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RESCUE, part 29: Trans-Generational Urgency
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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We are nearing the end of the 33-part RESCUE series. This week we turn our attention to the young people around the world that are approaching outd...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 05:14
AMOS 18.222: Youth Health Now, 11/6/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Youth Health Now

  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Shaky Ground: Tilly, Child Hero
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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On December 26, 2004, Tilly Smith was on vacation in Thailand with her family. Thanks to her school lessons, Tilly helped save many lives by recogn...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Shaky Ground: Tsunami Sister City
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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Following the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan, a small boat belonging to Takata High School in Rikuzentakata was swept o...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
Child Hero Martina
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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In the early morning hours of February 27, 2010, Martina Marturana felt a slight tremor that lasted a long time. The 12-year-old lived on Robinson...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
Child Hero Abby
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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Abby Wutzler, from Wellington New Zealand, was vacationing in Samoa on September 29, 2009 when she noticed the ocean was withdrawing. She had also ...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Shaky Ground: Kamaishi Heroes
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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Kamaishi junior high students saved themselves and many others during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Geologist Lori Dengler highlights t...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Attacks on Education Hurt Democracy
From: Duke University
Series: Glad You Asked
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Education is more than job training, says Duke University professor Priscilla Wald.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2016
  • Length: 02:06
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
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Growing up Anxious
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio Commentaries
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Youth Radio's Justin Cruz has always struggled with anxiety, even as early as fifth grade. But as he's getting ready to start his junior year of hi...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:04
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
Bully
From: Kristen Garnier
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A ten year old girl outruns her bully and grapples with the onset of adolesence...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
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
Education Is A Good Thing
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Putting a blind man's tooth in his eye enables him to see.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 01:21
  • Purchases: 1
An Affordable Education For Young Folks
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Don't spend the next 10 years paying off your college loans.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:26
Green Teen
From: Tom Niemisto
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Hudson Valley Youth in a new gardening project

  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:45
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