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A Transgender Childhood

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera

Growing up isn't easy - when you feel as if your mind is one gender, and your body another.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, KGNU Community Radio, and PRX Remix

Added: Apr 25, 2011
Length: 03:03
Purchases: 4

Dubsteppin'

From: WHJE

A wobble bass and distortion, now you have dubstep.

Bought by KDNK

Added: Apr 13, 2011
Length: 02:33
Purchases: 1

The Sound of School

From: WHJE

Ever wondered how school would sound if it had a rhythm?

Bought by WTIP, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and PRX Remix

Added: Apr 11, 2011
Length: 03:18
Purchases: 3

Competition Hill

From: City High Radio

Caption: The Dunes at Bowie, Credit: Joseph Moore

Fourteen-year-old Joseph takes you on a dirt-bike race through the Arizona desert dunes.

Added: Apr 03, 2011
Length: 03:17

The Assassin's Bell

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2007 Third Coast ShortDocs: Dollar Storeys

A young Soviet 'Pioneer' (i.e. boy scout) squares off with the CIA -- will he live to tell the tale?

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Apr 01, 2011
Length: 03:04
Purchases: 1

Empowerment Through Music

From: KUNM

This show will be dedicated to New Mexico Jazz Workshop’s new program, Empowerment through Music’s Juvenile Detention Center Digital Technology Pr...

Bought by KRZA

Added: Mar 26, 2011
Length: 01:00:59
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

Rising by Degrees

From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education

Caption: Students on their graduation day from Montgomery College, a community college in Maryland. Most young Latinos looking for a way up through higher education choose community college, but a lot of them never make it to graduation day. , Credit: Emily Hanford

Young Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and they are among the least likely to graduate from college. (11/5/2009)

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, KPIP-LP, KQED, KZYX, Nevada Public Radio and more

Added: Mar 17, 2011
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 7

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

Testing Teachers

From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education

Caption: Teacher Joe Curtis working with a student at Hardy Elementary School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Credit: Emily Hanford

Kids need good teachers. It’s something people know instinctively. But experts disagree over how to measure teacher quality. (8/26/2010)

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

Added: Mar 17, 2011
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 10

New Sounds of China Episode 4: The Chengdu Temperament

From: Peter Vautier
Series: New Sounds of China

A curious mixture of punk rock, localized ska, DIY pop, and cannabis-infused folk from the city of Chengdu, gateway to China's wild west.

Bought by WLRH and WNJR

Added: Mar 02, 2011
Length: 59:01
Purchases: 2

Isn't That Kind of Impersonal?

From: WHJE

A tale of a boy and gift purchasing problems

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network

Added: Jan 24, 2011
Length: 11:07
Purchases: 1

Floating School

From: michal rahfaldt
Series: COP16 Youth Voices from Africa

Two teenagers from western Zambia embark on a journey across the river to visit schools in the flood plain. After seeing the serious challenges stu...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network

Added: Dec 19, 2010
Length: 06:25
Purchases: 1

Binghamton-area Student Reflects on Regional Economic Change

From: Emma Jacobs

High school student, Christine Dodd explains the changes she's seen happen to local businesses. Produced for The Innovation Trail local journalism ...

Added: Nov 24, 2010
Length: 03:45

Read, Read, Read!

From: Learning Matters
Series: Lessons from Haiti: Schools after the earthquake

Caption: Mackenton Louis reads to a group of kids at Lycee Toussaint L'Ouverture in Port-au-Prince, Credit: Judith Scherr/Learning Matters

A group of readers heads out to tent camps around Haiti to read to children displaced by the earthquake.

Added: Nov 22, 2010
Length: 07:52

Despite Budget Cuts, Youth Meet Their Own Needs

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

When the City of Oakland cut their after school homework help program, High school senior Nora Rose started volunteering at her library to help fil...

Added: Nov 16, 2010
Length: 02:18

Rights of the Child

From: Darren Copeland

Voices of youth responding to social issues are re-worked into a sound art treatment of news documentary material. The voices are derived mostly f...

Added: Oct 05, 2010
Length: 16:42

PUNK ROCK:THE RAMONES!!

From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network

The Ramones!! WORN OuT SNeaKRS, BASiN HaircUTS, LevI'S, LeaTHer MOToR BiKE JACKets, 2 Minute Punk Songs, Definately NO Solo's. Just a taste of th...

Bought by WDSE

Added: Aug 12, 2010
Length: 02:00:00
Purchases: 1

A Reason for the Purpose

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Maybe you know where your food comes from. But have you seen and heard about farming through a 13-year-old boy’s eyes? Colby Perron shares his thou...

Bought by KRZA and WMPG

Added: Jun 07, 2010
Length: 05:51
Purchases: 2

Schooled: Teens' Stories About American Public Education

From: KUOW
Series: Curated Youth Radio Programs from KUOW and Generation PRX

Caption: Claudia Villa with her high school diploma

Teens talk about standards, inequality, and getting out of public high school in America. Schooled is one hour of some of the best youth radio st...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KTSW 89.9, KMXT, KGOU, WSKG and more

Added: May 25, 2010
Length: 55:59
Purchases: 32

Sound Kapital And Beijing's Rock Rebellion

From: Avishay Artsy

Caption: A photo of the Beijing rock band Hedgehog, taken from the book "Sound Kapital.", Credit: Matthew Niederhauser

A look at a fast-changing China through the lens of youth culture and rock music.

Added: May 03, 2010
Length: 06:59

Horse Therapy

From: Dmae Lo Roberts

Caption: Grace Kurlychek, Credit: Dmae Roberts

A girl with disabilities receives emotional and physical therapy through horse-riding.

Bought by KGUA and WRVO Public Media

Added: May 01, 2010
Length: 05:08
Purchases: 2

Stimulus Loan Gives Laser Web Extra Ammo

From: Joe Sampson

Stimulus dollars are being poured into the American economy for projects that build schools, fix roads, put people to work and rescue small busines...

Added: Apr 26, 2010
Length: 03:47

I'm Not Emo

From: Radio Rookies

Like most of the kids in her school and on her block, 16-year-old Josetta Adams used to listen to hip-hop. But when she slipped into a depression, ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, and KUOW