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Jonny Morales, 18, worries that COVID-19 will overwhelm the healthcare system he's gotten to know so well from his ER visits.
- Added: Apr 16, 2020
- Length: 03:35
I decided to speak about what I’ve witnessed. I've seen a lot in my neighborhood and I always wanted to share my stories with people to show what r...
- Added: Aug 03, 2018
- Length: 09:17
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Martin Middle School 2016-17 Stories
Series: Martin Middle School 2016-17 Stories
Kids at Martin Middle School discuss what Dia de los Muertos means to them.
Bought by RADIOLEX, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Jun 05, 2017
- Length: 03:11
- Purchases: 3
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
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
Irasema Gonzalez talks about coming of age as a young Latina in 1990s Chicago, and how her definitions of love and womanhood shifted with the passi...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Oct 16, 2014
- Length: 10:04
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Apr 15, 2014
- Length: 03:42
N’MPower participant, Antonio Martinez, interviews Spanish Colonial artist John Gallegos, in a community engagement project between the Museum of I...
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 06:34
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
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
Poet Ashley Gonzalez, 18, is a senior at Northside College Prep. This is the second year she has represented her school at Louder Than a Bomb, whi...
- Added: Mar 27, 2012
- Length: 02:53
Twelve-year old youth producer Vanessa Sanchez explores Mexico's relatively new artform of "Tribal" music, which merges cumbia with traditional Lat...
- Added: Oct 06, 2011
- Length: 03:28
Youth producer Gracia Manzanares' touching interview with her mother about immigrating to the United States and the differences between women in Me...
- Added: Sep 26, 2011
- Length: 03:07
Poet Sarah Bruno, 18, is a senior at Walter Payton College Prep and competed in Louder Than a Bomb 2011 as a member of team Youmedia Chicago.
Expl...
- Added: Apr 01, 2011
- Length: 02:46
Poet Christian Robinson, 18, is a senior at Oak Park and River Forest High School; he competed in Louder Than a Bomb 2011 representing his high sch...
- Added: Apr 01, 2011
- Length: 02:32
Youth producer and radio DJ Yithzak Ledesma explores his love of Tejano music and interviews a local Tejano DJ. Produced at LBJ High School in Aus...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Mar 16, 2011
- Length: 04:23
- Purchases: 1
A student at United World College, Nelson Diaz Monterrosa, worked with Youth Media Project's Summer Intensive 2010 to produce this moving piece abo...
- Added: Feb 09, 2011
- Length: 05:17
- Purchases: 2
"Family Tree" is a short piece written and produced by Andres Ortiz. His piece is a journey into Ortiz's unknown family history. Growing up being...
Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting
- Added: Feb 09, 2011
- Length: 06:08
- Purchases: 1
Diana's experience transferring from a school in Brooklyn to one in the Bronx.
- Added: Feb 01, 2011
- Length: 09:29
Esmerelda Gonzales-Munoz's "The Love I Felt For You" shares with us her story about love. Created during Youth Media Project's 2010 Summer Intensiv...
- Added: Jan 07, 2011
- Length: 03:20
When Brenda was 7, she was carried across the border from Mexico. Now 19, the Minneapolis teen wishes she could live and work legally in the countr...
Bought by WTIP, WGXC, KUNM, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and KSFR
- Added: Dec 08, 2010
- Length: 06:55
- Purchases: 5
High school seniors are donning caps and gowns this month and launching themselves into the world. Writer and photographer David Snyder was workin...
- Added: Jun 12, 2009
- Length: 02:15
