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Growing Up In Poverty
From: City High Radio
Caption: Arturo And His Mom, Credit: From The Collection Of Arturo Camelot
Sixteen-year-old Arturo spent most of his life in what he considers poverty--living on welfare and supported by the Section 8 housing program--but ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
The Real Holidays
From: WHJE
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Whether it’s Thanksgiving, Hanukah, Christmas, or Kwanza we all have to go through the ritual of celebrating the Holidays. But does anyone honestly...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Normal Life
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
Caption: Jacorey Monterio, Credit: Portland Press Herald
From the outside, Jacorey looks like the party guy - he's 16, has his own apartment and seems to be living large. But Jacorey's private desire for ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 06:58
I Don't Call Her Mom
From: City High Radio
Caption: my mom--one of the only photos I have
Fifteen-year-old Ashley hasn't seen her mom in a long time.

  • Added: May 05, 2012
  • Length: 04:20
Mental Illness
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
Caption: Staten Island 2011
I remember going to my first rock show, the Alkaline Trio, I was 12, a tall 12-year-old. I left there a mess. I had been hit in the face, my shir...

Bought by PRX Remix, Vocalo.org, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 3
Half My Family Is Illegal
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
Caption: Staten Island 2011
"At some point when I was growing up I admit I was mad at my parents for coming here. I was mad that they had to work so hard, that we had to wait ...

Bought by KDNK, KSFR, KUOW, Vocalo.org, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 5
Is Foster Care a Good Thing? One Teenager's Opinion
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
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After going through foster care, this Minneapolis High School kids wonders about the good accomplished by foster care.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Best Couple by Vikky Cruz of Radio Rookies
From: YouthCast
Caption: Deoine and Vikky
YouthCast features a love story in honor of civil unions between same sex couples being recognized in the state of Illinois and the marriages of co...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WGXC


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 2
How to Make Sure Kids Get Enough Sleep
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Avinash Patel, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Many young students are not able to get the sleep they need each night. Avinash Patel, a student at Susan B Anthony middle School in Minneapolis ha...

  • Added: May 14, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Our Ups and Downs
From: WHJE
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Growing up with and raising a family member with Down Syndrome.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
"If These Walls Could Talk: Inside Youth Speak Out" SEASON TWO
From: Susan Stone
Caption: Justice for Youth mural, Credit: San Francisco Juvenile Justice Center
"IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK: Inside Youth Speak Out" is a poetry series drawn from testimonial writings by the youngest members of America's prison ...

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 14:58
  • Purchases: 1
Back of the Head
From: WHJE
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No matter who you are, each one of us has a story and you can never be sure of what is true about someone until you get to know theirs. This is Le...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 04:31
Lost Quest
From: City High Radio
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M's father lives in Texas, far from her home in Tucson, Arizona. Life in Tucson with her mom feels unstable, so she decides to run away.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2010
  • Length: 06:42
Stuck
From: Radio Rookies
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Kaddeem Wright enjoys reading philosophy and arguing with his friends about history and politics. With his smarts and innate curiosity about the wo...

Bought by The Story, KUT, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 08:55
  • Purchases: 4
My Mother's Disease
From: Radio Rookies
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17-years-old Vikky Cruz struggles to cope with her mother's illness, a rare genetic disease called neuroacanthytosis, and the ways it's taken over ...

Bought by Vocalo.org and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 2
I Wonder What They're Like
From: WHJE
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Bradley and Nicole are not allowed to know anything about their birth parents until they turn 18 because they are part of a closed adoption.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 05:47
My Not So Sweet Home
From: Radio Rookies
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14-year-old Radio Rookie Krystle Monclova has been living in a group home in Manhattan since last summer. She never expected to wind up in "the sys...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 09, 2009
  • Length: 09:19
  • Purchases: 1
what age would you like to have a baby?
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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age to have a baby??

  • Added: Nov 05, 2008
  • Length: 02:22
The Good, The Bad & The Junkie
From: WAMU
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story examines abuse of the attention deficit disorder drug, Ritalin.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
My Brother
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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No matter how many times Allen has screwed up his brother has always stood by him. Now Allen's incarcerated at the Long Creek Youth Development Ce...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2008
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 1
J-Kronic- She's on It!!
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This piece is about J-Kronic's life, her struggles, her little boy!

  • Added: Jun 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:56
Prison Visiting Hours
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Jennifer talks to her brother through the glass during prison visiting hours.

Bought by PRX Remix, WGXC, and WFUV


  • Added: Mar 23, 2008
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 3
How Many Times Do I Have to Say Good-Bye
From: KUNM
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Youth Producer Carmen Gallegos explores her feelings about her father.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Dec 05, 2007
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
What's Divorce Like for You?
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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This is a vox pop I made about divorce.

Bought by PRX to iTunes, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 3
The Hurricane
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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When I was 13, I lived in Florida with my mother. This is a story about a hurricane we lived through together, and how our lives changed in the aft...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, The Nature Podcast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 07:40
  • Purchases: 3