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A West Philadelphia bar, closed due to escalating violence is re-imagined, then re-purposed it into a life-changing youth center.
- Added: Aug 13, 2021
- Length: 02:25
To counter the environmental impact of plastic food wrappers, an Indian school created a way for food manufacturers to find a solution.
- Added: Jun 29, 2021
- Length: 02:36
A high school cross country team is changing up their workout routine by teaming up with a local dog shelter to help exercise the pups.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:32
Lunch-room anxiety is real for people of all ages. A California high-schooler is finding everyone a seat with her new app,
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:32
Writer, activist, designer found a way to give Muslim girls a voice by creating comic books and videogames where Muslim women are the superheroes.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
First impressions are everything, but sometimes they don't come cheap. A New York man is providing at-risk youth with suits to give them the shot t...
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
A local energy crisis inspired one Rwandan youth to begin developing sustainable technologies for his village and his country.
- Added: May 14, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Move over Thomas Edison! A resourceful teenager creates electricity in his South African village using mostly trash and food scraps.
- Added: May 14, 2021
- Length: 02:30
As economic gaps rise, students are often the most affected. In Utah, one school is finally taking a stand for less fortunate students.
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:30
In some US neighborhoods, it is easier to get a gun than fresh produce. In Los Angeles, Ron Finley is taking a stand - one garden at a time.
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:30
In 1979, a sixteen year old boy starts planting trees to save his island, and it works.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Apr 01, 2021
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 1
A prepatory school in disheveled Newark New Jersey successfully helps young men reach their highest potential.
- Added: Apr 01, 2021
- Length: 02:21
In 1969, fried-chicken tycoon J. David Bamberger, had a novel idea:
to buy the worst piece of land he could find in the hill country of Texas and ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2021
- Length: 02:34
High school students in Denver, Colorado are recycling grocery bags into "plarn", or plastic yarn, which can then be crocheted into blankets and ma...
- Added: Mar 09, 2021
- Length: 02:22
A young boy designs video games about peace. He grew up as a Ugandan refugee and became a brilliant video game designer and business owner.
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Mar 05, 2021
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 1
One man has given away over 60 thousand bicycles to kids and others in need.
- Added: Feb 27, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Cities and states are “reopening” amid rising cases of COVID-19. Often young people are blamed for this rise, tune in to hear why GJ youth reject t...
- Added: Jul 02, 2020
- Length: 08:41
One musical theatre major reflects on the support of her family, and how things have changed for her since COVID-19.
- Added: May 25, 2020
- Length: 09:02
This week on the show: Enemies of the state? -
Tanzania's President John Magufuli has turned pregnant teenagers into enemies of the state, clai...
- Added: Oct 10, 2019
- Length: 30:00
Since the US Men’s National Soccer Team failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, many American soccer players have been looking to sign onto inter...
Bought by WNYO
- Added: Oct 09, 2019
- Length: 21:55
- Purchases: 1
Women Warriors: The Voices of Change multimedia concert performed by Orchestra Moderne NYC, under the direction of Amy Andersson, features the musi...
Bought by WOUB
- Added: Sep 18, 2019
- Length: 05:26
- Purchases: 1
This week on the show : Ceuta, the Spanish enclave in Morocco, is a European town on African soil. It's often the frontline of clashes between Afr...
- Added: Nov 08, 2018
- Length: 29:55
Abby Wutzler, from Wellington New
Zealand, was vacationing in Samoa
on September 29, 2009 when she
noticed the ocean was withdrawing.
She had also ...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Why do kids bully? And what moves them to stop?
- Added: Sep 12, 2017
- Length: 30:58
- Purchases: 2
Abner talks about how he responded to his own bad choices and the problems they created by joining the Army. In Urban Warriors, Abner connects with...
- Added: Jul 19, 2016
- Length: 05:56
