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You Have To Have Another Life, Depending On You, To Make Sure They're Taken Care Of

From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2018 Martin Middle School Stories

Destiny, Sharnay, and Jacob interview their mothers about teenage motherhood.

Wendy Linebrink-Allison works directly with the New Mexico Crisis and Access Line and works towards de-stigmatizing mental illness and having an op...

Native American Identity

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media

A mother and daughter embrace their heritage

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Wyoming Public Radio, KRUA, WXLV-FM and more

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 ...

Grandmother

From: The Telling Room

Caption: Maryama Abdi, Credit: Molly Haley

When Maryama Abdi came with her family to this country from Somalia, she left behind someone very dear to her.

American Heaven

From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: McBurney YMCA 2012

18-year-old Radio Rookie Reporter, Danielle came from the Congo when she was 13 years old, leaving her mother and the life that she knew behind in ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix

Really, I'm Trying.

From: Shizue Roche Adachi

A sister tries to reacquaint herself with her older brother during a cross country road trip only to realize it might not be so simple a task.

Bought by WTIP

Starving for Perfection

From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions

Listening to Chloe (a 16 year old) play the violin is listening to an inspired, emotional, and technical artist. But Chloe doesn’t agree. Focused...

Nothing's Ever Permanent in Foster Care

From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011

When I first went into foster care, I just felt lost. My friends kept saying, “Yo, you’re changing. You’re acting like you’re depressed.” I used...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, Vocalo.org, and PRX Remix

Half My Family Is Illegal

From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011

"At some point when I was growing up I admit I was mad at my parents for coming here. I was mad that they had to work so hard, that we had to wait ...

Bought by KDNK, KSFR, KUOW, Vocalo.org, and PRX Remix

Our Ups and Downs

From: WHJE

Growing up with and raising a family member with Down Syndrome.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network

"If These Walls Could Talk: Inside Youth Speak Out" SEASON TWO

From: Susan Stone

Caption: Justice for Youth mural, Credit: San Francisco Juvenile Justice Center

"IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK: Inside Youth Speak Out" is a poetry series drawn from testimonial writings by the youngest members of America's prison ...

Bought by WGDR

To Diné - Santa Fe Indian School

From: Littleglobe

A poem by three students from the Santa Fe Indian School's Spoken Word team -- Santana Shorty, Clara Natonabah, and Nolan Eskeets -- about understa...

Someone to Tuck Me In

From: Radio Rookies

Last year at a routine check-up, 15-year-old Raymond Henderson decided to tell the truth. When his doctor noticed bruises on his neck, Raymond admi...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KUOW

My Mother's Disease

From: Radio Rookies

17-years-old Vikky Cruz struggles to cope with her mother's illness, a rare genetic disease called neuroacanthytosis, and the ways it's taken over ...

Bought by Vocalo.org and KUOW