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A letter to God - this young writer calls out for guidance among peers who aren't following a path he wants to walk. This poet is a student at Mo...
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:19
Billie Holiday writing the song "Strange Friuit" - This poet is a student at Morgan Park High School (Chicago, IL).
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:47
His grandmother's refusal to accept his mother's conversion to Judaism. This poet is a student at Oak Park-River Forest High School (IL).
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 01:47
With a black father that wanted to be darker and an aunt that passed for white, Novana writes about how to accept her biracial identity. This poet...
Bought by Public Interactive
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:24
- Purchases: 1
The youngest kid in kindergarten, Deja stood up for herself one day by bringing up death... a lesson she had learned too young and was struggling t...
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:19
One young writer's lessons learning from a family member with a mental disability. This poet is a student at Oak Park-River Forest High School (IL).
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:27
Peer expectations in a teenage world are strong, and being confortable with who you are is a hard lesson to learn. Addressing issues of faith, gen...
Bought by Public Interactive
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:45
- Purchases: 1
Overcoming the struggles of those around him, this young writer confronts drug overdose, HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy, gang involvement and imprisonmen...
Bought by Public Interactive
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 03:05
- Purchases: 1
Exploring African-American history leads one young writer to critique Obama's run for presidency. This poet is a student at Steinmetz Academic Cen...
- Added: Mar 21, 2007
- Length: 03:02
How do you define love? Steinmetz Academic Centre is in Chicago, IL.
- Added: Mar 21, 2007
- Length: 03:06
These junior high students reflect on the lessons they've learned from the current administration. San Miguel School-Gary Comer Campus is in Chica...
- Added: Mar 21, 2007
- Length: 01:10
- Added: Feb 16, 2007
- Length: 05:43
- Purchases: 3
Storyteller Mary Van Pelt remembers shopping for a special dress, her fear of the big city, and receiving gentle guidance and love from her Grandmo...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and WYSO
- Added: Feb 14, 2007
- Length: 04:41
- Purchases: 4
music-rich review of Lucinda Williams' latest album "West", in stores 2/13/07
- Added: Feb 07, 2007
- Length: 07:51
6 minute thought provoking piece on local musician...
- Added: Jan 13, 2007
- Length: 06:00
A series of five essays written by Vermonters for This I Believe, the national radio series exploring principles and values that guide our lives.
- Added: Jan 05, 2007
- Length: 18:55
Emily LaFond can't handle the shame of not being the best. But an embarrassing stint on the school swim team helped her lose her ego.
Bought by WXLV-FM
- Added: Jan 02, 2007
- Length: 06:30
- Purchases: 1
By the time Christmas rolls around, I've lost the glow. I'm grouchier and meaner than the Grinch.
Bought by KZUM
- Added: Dec 16, 2006
- Length: 03:59
- Purchases: 1
actress Rital Moreno reflects on her career.
- Added: Dec 06, 2006
- Length: 59:00
Of all the tender moments I have shared with my children, I think I?ll remember the dancing the most.
- Added: Dec 05, 2006
- Length: 03:06
Farmer Cindy Jones talks about how growing up on a farm has affected her kids.
- Added: Dec 04, 2006
- Length: 03:34
Looking for San Francisco's Greektown
- Added: Nov 30, 2006
- Length: 05:42
Watching a family of Swallows who have nested under the eaves brings a comparison to the drama in the human nest
- Added: Nov 29, 2006
- Length: 03:22
First-time voter Autumn Campbell from Jeremiah, Kentucky hopes that her vote really counts this year, because she has a list of issues that she wan...
Bought by WSCS-FM
- Added: Nov 06, 2006
- Length: 02:41
- Purchases: 1
a commentary by Nanci Olesen about Halloween and her pumpkin painted belly
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Oct 26, 2006
- Length: 02:51
- Purchases: 1
