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Water is Life: Tradition and transition in the Navajo Nation
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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About 30% of residents of the Navajo Nation don't have access to running water, and even for those who do, much of the water is contaminated with u...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and WDBM


  • Added: May 15, 2019
  • Length: 21:55
  • Purchases: 2
High Water, Dry Feet: Dutch defense against disaster
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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From artificial beaches maintained by natural ocean currents, to projects that make extra room for rivers flowing through cities, the Dutch know ho...

  • Added: May 14, 2019
  • Length: 18:14
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
Global Grins - Bringing Toothbrushes to the World
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
Caption: Global Grins
Did you know there are currently more cell phones in the world than toothbrushes? Meet Joselyn Miller, co-founder of Global Grins, a philanthropy t...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 04:12
Military Food - Is it healthy?
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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Military food has come a long way since the canned rations of World War I. However, has the overall quality of nourishment or taste necessarily imp...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
Behind the Badge
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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From patrolling the streets of Sunset Boulevard to infiltrating prostitution rings, this female police officer has seen it all. Patty Corso’s persp...

  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 07:41
The Mary Jane Mindset: Teenagers and Marijuana
From: Radio Rookies
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Radio Rookies Temitayo Fagbenle and Gemma Weiner spent the past several months talking to dozens of teenagers who smoke weed about where they buy i...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 08:17
  • Purchases: 2
Blaming The Victim
From: Grace Chen
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An exploration of victim blaming attitudes towards sexual assault victims.

  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Drugs: Defying the Influence
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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From the outside, it seemed like Michael had it all - parents who loved him, a supportive brother, an affluent home, and good grades. But, wanting...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 15:08
A Child's View of Domestic Violence by Valencia McMurray of MPR News
From: YouthCast
Caption: Valencia and her mother, Charlene, Credit: MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
For fourteen years, a singular event has shaped Valencia McMurray's life: her mother, Charlene Sanders, was violently attacked by her father when s...

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Aug 14, 2011
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 1
Coming of age "illegal"
From: MPR News Stations
Series: MPR News' Youth Series
Caption: Brenda, 19, walks through her Minneapolis neighborhood. She's been living as an illegal immigrant in Minnesota since she was 7 years old., Credit: MPR Photo/Jeff Thompson
When Brenda was 7, she was carried across the border from Mexico. Now 19, the Minneapolis teen wishes she could live and work legally in the countr...

Bought by WTIP, WGXC, KUNM, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and KSFR


  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 5
In Congo We Have Many Churches
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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A Congolese perspective on church in America

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jul 07, 2008
  • Length: 02:04
  • Purchases: 1
the Condom Conundrum
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
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The First Amendment and the high school campus.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:55
Video Game Violence
From: colin redwood
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Violence and addiction in Videogames

  • Added: Jan 23, 2008
  • Length: 03:43
Teen Suicide (time for a change)
From: Mike Montana
Caption: PRX default Piece image
a peice on teen suicide and how it changes an individual

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Aug 16, 2007
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
Bayview: Urban Renewal or Utter Removal?
From: Jarrod Sport
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Bayview community's apprehension to a proposed redevelopment plan.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2007
  • Length: 14:13
Pepper Fluke
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Series: Passionate Citizens
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Pepper Fluke is a Durham, NC based artist credited with saving the historic Carolina Theatre

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Feb 19, 2007
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
Mayor Bill Bell
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Series: Passionate Citizens
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Producer Emmanuel Watson discovers Durham NC's mayor Bill Bell is an R.Kelly fan

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Feb 19, 2007
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1
Digital Diary: A youth anti-violence activist in the Philippines tells her story
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Youth producer Cora Buala from the Phillipines, a youth anti-violence activist, reports her own story

Bought by WXLV-FM and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 2
The Story of a Nation
From: Freedom Radio Project
Series: Palestinian Refugee Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Aysar interviews one of the Deheisheh refugee Camp survivors of the 1948 Naqba (Catastrophe).

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 30, 2005
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
The Nakba and Palestinian Refugees
From: Freedom Radio Project
Series: Palestinian Refugee Youth Radio
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Ashraf interviews Um Sameeh, his grandmother, who tells the story of her experience during the 1948 Nakba.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: May 30, 2005
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 1
Roberto: We Don't Live in Huts
From: uniquelyspoken
Series: Voices of the Other
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Roberto, a high school student, immigrated to the US from Jamaica

Bought by KZSC, KUOW, WXLV-FM, and WMPG


  • Added: May 30, 2005
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 4
Maria: They Say Send Them Back
From: uniquelyspoken
Series: Voices of the Other
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look at immigration issues from a youth perspective

Bought by WXLV-FM and WMPG


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 10:33
  • Purchases: 2
Amy's Graduation
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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This is the story of Amy graduating from high school while incarcerated at the Long Creek Youth Development Center (LCYDC) in South Portland, ME. )

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: May 17, 2004
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1