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StoryCorps: Josh Weiner and Sylvia Grosvold
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Josh Weiner and Sylvia Grosvold at their StoryCorps interview in Portland, OR on March 27, 2019. , Credit: By Beth Duckles for StoryCorps.
Sylvia Grosvold was 5 and half years old when she lost her mother to suicide. A decade later, she came to StoryCorps with her dad Josh Weiner to ta...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 02:43
OutCasting 0055 - Trans youth transitioning - part 3
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: OutCasting youth participant Amalee (R), with Alex
This week on OutCasting, public radio’s LGBTQ youth program, we continue our conversation about trans youth transitioning by talking with Amalee, a...

Bought by KZYX and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Nov 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Gregory Bess and April Gibson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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33-year-old April Gibson talks to her teenage son, Gregory Bess, about how she felt when he was born.

Bought by WVBI-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Jan 25, 2018
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 2
Syniya
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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My advice for kids, for losing someone you love: Just remember the good times, and remember those big hugs and big kisses you always got.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
99: Mortified, Interrupted
From: The Mortified Podcast
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A complex and touching episode featuring two stories about teenagers who kept diaries while inside a mental health hospital — with entries ranging ...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2017
  • Length: 32:15
The Neighborhood
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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A postcard from childhood, that place we remember but can't visit anymore...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 10:46
  • Purchases: 1
59 Nicole: Don't Mess with a Texas Momma
From: The Mortified Podcast
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A teenager gets judgy when mom starts dating. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Listen @ getmortified.com/podcast

  • Added: May 08, 2016
  • Length: 22:19
Thicker Than Water
From: Israel Story
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On Today's show, we delve into the messy territory of family bonds—how they’re formed, challenged, and change over time. We’ll meet three families ...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Apr 18, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:24
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 18 - Crenshaw - Katherine Applegate
From: Kitty Felde
Series: Book Club for Kids
Caption: Markel, Jhandira, and Amelia
Sometimes, you just need a friend. Even if he’s imaginary, like the gigantic purple cat named Crenshaw. That’s the name of Newbery Award winning wr...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 21:36
The Art of Children's Author, Michele Sailor
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of, "Art Beat" we visit with a Winona State University graduate of the Mass Communication department who is a grade school teacher ...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 15:28
Choose Your Own Adventure
From: Rendered
Series: Rendered
Caption: Journey Under the Sea was the second book in the series.
We dig into the history of the beloved Choose Your Own Adventure series and the interactive stories kids are reading today.

Bought by WABE, KALW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 16:16
  • Purchases: 3
Minor Key: A Teenage Composer at a Crossroads
From: Mary Quintas
Caption: Bryson Alexander playing one of his compositions, Credit: Mary Quintas
Bryson Alexander is a Contemporary Classical music composer. At 16 years old, he’s composed nearly 40 pieces...all without knowing how to read or ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 2
Birth and Motherhood in Prison: An Interview with Veronica Martinez inside Folsom Women's Prison
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Veronica Martinez with her daughter inside Folsom Women's Prison in Northern California., Credit: Nancy Mullane
Veronica Martinez is a mother in prison. While in county jail awaiting trial she gave birth to her daughter Amaya Martinez. The Bureau of Justice S...

  • Added: May 13, 2014
  • Length: 24:13
StoryCorps: Two Sisters
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Two teenage sisters, whose names are withheld to respect their privacy, remember confiding in each other about being sexually abused by their uncle...

Bought by WEZU and KMUD


  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Faith and Jerris Marr
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Jerris Marr interviews his 10-year-old daughter Faith about surviving bone cancer on her spine.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
Tales from the South 48: Through the Eyes of a Child
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
Caption: Montgomery Trucking playing at Tales
True stories by Southerners in front of a live audience. This week's stories show us the innocence, imagination, and skewed logic of a child's mind...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Krystal Goes Home
From: greg keener
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Radio 101 student Krystal Dean describes coming home to live with her family after spending seven years in a children's home.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:36
A child's view of domestic violence
From: MPR News Stations
Series: MPR News' Youth Series
Caption: Valencia McMurray (left) interviews her mother about the attack that nearly took her life when Valencia was 6., Credit: Sasha Aslanian
Valencia McMurray revisits an incident that happened in her family when she was six and has kept a hold on her family 14 years later.

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, and YouthCast


  • Added: Jul 29, 2011
  • Length: 07:13
  • Purchases: 4
Bullying in schools through the eyes of teens
From: MPR News Stations
Series: MPR News' Youth Series
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Grace Pastoor, a high school junior in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, interviewed students about how they see bullying and whether they think adults ca...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Jul 29, 2011
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Guido on Back to School
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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I was so lost, so bereft, I doubted my vocation. I wasn't worried about becoming a priest, I was worried about dressing myself.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2010
  • Length: 04:15
Schooled: Teens' Stories About American Public Education
From: KUOW
Series: Curated Youth Radio Programs from KUOW and Generation PRX
Caption: Claudia Villa with her high school diploma
Teens talk about standards, inequality, and getting out of public high school in America. Schooled is one hour of some of the best youth radio st...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KTSW 89.9, KMXT, KGOU, WSKG and more


  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: 55:59
  • Purchases: 32
Someone to Tuck Me In
From: Radio Rookies
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Last year at a routine check-up, 15-year-old Raymond Henderson decided to tell the truth. When his doctor noticed bruises on his neck, Raymond admi...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 3
Chinyanta's Digital Diary: A Zambian teen fights for child rights and gender equality
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Chinyanta Chimba is a youth producer with UNICEF Radio and Voices of Youth's Digital Diaries, and here she talks to her friend...

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 09, 2007
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
Getting Raised (Hour long program with 5 or 3 min. newshole)
From: KUOW
Series: Curated Youth Radio Programs from KUOW and Generation PRX
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Teens tell us what it's like to live with parents...or without them

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, KSFR, Georgia Public Broadcasting, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2007
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 19
Speaking to My Heart
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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When Nikki became a mother of two at the age of seventeen she promised to leave her life of drugs and crime behind. It was a promise she couldn't k...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Remix Radio, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 4