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Chatting with Bill
From: Mary Beth Holland
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bill Dewberry shares some stories from his Marine boot camp experience in 1954.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:51
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
Girls Rock Camp Austin
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: Youth Spin Summer Workshop
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As part of the Youth Spin Summer Workshop series the teens of Youth Spin looked deep into the inner workings of four youth related organizations in...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2012
  • Length: 06:33
Caught Between Dreams and Family
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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Malcolm, a 16 year old in Myanmar, bravely defies traditional culture. Against everything he has been taught, Malcolm breaks away from his parents’...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
Getting out of Gang Life
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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In surprising and sometimes shocking detail, Kaycee shares what her life in a gang entailed, how her teachers changed her life, and how she's pursu...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 16:04
Yellow-Bellied White Woman Fights the Blues
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Hello neighbor the weather is fine outside and my old stuff is all yours all free, well, kind of.

Bought by The Story and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
We Thought He Had a Black Heart
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Through their journey down Letaba road, Brandon, Keith, and Jameel quickly realise that appearances may not be the entire story and that there is m...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Mays, Memory and Myth
From: Richard Stull
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A ten-year-old's memory of a day at the ballpark with his dad.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
Abbie Waters: The Habit of Being
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Abbie Waters
Abbie Catherine Waters was just nine years and two days old when she left this world. I have heard men and women who knew Abbie refer to her as an ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 55:07
  • Purchases: 1
Portrait of the Bully as a Young Man
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: Jeff's first day out
Jeff's reputation as a bully was something of a legend in the coastal town where he grew up. Eight years later, and with a chance to start over ag...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, Listenwise, KUOW, and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 09:34
  • Purchases: 5
The No Principal Principle
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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At the Reiche School, you'll never be sent to the principal's office.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 2
Illegal Mail
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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For students locked up in Maine's Long Creek Youth Development Center passing notes is a crime... and an art form. Jacorey investigates.

Bought by The Story, KUOW, PRX Remix, KUT, and YouthCast


  • Added: Dec 31, 2011
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 5
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
Roland Scott: The Art of Transformation
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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Rolanda Scott can take a chunk of solid glass, drop it in a flower pot then super heat it in her kiln, turning it into liquid, which she then pours...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2011
  • Length: 53:46
My Mother’s Story
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Youth producer Gracia Manzanares' touching interview with her mother about immigrating to the United States and the differences between women in Me...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:07
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
Old School: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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The program features the voices of author, Tobias Wolff, along with a great cast of writers and thinkers: Jonathan Lethem, Lorrie Moore, T.C. Boyle...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:49
  • Purchases: 5
Rob Robinson and Beverly Corbin
From: Rachel Falcone
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1
Caption: Young man walking in Brooklyn, Credit: Michael Premo
Two first-person stories about the struggle for home. Shortly after being promoted and relocated from New York to Miami, Rob Robinson is laid off a...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 13:07
  • Purchases: 1
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
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
The Main Street Barbershop
From: WHJE
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The Main Street Barbershop in downtown Carmel, Indiana is full of original characters who like to have fun on the job and make people look good.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 04:15
On the Road to Success: John Ban
From: WHJE
Caption: John Ban, Credit: Jon Brewer Photography
John Ban takes a unique approach to becoming successful.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 08:32