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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

Added: Jul 02, 2013
Length: 30:26
Purchases: 4

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.

Added: May 16, 2013
Length: 18:57

Louder Than A Bomb 2013 Radio Special

From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013

Caption: 2013 Team Finals stage at the Cadillac Palace Theater, Credit: (TimeOut/Jeff Kroll)

Over the past 13 years, Louder than a Bomb, Chicago’s youth poetry competition, has grown from humble roots in the basement of a Division Street th...

Bought by WJSU, KMXT, and NPR Illinois

Added: Apr 25, 2013
Length: 59:03
Purchases: 3

Autism Grows Up

From: Capital Public Radio
Series: The View From Here

Caption: Freddie Topete at Adult Transition Program, Credit: Andrew Nixon/Capital Public Radio

2013 Sigma Delta Chi Award winning one-hour documentary explores what's happening twenty years after a sharp rise in autism rates. Thousands of chi...

Bought by WLRH, KCPW Salt Lake City, KOSU, KICI Iowa City, WERA-LP and more

Added: Mar 08, 2013
Length: 54:02
Purchases: 34

Generation Putin - Hour Special

From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Generation Putin

"Generation Putin" is an hourlong special on young people and politics in the former Soviet Union. Embeddable on SoundCloud, too.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KCPW Salt Lake City, WGBH Radio Boston, KVSC, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more

Added: Dec 27, 2012
Length: 59:01
Purchases: 55

Need to Know Rochester: Black Males at Risk

From: WXXI Rochester

To be black and male in America carries with it a certain baggage. Two out of three black male students in Rochester are failing to graduate. "Need...

Added: Aug 15, 2012
Length: 27:10

Teen Contender

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries

Caption: Claressa Shields, Credit: Sue Jaye Johnson

Boxing has been an Olympic sport since the time of the ancient Greeks. But only men have taken part. This year, that changes. For the first time ev...

Bought by WXDU, KUOW, PRX Remix, KGOU, KUT and more

Added: Jul 19, 2012
Length: 15:53
Purchases: 7

Don’t Lecture Me: Rethinking the Way College Students Learn

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

Caption: College students in a Maryland science class. Some professors are abandoning the traditional lecture because research suggests it's not very effective, but lecture classes are still common. , Credit: Emily Hanford

Most college students spend a lot of time listening to lectures. But research shows there are better ways to learn. (9/1/2011)

Bought by WUFT, WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, WTIP, KZYX and more

Added: Sep 01, 2011
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 7

"What is American?"

From: Littleglobe

Caption: Photo by: Fabi Fliervoet, Flickr

In this edition of Audio Revolution! hosts Gabriel Rima and Savannah Chapman-Martinez take you into the depths of identity: What does it mean to be...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Spokane Public Radio, XRAY.fm, Marfa Public Radio, WXXI Rochester and more

Added: Apr 07, 2011
Length: 27:40
Purchases: 14

Put to the Test

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

Caption: Students take a standardized test at a high school in Greensboro, North Carolina., Credit: Billy Barnes

There’s been a dramatic change in public education over the past 10 years and it’s all about numbers. (9/6/2007)

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, NPR Illinois, WTIP, KERA and more

Added: Mar 17, 2011
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 10

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

Added: Mar 17, 2011
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 7

Early Lessons

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

Caption: A student in a preschool classroom at River Breeze Elementary, a public school in Palatka, Florida. Preschool used to be a radical idea, but now the majority of American children go to preschool. , Credit: Stephen Smith

There’s been a quiet revolution in America’s schools over recent decades. We’ve added an extra grade to a child’s education: Preschool. (10/29/2009)

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WSKG, KPIP-LP, KMUZ and more

Added: Mar 17, 2011
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 9

Testing Teachers

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

Caption: Teacher Joe Curtis working with a student at Hardy Elementary School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Credit: Emily Hanford

Kids need good teachers. It’s something people know instinctively. But experts disagree over how to measure teacher quality. (8/26/2010)

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, KMUZ, WTIP and more

Added: Mar 17, 2011
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 10

The Berlin Airlift and Candy Bombers

From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network

Caption: The American pilot Gail Halvorsen

Berlin the capital of Germany, was in a difficult situation after world war 2: The city was split into sectors by the allied forces. Military jets ...

Bought by KPVL

Added: Aug 22, 2010
Length: 25:00
Purchases: 1

Horse Therapy

From: Dmae Lo Roberts

Caption: Grace Kurlychek, Credit: Dmae Roberts

A girl with disabilities receives emotional and physical therapy through horse-riding.

Bought by KGUA and WRVO Public Media

Added: May 01, 2010
Length: 05:08
Purchases: 2

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

Added: Mar 30, 2010
Length: 18:45
Purchases: 2

(i.e.) NPR in Other Words: Premiere

From: NPR Intern Edition

An experiment in the unexpected.

Bought by KGOU

Added: Nov 29, 2009
Length: 29:48
Purchases: 1

Mind the Gap: Why Good Schools are Failing Black Students (54:00 and 59:00)

From: Nancy Solomon

This documentary won a 2010 Peabody Award. Nationwide, suburban schools are doing a good job educating white students, but those schools are not ge...

Bought by WNYC, WAER Syracuse, NY, KUER, WESM 91.3 FM, WITF and more

Added: Sep 26, 2009
Length: 59:01
Purchases: 40

The Berlin Model United Nations (BERMUN)

From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Series: Across the Ocean - the first Transatlantic Radio for kids

This session was about the protection of women's and girls' rights for equality worldwide. This is one of the most exciting transatlantic projects...

Added: Mar 09, 2009
Length: 30:22

Childhood Interrupted

From: Liz Jones
Series: A Village Away from Home

A look at how immigrant teens grapple with identity issues.

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 09:02

Episode 6: Behind the Scenes: The Nutcracker

From: [redacted] [redacted]
Series: Ascending: Baltimore School for the Arts

We drop in as some of the most talented teen dancers in the nation get ready for this holiday favorite: The Nutcracker.

Bought by KUT and Delta College Public Radio

Added: Dec 15, 2008
Length: 08:31
Purchases: 2

Autism Chronicles

From: Long Haul Productions

Autism Chronicles is an hour-long special profiling three families living and coping with autism.

Bought by PRX Remix, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WVPE, and WXXI Rochester

Added: Oct 14, 2008
Length: 57:59
Purchases: 4

Golden Days and Friendly Faces

From: WMUK

Portrait of the musical life of Lake Michigan's Beaver Island

Bought by WFIU, KXOT Public Radio, and KSJD

Added: Aug 20, 2008
Length: 53:58
Purchases: 3

Learn to Earn: The Story of Josh Ackley

From: Learning Matters

The newest, hottest idea in school reform seems to be paying students to learn. Is it a good idea, or a way to avoid tackling the tough issues? We ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio