PRX - Pieces for Format: First-person essay

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Blues harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite reflects on his life as a blues musician. The blues has helped him through hard times, including the mu...

Bought by KCSM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WQJC, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 4
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Songwriter Dave Alvin reflects on performing with his brother in the band the Blasters and his first bad review.

Bought by KSFR, KMXT, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 3
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Folk singer Janis Ian reflects on her long career including mistakes she's made along the way.

Bought by KMXT and KUT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 2
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The musician and record producer talks about his addiction to sound and his work on the film "Oh Brother Where Art Thou"?

Bought by WQJC and KUT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 2
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Taylor Flannagan talks about the movie Moulin Rouge and why she loves it so!

  • Added: Oct 10, 2006
  • Length: 01:43
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The Kerville Folk Festival is often thought of as a place for old hippies, however Devin Prikryl-Martin explores the festival as a teen hangout!

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 10, 2006
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Oscar-winning movie producer Brian Grazer believes it's good to disrupt his personal comfort zone.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, Remix Radio, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 4
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Ron Davis describes his first lessons in ballroom dance.

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Sep 19, 2006
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Edgar May speaks with his sister Madeline Kunin about their first day in America.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 04:38
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Victoria Keller Fraser tells her grandson, Christopher James Fraser, about the time she saw Champ, the legendary monster of Lake Champlain.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 03:28
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If you've never played it, do you really know what it's all about? Don't knock it until you've tried it.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2006
  • Length: 34:42
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The soda fountain was once an important neighborhood fixture.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 28, 2006
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Eddie Cantor talks about work, family, and faith.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
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A stream-of-consciousness recitation of facts from an imagined horror film including Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney, with spooky music followed by a ra...

Bought by WRIR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Administrator and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 7
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Austin youth Mikaela Thomas talks about why she loves living in Austin, Texas, and what makes it unique.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2006
  • Length: 02:22
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Getting caught up in a worldwide quest to visit random spots on the planet

  • Added: May 17, 2006
  • Length: 08:00
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The Trials and Tribulations of planning your son's birthday party.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:15
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Perception on being a Producer and not a Consumer

Bought by KTUH


  • Added: Apr 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
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If I could I would buy Art Buchwald a cocktail. I'd buy him a tall, cool Bloody Mary because I owe him one.

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Mar 30, 2006
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
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Baltimore poet and MC Slick Vic Low reflects on his childhood and his longterm relationship with the microphone

Bought by KUCB


  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Family-friendly Las Vegas bites the dust, goes back to old tricks.

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Jan 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
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A wistful look at famous couples, and how they're faring.

Bought by WEPS


  • Added: Jan 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Jan 21, 2006
  • Length: 03:45
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Secret Neil Diamond fans unite -- finally Diamond is cool!!

  • Added: Jan 03, 2006
  • Length: 01:43
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An unbelievable story of a 21st birthday.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and Remix Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2005
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 2