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Tales from the South 081: 6th Annual Mothers Show
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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This week it's our 6th Annual Mothers Show, celebrating the awesome power of motherhood. Stories by May Griebel, Jan Hamlett, and Mike Noland. All ...

  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
The K-I-D Who Dropped Out
From: Justin Huang
Series: What I Did
Caption: Tony Levine, K-I-D
From college to hip hop

  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:43
Tales from the South 079: The Teen Years
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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On this week's episode, our writers take us back in time to the angst of the teen years. Stories by Jill Bayles, Deana Nall, and Leslie Hitt. True ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
The Friendly Rabid Squirrel
From: JP Davidson
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When I was 9 years old, a rabid squirrel bit me.

Bought by WJCT, KBRP Community Radio, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Feb 26, 2012
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 4
"That's My Song" by Leslie Wise
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: That's My Song!
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"That's My Song" is a way to introduce new Youth Spinners to our listenership as well as create an atmosphere that includes writing, peer review, e...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
Tales from the South 48: Through the Eyes of a Child
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
Caption: Montgomery Trucking playing at Tales
True stories by Southerners in front of a live audience. This week's stories show us the innocence, imagination, and skewed logic of a child's mind...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Talk
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Youth producer Destry Hall talks about the importance of jazz music and teaching with his high school music teacher and mentor.

  • Added: Sep 23, 2011
  • Length: 05:02
Roots: Anyon
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Anyon believes in things and that has always worked out (the easter bunny, santa claus, etc) but a trip to St. Patrick's Cathedral throws the catho...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Aug 06, 2011
  • Length: 12:35
  • Purchases: 1
The Cycle of Cyberbullying
From: Philly Youth Radio
Series: Students of Violence
Caption: Self-portrait painted by Thien To
Twenty-year-old Thien To first learned about cyberbullying in her native Vietnam. The South Philadelphia High junior has since learned about cyberb...

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 1
Peer Mediation with a Pencil
From: Philly Youth Radio
Series: Students of Violence
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Shayla Torres dealt with a lot of violence in her last school, where she was a peer mediator. Here, the 17-year-old junior recalls one especially c...

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, and WGXC


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 3
Planet Buddy
From: Graham Shelby
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Buddy was a sixteen-year-old bad boy who was experimenting with being good. I'd been a good boy my whole life and was ready to try being bad. Then ...

Bought by KUT and KUT


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 2
Native Sounds: Joey Stylez
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: Joey Stylez
Tobias Grant speaks with Native American Hip Hop musician Joey Stylez.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSQM 91.5 FM, KWIS 88.3 FM, and WGDR


  • Added: Jan 27, 2011
  • Length: 11:35
  • Purchases: 4
Balloon Art
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What'll it be?

  • Added: Nov 04, 2010
  • Length: 02:28
"Postcards from Cuba #3"
From: Pat Duggins
Series: "Postcards from Cuba"
Caption: Alabama Public Radio's "Postcards from Cuba" student commentators, Credit: Chip Cooper
University of Alabama students studying abroad in Havana share their experiences in Cuba. Part 3 deals with playing street basketball "Havana style."

  • Added: May 13, 2010
  • Length: 03:01
Wall Street Woes
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth Radio's Lauren Silverman reflects on changing her career plans and steering clear of Wall Street.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, YouthCast, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
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
Born on Public Radio - Active Voice Radio Father's Day Special
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: On location at the Philly Auto Show, Credit: Chris Goldstein
My annual Father's day interview with my daughter...who just turned six! Also an excerpt of the AVR interview about Dutch Master Painter Johannes V...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jun 17, 2009
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Charles River Didn't Kill Me
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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A science experiment that didn't go tragically wrong

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 01:13
  • Purchases: 1
Dancing Dads Make Your Cheeks Go Red
From: Youth Outlook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This week on YO!Radio -- Poverty gets trumped by the political bonanza, teens get a 'How to Guide' in dealing with the cops, and why teens cringe w...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2008
  • Length: 07:56
Super Powers 2
From: David Green
Series: Super Powers Collages
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Third Grade Super Heroes describe the super power they wish they could have and what they would do with their powers.

Bought by WTIP, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and YouthCast


  • Added: Jun 11, 2008
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 3
Super Powers 1
From: David Green
Series: Super Powers Collages
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Third Grade Super Heroes describe the super power they wish they could have and what they would do with their powers.

Bought by WTIP and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jun 11, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 2
One Reason When Visiting Sacred Sites, It Is Important To Remember That You Are Not An Aboriginal But Actually Grew Up In The Suburbs
From: Ryan Scammell
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How not to commune with other cultures.

Bought by American Voices


  • Added: Jun 01, 2008
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
Stuffed Animals 1
From: David Green
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Third Graders tell stories about their favorite stuffed animals and dolls.

Bought by KUER, KZYX, KUOW, WTIP, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: May 27, 2008
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 6
A Tree Falls And No One's There... by Team Northside
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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This is the group piece (4 poets) performed in-studio by Northside College Prep High School, which was a team finalist in the 2008 Louder Than a Bo...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:08
Bus Basics
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Too young to get her license, Libby was forced to bum rides off people in order to get around - at least until she decided to bite the bullet and s...

Bought by WMPG, Remix Radio, KOOP, Space Gallery, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 28, 2007
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 5