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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
I Wonder What They're Like
From: WHJE
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Bradley and Nicole are not allowed to know anything about their birth parents until they turn 18 because they are part of a closed adoption.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 05:47
Growing Up, Getting By: A Radio Rookies Special
From: Radio Rookies
Caption: Radio Rookie Sunnie Hwang with Producer Czerina Patel
For the first time, Radio Rookies presents an hour-long special, “Growing Up, Getting By”, hosted by WNYC reporter and Radio Rookies founder Marian...

Bought by KSFR, WHRV, KUT, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNM and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
"The Transatlantic Girls' " broadcast
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: Kennedy
“The Transatlantic Girls'" broadcast is probably the first transatlantic interview between school girls from both sides of the Atlantic. Featuring...

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2009
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Father Returns To Mexico; Should Son Follow?
From: Youth Radio
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Youth Radio's Luis Sierra describes his father's decision to return to Mexico after decades in the United States because of the economic crisis.

Bought by Vocalo.org and WMNF


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 2
Love treatise
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Cooper Galvin, a high school senior, goes on a quest to find out what love is.

Bought by PRX Remix and KSFR


  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 08:37
  • Purchases: 2
Hines Fellowship excerpt ("How I Met My Husband")
From: David Green
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An alumna from the class of '49 tells the story of how she met her future husband.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:07
The Good, The Bad & The Junkie
From: WAMU
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This story examines abuse of the attention deficit disorder drug, Ritalin.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
Rock My Foundation
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A love song to one's hometown

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
My Brother
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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No matter how many times Allen has screwed up his brother has always stood by him. Now Allen's incarcerated at the Long Creek Youth Development Ce...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2008
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 1
Running from Myself
From: 826NYC
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Louis struggles to reconcile bad choices he's made in the past.

Bought by KUT, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), YouthCast, and WBEZ


  • Added: Feb 14, 2008
  • Length: 17:51
  • Purchases: 4
The All-American Cambodian
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Chandra's mother is distant toward her activities, including cheerleading, at high school. Her mom has never watched her cheer. She objects to the ...

Bought by WMPG and YouthCast


  • Added: Jan 17, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Rap Over College?
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Keith has the smarts to go to a good college, but he wants to make it as a rapper.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, PRX Remix, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 4
My Grandparents in WW2
From: KBOO Youth Collective
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Interview with the Zeller Grandparents about their lives during WW 2.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Mar 21, 2007
  • Length: 08:13
  • Purchases: 1
And One Day Your Grandma Will Forgive You...
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
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Lena was born and lived to tell the tale...barely.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2006
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
Let's Talk About Sex
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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ATMI reporter Sara Perman investigates what teens think (and know) about sex.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2006
  • Length: 09:26
Growing Up in a Coal Community
From: Appalachian Media Institute
Caption: Natasha Watts interviewing community members., Credit: Rebecca O'Doherty, Youth Radio
Growing up in a coal community, mining is a part of your everyday life. In light of the recent SAGO mine disaster Natasha Watts reflects on what i...

Bought by WGXC, WGBH Radio Boston, WXLV-FM, The Nature Podcast, and PRX


  • Added: Jan 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 5
Rx Problem
From: Appalachian Media Institute
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Prescription drugs, especially oxycontin, has been a growing problem in southeastern Kentucky. Its not a problem most people want to talk about it...

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Son of a Coalminer
From: Appalachian Media Institute
Series: Living with Coal in Eastern Kentucky
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Josh Fleming grew up in a family of miners. In this piece he talks with his father about what being a coal miner has meant to his family and why h...

Bought by WGXC, WEKU, The Nature Podcast, WBEZ, WXLV-FM and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2006
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 6
Minimum Wage and Mining
From: Appalachian Media Institute
Series: Living with Coal in Eastern Kentucky
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When faced with the prospect of working for minimum wage many mountain youth in eastern Kentucky choose to work in the mines rather than try to scr...

Bought by WGXC, WEKU, WXLV-FM, WXLV-FM, and WKMS


  • Added: Jan 09, 2006
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 5
Let's Talk About Sex
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Blunt Presents: Youth and Sex
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Johanna Greenberg says parents, including her own, are falling down on the job when it comes to "the talk." So she makes the first move.

Bought by KZYX, PRX to iTunes, and YouthCast


  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 3
"I Still Love Him...Oh Well."
From: Curie Youth Radio
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The struggle to accept that your parent didn't put you first.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 12, 2005
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 2
Don't You Have Some Homework To Do?
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Eating toast, watching TV, playing guitar, these are the things David Barber-Callaghan likes to do on the weekend. But his father has a different i...

Bought by PRX Remix, YouthCast, WXLV-FM, YouthCast, and PRX


  • Added: Jul 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 5
Understanding Death
From: Youth Radio
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Youth Radio’s Kacey Ward continues to try to find ways of learning to cope with the many deaths in her family.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Mar 18, 2005
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 1