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Sam hails from Bosnia, but she’s lived in the US for the last 6 years. Sometimes she finds that her two cultures have opposing values. Add to that ...
- Added: Dec 16, 2015
- Length: 02:58
The most important meal of the day - breakfast - is no longer a priority among teenagers. Why can't they find the time for golden waffles doused in...
- Added: Jun 06, 2015
- Length: 01:33
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Rio, faces a big identity question. "Am I Mexican? If so how Mexican am I?" Let's just say Rio was raised a bit differently than prior generations ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 04:44
Shona revisits a conversation she had at the age of 17 with Andy Lipkiss, founder of TreePeople, and discovers that his story has even more relevan...
- Added: Oct 03, 2014
- Length: 14:26
This week, we take a deep look at how and why we learn to lie, and what lying does to you
Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9
- Added: Jun 27, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Apr 15, 2014
- Length: 03:42
What is a home? Come take a look at the concept of “home” from a different perspective.
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 02:32
Carmen, a Minneapolis middle school student gives a fine accounting of why she is as she is.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 01:14
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Feb 18, 2014
- Length: 02:06
- 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
This story is about a high school teacher in New Orleans who looks back on his shenanigans as a student, and how teaching helps him grow.
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 05:00
16 years ago, Juan reported on his life as a recent Mexican immigrant living in poverty in Texas. In his new diary, Juan takes us on a tour of the ...
Bought by WJCT
- Added: Jul 03, 2013
- Length: 29:09
- Purchases: 1
Many songs, books, and movies focus on love and romance, but what happens when they become one’s only source for learning? Philly Youth Radio’s Jay...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 12, 2013
- Length: 04:23
- Purchases: 3
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: 01:26
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: 01:31
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: 02:08
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: 01:08
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: :54
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: 01:57
- Added: Nov 07, 2012
- Length: 05:12
Tatiana McBraun, a political science major at San Jose State, told KQED’s Lillian Mongeau she feels too much security can be a bad thing.
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: :33
A sister tries to reacquaint herself with her older brother during a cross country road trip only to realize it might not be so simple a task.
Bought by WTIP
- Added: Oct 10, 2012
- Length: 05:37
- Purchases: 1
High school isn't easy. Jimmy's high school experience was especially difficult. Now a student at the United World College in Montezuma, NM, Jimmy ...
- Added: Jul 19, 2012
- Length: 03:33
Claudia Cruz, a Capital High junior, explores an aspect of immigration that not many discuss: gender.
- Added: May 04, 2012
- Length: 03:15
Public education is a huge deal in New Mexico- Aaron Baca, a junior at Capital Highschool, discusses his newest problem with his schooling: a test ...
- Added: May 04, 2012
- Length: 03:49
