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Child Obesity - Part Two - Kihuanna's Story
From: Karen Brown
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response
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This feature profiles a 9-year-old girl named Kihuanna who, at 4 foot one and 139 pounds, has a body mass index twice what it should be. With the h...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 4
Child Obesity - Part One -- The Clinical Approach
From: Karen Brown
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response
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One health center in Holyoke, MA addresses the 50 percent rate of overweight and obese children in this predominantly low-income, Puerto Rican comm...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 4
Part 3: Living With Dioxin Delays
From: The Environment Report
Series: Dioxin Delays
Caption: Mitch Larson lives in Saginaw's Riverside neighborhood, which saw a large dioxin removal project last year. His home is on the banks of Tittabawassee River., Credit: Shawn Allee
Shawn Allee talks with residents about living with Dow and dioxin.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:38
Letting Them Down
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Jun 19, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
WNR: Child Labor in Afghanistan
From: War News Radio
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From "Letting Them Down" (June 12, 2009): War News Radio reports on the intertwined problems with education and child labor in Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2009
  • Length: 07:10
Haiti's Dark Secret: The Restavecs
From: Rachel Leventhal
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Josimene is ten years old. She is one of Haiti's 300,000 restavecs, or child slaves. While her parents were promised she'd be educated if they sen...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2009
  • Length: 12:57
Crossing The Border
From: Sudan Radio Project
Caption: Sudanese refugees protest deportation from Israel., Credit: Associated Press
Analysis and exploration of current issues surrounding the conflict in Darfur.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Growing Up
From: War News Radio
Caption: Iraqi schoolboys in a classroom in Baghdad., Credit: AP
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jan 16, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Why Don't Kids Learn Science Anymore?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Despite high-tech hubs like Silicon Valley, California's science literacy is in steep decline.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
Teen Pregnancy - Part 3 - Moms Talk Back
From: Karen Brown
Series: Teen Pregnancy - A Crisis, A Response, A Reality
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Part 3 of Teen Pregnancy Series -- featuring the vibrant voices of teenage moms

  • Added: Jun 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:47
Teen Pregnancy - Part 2 - A Peer Response
From: Karen Brown
Series: Teen Pregnancy - A Crisis, A Response, A Reality
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Part 2 in series on teen pregnancy -- a peer-centered response to the problem.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:36
A Morning with Baltimore City's Juvenile Warrant Task Force
From: Mary Rose Madden
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Baltimore City Police head out to find kids wanted by the police...but meet the kids' mothers instead.

  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 06:56
Ahead of Laura Bush's Visit, A School's Facelift
From: Addie Goss
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Fresh paint, watered plans, electricity: U.S. money helps spruce up a Malian school ahead of the First Lady's visit.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2008
  • Length: 05:40
Solving the Homeless Youth Problem Takes a Unique Approach
From: Adam Vaughn
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Usual approaches to solving homelessness do not work for youths who are find themselves homeless.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2008
  • Length: 04:45
The Dirt on Diaper Duty
From: The Environment Report
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The diaper debate is not limited to disposable or cloth.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 13, 2007
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 2
Chess and Children
From: Vicki Hayes
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Two children talk about what it's like to play chess.

Bought by KPIP-LP and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 08, 2007
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
No Limits for Deaf Kids
From: David Kates
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Enid Wizig is a good mentor for the No Limits Theater Group students. She, like them, is profoundly deaf. They prove there are "no limits" for he...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
Teen Suicide
From: KLCC
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Preventing Youth Suicide

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and KSFR


  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 2
Children and Mental Health
From: KLCC
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Treating children with mental health disorders

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 1
Health workers reach remote villagers in Ethiopia with tetanus vaccine
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! UNICEF's Andrew Heavens reports on the delivery of tetanus vaccine to remote tribal villages in Ethiopia

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 08:40
  • Purchases: 1
Inside Out Literary Arts
From: Zak Rosen
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creative writing in detroit public schools

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 11:03
  • Purchases: 1
World AIDS Day: Kenyan Children
From: 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
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The lives of Kenyan Children not improving despite progress in fighting AIDS in Kenya

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and WSCS-FM


  • Added: Nov 28, 2006
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 2
Baby Steps
From: Kezia Simister
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Parenting and family literacy class for incarcerated parents

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 26, 2006
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 2
Foster Care Utopia
From: Karen Brown
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Portrait of an innovative foster care community

  • Added: Oct 26, 2006
  • Length: 07:46
Part five: Tanni Grey Thompson
From: Siobhan Mullen / David Lewis
Series: Get On With It
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the final part of our series looks at an athlete and mother

  • Added: Jul 12, 2006
  • Length: 10:04