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OutCasting 101 -- Healthcare issues faced by transgender people – part 2 of 2
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcasters Carys and Andrew
Transgender people face many obstacles in life. One of the most pressing is the difficulty they can find in getting appropriate healthcare. In th...

Bought by KMUN and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Sep 30, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
OutCasting 100 -- Healthcare issues faced by transgender people – part 1 of 2
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcaster Carys and Andrew
Transgender people face many obstacles in life. One of the most pressing is the difficulty they can find in getting appropriate healthcare. In th...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The scariest thing about heroin? 'You're gonna love it'
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Alyssa started using heroin when she was 14. She’s now 20 and works as a daycare teacher., Credit: FLICKR PHOTO / B.A.D. HTTPS://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/BRADADOZIER/
"My own family didn't even know who I was anymore. I didn't even know who I was anymore."

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KSFR


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 2
Waking Michelle
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
Caption: PRX default Piece image
She sets 56 alarms every day, which are really good at waking everyone *else* in her dorm....

  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 02:28
The Idea Of A Better Future Keeps Teen Mom Going
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: Reporter Walter Stanton, Credit: Courtesy of KUOW
Gabby Saechao was in her first year of college when she heard those two dreaded words: “You’re pregnant.”

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Bosnian War Inspires Student Feminism And Filmmaking
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive Fall 2014
Caption: Foster High School senior Nandina Cengic is a feminist, filmmaker and activist., Credit: JESENKO SPAHIC
Azeb Tuji explores the myths of feminism and dispels the rumors with a local high school student Nandina Cengic.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
Why This Teen Stopped Hiding Her Dad's Abuse
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive Fall 2014
Caption: Ivy Jacobsen speaking about her abuse at her high school graduation., Credit: Ivy Jacobsen
Noel Gasca explores the story of the seemingly perfect girl next door.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 28, 2015
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 2
The Importance of a Good School Nurse
From: Anne Hoffman
Series: Generation Voice
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Across the US, fewer than half of all public schools have a nurse available to kids all day, every day, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Founda...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:18
Green Fashion Designers
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Summer Soundwave
Caption: Aarti with a dress by Chrissy Wai-Ching
In Seattle, some in the fashion industry are going green. Aarti Chandorkar finds out how two young designers - Chrissy Wai-Ching and Renee Corrick ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KLCC


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 2
What a Girl Wants
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Summer Soundwave
Caption: Aarti Chandorkar blindly tastes some high calorie chocolate cake
We take a break from all of the serious topics we've been covering and get into two things we love: fashion and food. We ask locals to define Seatt...

Bought by KUT and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 16:55
  • Purchases: 2
GenderPalooza
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2013
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For the first RadioActive podcast of summer 2013, new hosts Isaac Noren and Carlos Nieto bring you stories about gender and gender stereotypes.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 13:07
A Mother Who Kept Fighting
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive Fall 2013
Caption: Maria Perez with her daughter Estefania
Being a mother isn’t easy. It’s harder being both single and an immigrant. But that didn’t stop Maria. RadioActive’s Estefania Chirino Perez shares...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:20
28 and Single
From: kim fox
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In Egypt, family, marriage and love all mix together in an unexpected way, especially when it comes to arranged marriages. The American University ...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 10:31
  • Purchases: 1
Trial of Eve by Hannah Srajer
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: Hannah Srajer, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Hannah Srajer, 18, is a senior at Oak Park and River Forest High School and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the second time this year. ...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Thick by Mia Harris
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: Mia Harris, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Mia Harris, 17, is a junior at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the second time this ye...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 1
Midnight Manifesto by Ana Marx
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: Ana Marx, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Ana Marx, 16, is a junior at Francis W. Parker School and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the second time this year. Exploring the art ...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:43
Letter to My Unborn Daughter by Nina Coomes
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: Nina Coomes, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Nina Coomes, 19, is a sophomore at The University of Chicago and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the fifth time this year. Her piece "L...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:06
The Blind Side (Live!) or When White Women Raise Black Men by Kush Thompson
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: Kush Thompson, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Kush Thompson, 18, participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the fourth time this year. Her piece "The Blind Side (Live!) or When White Women Rai...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
AIDS by Chelsea Dixon
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: Chelsea Dixon, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Chelsea Dixon, 16, is a sophomore at Oak Park and River Forest High School and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the first time this year...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:45
Shred by Camara Brown
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: Camara Brown, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Camara Brown, 17, is a senior at Oak Park and River Forest High School and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the second time this year. H...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:47
Black Wars by Savia Gordon
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: Savia Gordon, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Savia Gordon, 18, is a senior at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the fourth time this ...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
You Keep Going Back to Him by Antwon Funches
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: Antwon Funches, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Antwon Funches, 15, is a freshman at Simeon Career Academy and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the first time this year. His piece "You...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:47
Big Mirror Moment
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
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It's not always easy to examine yourself in front of the mirror, especially as you acknowledge out loud what you consider to be your deepest physic...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
Teen Baby Mamas
From: Listen Up New Orleans!
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Teen pregnancy in New Orleans

  • Added: Jul 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:50
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