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Etiquette of Texting
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Ruth Mullin, Credit: Philip Nusbaum
"Technology is great," says Ruth Mullin, student at Susan B. Anthony Middle School (Minneapolis). But too much texting can cause you to ignore your...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
I Love Tejano Music
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Youth producer and radio DJ Yithzak Ledesma explores his love of Tejano music and interviews a local Tejano DJ. Produced at LBJ High School in Aus...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
Enjoy, Believe, Dream
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Graffitti , Credit: Tattooed JJ
From The Santa Fe Indian School, Kayleen Duran created this piece about why she thinks it's important to enjoy, believe and dream.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2011
  • Length: 01:44
Cheer Leading is a Sport
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Sami Pineda, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
It's strenuous and requires teamwork and committment, so this cheerleader claims cheer leading as a sport.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Don't Shoot! I'm the Guitar Man
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Buzzy Martin taught guitar in San Quentin Prison for three and a half years, where he gained a unique "insiders" perspective about prison life, pri...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2010
  • Length: 29:30
Water, A Universal Human Right
From: Littleglobe
Caption: photo by: snap® @ flickr.com
Producer Dolna Smithback traveled down under to Melbourne, Australia with Youth Media Project’s Global Broadcasting Team to cover events at the Par...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 08:46
"Postcards from Cuba" #4
From: Pat Duggins
Series: "Postcards from Cuba"
Caption: Alabama Public Radio's students commentators for "Postcards from Cuba", Credit: Chip Cooper
University of Alabama students send back audio diaries on their experiences studying in Havana, Cuba. #4 deals with one student catching up with di...

  • Added: May 13, 2010
  • Length: 02:51
Lost Quest
From: City High Radio
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M's father lives in Texas, far from her home in Tucson, Arizona. Life in Tucson with her mom feels unstable, so she decides to run away.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2010
  • Length: 06:42
Read a Book
From: Radio Rookies
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Keith Harris had a secret when he started school in the U.S. for the first time: he didn't know how to read and write.

Bought by WDBM, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 09:24
  • Purchases: 4
Home Alone
From: Radio Rookies
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Krystle loves her mom very much and she feels guilty about how hard her mom has worked to provide a good life for them, but Krystle sometimes wonde...

Bought by The Story, KUT, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 3
Annalyse by Hanna Telander
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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A freshman at St. Francis High School, and member of the team "Brave as a Noun," Hanna competed in the finals of the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb Teen P...

Bought by KUER, KUOW, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 3
Listen by Daniel B.
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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Daniel B is a senior at Mather High School in Chicago, and took part in the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb Teen Poetry Slam finals, competing as an Indy p...

Bought by KUER and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 2
Incarcerated Parents
From: Radio Rookies
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15-year-old Keith Tingman remembers his tenth birthday better than any other birthday before or since. That was the day he watched his mom get arre...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Vocalo.org, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 4
Thank You by Cia Matthew
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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Cia is a senior at Maine East High School in Park Ridge, IL, and competed in the final round of the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb Teen Poetry Slam with T...

Bought by KUER and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 2
Hands by Team Maine East
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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Team Maine East took part in the final round of competition in the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb Teen Poetry Slam. Team Maine East is Jaime "Breeze" Esp...

Bought by KUER and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 2
A Defined Goddess by Melena Bass
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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A sophomore at TEAM Englewood Community High School on Chicago's south side, Melana helped represent Team Englewood in the finals of the 2010 Loude...

Bought by KUER and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 2
My Lunar Affair by Myara Robinson
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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A sophomore at Englewood Community Academy High School, Myara says her poem is a love confession to the moon. Myara is part of Team Englewood, one ...

Bought by KUER and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
I'll be Sittin' by Keith "Blu" Warfield
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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Keith is a sophomore at TEAM Englewood Community Academy High School, and says his poem is about meeting his girlfriend on the bus during a school ...

Bought by KUER, YouthCast, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 3
Remember by Tasha Viets-VanLear
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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A finalist in the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb Teen Poetry Slam, Tasha Viets-VanLear is a junior at Northside College Prep in Chicago. She says "Rememb...

Bought by KUER and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 2
Dropping Out
From: Littleglobe
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Sam Pearson, a former high school student in Santa Fe, NM, discusses the reasons why he dropped out of school.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 24, 2010
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
One Story of Disability Care in New Mexico
From: Rogi Riverstone
Series: KUNM News
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Interview with a single mom of two developmentally and physically challenged daughters on her struggles with the medical profession and the Childre...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 11:27
This I Believe - Alaa El-Saad
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Texas student Alaa El-Saad believes in wearing a hijab, a religious head covering for Muslim women.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KBGA 89.9 FM


  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 3
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
Teen Mother's
From: Littleglobe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
David Jaramillo talks to a teen mom from Santa Fe High School and hears about a typical day in her's and her child's life.

  • Added: Oct 31, 2008
  • Length: 03:53
Growing Up in The System
From: Radio Rookies
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WNYC Radio Rookie, Shirley Diaz's life has been shaped by the tragedy of her mother's murder and having been raised in several foster homes. To avo...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KUT, PRX Remix, KUOW, YouthCast and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 11:42
  • Purchases: 8