KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media

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RadioActive creates a space at KUOW / Puget Sound Public Radio where youth discover and gain access to public radio public radio journalism. Our podcast features stories by RadioActive journalists about the people and issues that matter to young people in the Northwest.

Series

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14 Pieces

Listen to the work of RadioActive's summer 2013 students.

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8 Pieces

Listen to the work of RadioActive's summer 2014 students.

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3 Pieces

Final Stories for the Summer 2015 introduction workshop.

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2 Pieces

Possible stories for GenPRX's We've Got the Power Special

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15 Pieces

Summer Soundwave is the daily podcast of the 2010 Weekday High Internship program. It's fresh, energetic, and compelling youth radio intended to entertain and inspire!

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8 Pieces

Weekday High School interns spent this past summer looking into the health of Puget Sound.

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11 Pieces

The Mixing Board is the daily podcast of the 2009 Weekday High Internship Program. The aim is to offer a youthful view of our times.

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15 Pieces

A daily podcast featuring voices from communities of choice and chance

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16 Pieces

The daily podcast featuring voices and stories from KUOW's Weekday High School Internship Program.


Pieces

Caption: Maeve McIver-Sheridan, Credit: Sophie Ding
Playing in a pit orchestra is often a forgotten and thankless task. So why would a talented musician spend time there instead of going for the glor...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:00
Caption: Cultural Day at Foster High School, Credit: Ardo Hersi
Did you know that Tukwila is the most diverse school district in the nation? So says the NYT. And Foster High School in Tukwila is celebrating its ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 15:31
Caption: Ridwan Abdirahman , Credit: Iman Mohamed
How much of your identity should you hide from your friends? That was what 16 year old Ridwan Abdirahman asked himself. RadioActive’s Iman Mohamed ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:16
Caption: Holy Names students Audrey Long and Theresa Edwards at a December rally outside the Archdiocese of Seattle in support of former Eastside Catholic Vice Principal Mark Zmuda., Credit: AUDREY LONG
After recent events involving vice principal Mark Zmuda, ... SOMETHING CATCHY!!! TO BE WORKED ON.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 08:34
Caption: 16-year-old Ifrah Abshir says she is in a committed relationship with Computer Science. But she still struggles to fit into the tech industry. , Credit: KUOW Photo/Ahlaam Ibraahim
Sixteen year old Ifrah Abshir had a rocky start with computer science, but she eventually fell in love with it. The tech industry has been trying t...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 05:33
Caption: Barriers keep people under 21 out of many areas at the Capitol Hill Block Party. , Credit: KUOW Photo/Noah Phillips Reardon
Music festivals all around the country are great places to hear live music. However, not everyone can enjoy the music. Many of the stages have an a...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:22
Caption:  (From left) Maria's father, mother, grandmother, and grandfather at their home in Manila - the same home where they once encountered a supernatural creature. Maria learned about many traditional Filipino beliefs from her grandmother, Conchita Carpio., Credit: Courtesy of the Caoagdan family
In the Philippines superstitions and the existence of supernatural creatures are firmly believed. RadioActive Youth Media reporter Maria Delmar Cao...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:44
Caption: Impersonating Michael Jackson made it easier for Lorenzo Manuel to deal with the social pressures of middle school., Credit: Courtesy of Lorenzo Manuel
Lorenzo Manuel started impersonating Michael Jackson after the singer’s death. At the time he found impersonating Michael helped him to cope with t...

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  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 05:13
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Caption: Kathleen Gillette and her family in the mid-1990s., Credit: Credit Courtesy of Kathleen Gillette
Kathleen Gillette has had a passion for singing for as long as she can remember. But after spending 15 years as an opera singer, her career began t...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:15
Caption: E. Russell 'Noodles' Smith, the owner of a famous club in the Central District in the 1900s., Credit: Credit Public domain, via BlackPast.org
RadioActive Reporter Nia Price-Nascimento lives in a house built in the 1920s in the Central District, Seattle's historically African-American neig...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:23