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The Traditional Mexican Wedding
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Youth producers Anai Fuentes and Carla Roman describe the process of a traditional Mexican wedding, through interviews with their mothers. Produce...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 23, 2011
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 1
La Boda Mexicana
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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PRODUCIDO EN ESPANOL. Las productoras juveniles Anai Fuentes y Carla Roman describen el proceso de la boda Mexicana entrevistando a sus madres. P...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: May 03, 2011
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 1
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
Green Army Hat
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Col. Villa
A student at United World College, Nelson Diaz Monterrosa, worked with Youth Media Project's Summer Intensive 2010 to produce this moving piece abo...

Bought by KZYX and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 2
Family Tree
From: Littleglobe
Caption: by Josephnovak33 on Flickr
"Family Tree" is a short piece written and produced by Andres Ortiz. His piece is a journey into Ortiz's unknown family history. Growing up being...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 1
Coming of age "illegal"
From: MPR News Stations
Series: MPR News' Youth Series
Caption: Brenda, 19, walks through her Minneapolis neighborhood. She's been living as an illegal immigrant in Minnesota since she was 7 years old., Credit: MPR Photo/Jeff Thompson
When Brenda was 7, she was carried across the border from Mexico. Now 19, the Minneapolis teen wishes she could live and work legally in the countr...

Bought by WTIP, WGXC, KUNM, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and KSFR


  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 5
A Big Change in My Life
From: Children's PressLine
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In an ESL class, everyone is new to the country. They're learning a new language, new customs... But what's it like to learn English in a class whe...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2010
  • Length: 06:49
"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
"Postcards from Cuba #3"
From: Pat Duggins
Series: "Postcards from Cuba"
Caption: Alabama Public Radio's "Postcards from Cuba" student commentators, Credit: Chip Cooper
University of Alabama students studying abroad in Havana share their experiences in Cuba. Part 3 deals with playing street basketball "Havana style."

  • Added: May 13, 2010
  • Length: 03:01
Postcards from Cuba #1
From: Pat Duggins
Series: "Postcards from Cuba"
Caption: Alabama Public Radio's "Postcards from Cuba" student commentators, Credit: Chip Cooper
University of Alabama students took audio recorders along while studying abroad in Cuba. Part one deals with the "in's and out's" of the marketplac...

  • Added: May 13, 2010
  • Length: 03:18
My Mother's Disease
From: Radio Rookies
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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


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 2
Money Stress
From: Radio Rookies
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Rookie Reporter Erikka Diaz, like many of her neighbors in South Bronx, has lived in poverty her whole life. Her family knows well the anxiety that...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, The Story, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 09:17
  • Purchases: 5
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
Yesica's diary
From: Alix Blair
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This is about a young woman struggling with her identity as a Mexican-American.

  • Added: Sep 09, 2008
  • Length: 04:55
Youngest of three
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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This is my life

  • Added: Jun 06, 2008
  • Length: 01:45
Getting Pierced
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Against his parents' wishes, Luis gets new piercings and explains why.

  • Added: Mar 23, 2008
  • Length: 02:08
How Many Times Do I Have to Say Good-Bye
From: KUNM
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Youth Producer Carmen Gallegos explores her feelings about her father.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Dec 05, 2007
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
Quién Soy?
From: Littleglobe
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Living in two diffrent but same worlds.

Bought by YouthCast, KUOW, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 3
"My Phonebook" by Jesus Lark
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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Overcoming the struggles of those around him, this young writer confronts drug overdose, HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy, gang involvement and imprisonmen...

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 1
Watching My Cousin Sink Into Gang Life
From: Curie Youth Radio
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A teenager charts her beloved cousin's path toward gang life

Bought by Vocalo.org, KFAI Minneapolis, and SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network


  • Added: Mar 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 3
Dominican Republic
From: Radio Rookies
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Angely Tavares considers her parents choice to immigrate to New York city for a better life from her beloved Domincan Republic.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), The Story, WMNF, KFAI Minneapolis, WXLV-FM and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 6
Teen Poetry
From: Youth Mic
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth Mic producer Clevins Browne interviews a peer about her poetry

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jul 10, 2006
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 1
Southwest Side Stories: My Girlfriend Stephanie
From: David Diaz
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True love waits beyond the Chula Vista Lounge.

Bought by WFUV, PRX Lovesick Stream, KRCB Voice of Youth, PRX, and KWCW


  • Added: Jan 30, 2006
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 5
Southwest Side Stories: Dodging Violence
From: Eddie Robles
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When you feel like a coward just for walking home.

Bought by PRX


  • Added: Jan 30, 2006
  • Length: 02:02
  • 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