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How Students Fought to Keep Furness High School Open

From: On Blast

When students at Furness High School found out that their school was on the School District's list of potential school closures, they were shocked.

Added: Apr 11, 2012
Length: 04:57

Teens and Illegal Guns: Attitudes and Uses

From: Y-Press
Series: Teens and Guns: Illegal Uses

Caption: Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility, Pendleton, IN, Credit: Andy Yang and Priya Mirmira, Y-Press

Priya Mirmira, age 15, spoke with 18-year-old inmates who were serving time for gun charges. She learned about their attitudes toward guns, how the...

Added: Mar 16, 2012
Length: 03:38

Teens and Illegal Guns: Access

From: Y-Press
Series: Teens and Guns: Illegal Uses

Caption: Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility, Pendleton, IN, Credit: Andy Yang and Priya Mirmira

In a 2009 survey by the CDC, nearly 1500 Indiana high school students said they had carried a gun for at least one day during the previous 30 days....

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Added: Mar 15, 2012
Length: 03:38
Purchases: 1

Teens and Illegal Guns: Overview

From: Y-Press
Series: Teens and Guns: Illegal Uses

In the last decade in Indiana, about 130 murders were committed by teens, and 79 percent of those involved a firearm. After a Y-Presser lost her co...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Mar 15, 2012
Length: 03:37
Purchases: 1

Reality Check

From: WHJE

A look into the reality of teen sex.

Added: Feb 16, 2011
Length: 05:35

"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

A day in the life of the youngest super delegate

From: Y-Press
Series: 2008 Democratic National Convention

Y-Press journalists attended both 2008 Democratic and Republican conventions creating a diverse body of work, including radio pieces, audio-slide s...

Added: Jul 28, 2009
Length: 04:06

Teen Spending Way Down

From: Youth Radio

Teen spending averages 125 billion dollars a year, but as Asha Richardson reports, 2009 is likely to be a different story.

Bought by WMNF, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW

Added: Jun 05, 2009
Length: 01:58
Purchases: 3

An equal chance at choice

From: Pulse of Portland Music Project

Marshall Campus (formerly Marshall High School) is divided up in three autonomous small schools. Why can't we use each other's bathrooms.

Added: Mar 30, 2009
Length: 02:30

Killing is the New Fighting

From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio's the Best of "What's the New What?"

Caption: Youth Radio reporter Ayesha Walker., Credit: Youth Radio

In an age when handguns are bought and sold for less than twenty-dollars on urban street corners and the price of a human life sometimes seems even...

Bought by PRX Remix and WMNF

Added: Dec 08, 2008
Length: 03:34
Purchases: 2

Gas Prices are the New Curfew

From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio's the Best of "What's the New What?"

When gas prices shot past 4 dollars a gallon this year, commentator King Anyi Howell noticed that no longer were parental curfews curtailing his fu...

Bought by WMNF

Added: Dec 08, 2008
Length: 02:49
Purchases: 1

In Congo We Have Many Churches

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont

A Congolese perspective on church in America

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network

Added: Jul 07, 2008
Length: 02:04
Purchases: 1

the Condom Conundrum

From: Voices of Youth - Moab

The First Amendment and the high school campus.

Added: Jun 29, 2008
Length: 04:55

Dare to Dream

From: WAMU

A look at race relations at a Maryland high school.

Added: Mar 31, 2008
Length: 05:34

In the Name of Service

From: War News Radio

This week on War News Radio, we hear the voices of U.S. forces and the individual stories of the people serving in Iraq.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KGOU

Added: Feb 29, 2008
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Letters from the Outside

From: Blunt Youth Radio Project

Getting letters in jail is part of what keeps Randy going. Here he shares some from his friends in Texas.

Bought by KDNK

Added: Jan 17, 2008
Length: 02:06
Purchases: 1

Human Costs of Prescription Drugs

From: Appalachian Media Institute

Commentator Natasha Watts asks listeners to consider the real costs of the prescription drug addiction epidemic in communities across the country.

Bought by WITF and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Jan 14, 2008
Length: 02:10
Purchases: 2

Teen Suicide (time for a change)

From: Mike Montana

a peice on teen suicide and how it changes an individual

Bought by WXLV-FM

Added: Aug 16, 2007
Length: 04:48
Purchases: 1

The Migration Project: A Youth Radio Special from KUOW and Generation PRX

From: KUOW
Series: Curated Youth Radio Programs from KUOW and Generation PRX

All teenagers search for identity. Some have to ask 'who am I?' in more than one language.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KBRP Community Radio, KSFR, KUNM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more

Added: Jul 05, 2007
Length: 55:56
Purchases: 26

My Name Is Ryan

From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out

Weed, cocaine, morphine, oxycontin, crack, Ryan has tried them all. Once he developed a tolerance for one, he just moved on to the next. Now he's i...

Bought by Remix Radio and WXLV-FM