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Ep. 6 A Secret Death

From: Haley Taylor
Series: Tales For Other Times

An episode that introduces a character while also saying goodbye to them.

Russ, 2016

From: Greg Miller
Series: PhotoPhonica

Caption: Russ Darling building a stone wall in NE Connecticut. , Credit: © Greg Miller

Russ Darling is a Vietnam Era Veteran who has worn many hats over his life: Poet, Artist, former School Bus driver and most recently, Stone Mason.

StoryCorps American Pathways: Najat Hamza

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Najat Hamza reflects on her experience resettling in the US and her longing for the home she left behind.

Bought by WYAP

Darkness

From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Summer 2020

A piece by Joshua Ivy. I was a boy that overcame abuse from a man.

Sharing Memories

From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Summer 2019

This is me opening up about something no one really knows about.

StoryCorps: Alan Stepakoff and Josh Stepakoff

From: StoryCorps

Caption: Alan Stepakoff (left) and Josh Stepakoff (right)

On the morning of August 10, 1999, a white supremacist opened fire with a semi-automatic weapon at a Jewish day camp in Los Angeles. Five were woun...

Bought by WEZU

These Few Remaining Memories

From: City High Radio

Caption: Mattea, her big sister, Margo, and her dad

Even though Mattea was only six years old when her dad died, the loss still affects her today. In this moving story, Mattea, now 17, sits down to t...

Bought by PRX Remix

StoryCorps: Kayla Wilson and Wendy Founds

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

A story told in two parts: Kayla Wilson came to StoryCorps in 2006 to talk about her mom’s drug addition and incarceration. Ten years later, she re...

Small Fists

From: Ryan Trauman

A flash-fiction story told from the perspective of a boy getting his bearings in the grown-up world of funerals.

People With Depression: You Are Not Alone

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media

Welcome to RadioActive's second podcast of summer 2015. We are talking about depression. We got some advice from a psychiatrist at the University o...

A Good Mom

From: City High Radio

Ceyela, age seventeen, struggles to understand how her mom's mental illness has affected their relationship.

Hurt

From: City High Radio

High school freshmen Jasmine and Emily ask their classmates what they think of kids who cut or harm themselves intentionally. Why do people self ha...

StoryCorps: Kris Kalberer and Erika Kalberer

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Kris Kalberer and her teenage daughter, Erika, talk about being homeless.

Bought by WEZU, KERA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WTJU

Antonio and John

From: Littleglobe

Caption: John Gallegos, left, is interviewed by Antonio Martinez, right, with assistance from Marquell Hicks, center., Credit: Laura Marcus Green

N’MPower participant, Antonio Martinez, interviews Spanish Colonial artist John Gallegos, in a community engagement project between the Museum of I...

StoryCorps: Jeff Lasater and Drew Cartright

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Jeff Lasater (L) and Drew Cartwright

Jeff Lasater tells his friend Drew Cartwright about his son Jeremiah who, after being bullied at school, committed suicide at 14 years old.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KERA, and KMUD

My Mom Has MS

From: City High Radio

Teenager Rudy Gutierrez struggles with the fact that his mom has Multiple Sclerosis.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

The Desert, My Mom, and Me

From: City High Radio

Caption: Tucson from the top Tumamoc Hill, Credit: Trenton Good

16-year-old Trent needs answers, so he skips school and heads out in to the desert to do some thinking. His mother does not approve.

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, YouthCast, and PRX Remix

Thats My Song by Katie Botto

From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: That's My Song!

A introduction to the Youth Spin listeners, as well as a personal story where the song is the main character in the plot. That's My Song weaves tog...

I'll Heal in Time by Jillian Suarez of Radio Rookies

From: YouthCast

As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches this week, a lot of people feel a sense of fatigue--some just aren’t interested in looking back. And one...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio

Facing Foster Care

From: Alaska Teen Media Institute

We all have different stories to tell.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network

Remembering Barbara Jean by Patrick Presby of Blunt Youth Radio

From: YouthCast

Pat remembers his step-mother, Barbara Jean, from the first time they met, to the last time he saw her. Though the 11 years in between were sometim...

Bought by WGXC and KUT

One Daughter's Journey.

From: City High Radio

Vicky was living in a tough situation in Phoenix, AZ. Her mom had told her that her father didn't want anything to do with her. But one day Vicky f...

Bought by WGXC