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Youth-producer Adrieana Montes produces an audio essay about her family’s legacy surrounding the number eight. Created in collaboration with P.O.D....

  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 03:26
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Youth producer Jennifer Gonzales interviews Charlie Lockwood about the Oud, a Middle Eastern lute, in this Sonic Portrait. Produced in part with P....

  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 03:09
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Shayla Torres is a senior at Community Academy in Philadelphia and is going to college next year. But first, she’ll have to leave her grandparents ...

Bought by KSFR and WHYY


  • Added: May 20, 2012
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 2
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
Caption: Photo of Ryan Lawless, Facebook
“Kids are worried about what they’ll be and parents worry about their children not doing anything (or enough) with their life. This piece should gi...

Bought by Vocalo.org


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Photo by Wonderlane, Flickr
“Little Lost Fish” was created by Marga Blanco. Having just moved to the USA two months prior to joining YMP’s and SFAI’s Summer Intensive, she mad...

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
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
Caption: Photo by baaker2009, Flickr
“This is about my story, like a river, and how I got adopted.” - Teddy Garcia

  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:03
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Living in a new place can be hard. It can also be great!

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:27
Caption: Photo by, Bmermaid, Flickr
You’ll hear the creative and inspiring voices of young thinkers and writers. This show features the collaborative work of Youth Media Project withi...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Three seniors talk about there feelings and expectations of being at the end of the high school journey.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:36
Caption: Photo by, Matt Callow, Flickr
Do you know why you celebrate Halloween? In this special Halloween Seeds of Sound, Gabriel Rima asks listeners to question this tradition and celeb...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KRZA, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 4
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Youth producer Alexandra Muniz researches the indigenous music & dance style of Mexico's Zapateado.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:49
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Middle School Youth Producer Alexus Randle investigates the history of Gospel music and why it soothes the soul.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Texas Folklife
Youth Producers Adriana Montez, Brittany Garza, Christino Herrera, and Krystof Tellez discover the sacred properties of plants from traditional hea...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:28
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Pat remembers his step-mother, Barbara Jean, from the first time they met, to the last time he saw her. Though the 11 years in between were sometim...

Bought by WGXC and KUT


  • Added: Jun 28, 2011
  • Length: 08:26
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: A Teenage Anarchist
Sixteen-year-old Yusi became an anarchist this year, and it changed more than just his fashion.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Striking Photography by Bo Insogna, Flicker.com
To Gabe Rima, a Monte Del Sol Senior, being American cannot be easily defined. With the majority of the American population being a multitude of cu...

Bought by WTIP, WTIP, and KDNK


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: The Dunes at Bowie, Credit: Joseph Moore
Fourteen-year-old Joseph takes you on a dirt-bike race through the Arizona desert dunes.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 03:17
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To reach our dreams we usually have to go beyond what is expected of us. Successful athletes often train for hours and hours to get their bodies in...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2011
  • Length: 16:03
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Art infected the Cape Town city centre and the Children's Radio Foundation was there to capture all the excitement, performance and creativity. Hun...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2011
  • Length: 15:00
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What makes you feel safe? A person, a place, a sound? The Children's Radio Foundation spoke to a pupil, a parent and a life-guard about what makes ...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2011
  • Length: 15:00
Caption: Shooting Stars, Credit: By StephanVDS(.com)
In this piece, Ellie Evans, a student from the New Mexico School For The Arts, asks the question: What if? What if the world were different? This...

Bought by KUER and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 22, 2011
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 2
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
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