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Frankie is in love with words and the rap format and sees himself as a professional rapper. You can see by this piece that he has definite potential.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:33
  • Purchases: 1
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According to this high school poet, there should be more attention paid to educating youth.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:22
  • Purchases: 1
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You might say the piece is about the "dues" we pay. This rap-style piece from a high school student in Minneapolis is well-put.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 1
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A Minneapolis high school student reflects in verse on what it means to be smart.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 1
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A young Minneapolis poet writes of the ghosts who help you view your past and future.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:20
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode Lucia Martinez talks with Reverend Martha Quintana, who is the Senior Minister at the Rio Grande Center for Spiritual Living. Durin...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 25:37
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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


  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 1
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Sounds affect us in ways we might not notice.

Bought by KSKA and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Find the full-size tour map at: http://web.mit.edu/tyr/tours/Cambridge-Green-Audio-Tour/CambridgeGreenAudioTourMap-8.5x11.pdf
Can a city also be a forest? Cambridge thinks so.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:01
Caption: Find the full-size tour map at: http://web.mit.edu/tyr/tours/Cambridge-Green-Audio-Tour/CambridgeGreenAudioTourMap-8.5x11.pdf
The Charles River is no longer dirty water.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:55
Caption: Find the full-size tour map at: http://web.mit.edu/tyr/tours/Cambridge-Green-Audio-Tour/CambridgeGreenAudioTourMap-8.5x11.pdf
Although Harvard is known as the "Crimson," it's really very green.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 03:31

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:27
Caption: Find the full-size tour map at: http://web.mit.edu/tyr/tours/Cambridge-Green-Audio-Tour/CambridgeGreenAudioTourMap-8.5x11.pdf
Converting an "old" building into a new "green" one.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:52

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:39

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 03:18
Caption: Find the full-size tour map at: http://web.mit.edu/tyr/tours/Cambridge-Green-Audio-Tour/CambridgeGreenAudioTourMap-8.5x11.pdf
Take a tour of Cambridge without getting into a car.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 03:20
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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
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
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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
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
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
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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
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
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
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8th grader Diogenes wrote this spoken-word poem about Harlem

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 01:39
  • Purchases: 1