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Is Foster Care a Good Thing? One Teenager's Opinion
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
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After going through foster care, this Minneapolis High School kids wonders about the good accomplished by foster care.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Benefits of Being Mixed Race
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Darshon Moore, Credit: Philip Nusbaum
Darshon Moore speaks from experience of having parents representing differing cultural backgrounds

  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
"Spice"-- Not So Nice
From: City High Radio
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The use of synthetic marijuana, otherwise known as "Spice" or "K-2," is on the rise among teenagers. Seventeen-year-old Rio investigates. Content...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 1
Early Intervention to Reduce Dating and Domestic Violence (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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In an effort to stem the tide of dating violence and domestic violence, a school-based intervention program is being tried in Canada and a few U.S....

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
How to Make Sure Kids Get Enough Sleep
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Avinash Patel, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Many young students are not able to get the sleep they need each night. Avinash Patel, a student at Susan B Anthony middle School in Minneapolis ha...

  • 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
Peace Week 2010 (Peace Talks Radio) [54:00/59:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A recap of some compelling moments from an online gathering of 75 diverse peacemakers from around the globe in 2010.

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 23, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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
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
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
Spoken Soul: Black English in the Classroom
From: With Good Reason
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How do educators make sure students don’t suffer for the way they talk?

  • Added: Jan 27, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
Millennials Face a Tough Job Market
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Reporter Rina Palta takes a hard look at how the toughest job market in decades will shape this recession generation.

Bought by WXVU 89.1 FM Villanova


  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 12:48
  • Purchases: 1
The Last Word on Back to School
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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When the bell rings, you are supposed to be in your seat. You are now one of 27 child units in a classroom.

Bought by KZYX and WTIP


  • Added: Aug 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 2
I Didn't Know That (You Were a Muslim)
From: Tali Singer
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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


  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 6
Communist Camp
From: Joanna Stein
Caption: how to wear a gas mask
One Czech high school teaches students what it was like to live under a communist regime.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 2
Youth Voices On Peacemaking (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Bashar Jawad, Lemanja Lambert + Luke Iha of KUNM's Youth Radio Project
Elementary, Middle and High School students all share stories about conflicts they face everyday, how they resolve them, and ideas about how to hel...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KGNU Community Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
Camino al Exito
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
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The road to college

  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 28:09
Lauren
From: Jeff Deitchman
Series: My Voice
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Students interested in radio work must get past the first, and possibly the biggest hurdle: hearing their own voice.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2010
  • Length: 01:26
I Write Because . . .
From: Jeff Deitchman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ask people why they write and you'll hear many reasons. Here are some I hadn't expected.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Poems and Pen Pals for Peace: Peace Talks Radio (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Ghanian Students Writing To Their Peace Pals in the U.S., Credit: Project Peace Pal
This time on Peace Talks Radio, two women who are finding inspiration for peacemaking in the written word - through poetry and an international pen...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KVNF and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 6
Learn how to learn
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: Gutzmann kids at the radijojo offices
Ever had trouble listening? ever had trouble concentrating? Yes sometimes we all have such problems. But some have it worst than others, some even...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: 30:01
The Streets of Wedding
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: Radijojo Moderators Anna and Kennedy
Germany is not all paved with gold, as some people think. American composer Todd Fletcher wanted to bring a little gold to a city suburb called Wed...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2009
  • Length: 29:58
A New Way To Drink Water: From a Cup!
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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Drinking water from the tap is not only better for the environment, but also for you!

  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:16