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There’s a new sound rippling across the capital of Afghanistan. It’s skateboarders trying out new moves at Kabul’s first-ever skateboarding school...

  • Added: May 07, 2010
  • Length: 05:16
Caption: Josier Boser, Chelsea Ratlift, Samantha Maltlen
Obesity, STDs, tobacco, drug and alcohol use are some of the major health concerns Indiana youth. And if kids need care in this difficult economy, ...

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 1
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Immigration reform is on the agenda in Washington this week. While politicians debate the issue, four undocumented high school graduates are about...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2010
  • Length: 05:58
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Moderator Amy Costello speaks with Patrick Meier, the Director of Crisis Mapping and Strategic Partnerships at Ushahidi and a Co-Director of the H...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Mar 04, 2010
  • Length: 14:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Audio Feb 26, 2010 Audio: This week on YO!Radio: citizen reporters trump J-school, girl gets arrested for doodling, and a San Diego frat party mock...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2010
  • Length: 20:20
Caption: 18-year-old Haitian earthquake survivor Bruno Rene, in a recent photo., Credit: Art Creation Foundation for Children
18-year-old Bruno Rene has been sleeping on the streets since the recent earthquake destroyed his home. He has been painting as a way to process h...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2010
  • Length: 02:15
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It can be easy for kids who grow up around gangs to just fall into that way of life. Often it’s because there are no real alternatives. Reporter ...

Bought by Remix Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Pilot episode of "Campus Edition"

  • Added: Nov 11, 2009
  • Length: 23:12
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Alaska can be a treacherous place in the winter for humans, but what about the animals at shelters and that get abandoned. ATMI's Areana Cuddy take...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2009
  • Length: 03:02
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20-year old Fouad and 17-year old Ahmed are from Baghdad. They don’t want their full names used for security reasons. A few years ago, they fled ...

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Oct 02, 2009
  • Length: 07:33
  • Purchases: 1
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There’s clearly no quick fix for the problems facing the developing world. But over the last decade, microfinance has become a popular and success...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2009
  • Length: 05:08
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School has started again and for most students memories of summer have already begun to fade. In Los Angeles, reporter Eve Troeh met a group of ch...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 05:36
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Crime is discussed between the older, middle and younger generations.

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Sep 05, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A new president has just been elected in the tiny oil rich country of Gabon, in central Africa. The country’s former President, Omar Bongo, died in...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2009
  • Length: 04:36
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Across the country, kids are shaking the cobwebs out of their backpacks – and their brains -- and heading back to school. For many, the menu of wh...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: A Maker's Quest 2.0 story
A new study shows that teens who think they'll die young are seven times more likely to contract HIV.

Bought by WMNF and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 26, 2009
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 2
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Karin Agness, a young Republican, started a conservative organization for college females. Started in 2004, Network of Enlightened Women, now has c...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 04:20
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Teenage mothers and fathers not an uncommon sight. These young people can be found in our community and in the media. So, some Y-Press reporters w...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 02:43
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Y-Press reporters talked with conference attendees about Sen. McCain's VP pick. Interviewees included former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, young peo...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 04:09
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Y-Press went to the 2008 Republican National Convention to report youth issues and youth voices at the convention. While in St. Paul, Minn., repor...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 03:39
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A graphic advertising campaign with anti-methamphetamine messages came to Colorado in May. It's part of a multi-year advertising campaign that’s pa...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Wyoming Public Radio, and KVNF


  • Added: Jul 02, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 3
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High school seniors are donning caps and gowns this month and launching themselves into the world. Writer and photographer David Snyder was workin...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 02:15
Caption: Refugees from Iraq sit in the airport in Hanover, Germany., Credit: Associated Press
Features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Jun 05, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
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Like a lot of high school seniors, Mayra Jimenez is weighing her options after graduation, and hoping to be college bound but not broke.

Bought by KVNF, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Michigan Radio Economy Special


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 3
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President Barack Obama's newly appointed Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, is perhaps best-known for his work in Northern Ireland. Youth Radio vi...

Bought by Vocalo.org, WMNF, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 3