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One day, Jakob Lewis receives an email from a German man named Ingo asking to be his pen pal. The close relationship they develop teaches Jakob tha...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Mar 25, 2021
- Length: 27:55
- Purchases: 1
On today’s episode of The Apple Seed we' re bringing you stories featuring young people who would gladly trade places with an adult, if only to esc...
- Added: Sep 02, 2020
- Length: 54:59
- Purchases: 2
From Bucharest, Romania, here’s Andreea Sirbu, she’s 18, just finished high school, and her story is about a conversation that made her realise -- ...
- Added: Aug 30, 2020
- Length: 05:09
A collection of stories about things that have been passed down from those who came before.
- Added: Jan 23, 2020
- Length: 57:54
An hour of stories all about growing up, and learning lessons from family members.
- Added: Jan 22, 2020
- Length: 57:03
Nola asks her classmates about their internet personas--what they're like, why they have them, and how they feel about them--in this engaging vox p...
- Added: Apr 09, 2019
- Length: 07:22
Seventeen-year-old Sean doesn't consider himself a romantic guy, but he knows girls like romance, and he likes girls, so he sets out to figure out ...
- Added: Jan 28, 2019
- Length: 06:29
James Van Der Beek? Nick Carter? Devon Sawa? Puh-lease! According to pre-teen girls of the 90s, none of the above held a candle to the boy who pla...
- Added: Mar 04, 2018
- Length: 25:27
Ever write a fan letter you regret? Part 1 of Unlikely Celebrity Obsessions features some truly misguided fan mail and a special appearance by Garf...
- Added: Jan 08, 2017
- Length: 29:10
In this special Mother's Day episode of Palestinians Podcast you'll hear about Nadia Abuelezam's childhood and her love for her mother. Specificall...
- Added: Jan 04, 2017
- Length: 13:59
Celebrate the misery of Valentines with tales of teenagers who fall for heart-breakers and find themselves asking the age-old question... Why Do I ...
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 24:06
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
The child of two Longhorn Band veterans digs into the unseen world of the band's strangest traditions, from "hupping" to the secret "10 til 2" saying.
- Added: Jan 23, 2016
- Length: 05:06
A teenager writes her diary to her recently deceased grandfather -- only to share with him every graphic detail about her love life.
- Added: Jan 11, 2016
- Length: 21:46
When 16 year-old Max Rakus set off to Germany right after his sophomore year of high school ended, he had no idea that the trip would change him fo...
- Added: Dec 16, 2015
- Length: 01:39
This Mortified Mixtape episode is devoted to sensitive teenage guys who aren't afraid to wear their hearts on their sleeves. With a special perform...
- Added: Dec 07, 2015
- Length: 30:15
A nerdy girl's over the top obsession with the popular boy in school.
- Added: Nov 16, 2015
- Length: 24:13
The diaries of a teenager from the South Bronx whose life changes when she discovers The Cure. Featuring Special Guest Host, Lol Tolhurst, foundin...
- Added: Aug 17, 2015
- Length: 20:09
Mina, a high school freshman, has always been bored by love. This year she found an identity that seemed to fit: aromantic. Mina interviews her mom...
- Added: May 31, 2015
- Length: 04:05
Cristabel Amoah, a Minneapolis High School student, tells about her background. Unlike all the other students, she was born in England.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 01:19
- Purchases: 1
A Minneapolis middle school student tells the world the experiences that motivate her life.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 18, 2014
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 1
Thirteen year old Toby Choyt of Maine meets a retired lobsterman on Portland's historic Widgery Wharf and tells his story.
- Added: Dec 11, 2013
- Length: 06:18
Tannah and Coley are twin Gospel musicians living in an economically depressed community. Beyond the stereotypes we discover how two high-schoolers...
Bought by WDBM
- Added: Feb 09, 2013
- Length: 15:02
- Purchases: 1
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman.
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Dec 10, 2012
- Length: 05:50
- Purchases: 1
Ceci attends the Austin Music Awards with her band Schmillion and she sees one of her favorite artists of all time. While she is staring her mom in...
- Added: Dec 07, 2012
- Length: 01:21
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: 01:42
