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The Big Ponder #4: Anatomy of an Apology
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Katie Davis tells the story of an inadvertent provocation between two boys at a teen center in her Washington, D.C. neighborhood, the conflict that...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 24:52
  • Purchases: 1
Solve for X
From: Laura Joyce Davis
Series: Shelter in Place
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On her kids' last day of school, Laura draws from Susan Wise Bauer's research, writing, and experience on how we can rethink the way we approach ou...

  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 22:02
Smart And Socially Inept
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio Commentaries
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Youth Radio's Soraya Shockley talks about her dilemma as the smart girl in school.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:07
  • Purchases: 1
The American Dream?
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Junior year is universally known as the most difficult, stressful year of high school. Between academics, extra-curriculars, and athletics, college...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 1
What do High Schoolers’ think about Affirmative Action?
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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A common topic among high schoolers when discussing the college application process and admittance is race. Listen to hear the opinions on affirmat...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 05:07
Experience 3
From: Estella Yu
Series: My Career Experience
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Wai Ting Yu gives advice she's learned as she worked her way up to her current job as a budget director at the NYC DOHMH.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2014
  • Length: 14:25
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown - "Do Your Inlaws Bristle Because You're Finished Eating Before They've Pulled Their Steak From the Grill?"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing: "Natural Selection May Aim At Propensity For Impulse As Much As IQ."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown - "The Importance of Playing Trumpet Is Sometimes Not About the Tune."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:14
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing on Mothers - "Potty Training, Pondering the Profound, and the Unknowable."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - Erika Reviews "The Perks of Being A Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat: Mark Christensen - "The Next Class"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Mark Christensen is a published author, and a long time educator. He is Professor of English at Bemidji State University where is particular intere...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 1
Education Is A Good Thing
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Putting a blind man's tooth in his eye enables him to see.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 01:21
  • Purchases: 1
An Affordable Education For Young Folks
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Don't spend the next 10 years paying off your college loans.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:26
How am I Going to Pay for This Thing?
From: Scribes Creative Writing Club SUNY SB Southampton
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College student worries about the cost of education.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:40
When I Grow Up? If I ever do...
From: Scribes Creative Writing Club SUNY SB Southampton
Caption: When I was 5 3/4 I wanted to be a fireman.
A college student ponders life.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2009
  • Length: 02:04
Overachiever
From: Youth Radio
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Is it wrong to push the limits? Erin Bilir is a high school overachiever, and doesn't think so.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:51
Does Biology Class Really Matter?
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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If given the chance would you take that environmental class in high school?

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1
High school security guards, please relax
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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High school student Noah Magen comments that high school security guards at his school have become way too serious about their jobs.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 08, 2007
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 2
Aderall and Low Expectations
From: SCAD Radio
Series: Commentary Corral
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Pharmaceuticals change the way college should be.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Feb 14, 2007
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 1
Teen Attitudes: A Teen Artist
From: Teen Attitudes
Series: Teen Attitudes: Voices of Our Youth
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How one teen views his art.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2006
  • Length: :58
East Coast Culture Shock
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
After experiencing her first semester away at college, Youth Radio’s Nora Harrington realized that the hometown she was so happy to leave behind wa...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2005
  • Length: 01:51
What Matters
From: Vermont Public
Series: 10 in Their 20s
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A 20-something party-goer fights the apathy of his peers.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WZBC


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3