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Interfaith Understanding
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Youth Media Project at Parliament of the World's Religions
Members of the Youth Media Project’s Global Broadcasting Team host this broadcast to share stories from their recent trip to cover the 2009 Parliam...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 28:46
  • Purchases: 1
Is There Such a Thing as a Perfect School?
From: MAA ESL
Series: Transitions
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Diana's experience transferring from a school in Brooklyn to one in the Bronx.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 09:29
Remembering Barbara Jean
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: Pat (left) and Joshua Presby
If Pat could tell his late step-mother, Barbara Jean, one thing, it's that he probably should have listened to her advice.

Bought by YouthCast and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 2
"If These Walls Could Talk: Inside Youth Speak Out" SEASON TWO
From: Susan Stone
Caption: Justice for Youth mural, Credit: San Francisco Juvenile Justice Center
"IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK: Inside Youth Speak Out" is a poetry series drawn from testimonial writings by the youngest members of America's prison ...

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 14:58
  • Purchases: 1
Strangers & Friends
From: Littleglobe
Caption: From jungmoon's Flickr
Justine Teba of Pojoaque Valley High School was a participant in Youth Media Project's 2010 Summer Intensive. In this reflective piece, Justine sh...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
The Love I felt for You
From: Littleglobe
Caption: by Rayani Melo from Flickr
Esmerelda Gonzales-Munoz's "The Love I Felt For You" shares with us her story about love. Created during Youth Media Project's 2010 Summer Intensiv...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2011
  • Length: 03:20
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
The Soper Story
From: Sam Greenspan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Seeing a bully in a new light.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
Different, Not Disabled: The Perception of My Mind
From: WHJE
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Aspergers, in my opinion, has always been misunderstood due to it being a medical "condition." When you listen to this, I ask that you go in with ...

Bought by HowSound, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis, KSFR and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 8
The Feeling Is Mutual
From: City High Radio
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Joe is a skater--as in skateboarder. He hates bike cops, and he's sure they hate him, too. In this short personal essay, Joe explains where his pre...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2010
  • Length: 03:33
To Diné - Santa Fe Indian School
From: Littleglobe
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A poem by three students from the Santa Fe Indian School's Spoken Word team -- Santana Shorty, Clara Natonabah, and Nolan Eskeets -- about understa...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:38
One Daughter's Journey.
From: City High Radio
Caption: photo by: Vicky Barnett
Vicky was living in a tough situation in Phoenix, AZ. Her mom had told her that her father didn't want anything to do with her. But one day Vicky f...

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Apr 12, 2010
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 1
Backyard Culture Shock
From: Benjamin Diego
Series: A Voice Among Many
Caption: Baiz's exterior is moldering and dull, but inside, it is a conclave for a myriad of cultures and traditions., Credit: Mr. K
You don't have to travel far to experience different cultures.

  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 03:53
An Unexpected Life
From: Littleglobe
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A teen discovers he's going to be a dad.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
I Don't Want To Grow Up
From: City High Radio
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Noa isn't ready to give up the "kid stuff" of her youth.

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Mar 03, 2010
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 1
Growing Up With Epilepsy
From: City High Radio
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A teenager explains what it's like to grow up with epileptic seizures. Gaining independence is hard work.

Bought by KHSU and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Feb 17, 2010
  • Length: 09:34
  • Purchases: 2
Lauren
From: Jeff Deitchman
Series: My Voice
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Students interested in radio work must get past the first, and possibly the biggest hurdle: hearing their own voice.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2010
  • Length: 01:26
Tattoos are the new lockets
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tattoos have surpassed lockets as a way of keeping memories close.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 04:06
The new McCarthyism
From: Y-Press
Series: Times they are a changin' (sort of)
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In October of 2001, the US Congress passed the Patriot Act. It allows the government to monitor citizens’ communications and personal information i...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 02:44
"Monesticism"
From: WHJE
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Religion vs Money

Bought by Vocalo.org and KSFR


  • Added: Nov 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 2
Changing Majors - AGAIN?!!!
From: Scribes Creative Writing Club SUNY SB Southampton
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That's what her mother said, changing majors, again?

Bought by WTIP and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:39
  • Purchases: 2
Lunch Time in Ait Iktel
From: Beno Picciano
Caption: Tahjin
During my homestay with a family in rural Morocco, I had a tricky cultural experience which many of us can relate to.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2009
  • Length: :00
Fresh Greens: Teens and the Environment
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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Tells the stories of how American youth think about their daily impact on our planet.

Bought by KVMR, KZYX, KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUNM and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2009
  • Length: 51:29
  • Purchases: 10
Brittany
From: Y-Press
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This year about 750,000 teenagers will become pregnant. According to The Centers for Disease Control teen pregnancy has risen three percent in 200...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
Reshawn
From: Y-Press
Caption: PRX default Piece image
For the first time in 14 years teen pregnancy is on the rise. The Centers for Disease Control reports that during 2005 to 2006 teen pregnancy rose ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1