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Episode 61 explores the stark reality that almost one in three adolescents will grapple with an anxiety disorder by age 18. Join us as college stud...
- Added: Jan 19, 2024
- Length: 57:54
Banning of so-called “classics” grabs public attention, but books like To Kill a Mockingbird and 1984 don't need your defense. It's the more recent...
- Added: Nov 08, 2023
- Length: 19:25
Meet the Luddite Club, a group of library-loving, flip-phone-toting teenagers in Brooklyn who come together every week out of a shared sense that s...
- Added: Jun 13, 2023
- Length: 13:57
Isaiah Acosta talks to his mom, Tarah Acosta, about being born with life-threatening health issues and how he’s done far more than beat the odds.
- Added: May 25, 2021
- Length: 02:21
A high school janitor opens her heart and a closet full of neccessities for kids.
- Added: Feb 28, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Debra Fisher, an occupational therapist in the New York City Public School System, speaks with her friend Emma Pelosi, a special education teacher,...
- Added: Oct 21, 2020
- Length: 02:24
Cole Phillips lost his vision just months before starting high school. As a freshman, he met paraprofessional Rugenia Keefe -- or Miss. Ru -- who a...
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- Added: Jun 22, 2020
- Length: 02:31
- Purchases: 1
In the 1990s, Johnny Holmes was head of security at a high school in Blue Island, Illinois, located just outside of Chicago, where he met Christian...
- Added: Oct 10, 2017
- Length: 02:19
We all remember the influential teacher who made a difference in our lives. But for Drego Little, the teacher that changed his life was the one he ...
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 05:56
- Purchases: 1
Jane Vance and Lucinda Roy, who taught at Virginia Tech during the shooting that killed 32 people in 2007, talk about the aftermath.
- Added: Apr 17, 2017
- Length: 01:47
- Purchases: 2
The Rubik's Cube was invented over 40 years ago.In 2009 it became the best selling toy of all time. How is it that such a simple item has continued...
- Added: Dec 09, 2016
- Length: 05:32
High school juniors Akiva Johnson and Henry Jimenez talk about the friendship they developed while taking part in the StoryCorpsU educational program.
Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, Blue Mountain Radio , WEZU, and WTJU
- Added: Dec 18, 2015
- Length: 01:29
- Purchases: 5
Young people increasingly see gender as not just limited to male and female. Youth Radio has been exploring the torchbearers of gender fluidity -- ...
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- Added: Dec 09, 2015
- Length: 04:34
- Purchases: 1
Eighth grader Jenna Power talks with her seventh grade social studies teacher, Erik Booker, about his military service and his deployment to Iraq.
Bought by WEZU, WTJU, and Blue Mountain Radio
- Added: Oct 20, 2015
- Length: 02:36
- Purchases: 3
Kenny Thompson, a volunteer mentor, tells students Gary Barber and Dakota Gibson about discovering that...
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Sep 23, 2014
- Length: 02:12
- Purchases: 1
This week on What What Why, it's almost prom season and we're examining the event's significance. Love it, hate it, go to it or don’t, but prom is ...
- Added: Apr 04, 2014
- Length: 07:59
As a researcher and teacher, Korina Jocson has observed and analyzed how students use poetry to make sense of their experiences. But how can educat...
- Added: Apr 01, 2014
- Length: 10:45
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
Melanie is a young woman of Suriname in South America who now lives in Holland and is becoming an icon and inspiration for those who want to change...
- Added: Dec 09, 2012
- Length: 07:54
Trying to entice wayward students back to class in Las Vegas, Chaparral High School Principal David Wilson led teams into communities to knock on d...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 07:57
Tyrese Graham remembers his first day as a teacher at John Marshall Metropolitan High School in Chicago, IL.
- Added: May 29, 2012
- Length: 02:16
- Purchases: 2
Two stories about teachers who went beyond the classroom to help their kids.
Bought by WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WTJU, and KUOW
- Added: May 01, 2012
- Length: 02:50
- Purchases: 4
San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood has higher rates of poverty, unemployment, and violence than any other part of the city. But its...
- Added: Mar 11, 2012
- Length: 07:51
A generation ago, it was colorful clothing, but today, kids are more into shopping for specific brands. Why? Zoe Norling, a student at Susan B Anth...
- Added: May 10, 2011
- Length: 01:00
"Technology is great," says Ruth Mullin, student at Susan B. Anthony Middle School (Minneapolis). But too much texting can cause you to ignore your...
- Added: Apr 24, 2011
- Length: 01:00
