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Mannequin challenge leaves participants speechless
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Celebrities pose for the mannequin challenge at the People's Choice Awards 2017 nominations press conference (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP), Credit: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Social media trends like the mannequin challenge fulfill desire to belong, help connect people

  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:56
The Secret to a Happy Life: Be Stoked Every Day
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Mark Thomsen, the epitome of happy
Producer Cole Grant worked at Worden's Market, a downtown convenience store with a killer wine selection in Missoula, Montana. It was monotonous an...

Bought by PRX Remix and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 22, 2016
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 2
Home of Hope
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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In the streets of Johannesburg, South Africa, Khanvisile Motsa brings hope to orphans from Africa's rural areas through providing a home, education...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 03:57
The New American Dream
From: City High Radio
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Teenager Max Gay interviews his classmates about their version of the American Dream. Turns out the new generation doesn't want a white picket fenc...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 05:05
You Call That Yoga?
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Cami Cote
Producer Kali Beeson's feature features a woman whose first yoga experience involved chanting. She went home and told her husband it was weird. Now...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 03:26
What Sexytime Playlists Say About You
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: This will make sense eventually
Producer Emily Proctor starts this story with a couple of college roommates who have a musical code to warn each other for when they plan to have s...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 04:43
An '80s Cover Band With Global Dreams
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: The New Wave Time Trippers rocking white Levis., Credit: Nicky Ouellet
The New Wave Time Trippers are not your typical '80s cover band. For one, they're good. For another, they're dominating a little town so far north,...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
All I Want for Christmas Is a Lobotomy
From: University of Montana Journalism
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Producer Eric Lamb's story starts, "My friend always tells me this story about the day he broke his brain on acid." At the time, a guy we'll call R...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:17
Love Advice for the Young: Take Care of Your Teeth
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Bob Athearn
Bob Athearn's a cat who's played a lot of joints -- joints you wouldn't take your best girl to. But the best of what this journeyman musician has t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 1
Feasting on Roadkill
From: University of Montana Journalism
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Montana passed a recent law allowing people to pick up dead animals on the side of the road and eat them. Producer Madelyn Beck's story *goes there.*

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KBGA 89.9 FM, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 3
"We need a penny!" Farmworkers Fight For Justice
From: On Blast
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The Coalition of Immokalee Workers organized a rally in front of a center city Trader Joes and the Philly Student Union was there to help support.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 03:04
Young Love
From: WHJE
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Kids explain how they feel about love.

Bought by Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast, KKWE Niijii Radio, WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis, KUT and more


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 7
Vox Pop: The Return of Vinyl
From: Henry Epp
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With music sales in decline, vinyl has risen from the ashes as an increasingly popular way to buy and listen to music. I talked to people in Northa...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
Where do you go to find peace?
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Where do you go to find peace?

Bought by KSFR and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Nov 30, 2010
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 2
Spin Jam
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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For a group of youth in Anchorage, fire has given them a chance to express themselves.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2010
  • Length: 03:42
Balloon Art
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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What'll it be?

  • Added: Nov 04, 2010
  • Length: 02:28
Rainbow-Earth
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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What is spirituality?

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 05:10
Do you sing in the shower?
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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We all do it! Well, at least most of us.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2010
  • Length: 05:08
Get familiar with Hilltop
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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This piece takes you back to Hilltop Ski Area.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:11
This is Hilltop
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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The snowboarding season is winding down in Anchorage. So that means the final mountain push has begun.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 01:11
  • Purchases: 1
Civics and Conservation Summit
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Students attending the Alaska Youth for Environmental Action Civics and Conservation Summit discovered that being too young to vote doesn't leave y...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1
Pet Peeves
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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What's your big pet peeve? ATMI asked the community to chime in and answer our Google Voice question of the month.

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
Gentrification on Logan Circle
From: Big Shed Audio
Caption: Logan Circle Neighborhood - Washington, DC, Credit: (Google Maps)
Profile of a DC neighborhood in transition by 8th grade students and teachers from The Cesar Chavez Public Charter School in Washington, DC.

Bought by KUT, YouthCast, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 18:56
  • Purchases: 3
Is Rock Dead?
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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ATMI Reporter Max Jungreis sets out to find the answer to his question.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2009
  • Length: 01:44
Young Cherokees ride to remember
From: Jordan Nelson
Caption: The 2009 "Remember the Removal" Cherokee riders, Credit: Remember the Removal, Cherokee Nation
This year, a group of young Cherokees set out on a journey to remember, on bicycle. It took them nearly 1,000 miles away from home--and back again...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 2