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Reverend Patricia Gould-Champ, a woman affectionately referred to as the Queen Mother, which, in her case, is not a petty, royal appellation. Rathe...
- Added: Apr 29, 2024
- Length: 26:36
Kids across the country deal with unequal treatment because of their identity: their race, ethnicity, disability or gender identity. Barriers, chal...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Oct 15, 2020
- Length: 30:23
- Purchases: 1
A child's arrest is the first official step into the juvenile justice system, but law enforcement practices push kids out of other systems that are...
- Added: Oct 15, 2020
- Length: 28:24
Based on the laws in the places they live and the adults who happen to be involved in their cases, kids in the juvenile justice system have dramati...
- Added: Oct 15, 2020
- Length: 32:10
Love comes in many forms - for Lacy, it all started during Hurricane Florence with a few, loose sheep.
- Added: Feb 26, 2020
- Length: 07:55
Kairi Hollon tried to go to the library when he was a teenager in Brooklyn in the 1980s, but he kept getting kicked out. Years later, he came back ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 26, 2019
- Length: 22:09
- Purchases: 1
Akins High School has an annual fall festival called Blue and Gold Night. It's a night with many activities, including a pig kissing "contest." Pro...
- Added: Dec 20, 2019
- Length: 04:19
Anthony Clary grew up in the bricks. Buildings linear as Legos, lining block after block of city streets, stretching from Porter to Dinwiddie, from...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Mar 26, 2019
- Length: 26:58
- Purchases: 1
In “Palm Treo”, Brittany and Eric talk about the secret parties that the RA’s at Howard University were throwing in 2005. Their podcast “For Colore...
- Added: May 24, 2017
- Length: 23:32
"What Blood, What Earth", is a documentary on the life of Puerto Rican black metal artist MQ. His story leads the listener on a journey from pre-co...
- Added: Apr 25, 2017
- Length: 27:20
"The View from Room 205" is a one-hour documentary that takes an unflinching look at the intersection of poverty and education in this country. It ...
Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, KICI Iowa City, WRIR, KUAF Public Radio, KISU and more
- Added: Jan 10, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 67
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"The View from Room 205" is a one-hour documentary that takes an unf...
Bought by KUHF
- Added: Dec 14, 2016
- Length: 01:48
- Purchases: 1
Majd Abdulghani is a teenager living in Saudi Arabia, one of the most restrictive countries for women in the world. She wants to be a scientist. He...
Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 17, 2016
- Length: 30:45
- Purchases: 3
A 12-year-old girl in blue jeans probably isn’t the first thing you picture when you hear the word paleontologist. But in 1979, young India Wood di...
- Added: Mar 31, 2016
- Length: 58:59
Philip Armand tries to figure out the correlation between commitment and risk-taking and discovers Einstein's mistakes, and what they mean for his ...
- Added: Mar 21, 2016
- Length: 06:54
This special episode of Mortified features the story of a closeted teenager who escapes the bullies at school and retreats into his bedroom where h...
- Added: Jan 18, 2016
- Length: 34:43
On July 17th, 1889, the residents of Clayton County, Iowa woke up to news of the worst crime in their history. A Civil War veteran and his young wi...
- Added: Feb 20, 2015
- Length: 17:25
- Purchases: 2
A piece exploring the Young People's Theatre Project's summer theater production, which brings 6th-12th graders into the wilderness to produce a mu...
- Added: Jun 29, 2014
- Length: 17:38
This week on What What Why, it's almost prom season and we're examining the event's significance. Love it, hate it, go to it or don’t, but prom is ...
- Added: Apr 04, 2014
- Length: 07:59
What conclusions about parenthood will teenagers come to after participating in their AP Psychology class’ flour baby project? Listen as they share...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Apr 01, 2014
- Length: 05:24
- Purchases: 2
Mindless Chanting is a documentary tracing the DIY history of an obscure and unheard band called Catfish Courtesy.
- Added: Jan 26, 2014
- Length: 36:04
What is it like to be homeless in the city that never sleeps? Reporter Kristie Brigandi takes us to lower Manhattan, and introduces us to some of t...
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 09:17
Meet Annika, a 16 year old actress who appeared in the movie JOBS as Steve Jobs' (Ashton Kutcher's) daughter. Annika shares many behind-the-scenes ...
- Added: Sep 19, 2013
- Length: 07:34
Rachel comes full-circle. She goes from being a college student to be a stripper and then back to starting all over again.
- Added: May 16, 2013
- Length: 18:57
- Added: May 12, 2013
- Length: 29:03
- Purchases: 1
