnose his chronic and sometimes painful diz...
Bought by XRAY.fm, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 25, 2012
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
A third-degree sunburn, a friendly travel agent, and a walk on the not-so wild side.
- Added: May 10, 2012
- Length: 03:39
Starting off on my quest to generate a new piece based on the Moth's weekly storytelling themes. This week's theme is vacation, so here is a tale ...
- Added: Mar 27, 2012
- Length: 11:12
