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#StayHome: Youth Voices PT. 2
From: Generation Justice Admin
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In mainstream media and government narratives, youth are blamed for being careless during the pandemic. Tune in for a montage of youth voices who s...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 11:54
Child Prodigies and Milked Potential: Cash Cows and The Disappearance of Free Maine Public Radio
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Child prodigies need the chance to find themselves- the moment they become ‘spellbound’ because they have found the field their gift has been looki...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2016
  • Length: 07:04
This School Year, a Commitment to Mental Health
From: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Series: Substance Abuse & Mental Illness: The Impact on America’s Communities
Caption: Joe Vulopas, Aevidum, Credit: Pennsylvania State Education Association
High school teacher Joe Vulopas has a conversation with his son J.J., a recent high school graduate, about the academic and social pressures young ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, Delta College Public Radio, KUER, KRZA, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2015
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 6
Young Girls' Friendships
From: Pod Academy
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Special friends, group hugs, someone to talk to – it all sounds idyllic, but Rosalyn George describes how, for girls at primary school, friendship ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 18:17
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Robert Jevne On Mother's Day - "Floating On Cold Water While More Falls From the Sky. Why?"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:20
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Romance In the Polar Vortex - "When I Say, "Two People, Winter, Teepee, and Dutch Oven," You don't Imagine Romance, But You're Wrong."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Technology We Miss: "VHS Versus Beta, the Results Are Almost In."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 05, 2014
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
Zack's First crush
From: Matt Miller
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A story that Zack didn't get to tell at the Moth, live in Chicago: The summer Zack was thirteen he got up the courage to talk to the girl across th...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 04:27
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Toys - "A Diarama of Sweaty Intimidation Is Not Easy To Leave Behind."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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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: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 03:46
Stripped Away: This Teen Finds Her Family Homeless
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Up until she was a teenager, she lived in comfort. What she didn’t see coming was the moment when she lost everything. Find out why her world turne...

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


  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 3
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg on Shortcuts - "Shortcuts, What's the Hurry? We're here. We've Been Here."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

  • Added: Dec 21, 2013
  • Length: 03:35
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown - "Do Your Inlaws Bristle Because You're Finished Eating Before They've Pulled Their Steak From the Grill?"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown - "The Importance of Playing Trumpet Is Sometimes Not About the Tune."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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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: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:14
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing on Mothers - "Potty Training, Pondering the Profound, and the Unknowable."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg on Children's Books
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 03:08
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown: "Hmmm. I'm Open To Ideas Boys."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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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: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 07:15
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - Erika Reviews "The Perks of Being A Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - The Close of Erika's Pep Band Career
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - The Push and Pull of Nearing the End of a High School Career and Deciding On A College
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 2
Acoustic Stories: Christina Brown - "Comfort, no matter how little the cost, can be a great gift"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Christina Brown, AKA The Northern Cheapskate, presents an essay talking about one of the least expensive, and most cherished gifts she's ever recei...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown - " The Iron Range, Where Politics is a Legitimate Spectator Sport"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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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: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:32
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown - Does your theme song, should you have one, send the proper message?
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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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: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 03:08
Black word nerds
From: Will Wright
Caption: Chris Rock, Credit: Seattle Times
How do Black people think Anglos (white people) think they talk?

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KUER, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 08, 2009
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 3
The Poet
From: andy boyd
Series: I Am Not a Metaphor
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Andy attends a poetry reading on Mill Ave.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: May 20, 2009
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
Stoney For President
From: Julie Beth Napolin
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A profile of the man who raises students' political awareness and runs a mock presidential election every 4 years.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Nov 03, 2007
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1