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Baseball Girls Take On High School
From: Nahanni Rous
Caption: Shalvah Lazarus pitching in 2021, Credit: Jen Stillerman
Sixteen-year-old Shalvah Lazarus shares her own story and interviews other young female baseball players about the choice they face when they start...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2024
  • Length: 09:15
Experiencing gender from both sides
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcaster Declan
OutCasting youth broadcaster Declan – a trans guy – talks about experiencing gender from both sides of the fence.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2022
  • Length: 06:46
Straight teenager embraces equality
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcaster Tomás
May 1, 2022 – What does a straight teenager do when he sees a lesbian schoolmate being taunted – and why?

  • Added: Apr 30, 2022
  • Length: 09:10
April 2021 – Bullied gay seventh grader
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCasting youth participant Justin
How did he deal with it? Was his school helpful? What did he learn from it?

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2021
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
December 2020 – LGBTQ candidates, LGBTQ youth
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCaster Justin
OutCaster Justin talks about what it means to LGBTQ youth, especially struggling youth, to see LGBTQ people elected to public office.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 07:00
May 2020 - Voice dysphoria experienced by trans people
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
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Trans youth describes her discomfort with her own voice.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2020
  • Length: 04:49
I Want You To Have A Good Life
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2018 Martin Middle School Stories
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Ms. Booth talks to students about her aviation-filled family history.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2018
  • Length: 05:39
Dia de los Muertos
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Martin Middle School 2016-17 Stories
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Kids at Martin Middle School discuss what Dia de los Muertos means to them.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 3
It's Complicated with Sassy Sloth
From: Terrascope Radio
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A friendly prank puts Kathryn in a "complicated" Facebook relationship with a sloth, but maybe that's just what her love life needs right now.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 04:45
Where are you from?
From: Terrascope Radio
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"Where are you from? ... No, where are you REALLY from?" Because of her skin tone and features, Milani Chatterji-Len gets asked this question all t...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2016
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 2
10 til 2: The Longhorn Band
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
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The child of two Longhorn Band veterans digs into the unseen world of the band's strangest traditions, from "hupping" to the secret "10 til 2" saying.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2016
  • Length: 05:06
From MIT to the Real World
From: Terrascope Radio
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Physics, math, canyoning between buildings: Not scary. Finding an apartment, learning how to vote: Scary. How one young woman feels about making th...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 03:40
Feeling Raced
From: Terrascope Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Does your race affect how you act? Well, it probably affected how you answered that question.... In this award-winning story, hear why one young ma...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 3
The Girl Everybody Loves
From: Anne Hoffman
Series: Generation Voice
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Seventeen year-old Shamarra Rombawa lives in Wilmington, Delaware. Her city was dubbed "Murder Town" by a 2014 article in Newsweek because of its h...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 1
The New Max
From: Anne Hoffman
Series: Generation Voice
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When 16 year-old Max Rakus set off to Germany right after his sophomore year of high school ended, he had no idea that the trip would change him fo...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 01:39
Me versus we
From: Anne Hoffman
Series: Generation Voice
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Sam hails from Bosnia, but she’s lived in the US for the last 6 years. Sometimes she finds that her two cultures have opposing values. Add to that ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 02:58
#1 Welcome to Millennial
From: Megan Tan
Series: Millennial
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The day you graduate college is suppose full of smiles, family pictures, and a sense of accomplishment. But what happens after that day when you pa...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, American Voices, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 31, 2015
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 3
Teen Runner
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Have you ever stuck with something that was difficult because you knew the reward was worth the journey? Follow Robert Franklin’s day as he prepare...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:21
NYC Student Tackles the Last Test Standing Between Her and a High School Diploma
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge
Caption: Danielle Motindabeka in the WNYC studio
When Radio Rookie Danielle Motindabeka came to the United States at age 13, she didn’t speak English. By the time she was in high school, Danielle ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
The Melting Pot
From: WHJE
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Disproving typical Mexican stereotypes.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2014
  • Length: 03:42
Dad at the Bus Stop
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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Anni's favorite place growing up was ... the school-bus stop?

  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:16
I Am From
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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Cristabel Amoah, a Minneapolis High School student, tells about her background. Unlike all the other students, she was born in England.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:19
  • Purchases: 1
Who I am
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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Carmen, a Minneapolis middle school student gives a fine accounting of why she is as she is.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:14
  • Purchases: 1
I am From Family, Candy and Loving People
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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A Minneapolis middle school student tells the world the experiences that motivate her life.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Troubles
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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Dayquan, a student at Harrison High School in Minneapolis, writes about moving forward despite having to struggle

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 01:39
  • Purchases: 1