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March 2023 – Coming out
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
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For many gay teens, it’s easier to come out than it was for earlier generations. But is that true for everyone?

  • Added: Feb 28, 2023
  • Length: 04:48
The Complexities of Love
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Fall 2020
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This is the story of loving someone who doesn’t exactly feel the same way.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2021
  • Length: 04:06
#StayHome: Youth Voices PT. 2
From: Generation Justice Admin
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In mainstream media and government narratives, youth are blamed for being careless during the pandemic. Tune in for a montage of youth voices who s...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 11:54
Here I Go Again
From: City High Radio
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Corinna, 16, got into so much trouble that her parents told her she needed to pack her bags. So she did.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 05:36
Organic Path
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2013
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Organic Path: Two teens explore an unusual vocation that inspires new options for their future.

  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 04:33
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
I Don't Call Her Mom
From: City High Radio
Caption: my mom--one of the only photos I have
Fifteen-year-old Ashley hasn't seen her mom in a long time.

  • Added: May 05, 2012
  • Length: 04:20
We, Youth
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by Marius Dollinger, Flicker
“Three pages about life in the shelter and overcoming problems” - Mercedes Downing

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 1
E-Mentors
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Amy Vang, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Business professionals are helping high school students get started in business careers through an e-mentoring program. The program, through the Ta...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Beautiful Winter
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Kalia Xiong, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Minneapolis Edison student Kalia Xiong tells that there is a lot to like in Winter.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
This Is Why I Drove
From: Ben May
Series: [Chapters from] The Great American Novel
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Tales of a taxi driver in the after hours of the night

  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 15:05
the Condom Conundrum
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
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The First Amendment and the high school campus.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:55
Human Costs of Prescription Drugs
From: Appalachian Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Commentator Natasha Watts asks listeners to consider the real costs of the prescription drug addiction epidemic in communities across the country.

Bought by WITF and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2008
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 2
A City Bigger Than
From: Radio Arte
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a social commentary/spoken word piece about the City of Chicago.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1