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The A in LGBTQIA: Learning from Asexuals About Sex & Relationships

From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco

Caption: Angela Chen says her book, Ace, "invites everyone to rethink pleasure and intimacy.", Credit: Photo by Sylvie Roskoff.

Quick, what’s your sexuality? Most of us know roughly where we fall on the Kinsey scale that goes from 0 to 6. But have you considered the asexual ...

Bought by WORT

LIVING IN AN AMERICAN INTERNMENT CAMP

From: Michelle Harven
Series: Legacy

Mary Tamaki Murakami talks about life in an internment camp during World War II and why she sees parallels in today’s treatment of Muslim-Americans.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUNM

Yes, I'm from China. And yes those people are my parents

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features

Caption: Maya and her parents., Credit: Courtesy of Maya Konz

The first thing you say to someone you just met is most likely a polite greeting: "Hello! What's your name?" But not everyone is that thoughtful.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

I was homeless and my life was trash. Then this Seattle family took me in

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features

Caption: April Reyes (far left) with the family who took her in. From left to right: Mariya Manuel, Tanya Kim, Tamar Manuel and Alan Lee., Credit: Courtesy of April Reyes

For most people, family will always be family because you're blood. But in April Reyes' case, it doesn’t quite work that way. / This story won the ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast

A pep talk from a recovering 'lazy' teen

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features

Caption: Diana Nguyen used to be lazy. Then she got on a bike., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/MELISSA TAKAI

Laziness is a hard habit to break, especially if you want to make the most out of life. But it helps if you have a bike, or at least it did for one...

Albinism And Me: How My Genetic Condition Makes My Ethnicity Invisible

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features

Caption: Kamna Shastri with her dad on her fifth birthday. Now, Kamna is coming to terms with her albinism., Credit: COURTESY OF KAMNA SHASTRI

RadioActive producer Kamna Shastri tries to understand where she fits into conversations about race and identity as an Indian-American with albinism.

These Are My Mom's Beautiful, Painful Hands

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features

Caption: Shina William's mother worked for many years in factories. When she was working she felt a pain, tingling over her hands., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/SHINA WILLIAMS

Look at your hands, and think of all the things you do with them: hold an ice cream cone, drive your car, scroll through Facebook. What if all of t...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Tyrus Wong: Chinese American Artist Broke Barriers, Reached Back Centuries to Create Bambi

From: Heidi Chang

Caption: Tyrus Wong at his home in CA in 2004, Credit: Courtesy Walt Disney Family Museum

Tyrus Wong, a pioneering Chinese American artist who created the look of the movie, "Bambi," left a great legacy and continues to inspire artists a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Chitra Divakaruni discusses “Before We Visit The Goddess”

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Chitra, an American Book Award winner, is known for creating tales of vivid women characters who live in either India or America. She is the author...

Burmese Crops Sprout in North Carolina

From: Emma Miller

Some refugees in Chapel Hill are finding a way to reconnect with their native farming tradition.

On A Visit To The United States, A First Encounter With Racism

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media

Caption: RadioActive's Kamna Shastri and her cousin Ananya Shankar in Seattle, Credit: Jenny Asarnow

A 13-year-old girl in Chennai, India, had always wanted to visit the United States. But when she does, her idealized view of America is tested by t...

Bought by WJCT

Unraveling The Family Folklore Passed Through Generations

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2014

Caption: (From left) Maria's father, mother, grandmother, and grandfather at their home in Manila - the same home where they once encountered a supernatural creature. Maria learned about many traditional Filipino beliefs from her grandmother, Conchita Carpio., Credit: Courtesy of the Caoagdan family

In the Philippines superstitions and the existence of supernatural creatures are firmly believed. RadioActive Youth Media reporter Maria Delmar Cao...

How my dad escaped Vietnam at age 14, without telling his mom.

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2014

Caption: Quang Adam Nguyen, Angela's dad, holding the South Vietnamese and American flags. , Credit: Credit Courtesy of Quang Adam Nguyen

Angela Nguyen is going away to college and leaving behind everything she loves. Her dad did the same when he left Vietnam. But unlike her, he left ...

Author Jenny Bowen, “Wish You Happy Forever"

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Though she identifies herself as just an ordinary person with a dream, au contraire, Jenny’s accomplishments are stunning. She is an American who...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

SeaWomen

From: Sofia Saldanha
Series: The Wapping Project Podcast

On Jeju island in the North Pacific a community of women dive for pearls and food. They've been doing this for centuries. On this podcast Mikhail K...

Bought by KALW

When Former Enemies Sit Down and Talk About World War II

From: Blunt Youth Radio Project

A Japanese student got fellow students from England, France, the USA, Germany, China and Japan to tell each other what World War II meant to them, ...

Bought by WMPG