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Sunny Day
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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A Minneapolis High School student reflects on a beautiful, sunn Minnesota day.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
I Am from Islam
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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Compelling poem regarding where an Islamic student comes from. To this student, Islam, not a country, is the main thing.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
A Students-Eye View Inside Philly’s Public Schools
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Julia R. Masterman High School Student Nuwar Ahmed introduces us to her classmates and teachers—all of whom are struggling to keep education a prio...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 07:10
Marginalized People in Media Justice
From: KUNM
Caption: Jonquilyn Hill, amalia deloney
Generation Justice attended the 2013 National Conference for Media Reform in Denver. While at the conference Generation Justice Alumni, Jonquilyn H...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 14:59
Learning to Laughing Through The Pain
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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Since she was a little girl, Saphira's life has been structured around the limits of Cerebral Palsey. Pushing through physical and emotional pain, ...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
My First Kiss
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It really happened!

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:27
In My Vision by Marsean Holden
From: Free Spirit Media
Series: "Where I'm From" North Lawndale College Prep - Collins Campus
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:19
Where I'm From by Jasmine Bradley
From: Free Spirit Media
Series: "Where I'm From" North Lawndale College Prep - Collins Campus
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:31
One Step at a Time: Handling Loss
From: Open Orchard Productions
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How does a teenage boy handle loss? David must face his father's impending death from lung cancer while also maintaining his studies and athletics.

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 2
YMP Paranormal Show
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by Mirror-imaging-reality, Flickr
Audio Revolution! dives into the world of the unknown- from ghosts and aliens to family legends… this show will surely leave you with more question...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 1
I Secretly Wanted To Be A Model
From: City High Radio
Caption: Krysta's Old Math Teacher, Ms. White, Credit: Xochitl Coronodo Photography
Fourteen-year-old Krysta had always secretly wanted to be a model, but she didn't know anything about the business. She decided to interview a form...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:09
What's Going On Now Segment
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by Ed Yourdon, Flickr
Youth Media Project was selected by the Kennedy Center, as one of ten leading media programs in the country, to produce media stories responding to...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 1
More than an office
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It's just a simple office, but for some students it's like a home, complete with an "adoptive mother." It's a routine place made special.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:27
Back Roads Radio - "What is American?"
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by, Bmermaid, Flickr
You’ll hear the creative and inspiring voices of young thinkers and writers. This show features the collaborative work of Youth Media Project withi...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Generation Justice Alumni Danya Mustafa recently went to Occupied Palestine for 2 months.
From: KUNM
Caption: Danya Mustafa in Palestine, Credit: Danya Mustafa
Generation Justice Alumni Danya Mustafa recently went to Occupied Palestine for 2 months. She spent some of her time with her class "UNM Palestine...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 19:01
Music at Different Ages
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Danee Voss, Credit: Philip Nusbaum
Danee Voss, a student at Susan B Anthony middle School in Minneapolis talked to her mother about the function of music at different ages. The resul...

  • Added: May 14, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Scars from Bullying
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
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Grace Wenner, student at Susan B. Anthony Middle School (Minneapolis) tells us that the emotional scars from verbal bullying are worse than the phy...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 24, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
"What is American?" Seeds of Sound
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Striking Photography by Bo Insogna, Flicker.com
To Gabe Rima, a Monte Del Sol Senior, being American cannot be easily defined. With the majority of the American population being a multitude of cu...

Bought by WTIP, WTIP, and KDNK


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 3
Walking Home in Winter
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Chee Vue, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
In this poem, a Minneapolis high school student finds a lot of value in walks home when it is cold outside.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 29, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Coming of age "illegal"
From: MPR News Stations
Series: MPR News' Youth Series
Caption: Brenda, 19, walks through her Minneapolis neighborhood. She's been living as an illegal immigrant in Minnesota since she was 7 years old., Credit: MPR Photo/Jeff Thompson
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
Different, Not Disabled: The Perception of My Mind
From: WHJE
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Aspergers, in my opinion, has always been misunderstood due to it being a medical "condition." When you listen to this, I ask that you go in with ...

Bought by HowSound, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis, KSFR and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 8
Homelessness: It Could Happen to Anyone, Even My Dad
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: Iris and her dad, Robert
When Blunt member Iris SanGiovanni was eight years old, her dad became homeless for six months after her parents divorced. A few years later, she h...

Bought by KZYX, WSLR, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSFR, WMPG and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 10
"We Come From"
From: Littleglobe
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Poem about origins performed by members of Santa Fe Indian School's spoken word team.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
To Diné - Santa Fe Indian School
From: Littleglobe
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A poem by three students from the Santa Fe Indian School's Spoken Word team -- Santana Shorty, Clara Natonabah, and Nolan Eskeets -- about understa...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:38
Stuck
From: Radio Rookies
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Kaddeem Wright enjoys reading philosophy and arguing with his friends about history and politics. With his smarts and innate curiosity about the wo...

Bought by The Story, KUT, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 08:55
  • Purchases: 4