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From Ethiopia
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Fall 2019
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Being told by my mother that I’m Ethiopian is the only connection that I have to this stranger: my father.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Dec 11, 2019
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 1
Halfway
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Summer 2018
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My story is about the Mixed/Biracial experience in America (specifically Chicago). I chose to do this because I am mixed race. I identify as Black ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2018
  • Length: 07:40
When parents are in prison, kids pay the price
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Arvaughn Williams: "Because of his incarceration, I have to show the world that I won't fall into this system and this cycle that traps so many people, black men like myself.", Credit: Catherine Girardeau
When someone is imprisoned, it doesn’t just affect the incarcerated. It affects the people left behind. Young people. Nearly three million children...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:33
Thanksgiving
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Youth producer Rochelle Smith gets to the real meaning of Thanksgiving with her family. Produced at LBJ High School in Austin, Texas, as a part of...

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 2
I Live In Martin Luther King Plaza; What About You?
From: Curie Youth Radio
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A tour of Chicago's west side and one teenager's memories.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and WTIP


  • Added: May 19, 2009
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 2
Not All Bad things
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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A twelve year-old's audio diary about life with a mom in prison.

Bought by The Story, KGLT, KLCC, and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 4