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Diana Diaries, Part 1: A lesson in teaching from a first-time instructor
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Student teacher Diana Arbas in her classroom
This is Diana’s radio diary of her first year teaching at Oakland High in a ninth grade English class. You’ll hear what was challenging and what wa...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 11:05
Dating Through the Eyes of an Immigrant
From: Erika Lorentzsen
Series: New American Stories
Caption: Dirk Ockhardt from Germany talks about European dating, Credit: Erika Lorentzsen
A look at different dating rituals around the world. From Europeans getting married later in life like in Chicago, NY and other places, to a Muslim...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:52
Chew On This - Season 1 - Episode 4 - Helping Kids Have Good Experiences Online
From: Lisa Rothman
Series: Chew On This
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Our guest experts give our audience advice on how to help kids navigate relationships on the internet.

Bought by KWMR, KUT, and KALW


  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 56:27
  • Purchases: 3
Chew On This - Season 1 - Episode 1 - Biking Safely in a City
From: Lisa Rothman
Series: Chew On This
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Our guest experts give our audience advice on how to bike safely in an urbanized area.

Bought by KUT, KWMR, and KALW


  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 56:27
  • Purchases: 3
CWMJ #1: X-Man
From: Michael Simon Johnson
Series: Conversations with Michael Johnson
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Michael Johnson shares two stories from two schools. A look at race vs. gender on the playground leads to a reflection on academic failure.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:58
Acoustic Stories : Robert Jevne - "Cherries"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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KAXE contributor, Robert Jevne, shares "Cherries." A piece about a young woman's artistic venture with an intriguing direction.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 01:26
Mandy's Diary: God is my Guy
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Mandy attends an evangelical Christian church. Every Sunday, she arrives at least an hour early for services, because that’s one of the things you...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 12:20
Ricky's Diary: What if God...
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Ricky’s father is an atheist activist. These days, Ricky is beginning his own search for God, and something to believe in. This story is part of th...

Bought by KSFR, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 11:25
  • Purchases: 3
Brina’s Diary: Best Four Years of Your Life
From: Radio Diaries
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Brina keeps this audio journal of her first year at Brown University. “I have this weird sense that anybody I meet I might never see again. And al...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 12:06
Worth A Listen: Danny Lukovic
From: WHJE
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Great music from an artist you've never heard of.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:05
1992 First Critical Mass Ride
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Bicyclists take to the streets en mass in a fight over the ‘right to the city’.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KTSW 89.9, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WXDU and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 53:31
  • Purchases: 13
Emily’s Diary: Teenage Days
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Emily gives an inside look at “sportos,” “krusties,” “krinkles,” and how being a teenager isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 12:14
  • Purchases: 1
Randy’s Diary: Remembering Ozell
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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While living on a farm in the Mississippi Delta that was once part of a slave plantation, Randy searches for clues about the life of his great-gran...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 12:11
  • Purchases: 4
Frankie’s Diary, Part 2: Football
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Frankie’s second Teenage Diary follows his season playing running back for the Valley Head Tigers. Recorded in 1997, Frankie documents his life as ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 16:24
  • Purchases: 1
Frankie's Diary, Part 1: Welcome Home, Dad
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Frankie always thought his family was pretty normal until the day the FBI showed up. His dad had been hiding from the law for 15 years, and Frankie...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KOSU, and WJCT


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 12:10
  • Purchases: 3
Juan's Diary, Part 2: Back to Mexico
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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In Juan’s second audio diary, he travels back to Mexico to visit his dying grandfather. This is his first time back since he immigrated to the Unit...

Bought by KSFR and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 25:51
  • Purchases: 2
Teens and Illegal Guns: Local Solutions
From: Y-Press
Series: Teens and Guns: Illegal Uses
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The problem of gun violence among teens and young adults isn’t exclusive to Indianapolis. But it turns out that the way the city is tackling the pr...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 03:42
Teens and Illegal Guns: Attitudes and Uses
From: Y-Press
Series: Teens and Guns: Illegal Uses
Caption: Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility, Pendleton, IN, Credit: Andy Yang and Priya Mirmira, Y-Press
Priya Mirmira, age 15, spoke with 18-year-old inmates who were serving time for gun charges. She learned about their attitudes toward guns, how the...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 03:38
UnFictional: The Road Warriors
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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When it comes to crazy, immoral and stupid decisions, nothing can match a teenager looking for a good time. So it's lucky that a story about teenag...

Bought by WCNY, XRAY.fm, KFAI Minneapolis, KOSU, Aspen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 7
Teens and Illegal Guns: Access
From: Y-Press
Series: Teens and Guns: Illegal Uses
Caption: Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility, Pendleton, IN, Credit: Andy Yang and Priya Mirmira
In a 2009 survey by the CDC, nearly 1500 Indiana high school students said they had carried a gun for at least one day during the previous 30 days....

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
Teens and Illegal Guns: Overview
From: Y-Press
Series: Teens and Guns: Illegal Uses
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In the last decade in Indiana, about 130 murders were committed by teens, and 79 percent of those involved a firearm. After a Y-Presser lost her co...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 1
Story-Tell Lib by Annie Trumbull Slosson
From: Roy Trumbull
Caption: PRX default Piece image
These are original stories told by a badly crippled 13 year old girl to her friends and neighbors.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 01:03:10
Rootabaga Stories of Carl Sandburg
From: Roy Trumbull
Caption: Balloon Pickers, Credit: MAUD AND MISKA PETERSHAM
In 1922 the poet Carl Sandburg wrote a children's book about an imaginary place called The Rootabaga Country. It was very popular. Its stories rang...

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 19:04
  • Purchases: 1
11: Is That Real Enough For You?
From: Matt Hill
Series: Numbers
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Drama series following Sam, a 26-year-old trapped in a call centre. Literally. This is the beginning of season two; a good way in for newbies.

  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 08:47
What was the last thing that made you really happy?
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Eating a sandwich? Going on a date? A vacation?

  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:37