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Huge decisions are being made everyday under our noses without us being aware. This includes the student assignment for elementary and middle schoo...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 01:35
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My Choice My Voice teen Nicholas Ramsey interviews playwright Parnell Herbert about his work advocating for the Angola 3 and fighting for human rig...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 08:32
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Huge decisions are being made everyday under our noses without us being aware. This includes the student assignment for elementary and middle schoo...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2013
  • Length: 03:42
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On May 23, the Boy Scouts of America voted to lift its ban on gay youth members. The ban on gay adult leaders still stands. This program looks at...

Bought by KVSC, KVSC, WXDU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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A $25 million federal grant has been awarded to improve math achievement in low-income middle schools across the nation. Ground zero for the progra...

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  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
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For kids in school, Spring Break is offering a much needed respite from the pressures of being a student. Two psychologists are working with a tech...

Bought by KENW and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 2
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An hour-long radio documentary examining sexual assault on high school-aged girls in Indiana, featuring stories of sexual assault survivors, as wel...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 53:59
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There are times when you find yourself in the right place at the right time.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 03:35
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Weird News Perry is a weekly segment about weird news

  • Added: Jan 15, 2013
  • Length: :16
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Many six year olds believe that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. The President of the NRA, is of the same mind...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2012
  • Length: 04:13
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Young voters could play a major role in this presidential election. But what issues are most important to those under the age of 30?

  • Added: Nov 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:45
Caption: Tyler Carter, Credit: Ian Hill/KQED
Tyler Carter, 20, of Ukiah, Calif., talked with KQED’s Lillian Mongeau about how his father's opinions make him feel about politics.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: :51
Caption: Tatiana McBraun, Credit: Ian Hill/KQED
Tatiana McBraun, a political science major at San Jose State, told KQED’s Lillian Mongeau she feels too much security can be a bad thing.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: :33
Caption: Ross Rothpanhar, Credit: Ian Hill/KQED
Ross Rothpanhar is a public health major at University of California, Berkeley. He says growing up poor made him appreciate government services.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:06
Caption: Kashawna Williams, Credit: Ian Hill/KQED
Kashawna Williams, an administrative justice major at Ohlone College in Fremont, Calif., and a former foster youth, discusses her drive to fix the ...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: :43
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Rosemary Hindle works at the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in Brussels, Belgium. She talked with Alison Turner about the signif...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2012
  • Length: 05:47
Caption: Youth Spin
As part of the Youth Spin Summer Workshop series the teens of Youth Spin looked deep into the inner workings of four youth related organizations in...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2012
  • Length: 04:39
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A man with no hands is accused of throwing a volleyball-sized boulder through a window at a restaurant

  • Added: Jul 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:03
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HENDERSON, Texas - An east Texas high school senior who reported being raped on campus by a fellow student in 2010 was wronged when she was punishe...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 02:43
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This week on Culture Queue, we head into summer and bring along some scintillating stories. We start off with a report from Producer Noel Clark on ...

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  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 27:28
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Charles Lewis, Jr and his mother during his sentencing hearing, Credit: mlive.com
The anatomy of a sentencing hearing for a juvenile in Michigan facing life in prison without the possibility of parole. Charles Lewis, Jr was 13 wh...

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 17:14
  • Purchases: 2
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"My Little Protest"

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 31:45
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Guillermo Cespedes often gets calls in the wee hours of the night. He's the Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles, and he's responsible for overseeing the c...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 08:27
Caption: Second Presbyterian - Where Knight Life meets., Credit: Candice Ludlow
Eva Miller was a high school teacher in an inner city high school when she noticed her students needed something more in their lives, so she create...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
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Joe Hunter is a former gang member from the mean streets of Detroit. He's created a non-profit to support his efforts to stop gang violence in Mem...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 06:20