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I Secretly Wanted To Be A Model
From: City High Radio
Caption: Krysta's Old Math Teacher, Ms. White, Credit: Xochitl Coronodo Photography
Fourteen-year-old Krysta had always secretly wanted to be a model, but she didn't know anything about the business. She decided to interview a form...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:09
A Child's View of Domestic Violence by Valencia McMurray of MPR News
From: YouthCast
Caption: Valencia and her mother, Charlene, Credit: MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
For fourteen years, a singular event has shaped Valencia McMurray's life: her mother, Charlene Sanders, was violently attacked by her father when s...

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Aug 14, 2011
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Traditional Mexican Wedding
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Youth producers Anai Fuentes and Carla Roman describe the process of a traditional Mexican wedding, through interviews with their mothers. Produce...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 23, 2011
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 1
La Boda Mexicana
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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PRODUCIDO EN ESPANOL. Las productoras juveniles Anai Fuentes y Carla Roman describen el proceso de la boda Mexicana entrevistando a sus madres. P...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: May 03, 2011
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering Barbara Jean
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: Pat (left) and Joshua Presby
If Pat could tell his late step-mother, Barbara Jean, one thing, it's that he probably should have listened to her advice.

Bought by YouthCast and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 2
A girl on the football team?!
From: Y-Press
Series: Gender
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In the 40 years since Title IX was enacted girls’ participation in high school and college sports has risen over 900 percent. Y-Press radio produce...

Bought by WXDU and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 04, 2011
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
Introduction: youth and gender
From: Y-Press
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Gender roles don’t seem to have quite the pull they used to have. In 2008, the U.S. came close to having a woman in the Oval Office. Engineering sc...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2011
  • Length: 02:53
Uncovering Anorexia
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: KFAI Youth News
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The KFAI Youth News Initiative creates a platform for young women of color to give their unique perspective on issues they face in their communities.

  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 05:34
CHICK/LIT
From: Inez Tan
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This feature explores the global subculture of Slash fiction, a genre of fan fiction where pop culture/media fans write stories about their favouri...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2010
  • Length: 31:38
Home Alone
From: Radio Rookies
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Krystle loves her mom very much and she feels guilty about how hard her mom has worked to provide a good life for them, but Krystle sometimes wonde...

Bought by The Story, KUT, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 3
Finding Their Voices
From: War News Radio
Caption: A demonstration for women's rights in Baghdad., Credit: AP Images
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: May 17, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
My Plate Full, Yours Empty
From: Curie Youth Radio
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What one family makes for dinner when the cabinets are empty.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., PRX Remix, Michigan Radio Economy Special, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 6
Riot Boy
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
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One boy's unlikely connection with the music of northwest feminists

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KFAI Minneapolis, WGDR, KUOW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2008
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 6
A Softer Voice
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Hillary's been playing music all her life and her gender never seemed to matter. But when she began composing things got more complicated.

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, Remix Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 6
The All-American Cambodian
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Chandra's mother is distant toward her activities, including cheerleading, at high school. Her mom has never watched her cheer. She objects to the ...

Bought by WMPG and YouthCast


  • Added: Jan 17, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Bernice's Digital Diary: A Ghanian Girl's Take on London Part #2
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Bernice Akuamoah celebrates her 21st birthday in London at her television station internship.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Dec 06, 2007
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
Fatuma's Digital Diary: Daily life for girls in the slums of Kenya
From: UNICEF
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This Story is free! A young girl tells the story of her life in the slums of Nairobi and the lives of other girls in her community

Bought by WMFO and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 27, 2007
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 2
Obesity
From: WAMU
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Jennifer has curves to die for...but she doesn't want to die for 'em! Find out why her friends don't necessarily feel the same.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WBEZ, and KCUR


  • Added: Aug 10, 2005
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 5
Raising Grandchildren
From: Michael Spikes
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Monique reports on the emotional strains of raising a grandchild.

Bought by KUOW, PRX, Hawaii Public Radio, and WYSO


  • Added: Apr 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 4
What I did for Drugs
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Two young women tell their stories of drug addiction.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 11, 2004
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 1