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January 2021 - Support systems for LGBTQ teens who are dating

From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime

Challenges faced by LGBTQ teens who are dating and how straight friends, teachers, and hopefully parents can support them.

My Coworker Who's Parenting a Daughter Thousands of Miles Away

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: I Sat Down With...

Mariah Karis talked to Sarah Peruzzi, whose daughter is a 15-year-old training to become a professional ballet dancer. Ada Peruzzi's talent and tra...

America's Bilingual Future

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism

With changes in schooling to add more bilingual education and the fact that the United States is getting more diverse, American future is bilingual.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Yes, I'm from China. And yes those people are my parents

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features

Caption: Maya and her parents., Credit: Courtesy of Maya Konz

The first thing you say to someone you just met is most likely a polite greeting: "Hello! What's your name?" But not everyone is that thoughtful.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

I'm alive because of a dictator's ego and my family's clever thinking

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features

Caption: RadioActive producer Jad Vianu with his father Alec Vianu., Credit: Courtesy of Jad Vianu

Many people have heard of the brutal dictatorships that ruled Soviet Eastern Europe in the twentieth century. RadioActive youth producer and high s...

How My Bookworm Sister Left Our Refugee Camp

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features

In the United States, we take the right to get an education for granted but that's not the case for many refugees. RadioActive's Faisa Muse brings ...

I Was An Unlikely Homeschooled Student

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features

Caption: Elinor Jones Toutant at the RadioActive Community Listening Party., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/COLLEEN MCDEVITT

Elinor Jones Toutant was homeschooled for most of her education, even though her family isn't one you'd expect to make that choice.

StoryCorps: Max Hanagarne and Josh Hanagarne

From: StoryCorps

Caption: Max Hanagarne (left) and Josh Hanagarne (right)

StoryCorps gives people the chance to talk to each other about the events that have helped shape who they are. Josh Hanagarne did just that with hi...

Ms. Pearce

From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Fulmore Middle School 2017

Ms. Pearce talks about her life and career, which led her to Fulmore Middle School.

StoryCorps: Calvin Burns and Stepheni Bellamy

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Calvin Burns and his teenage daughter, Stepheni Bellamy, visit StoryCorps to have a difficult conversation about rac

Bought by WVBI-LP, Public Radio for All, and WMUU-LP

Break Away From Tradition

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism

Caption: Jewish students at Syracuse University celebrate the culture during a pre-orientation program , Credit: Alyssa Goldberg

24% of Syracuse University is Jewish. See how some students embrace the stereotypes of being Jewish, while also breaking away from celebrating Juda...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

On A Visit To The United States, A First Encounter With Racism

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media

Caption: RadioActive's Kamna Shastri and her cousin Ananya Shankar in Seattle, Credit: Jenny Asarnow

A 13-year-old girl in Chennai, India, had always wanted to visit the United States. But when she does, her idealized view of America is tested by t...

Bought by WJCT