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Unprisoned Radio Hour: Stories of Being Black and Male in America
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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In this hour we hear three stories about what it's like being Black and male in the United States of America. The first story, from season 1 of Un...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 08, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
We Got Next: Youth Poets Changing the World
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Constellations | Very Quiet, Credit: Flickr
On this edition of Making Contact, we’ll explore how the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival has challenged mainstream cultur...

Bought by WMMT, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WVAS, and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The uncertain future of segregated workshops
From: WXXI Rochester
Series: Exited
Caption: While Carrie D'Olivo says there's no particular task that she especially enjoys in her job at ArcWorks, she says she wants "to stay here as long as I can.", Credit: MALINDA RUIT/WXXI NEWS
For lots of people, leaving high school means looking for a job. But for some people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, finding a job...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:38
Bought and Sold
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: Javille Sutton was a 14-year-old runaway when she accepted a ride from a pimp who sold her across the country for the next six years. She was arrested multiple times as a juvenile. She now counsels girls at a horse ranch for young victims of trafficking.
Advocates for kids are pushing for a new approach to combating underage prostitution: treating young people caught up in sex trafficking as victims...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, WRIR, WEKU, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Vote-less, not voiceless: Dreamers reshape Arizona politics
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Elizabeth Perez working at City Hall, Credit: Valeria Fernandez
From civil disobedience to civic accountability, youth that can’t vote are making the voice of the Latino community heard in local politics and at ...

Bought by WDBM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 17, 2016
  • Length: 10:06
  • Purchases: 3
From Boots to Books: Student Veterans and the New GI Bill
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student hangs a flag outside the veteran’s center at Pasadena City College., Credit: Stephen Smith
The GI Bill of 1944 revolutionized the lives of millions of young veterans, America’s institutions of higher education, and American society at lar...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, WHRV, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSFR and more


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Show #7: Audio Gold
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Weekday High Podcast '08
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With the Olympics in progress, the Weekday High Interns thought it appropriate to ask people about their own Olympic moments. You know, those times...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:32
Determined to Graduate: 'You're Going to See Me on That Stage'
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge
Caption: Paula Dinh, a student at West Brooklyn Community High School, Credit: Jennifer Hsu/WNYC
It was a battle to the end for high school senior Paula Dinh. After years of skipping class and other bad habits, followed by a big push to change ...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
How One Student Who 'Hates School' Finds Her Path to Graduation
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge
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For high school senior Paula Dinh, the path to graduation has been a long one, with times when she questioned her ability — and desire — to finish ...

Bought by WNIJ


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
Quick Queue: Rusty
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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by Amy Friedman- Advertising company, Carmichael Lynch would never want to be viewed as outdated. But what happens when history threatens to get a ...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:19
Culture Queue: "The Rise of the Fall Semester"
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week on Culture Queue, we prepare our listeners for the start of the new semester at the University of Minnesota. We start with our Question o...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 31:04
  • Purchases: 1
Quick Queue: Four Days a Week
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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Four Days A Week, by Marjorie Otto. North Branch High School cut one school day in order to cut operating costs. Now Marjorie Otto returns to her h...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 01:12
  • Purchases: 1
Put to the Test
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Students take a standardized test at a high school in Greensboro, North Carolina., Credit: Billy Barnes
There’s been a dramatic change in public education over the past 10 years and it’s all about numbers. (9/6/2007)

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, NPR Illinois, WTIP, KERA and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Early Lessons
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student in a preschool classroom at River Breeze Elementary, a public school in Palatka, Florida. Preschool used to be a radical idea, but now the majority of American children go to preschool. , Credit: Stephen Smith
There’s been a quiet revolution in America’s schools over recent decades. We’ve added an extra grade to a child’s education: Preschool. (10/29/2009)

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WSKG, KPIP-LP, KMUZ and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
“.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO FAITH, FEMINISM AND HIP HOP.”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
A Local Texas School with a Global Focus
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Caption: Teacher Kevin Gillion gives Spanish lessons, Credit: Ruxandra Guidi
Against a backdrop of failing public schools throughout the state of Texas, there is a new program at Austin High School showing new initiative. It...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 2
America, America
From: Making Contact
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We go to the streets of Richmond, California. and meet Jairo, a 17- year old boy who dreams of playing professional soccer--those plans are put on ...

Bought by KUNM and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Migration Project: A Youth Radio Special from KUOW and Generation PRX
From: KUOW
Series: Curated Youth Radio Programs from KUOW and Generation PRX
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All teenagers search for identity. Some have to ask 'who am I?' in more than one language.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KBRP Community Radio, KSFR, KUNM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2007
  • Length: 55:56
  • Purchases: 26
Teen Coverage of the World Can't Wait Protest
From: Youth Mic
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth Mic reporter Natalie Montalvan covers the World Can't Wait Protest

  • Added: Jul 10, 2006
  • Length: 05:56
Life on 'The Ave'
From: KUOW
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"It's very much an organism in itself. What can I say? This place has a bit of enchantment to it."

  • Added: Apr 06, 2006
  • Length: 23:58
Think Piece: Days of Our Teenage Lives
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Series: Talk of Alaska - Kids These Days
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This Think Piece relating to developing character and values presents a series of scenarios in which kids need good morals to make the right choices.

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
Proust, cattle and self-governance
From: Claes Andreasson
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About the unique and little known Deep Springs College

Bought by WCFM and WUAL


  • Added: Jul 19, 2004
  • Length: 10:21
  • Purchases: 2
Media Swarm
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Blunt Presents Special Coverage of the 2004 Presidential Election
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Inside the press corps circus - the color reporters, the spin alley beat men, the chief political correspondents - at a democratic presidential pri...

Bought by East Village Radio


  • Added: Feb 01, 2004
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 1
Matthew and the Judge: Juvenile Court Diary
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Prison Diaries
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Radio Diaries gave both Judge Jeremiah, a Rhode Island juvenile court judge, and Matthew, a 16-year-old repeat offender, tape recorders in 2001. Ju...

Bought by KRCC-FM, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2003
  • Length: 17:46
  • Purchases: 7