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Talking to White Kids About Race and Racism

From: Safe Space Radio

Many white parents have never learned how to talk about race and racism with their kids. Their silence perpetuates racism—but it can be hard to kno...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WJAB, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Interlochen Public Radio and more

150 Years after the Navajo Long Walk

From: Alix Blair

"You can't heal from something unless you really honor that it happened." This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of 1868, which relea...

From Scrubs to Hospital Gown: The Story of Dr. Lorena Gonzalez

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism

Caption: Dr. Lorena Gonzalez at her desk at the Syracuse VA Medical Center, Credit: Conor Wight

Doctor Lorena Gonzalez is a surgeon - but last year, she became a cancer patient. This is the story of how she applied her knowledge and experience...

Syniya

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

My advice for kids, for losing someone you love: Just remember the good times, and remember those big hugs and big kisses you always got.

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The View from Room 205

From: WBEZ

"The View from Room 205" is a one-hour documentary that takes an unflinching look at the intersection of poverty and education in this country. It ...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, KICI Iowa City, WRIR, KUAF Public Radio, KISU and more

TEASER: The View from Room 205

From: WBEZ

PREVIEW THE HOUR NOW! http://www.prx.org/pieces/194893-the-view-from-room-205 "The View from Room 205" is a one-hour documentary that takes an unf...

Bought by KUHF

Episode 13: The Girl Who Dug Up Dinosaurs

From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here

A 12-year-old girl in blue jeans probably isn’t the first thing you picture when you hear the word paleontologist. But in 1979, young India Wood di...

Rabin is My Brother

From: Israel Story

Rachel Rabin, Yitzhak Rabin’s little sister, isn’t so little anymore. Rachel, 91, reminisces about her childhood with her older brother who she rem...

Episode #10: Cultural Mixdown

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: The Mixing Board

Caption: Beno Picciano poses amid the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. He spent time there during the summer of 2008 living with a host family.

Beno Picciano and Lizzie Kirschner dive into the issue of cultural understanding by chatting with good friends who immigrated from India and Ethiop...

The Personal Side of the DREAM Act

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media

Caption: Carlos Padilla Speaking at a DREAM Project Rally

An interview with Carlos Padilla, an undocumented student, and his mentor Roberta Lindeman.

Bought by YouthCast

Birth and Motherhood in Prison: An Interview with Veronica Martinez inside Folsom Women's Prison

From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law

Caption: Veronica Martinez with her daughter inside Folsom Women's Prison in Northern California., Credit: Nancy Mullane

Veronica Martinez is a mother in prison. While in county jail awaiting trial she gave birth to her daughter Amaya Martinez. The Bureau of Justice S...

'I Met You And Everything Changed'

From: Will Michaels
Series: My Teacher

Caption: Northern High School sophomore Christina Dixon and Erica Walker Joynes

Northern High School sophomore Christina Dixon entered Erica Walker-Joynes' exceptional children's class last year because she was deemed to be at ...

Teenage Diaries Revisited: Frankie

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries Revisited

Caption: Frankie in 2013., Credit: David Gilkey/NPR

As a teenager, Frankie was a high school football star whose picture was in his hometown newspaper every week. Years after graduating, Frankie was ...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, PRX Remix, WJCT, and Georgia Public Broadcasting

Cristina's Coming Out Story

From: KUNM
Series: Coloring Your Story

Generation Justice featured LGBTQQIA Diversity Trainer, activist and storyteller, Cristina Calvillo-Rivera, as she shares with us her own compellin...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Off to a New Start

From: American Student Radio

Rachel comes full-circle. She goes from being a college student to be a stripper and then back to starting all over again.

YMP Parents and Teens

From: Littleglobe

In this special Audio Revolution! broadcast, Youth Media Project teamed up with the spectacular SWAT Team at ATC. SWAT stands for the Student Welln...

Bought by KUNM

Suicide Show Segement

From: Littleglobe

Caption: Photo by: tallieschimdt, Flickr

Santa Fe High School’s Student Wellness Action Team (SWAT) joined us at Youth Media Project to share with their peers different perspectives on sui...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio

Rising by Degrees

From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education

Caption: Students on their graduation day from Montgomery College, a community college in Maryland. Most young Latinos looking for a way up through higher education choose community college, but a lot of them never make it to graduation day. , Credit: Emily Hanford

Young Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and they are among the least likely to graduate from college. (11/5/2009)

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, KPIP-LP, KQED, KZYX, Nevada Public Radio and more

The People Could Fly

From: Miles Tokunow

Caption: It's Superman!, Credit: by Dude Crush

This is a telling of Virginia Hamilton's American Black Folktale "The People Could Fly."

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, RadioFreePalmer, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WSLR, WDBM and more

Schooled: Teens' Stories About American Public Education

From: KUOW
Series: Curated Youth Radio Programs from KUOW and Generation PRX

Caption: Claudia Villa with her high school diploma

Teens talk about standards, inequality, and getting out of public high school in America. Schooled is one hour of some of the best youth radio st...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KTSW 89.9, KMXT, KGOU, WSKG and more

Memories of music producer Joel Stout 1976 - 2010

From: Chris Goldstein

Diane Fornbacher, Lewis McCallister and the band Sci-Fi remember the life of Joel Stout. We call Joel's voicemail.

Matthew

From: Helena Keeffe

Matthew and I met during printmaking workshops I led at Laguna Honda Hospital. As the workshops were wrapping up he asked me to work with him to cr...

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio