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Show #16: Expressing Ourselves
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Weekday High Podcast '08
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It?s our last podcast of the summer, and we?re going out with two pieces about self-expression. DaeDae Williams shares a powerful poem about the c...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:52
Cassandra Wilson: the 2009 Grammy winner in her own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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The 2009 Grammy winner talks about finding her voice, with a little help from Miles Davis and musical parents who figured "you're going to get the ...

Bought by PRX Remix, WNCU, KGLT, KUCB, WMPG and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 9
This I Believe - Kij Johnson
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Writer Kij Johnson believes rock climbing helped her reject thoughts of suicide and embrace life.

Bought by WEZU, XRAY.fm, WEZU, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 4
My Brother
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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No matter how many times Allen has screwed up his brother has always stood by him. Now Allen's incarcerated at the Long Creek Youth Development Ce...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2008
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 1
My Sister's Brain Cancer
From: Nanci Olesen
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a commentary by Nanci Olesen about her sister's brain cancer

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KXOT Public Radio, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: May 22, 2008
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 3
Necessary Losses
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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A short first person essay about losing my hearing

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Oct 21, 2007
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 1
The Hurricane
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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When I was 13, I lived in Florida with my mother. This is a story about a hurricane we lived through together, and how our lives changed in the aft...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, The Nature Podcast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 07:40
  • Purchases: 3
Home Again
From: SCAD Radio
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Student returns to hurricane ravaged hometown

  • Added: Dec 25, 2006
  • Length: 04:52
Teens from Brooklyn Join the AIDS Effort in Ethiopia
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Two HIV-poitive teenagers from Brooklyn traveled to Ethiopia and recorded a Digital Diary about their experience

  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 08:13
Digital Diary: A youth anti-violence activist in the Philippines tells her story
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Youth producer Cora Buala from the Phillipines, a youth anti-violence activist, reports her own story

Bought by WXLV-FM and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Elvia Bautista
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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After her brother?s murder, Elvia Bautista believes in remembering all the victims of gang violence.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 3
At the Children's World Water Forum, girls from Kenya and Nigeria shares her views
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Children come together to talk about water and sanitation: the girls' education ramifications

Bought by KWCW


  • Added: Mar 23, 2006
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
Southwest Side Stories: Escaping City Racket
From: Givan Carrero
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A Chicago girl finds peace behind the chain link fence.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2006
  • Length: 02:23
A Cook's Notebook: Coffee and Going Home
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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you'd like to think that you've grown up when you go back home.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Mom: I Joined the Marines
From: Curie Youth Radio
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An apology and a plea for a mother's understanding when a son joins the Marines.

Bought by KUOW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUOW, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2005
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 8
Saul and Joshua
From: Seth Lind
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A portrait of a subway musican duo struggling to stay together

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WYSO


  • Added: Dec 13, 2004
  • Length: 21:48
  • Purchases: 2
Movin' Out the Bricks
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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A year in the life of Catherine "Coco" Means, as she leaves her long-time home in a Chicago public housing development and moves to her first priva...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KGNU Community Radio, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 8
House of Pain
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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Public housing residents scramble to figure out where to go next when their Chicago public housing high-rise is slated for demolition. It's all p...

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 2
Learning to Live: James' Story
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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The story of an ex-felon's transition from prison to the free world. James, who narrates, is 38 and has been in and out of prison all his adult lif...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUER, RadioFreePalmer, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 11
Tift Merritt: In her own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Drinking sherry with the angels, and other tales from a Southern songwriter.

Bought by The Story, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KMHD, WTMD, WNCW and more


  • Added: May 25, 2004
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 7
Dar Williams: In her own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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A dinosaur nephew, El Greco, and blockbuster movies -- they're all in the mix for songwriter Dar Williams.

Bought by KMHD, KNAU, East Village Radio, and WNCW


  • Added: May 11, 2004
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 4
Rene Marie: in her own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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A dynamic jazz singer demonstrates how she used to imitate Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan -- and why she put imitation behind her as she found h...

Bought by KVNF, PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMHD, WHQR and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2004
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 7
Gillian Welch: In her own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Gillian Welch is known in Nashville for songs that echo the sounds of the Carter Family and the Stanley Brothers. But Welch isn't after nostalgia -...

Bought by PRX Remix, KMHD, KNAU, East Village Radio, WVPE and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2003
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 9
Regina Carter: In her own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Today's leading jazz violinist talks about the experience of playing Paganini's violin, and about her passion for Latin rhythms.

Bought by PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMHD, KZYX, KNAU and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2003
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 9