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UnFictional: The Road Warriors
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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When it comes to crazy, immoral and stupid decisions, nothing can match a teenager looking for a good time. So it's lucky that a story about teenag...

Bought by WCNY, XRAY.fm, KFAI Minneapolis, KOSU, Aspen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 7
Portrait of the Bully as a Young Man
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: Jeff's first day out
Jeff's reputation as a bully was something of a legend in the coastal town where he grew up. Eight years later, and with a chance to start over ag...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, Listenwise, KUOW, and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 09:34
  • Purchases: 5
A Little Flushed Up by Sarah Zhang of WHJE
From: YouthCast
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Poop talk: when its personal, its embarrassing—at least for most people—but when you’re talking about global access to sanitary conditions, it’s a ...

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 1
The Sound of School
From: WHJE
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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
Pittsburgh Compline
From: Sunday X
Series: Pittsburgh Compline
Caption: Heinz Chapel Chancel
Compline from Heinz Chapel on the University of Pittsburgh Campus. Programs will air weekly all year, designed for 11:00 PM to midnight Sunday air...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
Emo Kids and Why They Act that Way
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
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Emo, short for emotional is a type of dress and lifestyle currently available to High School kids. The piece tells about emo kids.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Best Couple
From: Radio Rookies
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When seniors at a small public high school in the Bronx cast their votes for "Best Couple" they chose a pair they admire but who definitely defy th...

Bought by KSFR, KALW, XRAY.fm, WABE, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 9
Millennials Face a Tough Job Market
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Reporter Rina Palta takes a hard look at how the toughest job market in decades will shape this recession generation.

Bought by WXVU 89.1 FM Villanova


  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 12:48
  • Purchases: 1
The story!!!!! austin
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Going crazy down the street.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:04
Rights of the Child
From: Darren Copeland
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
The Berlin Airlift and Candy Bombers
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: The American pilot Gail Halvorsen
Berlin the capital of Germany, was in a difficult situation after world war 2: The city was split into sectors by the allied forces. Military jets ...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Aug 22, 2010
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 1
"Postcards from Cuba #3"
From: Pat Duggins
Series: "Postcards from Cuba"
Caption: Alabama Public Radio's "Postcards from Cuba" student commentators, Credit: Chip Cooper
University of Alabama students studying abroad in Havana share their experiences in Cuba. Part 3 deals with playing street basketball "Havana style."

  • Added: May 13, 2010
  • Length: 03:01
My Mother vs. The Streets
From: Radio Rookies
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In the past, hanging out with boys has gotten Jacuyra into trouble. But as a 16-year-old who doesn't often think about the consequences of her acti...

Bought by KUT, KVNF, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 5
"Monesticism"
From: WHJE
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Religion vs Money

Bought by Vocalo.org and KSFR


  • Added: Nov 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 2
George and the Alien
From: andy boyd
Series: Stories that Take Place in Space and End in Death
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A very short story about Aliens.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2009
  • Length: 02:58
Gentrification on Logan Circle
From: Big Shed Audio
Caption: Logan Circle Neighborhood - Washington, DC, Credit: (Google Maps)
Profile of a DC neighborhood in transition by 8th grade students and teachers from The Cesar Chavez Public Charter School in Washington, DC.

Bought by KUT, YouthCast, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 18:56
  • Purchases: 3
ANOTHER TATTOO???
From: Scribes Creative Writing Club SUNY SB Southampton
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What her mother said, again!

Bought by KSFR and KUT


  • Added: Oct 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 2
Conservatives young and old give their take on Sarah Palin
From: Y-Press
Series: 2008 Republican National Convention
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Y-Press reporters talked with conference attendees about Sen. McCain's VP pick. Interviewees included former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, young peo...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 04:09
The Site Specific Show
From: The Ladies Village Improvement Society
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Look around you.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: 26:16
From Boston to Berlin with college radio host Chance Dorland
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Series: Across the Ocean - the first Transatlantic Radio for kids
Caption: Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange
Ten´s of thousands of students from the States and Europe take part in exchange programmes every year. In this show, Radijojo's American intern a...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2009
  • Length: 18:44
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
Respectacle: A Mockumentary
From: Susan Barrett Price
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Voices of innocence against the institutional clangor. Third Coast sound art.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:30
LiveHopeLove
From: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
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Writer and Poet Kwame Dawes explores HIV/AIDS in Jamaica, produced by Outer Voices, in association with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WSKG, KBRP Community Radio, KZYX, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2008
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 22
Legal Emancipation
From: Radio Rookies
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At 15 emancipation has brought both freedom and hardship for Radio Rookie Jordan Teklay. Now 17, he's trying to understand what it means to be an a...

Bought by The Story, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 4
For Your Eyes Only
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
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Just listen to it, it's short

  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:07