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Episode 5: A Mental Health Journey
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Speaking Our Truths: The -Ism Youth Files
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Several youth describe their strategies and therapies for mental wellness. Powerful and helpful recovery stories for all ages.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
OutCasting 0022x – Being in a binational same-sex relationship before marriage equality
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: The Goodman family, Credit: The Goodman family
Before it was declared unconstitutional, the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) caused many binational same-sex couples to either break up or ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Gift and Curse of Being a Latina Woman
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Summer 2019
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My Name is Ashley Villa, I am an 18 year old Mexican- American Woman from the Southwest Side of Chicago.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 07:14
City Of Dreamers - Part 3
From: Littleglobe
Series: Audio Revolution!
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City of Dreamers explores the lives of young people and immigrant families from Santa Fe’s South Side. First presented live, on stage at the Lensic...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 27:54
Track Life by Hakeem
From: YMCA/YSVP Story Squad
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An emotional and poetic tour of a day in the life of a youth at Cook County's Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 07:13
Life, Bread And Gold: The Story of an Egyptian Street Food Vendor
From: kim fox
Series: Student Produced Audio Documentaries
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This audio documentary was produced by Sarah El Safty for the audio production course at The American University in Cairo in Cairo, Egypt. It is ...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 06:59
Sports are for Everyone with Hi-5 Sports
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2
Caption: Nick Temperine, a kid in Hi-5 Sports, loves to come and play basketball with his friends. , Credit: (c) 2015 Hi-5 Sports
Hi-5 Sports was founded in Clifton Park, N.Y. by Jim Fitzgerald to give children with physical and developmental disabilities the chance to play si...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 03:30
Gratitude Across Borders
From: ZUMIX Radio
Series: Radio Across Borders
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A Thanksgiving radio show created by English Language Learning students at East Boston High School.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2014
  • Length: 34:13
North Beach Citizens - Testimonies of Growth
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
Caption: North Beach Citizens, Credit: Ellery Stritzinger
North Beach Citizens is a community-driven, non-profit organization located in San Francisco, California, that addresses the needs of local homeles...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 02:39
American Heaven
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: McBurney YMCA 2012
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18-year-old Radio Rookie Reporter, Danielle came from the Congo when she was 13 years old, leaving her mother and the life that she knew behind in ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 3
Harold
From: Josh Hernandez
Caption: Father's Day
Reflections on a life well lived.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
One Step at a Time: Handling Loss
From: Open Orchard Productions
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How does a teenage boy handle loss? David must face his father's impending death from lung cancer while also maintaining his studies and athletics.

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 2
Starving for Perfection
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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Listening to Chloe (a 16 year old) play the violin is listening to an inspired, emotional, and technical artist. But Chloe doesn’t agree. Focused...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 07:37
Students Tell Gov. Corbett: Education is a Human Right. Fund it that Way
From: On Blast
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On Valentine's Day, more than 400 students and parents from across Pennsylvania held a rally for public education at the State Capitol. This action...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 1
Nothing's Ever Permanent in Foster Care
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
Caption: Staten Island 2011
When I first went into foster care, I just felt lost. My friends kept saying, “Yo, you’re changing. You’re acting like you’re depressed.” I used...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, Vocalo.org, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 08:34
  • Purchases: 4
Half My Family Is Illegal
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
Caption: Staten Island 2011
"At some point when I was growing up I admit I was mad at my parents for coming here. I was mad that they had to work so hard, that we had to wait ...

Bought by KDNK, KSFR, KUOW, Vocalo.org, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 5
I'll Heal in Time by Jillian Suarez of Radio Rookies
From: YouthCast
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As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches this week, a lot of people feel a sense of fatigue--some just aren’t interested in looking back. And one...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 07:51
  • Purchases: 1
My Mother’s Story
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Youth producer Gracia Manzanares' touching interview with her mother about immigrating to the United States and the differences between women in Me...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:07
Mondli Mzizi the Comedian
From: NBPC
Series: Kwamashu Voices
Caption: Comedian Mondli Mzizi., Credit: Courtesy Ekhaya Multi Arts Center
Mondli ‘Usher’ Mzizi is a young comedian who travels the country hosting ceremonies and entertaining through his comedy. A University of Natal Dram...

  • Added: May 03, 2011
  • Length: 14:28
Making Trouble or Peace?: Martial Arts Groups in Timor-Leste
From: Tina Loh
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In Timor-Leste, members of Martial Arts Groups outnumber the local police officers forty-five to one and are legendary for the violence they have w...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 08:18
Someone to Tuck Me In
From: Radio Rookies
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Last year at a routine check-up, 15-year-old Raymond Henderson decided to tell the truth. When his doctor noticed bruises on his neck, Raymond admi...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 3
My Mother's Disease
From: Radio Rookies
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17-years-old Vikky Cruz struggles to cope with her mother's illness, a rare genetic disease called neuroacanthytosis, and the ways it's taken over ...

Bought by Vocalo.org and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 2
Freedom: A Cross-Generational Examination of the Costs of War
From: Searsport Speeper
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Veterans' stories presented and reflected on by students.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2009
  • Length: 33:48
Protesting the School of the Americas
From: Gretel Carlson
Series: Listen Hear
Caption: Placing flowers and crosses at the fence, Credit: Leigh Kunkel
In November, 24 Grinnell College students piled into a bus for an 18 hour ride down to Columbus, Georgia to protest the School of the Americas.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2009
  • Length: 18:23
Chasing the Crescent Moon: The Story of Dr. Frempong and Sickle Cell Disease
From: Aaron Schwartz
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A documentary exploring sickle cell disease and an extraordinary doctor who is fighting the illness in Philadelphia and West Africa.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KCMJ Community Radio, WRGY, KUNM, KUNM and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14