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Education Equity:My Experience
From: KUNM
Caption: Lucia Martinez, Credit: Generaton Justice
What is Education Equity?

  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 07:15
Learning to Laughing Through The Pain
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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Since she was a little girl, Saphira's life has been structured around the limits of Cerebral Palsey. Pushing through physical and emotional pain, ...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
Changing the Image of Muslims in America
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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One amazing woman, Anila Ali, is transforming the stereotypes of Muslims in America through her work as a teacher, journalist, author, and activist...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 08:04
Culturology: Erika Kooda on the Forthcoming End of an Era
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda shares a short essay on some monumental changes she faces in 2013. From graduating high school and entering Columbia College in Chicago...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 2
Teenage Iron-Woman
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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Rachel, at 16 years old, pushed herself through the rigors of training for and completing a 1/2 Ironman Triathlon to raise money to vaccinate 1,000...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 12:13
Starving for Perfection
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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Listening to Chloe (a 16 year old) play the violin is listening to an inspired, emotional, and technical artist. But Chloe doesn’t agree. Focused...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 07:37
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
Joy and freedom onstage
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Classical piano or "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"--makes no difference, as long as Aleksya can be onstage, performing for an audience.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 02:20
More than an office
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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It's just a simple office, but for some students it's like a home, complete with an "adoptive mother." It's a routine place made special.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:27
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
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
My Mother vs. The Streets
From: Radio Rookies
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In the past, hanging out with boys has gotten Jacuyra into trouble. But as a 16-year-old who doesn't often think about the consequences of her acti...

Bought by KUT, KVNF, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 5
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
Annalyse by Hanna Telander
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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A freshman at St. Francis High School, and member of the team "Brave as a Noun," Hanna competed in the finals of the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb Teen P...

Bought by KUER, KUOW, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 3
A Defined Goddess by Melena Bass
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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A sophomore at TEAM Englewood Community High School on Chicago's south side, Melana helped represent Team Englewood in the finals of the 2010 Loude...

Bought by KUER and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 2
Broken Love.
From: City High Radio
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A third person account of heartbreak.

Bought by WNIN


  • Added: Feb 05, 2010
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
Mother-Teenage Relationships
From: Youth Mic
Caption: PRX default Piece image
New Yorkers of all ages talk about their relationships past and present with their mothers.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Mar 22, 2009
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
Teen Mother's
From: Littleglobe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
David Jaramillo talks to a teen mom from Santa Fe High School and hears about a typical day in her's and her child's life.

  • Added: Oct 31, 2008
  • Length: 03:53
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
Violence in Relationships
From: Youth Mic
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Excerpt from a live show about violence in relationships

Bought by KUNM, YouthCast, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 5
We Are Lane One
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Emily LaFond can't handle the shame of not being the best. But an embarrassing stint on the school swim team helped her lose her ego.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 02, 2007
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
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