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Chasing the Crescent Moon: The Story of Dr. Frempong and Sickle Cell Disease
From: Aaron Schwartz
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A documentary exploring sickle cell disease and an extraordinary doctor who is fighting the illness in Philadelphia and West Africa.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KCMJ Community Radio, WRGY, KUNM, KUNM and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Teen Baby Mamas
From: Listen Up New Orleans!
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Teen pregnancy in New Orleans

  • Added: Jul 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:50
What Happened to My School?
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Gabe Terracciano woke up one morning to find King Middle, his former school, the object of national scrutiny over a controversial birth control po...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2007
  • Length: 06:40
Housing the Homeless
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Ed Paige had been homeless for twenty years. But now, thanks to an innovative housing facility in Portland Maine, Ed finally has a stable place to ...

Bought by WMPG and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Dec 06, 2007
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 2
How We See the Homeless
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Blunt reporter Zoe High takes to the streets to unravel some of the prevailing perceptions of the homeless, and spotlights one organization in Port...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMPG, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Dec 06, 2007
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 3
Into a Million Pieces
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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John Halligan talks about the loss of his son to suicide.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 19:53
  • Purchases: 3
My Name Is Ryan
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Weed, cocaine, morphine, oxycontin, crack, Ryan has tried them all. Once he developed a tolerance for one, he just moved on to the next. Now he's i...

Bought by Remix Radio and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 2
Politics of the HPV Vaccine
From: BSR Radio
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A look into the politics of the HPV vaccine in Rhode Island and nationwide.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUNM, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 04, 2007
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 3
The Cigarette Bath
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Emily and her cousin Sarah come up with a novel scheme to save her grandfather from his smoking habit. Rather than being rewarded, their efforts la...

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 3
And One Day Your Grandma Will Forgive You...
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
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Lena was born and lived to tell the tale...barely.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2006
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
Confessions
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
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An adolescent boy in love faces the trauma of a transnational relationship.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 08:08
  • Purchases: 1
Becoming a Man
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Blunt Presents: Youth and Sex
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Do you need to lose your virginity to be considered a man? Parris Cayer-Leary turns to his grandfather for answers.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 22, 2005
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Let's Talk About Sex
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Blunt Presents: Youth and Sex
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Johanna Greenberg says parents, including her own, are falling down on the job when it comes to "the talk." So she makes the first move.

Bought by KZYX, PRX to iTunes, and YouthCast


  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 3
Talk Early, Talk Often
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Blunt Presents: Youth and Sex
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As a way to approach that awkward child-parent sex talk, Aoife Baker and her mom both read Sabrina Weill's "The Real Truth about Teens and Sex." In...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 03:15
From Goody Two Shoes to Rock Bottom
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Listen to George tell the story of how he went from being an innocent kid to surviving two brushes with cancer to being locked up at Long Creek You...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2004
  • Length: 09:28
  • Purchases: 1