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Class Dismissed
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: The View From Here
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This one-hour documentary takes an intimate look at the high school dropout crisis through the lives of three young people from California's Centra...

Bought by KALW, WITF, KZYX, WSKG, KALW and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2013
  • Length: 54:04
  • Purchases: 7
American Graduate - Crossing the Stage
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
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Hosted by Dick Gordon, this program talks about what’s happening with the drop-out rate in the country. More kids are staying in school but those n...

Bought by KUNM, KTSW 89.9, WNIJ, KUHF, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 51:26
  • Purchases: 14
10,000 Tries
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Rebecca Lee has lived with a brain injury since shortly after birth. Throughout her life many people have helped her with the resulting physical a...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Troy Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 3
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - The Ways Northern Community Radio Breaks the Mold
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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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


  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - Overwhelmed By Community Support
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


  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Invisible Americans: Stories from the New Immigrants
From: Black Swan Arts
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Invisible Americans: Stories from the New Immigrants explores the lives of immigrants through the eyes of children. “One of the values of seeing t...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Louisville Public Media, KQED and more


  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Restorative Justice: Peace Talks Radio (59:00/54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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More and more communities are experimenting with Restorative Justice methods of dealing with crime and punishment. Restorative Justice brings offen...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, WSKG, KUOW, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 5
My Education, Uninterrupted
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: McBurney YMCA 2012
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New York State has the worst high school graduation rate in the country, according to a recent study by the Schott Foundation for Public Education....

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda about the experience of being The Great Northern Radio Show
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she's been checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. In thi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: Erika Kooda presents an essay about the results of her tryout with a a major drum corps program
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she's been checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. In thi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg - "College Procrastination Can Inform A Healthy World View"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
My Trip to Third Coast
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Third Coast was a blast!

  • Added: Dec 10, 2012
  • Length: 03:22
Food Sleuth Radio, Corey Costanzo Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Corey Costanzo says growing up in a mafia ridden neighborhood helped him understand the challenges that plague today's at-risk youth. Join Food Sl...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Culturology: Erika Kooda expresses the importance of being involved with Northern Community Radio
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year Erika Kooda will be checking in with essays reflecting on her senior ye...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Tierra Jackson and John Horan
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Twenty-three-year-old Tierra Jackson talks to John Horan, the president of her high school, about what her life was like when they first met.

Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 3
SWAT Bullying Segment
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo from Flickr
Youth Media Project and SWAT (Student Wellness Action Team) members from Santa Fe High and Capshaw Middle School have come together to produce an A...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Sep 17, 2012
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 1
Markeal Dickey - Lincoln High School Senior & Distinguished Young Gentlemen of America member
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: American Graduate
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Markeal Dickey reflects on his high school experience and offers advice to upcoming students

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:54
Carlton Brimm - Lincoln High School Senior
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
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Carlton Brimm learns valuable life skills in addition to formal education

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:46
Pete Love - Chiles High School
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: American Graduate
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High School Junior Pete Loves shares his feelings of success, defeat and perseverance in school.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:58
Blaketon Rogers - Junior at Rickards High School
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: American Graduate
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A class president discusses his responsibilities and motivations, and how he sets an example for younger peers.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:58
NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS: Robert Baade - RFK Charter High School
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: American Graduate
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Robert Baade is interviewed about his methods addressing diverse groups of students.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 07:43
NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS: AVID = Advancement Via Individual Determination
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: American Graduate
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New Mexico students express their motivations for coming to school and what drives them to graduate, in part thanks to AVID.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 04:51
Disabled high school student finds his voice on the radio
From: Craig LeMoult
Caption: Wyatt Davis in the WWPT studio, Credit: Craig LeMoult
High school student Wyatt Davis has a severe form of cerebral palsy, leaving him with little mobility and no ability to speak. But with the help of...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 1
A Treehouse to Remember
From: Philly Youth Radio
Series: Teen Sanctuaries
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Nyseem Smith is a junior at Benjamin Franklin High School. Besides Philly Youth Radio, there’s another after-school program in North Central Philad...

Bought by WHYY and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2012
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 2
Breaking Boundaries Together: Multi-Lingual Collaboration at South Philly High
From: On Blast
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In South Philadelphia High School, students are coming together across racial & language barriers. As the School Safety Collaborative, Philadelphia...

  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:14