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School innovations
From: Y-Press
Series: (w)indy
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Chicago Public Schools only graduates about half of its seniors each year. To engage kids and keep them in class, some schools are trying unique an...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 03:32
Seasonal Affective Disorder
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ever had trouble keeping your motivation during the winter?

  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 06:23
Rainbow-Earth
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What is spirituality?

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 05:10
Doomsday Theories: Extraterrestrials
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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Is the end of the earth at hand? How will it happen? Terrascope Youth Radio reporters Eitan Stern-Robbins and Alexandros Zervos talk to MIT Profe...

Bought by KSFR, WMPG, and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Apr 30, 2010
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 3
The Cow Gas Effect
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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Does it matter for the environment if you choose not to eat meat? Yes. Tim Griffin, professor of agriculture at Tufts University, tells us why. (WA...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, YouthCast, and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 3
Living with Your High School Going Green
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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Going green isn't always easy, as Terrascope Youth Radio's Hichem Hadjeres finds out from his classmates.

  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 02:43
Turf vs. Grass
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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Terrascope Youth Radio reporters Camara Langford and Eitan Stern-Robbins try to find out which is better for the environment, artificial turf or na...

Bought by KISU and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 2
Memorial Drive Vibes
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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How where you are makes you feel.

  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 02:36
Coyotes in Cambridge?
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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Terrascope Youth Radio reporters Manon Bonnet and Camara Langford are surprised to learn that there are some unusual animals roaming the streets of...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 03:34
The Cambridge Public Library Goes Green
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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Terrascope Youth Radio reporters Kyle Alpert and Syed Rahman report from the opening of the new, green Cambridge Public Library.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:28
Biodiesel: French Fries or Smog?
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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Terrascope Youth Radio reporters Manon Bonnet and Alexandros Zervos discuss biodiesel fuel with MIT's Sara Barnowski.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 04:25
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
Soil Scientists Overlook Keg Party
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Refuse from keg party not found in sediment of lake

  • Added: Mar 14, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Facts about the new street drug Spice or K2: synthetic cannabinoids
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Spice packet, Credit: Wikimedia
Jahan Marcu is one of the few cannabinoid scientists in America. Chris Goldstein interviews him on the substances containing synthetic cannabinoids.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2010
  • Length: 14:13
Cern: World Machine and the BIG BANG!
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: CERN
The world machine: What happened before the Big Bang? What is the WORLDMACHINE? In Switzerland deep down under the ground scientists are imitating ...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: 29:58
Fatalistic Teens Increase Risk of HIV Infection
From: Youth Radio
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
Fresh Greens: Teens and the Environment
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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Tells the stories of how American youth think about their daily impact on our planet.

Bought by KVMR, KZYX, KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUNM and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2009
  • Length: 51:29
  • Purchases: 10
Science?
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a short piece on whether or not creationism should be taught in science classes.

Bought by Belfast Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 1
Energy Brat
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Antony Jaureguí questions why he doesn't question energy use.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, YouthCast, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 3
Testing the Waters: The Young Women's Summer Institute Research Project
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: The Sounds of Progress: The Changing Role of Girls and Women in Science and Engineering
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Research suggests that the experiences girls have with science during their middle school years are the most critical in determining whether they ...

Bought by WDBM, Radio Newark, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Sep 19, 2008
  • Length: 14:37
  • Purchases: 3
The Great Research Challenge: Engaging Girls in Computing
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: The Sounds of Progress: The Changing Role of Girls and Women in Science and Engineering
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Learn how Dr. Lecia Barker, a researcher at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is working with a computer magnet program in the Denver public ...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Sep 19, 2008
  • Length: 15:23
  • Purchases: 1
A Scientist's Religion
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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Winooski High School science teacher talks about his religious beliefs

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jul 07, 2008
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 1
Audio postcard from Costa Rica: The Search for the Red-eyed Tree frog
From: ComRadio
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WPSU student intern David Klatt is in Costa Rica this semester. Recently, he ventured into the rainforest in search of the red-eyed tree-frog . . ....

  • Added: Oct 24, 2007
  • Length: 03:34
Chuck the Seal Learns to Speak
From: BSR Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A young harbor seal named Chuck at the Boston Aquarium performs his fledgling talent

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 09, 2007
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 1
Identification Day
From: Kate Hinds
Caption: PRX default Piece image
While the layperson might not be able to tell the difference between a bovine patella and a piece of a T-Rex, the experts at the American Museum of...

Bought by PRX Administrator and 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station


  • Added: Mar 03, 2006
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 2