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“Being an artist is not a cakewalk.” Marlos E'van bridges art and community

From: Melissa Saenz Gordon

Caption: Marlos E'van standing in front of his North Nashville mural, "Fighters." , Credit: Photo by Melissa Saenz Gordon

A story about North Nashville contemporary artist Marlos E'van, who uses the social-practice art form to build community.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

The World Against the Pandemic

From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Summer 2020

A piece by Darkendra Donner. My piece is about the complications everyone might have with going to school this fall. My interviewees will express t...

Talk Berkeley to me

From: Berkeleyside Podcast

"Outta pocket." "Bootsy." "On mamas." The East Bay has always been a laboratory for creative slang. Berkeley High School in particular is known for...

Tabah

From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed

On this episode of The Live Feed, we visit with an indie rock group from Minneapolis. This five piece band hit the scene in 2014 and recently perfo...

Hometown Unknown

From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions

Within Taylor's 16 years, she has lived in eight places all over the country. Taylor explains the impact moving has had on her life and how each pl...

Dad's gay?

From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions

At 12 years old, Kate was told that her dad is gay. Then, she had to cope - through divorce, remarriage, and new partnerships.

The Demands on 2nd & 11th Graders Are Similar?

From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions

It may seem obvious that the academic demands on an 11th grader are more intense than a 2nd grader. However, what may be surprising is the number o...

How Mexican are You? Rio's Mexican-American Culture Gap

From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition

Rio, faces a big identity question. "Am I Mexican? If so how Mexican am I?" Let's just say Rio was raised a bit differently than prior generations ...

Trip to Minnehaha Falls.

From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle

Educators and middle school students take a poetic trip from a middle school to Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis.

Bought by KSRQ

Stripped Away: This Teen Finds Her Family Homeless

From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions

Up until she was a teenager, she lived in comfort. What she didn’t see coming was the moment when she lost everything. Find out why her world turne...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix

Halloween :The North Side Witch Hunt

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: PM was one of the North Side witches., Credit: Catherine McGuigan

Witch-hunts are curious phenomena, and thoroughly reactionary in nature. They generally begin with an inexplicable event of one kind or other—cows ...

Preparing for College Yet?

From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions

Kimmy couldn't believe that she was getting college info packs in the mail as a 9th grader. Having just transitioned to high school from middle sch...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Chatting with Bill

From: Mary Beth Holland

Bill Dewberry shares some stories from his Marine boot camp experience in 1954.

Back Roads Radio - "What is American?"

From: Littleglobe

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

My Mother’s Story

From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife

Youth producer Gracia Manzanares' touching interview with her mother about immigrating to the United States and the differences between women in Me...

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

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

I Didn't Know That (You Were a Muslim)

From: Tali Singer

A portrait of how a recent college graduate came to Islam, and the story of what happened when her parents found out she'd converted. This piece wa...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WTIP, KSFR, YouthCast, KUOW and more

Being Black

From: Radio Rookies

Allison Jones excels academically, but struggles with how her peers in her Brooklyn neighborhood pressure her for ?talking white.?

Bought by The Story, KUOW, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG and more

Dressy Girls

From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network

An investigation of self-esteem, skanks, and the clothing of high fashion highschool girls.

Bought by WNJR, KFAI Minneapolis, WXLV-FM, WBEZ, KWCW and more

South Africa's Kwaito Generation: Inside Out

From: Inside Out Documentaries

Sean Cole travels to South Africa to meet the people who make kwaito, a genre of music mixing American hip-hop and South African pop styles, reflec...

Bought by CBC Inside the Music, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, WFUV, WYSO and more