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From MIT to the Real World
From: Terrascope Radio
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Physics, math, canyoning between buildings: Not scary. Finding an apartment, learning how to vote: Scary. How one young woman feels about making th...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 03:40
Feeling Raced
From: Terrascope Radio
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Does your race affect how you act? Well, it probably affected how you answered that question.... In this award-winning story, hear why one young ma...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 3
Horror Films Are Art Too
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio Commentaries
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Youth Radio's Billy Cruz enjoys producing films as his way to express himself artistically, but his high school didn't see his films as art.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:03
Choosing Money Over Dream School
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio Commentaries
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Youth Radio's Nanette Thompson has to lead with her wallet rather than her dream when it comes to picking her college.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:04
Feeling Safe Is My Top Priority This School Year 
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio Commentaries
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Samone Perry shares with Youth Radio her concerns about feeling safe at school, as she's getting ready to start her junior year of high school.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 01:04
My Bay Area Love Letter
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio Commentaries
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As Youth Radio's Soraya Shockley heads off to college, she's making sure to soak up pieces of the Bay Area she loves the most.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:08
Smart And Socially Inept
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio Commentaries
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Youth Radio's Soraya Shockley talks about her dilemma as the smart girl in school.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:07
  • Purchases: 1
Destiny Of a Dishwasher
From: Youth Radio
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Youth Radio's Billy Cruz grew up dreaming of the day he would join the family business... but when the time finally came, his dream job wasn't all ...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:03
Teen Worries College Is No Longer Possible
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio Commentaries
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Youth Radio's Zildjian Shane shares why he thinks his chances of getting in to a great college are closed to none.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:05
A Students-Eye View Inside Philly’s Public Schools
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Julia R. Masterman High School Student Nuwar Ahmed introduces us to her classmates and teachers—all of whom are struggling to keep education a prio...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 07:10
Calm outside the infinite
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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Overcaffeinated and stressed, MIT students rush down the "infinite corridor." But a few steps away is all it takes to make a calming, peaceful moment.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:57
Where Were You Fifth Period?
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Why we cut class and where we go, really.

Bought by KUOW, WFUV, WXLV-FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, WUAL and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2006
  • Length: 02:04
  • Purchases: 6
Teachers Go Wild
From: David Diaz
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When school's out and the kids go home, the teachers go....

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and YouthCast


  • Added: Mar 21, 2006
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 2
Southwest Side Stories: Forty in a Classroom
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Overcrowded schools mean sixth grade in a mobile unit, seventh grade at a highschool.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Mar 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 2
In the Gym, Trying to Fit In
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Sitting in the gym, watching the girls play b-ball, and trying to pretend you belong.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 19, 2005
  • Length: 01:14
  • Purchases: 1
Back to School in a Garbage Can
From: Curie Youth Radio
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A collage of love notes, tardy slips, and other detritus collected from high school garbage cans.

Bought by WTIP, KZYX, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, YouthCast and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2005
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 9