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A West Philadelphia bar, closed due to escalating violence is re-imagined, then re-purposed it into a life-changing youth center.
- Added: Aug 13, 2021
- Length: 02:25
To counter the environmental impact of plastic food wrappers, an Indian school created a way for food manufacturers to find a solution.
- Added: Jun 29, 2021
- Length: 02:36
A high school cross country team is changing up their workout routine by teaming up with a local dog shelter to help exercise the pups.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:32
Lunch-room anxiety is real for people of all ages. A California high-schooler is finding everyone a seat with her new app,
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:32
A safe space for teens to learn to be Djs in Taos, New Mexico.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:32
Writer, activist, designer found a way to give Muslim girls a voice by creating comic books and videogames where Muslim women are the superheroes.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
First impressions are everything, but sometimes they don't come cheap. A New York man is providing at-risk youth with suits to give them the shot t...
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
A local energy crisis inspired one Rwandan youth to begin developing sustainable technologies for his village and his country.
- Added: May 14, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Move over Thomas Edison! A resourceful teenager creates electricity in his South African village using mostly trash and food scraps.
- Added: May 14, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Kids use theater to introduce themselves and their transgender lives to their community.
- Added: Apr 26, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Child marriage is a major issue that plagues many third-world countries. In West Africa, these girls are finally being given a voice.
- Added: Apr 26, 2021
- Length: 02:30
As economic gaps rise, students are often the most affected. In Utah, one school is finally taking a stand for less fortunate students.
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:30
In some US neighborhoods, it is easier to get a gun than fresh produce. In Los Angeles, Ron Finley is taking a stand - one garden at a time.
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:30
In 1979, a sixteen year old boy starts planting trees to save his island, and it works.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Apr 01, 2021
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 1
A prepatory school in disheveled Newark New Jersey successfully helps young men reach their highest potential.
- Added: Apr 01, 2021
- Length: 02:21
In 1969, fried-chicken tycoon J. David Bamberger, had a novel idea:
to buy the worst piece of land he could find in the hill country of Texas and ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2021
- Length: 02:34
High school students in Denver, Colorado are recycling grocery bags into "plarn", or plastic yarn, which can then be crocheted into blankets and ma...
- Added: Mar 09, 2021
- Length: 02:22
A young boy designs video games about peace. He grew up as a Ugandan refugee and became a brilliant video game designer and business owner.
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Mar 05, 2021
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 1
A high school janitor opens her heart and a closet full of neccessities for kids.
- Added: Feb 28, 2021
- Length: 02:30
In 2017, a couple of ninth graders developed a way to make electricity from the rain.
- Added: Feb 28, 2021
- Length: 02:30
One man has given away over 60 thousand bicycles to kids and others in need.
- Added: Feb 27, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...
- Added: Nov 15, 2013
- Length: 03:10
Dennis Herschbach is a northern Minnesota writer whose poems have won awards in national contests. He is also the author of a number of fiction and...
- Added: Oct 21, 2013
- Length: 02:10
Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Everyday Disasters." The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnes...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Oct 04, 2013
- Length: 01:47
- Purchases: 1
Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.
- Added: Sep 10, 2013
- Length: 03:37
