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Being Bicultural: Stories of Asian American Youth
From: WAMU
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A look at what being "bicultural" means.

Bought by WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Yellowstone Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 6
La Bug
From: KVMR
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A 16 Year Old Girl and her 72 VW Bug

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Aug 24, 2007
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 1
Who Needs 2?
From: Ian Epstein
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An Inside Look At The Seconday Ticket Business

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 04, 2007
  • Length: 18:54
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: Baseball's True Believers
From: Dick Meister
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A game it is, but baseball is serious business to many of its young players.

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:36
The Cigarette Bath
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Emily and her cousin Sarah come up with a novel scheme to save her grandfather from his smoking habit. Rather than being rewarded, their efforts la...

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 3
Anywhere But Now
From: Maria Bartholdi
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The story of a young woman's search for herself, complete with an embarassing visit to a psychic and a dash of a love for Wales.

Bought by Remix Radio, KUNM, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 14:28
  • Purchases: 3
Down With Letterman
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Lance Anderson discusses how David Letterman shaped his youth--at the cost of hot sex.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
Prom Queens
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
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A Gay Prom: gay and lesbian youth have a regional dance and the adults who protect them from protesters

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KRCB 104.9, KPFA, and KWCW


  • Added: May 28, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
School Days
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2002
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Growing up Queer in America

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KZYX, and KWCW


  • Added: May 28, 2006
  • Length: 21:46
  • Purchases: 3
Out on the Streets
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2003
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Award-winning stories of queer kids abandoned by their parents to the streets.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WAMU, WGDR, and KWCW


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 4
Breaking Free
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2001
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Stories of emancipation from the past

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Coming Home
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2001
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Coming Home features stories from the hearth of gay America

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KQED, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
Sissies
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
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Stories from boys who are sissies

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWCW


  • Added: May 25, 2006
  • Length: 29:44
  • Purchases: 2
The Best Baseball Season Ever
From: Dick Meister
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Major League Baseball is OK, but I prefer baseball as it was played by me and others in baseball-crazy Boonville and the other small towns in the M...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2006
  • Length: 04:02
Road Trip: Local Kids Help with Hurricane Relief
From: KRCC-FM
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Springs kids head to Louisiana to help clean up

  • Added: Nov 22, 2005
  • Length: 10:23
Losing a Best Friend
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Short Features
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Producer Joe Bevilacqua chronicles the rise and fall of a longtime friendship.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 28, 2005
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 1
What Matters
From: Vermont Public
Series: 10 in Their 20s
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A 20-something party-goer fights the apathy of his peers.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WZBC


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3
Miracle On The Streets
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A profile of life on the streets for homeless youth told through the experiences of 21-year-old Miracle Draven.

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 01, 2004
  • Length: 17:35
  • Purchases: 1
Mystery Train
From: Hillary Frank
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A teenage couple's date takes a turn for the worse when they run into a girl they know.

Bought by KUT, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, and WZBC


  • Added: May 10, 2004
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 4
From Goody Two Shoes to Rock Bottom
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Listen to George tell the story of how he went from being an innocent kid to surviving two brushes with cancer to being locked up at Long Creek You...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2004
  • Length: 09:28
  • 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
First Menstruation Stories
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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It's both terrifying and highly anticipated, and, as rites of passage often are, perhaps somewhat overrated. Blunt producer Ariel Adams set out wit...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2003
  • Length: 10:32

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