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Yes, I'm from China. And yes those people are my parents
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Maya and her parents., Credit: Courtesy of Maya Konz
The first thing you say to someone you just met is most likely a polite greeting: "Hello! What's your name?" But not everyone is that thoughtful.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
My dad's Cinderella story: Finding love in Somalia
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: The author's parents, Fetiha Omer and Abdul-Basit Hassan, in Somalia., Credit: Courtesy of Zubeyda Ahmed
"My dad's life story is kind of like Cinderella’s. He grew up without a mom, worked for an evil relative and found his princess in the least expect...

Bought by Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 1
I checked the 'Hispanic' box, but I feel like a fraud
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Noel Gasca poses for a graduation shot with her father, Rick Gasca, and mother, Kim Chapman., Credit: Courtesy of Noel Gasca
On a sunny morning during her junior year of high school, Noel Gasca was taking the SAT, when she got to a question that left her stumped. It basic...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
My mom was once single and homeless. That's why she does this job
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: The mother of RadioActive producer Hanad Jama, Nimo Husien with her niece Ardo Hersi. (Also a RadioActive producer.), Credit: Courtesy of Hanad Jama
Who are helpers? Often it's people who know how much it means to be helped.

Bought by Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 1
I'm alive because of a dictator's ego and my family's clever thinking
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: RadioActive producer Jad Vianu with his father Alec Vianu., Credit: Courtesy of Jad Vianu
Many people have heard of the brutal dictatorships that ruled Soviet Eastern Europe in the twentieth century. RadioActive youth producer and high s...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 04:55
I Was An Unlikely Homeschooled Student
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Elinor Jones Toutant at the RadioActive Community Listening Party., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/COLLEEN MCDEVITT
Elinor Jones Toutant was homeschooled for most of her education, even though her family isn't one you'd expect to make that choice.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 05:03
Episode 39: The Ups And Downs Of Moving Countries And Choosing Careers
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive Monthly Podcast
Caption: RadioActive's Yafiet Bezabih and Ann Kane in KUOW's studio recording this program. , Credit: Lila Kitaeff
This month RadioActive hosts Yafiet Bezabih and Ann Kane are fixing to surprise you. First we bring you three amazing stories about the challenges ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 16:24
A Mother Who Kept Fighting
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive Fall 2013
Caption: Maria Perez with her daughter Estefania
Being a mother isn’t easy. It’s harder being both single and an immigrant. But that didn’t stop Maria. RadioActive’s Estefania Chirino Perez shares...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:20
How my dad escaped Vietnam at age 14, without telling his mom.
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2014
Caption: Quang Adam Nguyen, Angela's dad, holding the South Vietnamese and American flags. , Credit: Credit Courtesy of Quang Adam Nguyen
Angela Nguyen is going away to college and leaving behind everything she loves. Her dad did the same when he left Vietnam. But unlike her, he left ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:49
Mother
From: City High Radio
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A teenager describes what it's like to grow up without a mother

  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: 03:35
Beautiful, Painful Truth
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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Story of a man who must end a loving marriage when he comes to terms with his homosexuality.

Bought by KUT, KRCB 104.9, KUNM, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 10:10
  • Purchases: 4
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
Getting Raised (Hour long program with 5 or 3 min. newshole)
From: KUOW
Series: Curated Youth Radio Programs from KUOW and Generation PRX
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Teens tell us what it's like to live with parents...or without them

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, KSFR, Georgia Public Broadcasting, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2007
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 19
Hopeless in High School
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Some kids joke about dropping out, but when Sarah Smith's family started to fall apart, she saw it as her only option.

Bought by SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, WXLV-FM, YouthCast, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 03, 2006
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 4
Esther and Abuelita
From: Radio Rookies
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A young woman and senior citizen learn from each other about dealing with loss.

Bought by KVNF and YouthCast


  • Added: Apr 13, 2006
  • Length: 10:03
  • Purchases: 2
And One Day Your Grandma Will Forgive You...
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Lena was born and lived to tell the tale...barely.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2006
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
Talk Early, Talk Often
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Blunt Presents: Youth and Sex
Caption: PRX default Piece image
As a way to approach that awkward child-parent sex talk, Aoife Baker and her mom both read Sabrina Weill's "The Real Truth about Teens and Sex." In...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 03:15
Letters from Prison
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Gloria reads through her 21-year-old brother's letters from prison -- and finally replies.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WFUV, YouthCast, KWCW, and WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 12, 2005
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 5
Trading One Tongue for the Other
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
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A young Filipino-American's poem on growing up in many languages.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMNF, KUOW, YouthCast, KUCB and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2003
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 6