PRX - Pieces for Tone: Contemplative

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Short List #6
From: David Green
Series: Short Lists
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A collaborative “Short List” poem which sheds light on the thoughts, secrets, senses of humor and lives of eight and nine-year-olds. Can you figure...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: :44
  • Purchases: 1
Schools Serving Students Dinner
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Los Angeles County's poverty line is almost at 20%, and the majority of these households have children. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LA...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
The Evolution of Childhood Aspirations
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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How fast are kids growing up? Jasmyn Harlan, a senior in high school, asks kids of various ages what they want to be when they grow up. Surprisingl...

  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 03:48
A survey of Mission District families tries to discover why kids are falling behind
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Amelia Martinez and Elizabeth Montiel hit the streets to survey Mission residents, Credit: Melanie Young
With the start of a new school year, families all around San Francisco are sending their children off with hopes for a good year and a bright futur...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
The Beat: Ella Edbloom - "Balloons"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Ella Edbloom is a twelve year old who lives near Duluth. And she loves being outside exploring with her 4-wheeler. She loves to write poetry. Her i...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:06
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Sami Szendrey - "The Beach"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Sami Szendrey is in the sixth grade at North Shore Community School near Duluth. She loves to play soccer, hang out with friends,a nd she reads a l...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Casiana Siegle - "My Family"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Casiana Siegle was adopted by an American family at fourteen months from the country of Kazakhstan. She's now thirteen years old and living in Dulu...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:19
The Beat: Nora Hubbard - "Beauties of the World"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Nora Hubbard is a sixth grader at North Shore Community School near Duluth. She started her literary career early when she had a book published at ...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:54
Felicia "Untitled"
From: Littleglobe
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14-year-old Santa Fe Student Felicia created her poem, inspired by a family portrait.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:10
WUTB-Variation 5A -Quiet, Gentle Version
From: David Green
Series: We Used To Believe...
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When you were younger, did you ever believe something which turned out not to be true? How about recently? Producers Aliana and Sophie reveal the w...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Mar 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:25
  • Purchases: 1
Footing the Bill: Who Pays for Absent Fatherhood?
From: WAMU
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth-produced piece on growing up in a fatherless household.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 3
Going Back to College
From: Littleglobe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The influence of my childhood experience with college on my current desire for a degree.

Bought by SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network and WQJC


  • Added: Mar 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 2
Speaking to My Heart
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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When Nikki became a mother of two at the age of seventeen she promised to leave her life of drugs and crime behind. It was a promise she couldn't k...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Remix Radio, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 4
Marissa's Grandma
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Marissa's ode to her Grandma

Bought by KVNF, WGXC, and PRX


  • Added: Dec 20, 2005
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 3
The School of Hard Knocks
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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When KC was eleven her mother kicked her and one of her sisters out of the house. Forced to figure out how to survive on her own, she turned to dru...

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 25, 2005
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 3
A Foster Care Teen Talks With Her Biological Mom
From: Curie Youth Radio
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A teenager who's bounced around the foster care system for years asks her biological mom where she's been.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXLV-FM, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 27, 2005
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 4