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The amazing story of the world's first viral video, and how it launched a multi-million dollar media empire.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 17:43
Caption: Students discussing progress with Isle Royale Park Rangers
Students at the Dollar Bay High School in Dollar Bay, Michigan were recently honored by the National Park Service for work they are doing with aqua...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 06, 2013
  • Length: 08:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Text messaging is a popular and convenient way to communicate using cell phones, but how do speakers of Mandarin, Cantonese and other dialects of C...

Bought by WABE, WTJU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 4
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High School Junior Tessa wonders why having friends on Facebook doesn't lead to friends in real life. Is it because we're different people when we...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2012
  • Length: 02:50
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This week on Culture Queue, we explain what exactly a "queue" is. Our show begins with a look at light painting from producer Marcheta Fornoff. New...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Lights, Camera, Paint!: Producer Marcheta Fornoff dives into the world of light painting, a process involving flashlights and long lens exposure. ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Is internet addiction a real thing? Are young people too plugged in? Sterling Anderson of WTIP's Youth Radio Project considers these questions in t...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
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Are today's young people too plugged in? Is the wide variety of technology at their fingertips detrimental to their schoolwork/driving/futures? WTI...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
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"Looking in a Different Light"

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:16
  • Purchases: 1
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David Weinberger chatted with Kevin Lewis about his Facebook study, which found that while younger folks are likely to build friendships based on c...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 10:12
Caption: Epic Sound Slam Team
Social Damnation is a team piece performed by the poets of Epic Sound, the Kenwood Academy Slam Poetry Team: seniors Kristen Turner, 17, Rachel Smi...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Generations discuss the changes in building materials

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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A Mashup is a composition created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs. On this piece, producer Gabriel Liendo helps us understand the world ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 1
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An estimated 200,000 text messages are sent every second around the world. How many of those text messages are sent by kids sitting in schools? H...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2011
  • Length: 01:50
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Access to the internet access is a hot topic in rural northeastern Minnesota. Shawn Neuwirth of WTIP’s Youth Radio Project throws proverbial fuel o...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2011
  • Length: 02:07
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Everyone knows how the Olympic Games can unite the world, but what about video games? In this commentary, Sterling Anderson of WTIP's Youth Radio ...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2011
  • Length: 01:48
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for any week in 2011, as a special for "Back to School Computing". Benny Rockwell, who usually does a single ...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Photo by: Miran Rijavec, Flickr
An audio Collage about "Materialism" constructed of the first 200 responses when searching 'materialism' in youtube.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 08:09
Caption: Ruth Mullin, Credit: Philip Nusbaum
"Technology is great," says Ruth Mullin, student at Susan B. Anthony Middle School (Minneapolis). But too much texting can cause you to ignore your...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
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Sometimes interviews take strange turns - especially when the interviewee is a nine-year-old boxer with an inventive imagination.

Bought by The Story and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 2
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A reflection on a generation's obsession with Facebook and how it might be affecting our emotional lives. Sound rich. Features an interview with a ...

Bought by KSFR and WTIP


  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The beginnings of an animation project by Claremont student Amir Rashid., Credit: Peter Heckel
At Claremont Middle School in Oakland, Calif., students learn the ropes of computer animation at a young age. Their teacher hopes this will qualify...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2010
  • Length: 04:15
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Flipping the channels, beep beep just received a text, while checking facebook is a very real scene for many teens. Some are calling these media mu...

Bought by KZYX, WTIP, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and YouthCast


  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 5
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According to Nielsen the average American youth watches about 28 hours a week, or 2 months of nonstop TV-watching per year. Y-Press reporter 17 yea...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 12:28
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For the second installment of series on youth and media, Y-Press reports on teens and internet use. According to the Pew Internet and American Life...

Bought by WTIP and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 2