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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
Yes, I'm from China. And yes those people are my parents
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Maya and her parents., Credit: Courtesy of Maya Konz
The first thing you say to someone you just met is most likely a polite greeting: "Hello! What's your name?" But not everyone is that thoughtful.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
I was homeless and my life was trash. Then this Seattle family took me in
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: April Reyes (far left) with the family who took her in. From left to right: Mariya Manuel, Tanya Kim, Tamar Manuel and Alan Lee., Credit: Courtesy of April Reyes
For most people, family will always be family because you're blood. But in April Reyes' case, it doesn’t quite work that way. / This story won the ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 2
Depression in 7th grade: 'I want to die but if I could get help that would be awesome'
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Sam struggled with depression in middle school., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/NATALIE NEWCOMB
“I started being like, I can’t talk about these things. You’re basically taught to bottle up your feelings in middle school.” RadioActive Youth M...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 2
These Are My Mom's Beautiful, Painful Hands
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Shina William's mother worked for many years in factories. When she was working she felt a pain, tingling over her hands., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/SHINA WILLIAMS
Look at your hands, and think of all the things you do with them: hold an ice cream cone, drive your car, scroll through Facebook. What if all of t...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 2
I Always Wondered What A Psychiatric Hospital Was Like, And There I Was
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Fallon, 17, suffered a psychotic episode in sophomore year of high school., Credit: COLLEEN MCDEVITT / KUOW
Lots of teens struggle with depression or anxiety, but what’s less talked about is psychotic disorders in teens and what the struggle is like. Radi...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 1
Life After Trauma
From: Lee Romney
Caption: Jennie Wiley with her collaging journal, Credit: Lee Romney
The story of one woman with PTSD and her efforts to re-train her brain so she can live a new life.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WDBM, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 4
Honesty
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: the narrator, looking out of place at a dance ceremony in Farende, Togo
A West African folktale in which dishonesty is revealed through a dance competition.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 03:19
How Break Dancing And Hip Hop Saved My Life
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: Krubel Amare shows off a head spin in the KUOW studio., Credit: KUOW Photo / Sanda Htyte
RadioActive Youth Media producer Krubel Amare breaks down the true essence of Hip Hop culture, and how it’s impacted himself and the people around ...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 1
Song Story S0.E5 - James Dalton's "Mama's Got Her Ukulele" (pre-season sneak-peek)
From: Eric Ginsberg
Series: Song Story
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer/songwriter and DIY...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2014
  • Length: 12:09
In Preparation for Sleep
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
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Daily routines can become monotonous, but when dealing with mental illness these tasks can feel insurmountable. Student producer Alanna Duncan take...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:19
Only For My King
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Benuel Esch grew up Amish in Lancaster Pennsylvania, but twenty years ago he started asking questions. Though he left to explore other paths, he fi...

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, KUT, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 4
The Maine Event
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Several times a month, art dealer Rob Elowitch becomes Robbie Ellis, "America's Sexiest Sexagenarian Superstud," a legend in Maine's independent wr...

Bought by WMPG and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 2
A Pirate Looks At Forty
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A profile of a young fisherman in Maine.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 1
Not Ready for a Box
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A woman decides to kick her drug addiction.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 1
Julie and the Snails
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Julie Keene harvests snails for a living, but she's had to give that up to fight against a major corporation.

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:33
  • Purchases: 4
On ice
From: peter smith
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Iceboats, skimbatting, and skate sailing

  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 02:33
Shelf Life Radio 1: America's Number One Vegetable
From: Amy Conger
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Taking a potato plant to McDonald's; what will they say?

  • Added: Mar 14, 2008
  • Length: 09:30
Escape Velocity
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ten homeless teens write and perform skits, poems, and letters based on life experiences.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), New Hampshire Public Radio, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 3
Letters from Prison
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Gloria reads through her 21-year-old brother's letters from prison -- and finally replies.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WFUV, YouthCast, KWCW, and WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 12, 2005
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 5