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High school students in Denver, Colorado are recycling grocery bags into "plarn", or plastic yarn, which can then be crocheted into blankets and ma...
- Added: Mar 09, 2021
- Length: 02:22
Jane Vance and Lucinda Roy, who taught at Virginia Tech during the shooting that killed 32 people in 2007, talk about the aftermath.
- Added: Apr 17, 2017
- Length: 01:47
- Purchases: 2
Labre (pronounced labra) is a program named after St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Patron of the homeless, and is an outreach to the hungry. Each Monday,...
- Added: Jan 03, 2017
- Length: 06:19
When Paige was faced with the difficult decision of choosing between her mother's faith and her access to education, she was forced to put her own ...
- Added: Jan 20, 2016
- Length: 02:57
Jessica Ross has been painting the town of Fisher, Minnesota for years. She’s painted farm logos on tractors, created a mural for Fisher High Schoo...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Nov 30, 2015
- Length: 09:31
- Purchases: 1
Joshua Williams struggles every day paying for food and finding a place just to sleep. Listen to an American teenager who has been homeless.
- Added: Aug 26, 2013
- Length: 05:11
Jabari Omari dealt with adulthood much sooner than the typical teenager. This is his story of being forced to grow up way too fast.
- Added: Aug 23, 2013
- Length: 05:41
La' Trisha Dillon has to confront the financial consequences of a serious relationship coming to an end. In doing so, she's pushed to her limits.
- Added: Aug 23, 2013
- Length: 05:18
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2013
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2013
Organic Path: Two teens explore an unusual vocation that inspires new options for their future.
- Added: Jul 30, 2013
- Length: 04:33
Tyrese Graham remembers his first day as a teacher at John Marshall Metropolitan High School in Chicago, IL.
- Added: May 29, 2012
- Length: 02:16
- Purchases: 2
Sarah Byrn, student at Susan B Anthony Middle School in Minneapolis wonders how the expression "shut up" became known as impolite. She says there's...
- Added: May 10, 2011
- Length: 01:00
Sam Pearson, a former high school student in Santa Fe, NM, discusses the reasons why he dropped out of school.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Mar 24, 2010
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 1
There is an editor within each of us, and sometimes that editor needs to be killed. This poet is a student at Maine East High School (Park Ridge,...
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:26
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
