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The Big Ponder #4: Anatomy of an Apology
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Katie Davis tells the story of an inadvertent provocation between two boys at a teen center in her Washington, D.C. neighborhood, the conflict that...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 24:52
  • Purchases: 1
September 2020 - Covid quarantine gives gay youth an opportunity for self-exploration
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCaster Lucas
OutCaster Lucas talks about how the Covid quarantine has given him to explore aspects of himself that he didn't have when life was normal.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2020
  • Length: 05:23
Solve for X
From: Laura Joyce Davis
Series: Shelter in Place
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On her kids' last day of school, Laura draws from Susan Wise Bauer's research, writing, and experience on how we can rethink the way we approach ou...

  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 22:02
Don't mess with my game
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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Potential Major League Baseball rule changes will impact how the game is played at every level and may not be what's best for baseball.

  • Added: May 01, 2018
  • Length: 06:32
Growing Up in a Fundumental Religion
From: Hannah Leigh Myers
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A look at the ways, both health and unhealthy, that people integrate an upbringing in a fundamental religion into their adult life. Interviews with...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 06:40
  • 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
Experience 3
From: Estella Yu
Series: My Career Experience
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Wai Ting Yu gives advice she's learned as she worked her way up to her current job as a budget director at the NYC DOHMH.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2014
  • Length: 14:25
The Beat: Ben Westlie - "The Road"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Ben Westlie graduated from Bemidji State University in 2006 with a BFA in Creative and Professional Writing. He's published three chapbooks of poet...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:09
My time in Greece
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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The beauty of Greece can be enchanting.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 1
Does Biology Class Really Matter?
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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If given the chance would you take that environmental class in high school?

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1
West Wing Moment
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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William's been a political junkie since he was a preteen.

Bought by WMPG, 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, and PRX Election Podcast


  • Added: Jul 24, 2008
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 3
Shofar Blues by Melissa Goldman
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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Her third year in the competition, Melissa says this piece is about questioning Judaism. Melissa Goldman is 17 years old and was an individual fin...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:12
Nostalgic Daze by FM Supreme
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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Her fifth year in the competition, Supreme says this piece is about a longing for home (Chicago) and feeling displaced after heading off to college...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:52
Bruised Knights by Team WordPlay
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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This is the group piece (4 poets) performed in-studio by WordPlay, which was a team finalist in the 2008 Louder Than a Bomb Competition. They desc...

Bought by KRZA and KSFR


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 2
Jaron's Story of Coming Out
From: KUNM
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Youth producer Jaron Kie shares his story of coming out of the closet.

Bought by KRZA and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 30, 2007
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 2
"Identity Crisis" by Andrew Laluz
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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People have such problems being themselves - this piece is about issues with individuality. This poet is a student at Maine East High School (Park...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
Handcuffs-Observations in a Courtroom
From: Jacob C. Norman
Series: Practical Perspecitves
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Observations in a Courtroom

  • Added: Feb 23, 2006
  • Length: 02:50
"And Never The Twain Shall Meet"
From: Carmody Wilson
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Tim Hildebrand is just a regular, devout,church-going Baptist who is looking for the right girl to share his faith...and his bed.

Bought by KOPN


  • Added: Jun 25, 2005
  • Length: 08:15
  • Purchases: 1
East Coast Culture Shock
From: Youth Radio
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After experiencing her first semester away at college, Youth Radio’s Nora Harrington realized that the hometown she was so happy to leave behind wa...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2005
  • Length: 01:51
Lend A Hand
From: Vermont Public
Series: 10 in Their 20s
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A college student dispels stereotypes about her generation.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 2