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How to Read This Essay
From: Kathryn Petruccelli
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Winner of San Francisco's 2015 LitQuake essay contest. Published in Word Riot (with audio) December 2015.

  • Added: Nov 26, 2018
  • Length: 03:18
An Open Letter to a Fussy Woman at a Toll Booth
From: Donald Whalen
Caption: Take a Ticket, Credit: Donald Whalen
A customer throws a tantrum at a tollbooth and the cashier responds.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
In Spring I Think of Vin Scully
From: Joseph Jordan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The most glorious spring in many years has the producer thinking about baseball and family history.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:24
LIFE IN A MARITAL INSTITUTION: Live from Bass Performance Hall
From: Amy Rapp
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LIFE IN A MARITAL INSTITUTION: Live from Bass Performance Hall is an autobiographical dark comedy, written and performed by "This American Life" co...

Bought by KHEN-LP and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 24, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Love, DIY Style
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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A meditation on relationships as DIY projects: The great thing — and the scary thing — about relationships is that you get to make it all up as you...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 23, 2014
  • Length: 19:34
  • Purchases: 1
Jenny Bovey, Fish Printer
From: Kara Janeczko
Caption: Jenny Bovey at her store in Chatham, MA, Credit: Kara Janeczko
Jenny Bovey's fish don't stink. She's one of the few full time practitioners of a 2,000-year-old Japanese art form called "Gyotaku." She and her h...

Bought by WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 4
The Mighty Shamas: A Miraculous Story of Very Poor Memory
From: Scott Huler
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In celebrating Hanukkah Jews tell the story of sanctified oil that miraculously burned for eight days. In this humorous piece I retell the story of...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 1
Reflections on China's Bureaucracy: Standing in my Underwear in a Shanghai Supermarket
From: STephen ASma
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Humorous and philosophical essay about a brush with Chinese Security Guards in Shanghai

  • Added: Jun 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
Why I'm Over 40 and Still Single
From: Randy Ross
Series: The Bitter Single's Guide to Love
Caption: Randy Ross writes from the Loneliest Planet
A never-married guy comes clean.

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
Reflections of a Former Tough Guy
From: Mason Sand
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A personal audio essay detailing one former tough-guy's transition into fatherhood. A humorous, reflective piece about moving through life with th...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2011
  • Length: 03:54
Cultural Vampirism, aka Hipsters Are Vampires
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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The nebulously-named Hipster is defined and ridiculed.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio and KUT


  • Added: Nov 29, 2011
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 2
Hey, Nike - Pay Up!
From: Dick Meister
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Sports gear maker Nike owes us money for acting billboards and wearing the Nike swoosh that's prominently displayed on Nike gear.

  • Added: Apr 28, 2011
  • Length: 03:25
From the Old Folks Home by Team Northside College Prep
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2011
Caption: Team Northside College Prep
This team piece is performed by the team representing Northside College Prep, comprised of poets: Nina Coomes,17, Benj Sullivan-Knoff, 18, Elisha M...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 02:56
First Date
From: ayme frye
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Young man speaks of the manners involved with a first date and how etiquette interfere with getting a second.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
Board
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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The author considers a childhood toy.

Bought by KMXT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 2
My Funeral, Your Trial
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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Unreasonable demands from BEYOND THE GRAVE!

Bought by WCBE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 2
THE FIGHTIN’ SEEBEES!
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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A recollection of a temp job at a nuclear submarine base, in which the author stacks boxes, doesn’t go anywhere near a submarine, and mispronounces...

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 2
I'm White And I'm Mennonite
From: Rachel Yoder
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A personal essay examining music, race, and identity

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jan 13, 2010
  • Length: 13:42
  • Purchases: 2
Forgetting
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
Caption: Forgetting, Credit: Tom Pappalardo
In which the author Googles “Dysnomia,” and then, later, Googles “Dysnomia.”

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 2
TI-99/4A
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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The author discusses his old home computer and general dorkitude.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, WILL, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2009
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 4
A Lesson In Social Confusion (Or How I Essentially Became Street Kabuki Performer Entirely By Accident)
From: Ryan Scammell
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A humorous look at awkward social interactions

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  • Added: Feb 14, 2009
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
None Dare Call It a Depression
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ian scratches his head at whatever it is we're going through. Apparently, we're broke. Welcome to my world.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 1
How to Be a Man...(sort of)
From: Ryan Scammell
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Father & sons, the woods, and our feeble attempts at trying to figure out what it means to be a man.

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 30, 2008
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 3
Millions of Fans Deserted
From: Dick Meister
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The Turner Broadcasting System has shamelessly abandoned the millions of baseball fans nationwide who for 30 years had watched TBS' almost daily br...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2008
  • Length: 02:52
Say No to Christmas Zombies
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Christmas Shoppers Alert: Beware of those popular personal audio players that are turning people into near-zombies living in their own electronica...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 02:46