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Josh's Diary, Part 1: Growing Up with Tourette's
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Josh has Tourette's Syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes uncontrollable tics and involuntary verbal outbursts. "It feels like there's a bi...

Bought by HowSound, WORLDcompass.org, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 12:25
  • Purchases: 12
Melissa's Diary, Part 1: Teen Mom
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Melissa didn't mean to get pregnant. After 12 years of living in the foster care system, she's trying to build the family she never had. "The funny...

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 10
All Things Remixed: A Youth Radio Spoof
From: Youth Radio
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A brief spoof-advertisement for an apocryphal CD that remixes 1960s classics with hip-hop beats.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, KSFR, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 01:24
  • Purchases: 3
Josh's Diary, Part 2: First Kiss
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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In Josh's second diary, he packs his tape recorder for his first summer away from home. "What I have here is an envelope on which this girl Nicole ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, and WYBC


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 18:11
  • Purchases: 4
Jeff's Diary: Halfrican
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Jeff Rogers first recorded his Teenage Diary back in 1998 when he was a self identified 'halfrican.' He was thinking more and more about race and b...

Bought by KSFR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Georgia Public Broadcasting, KGNU Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 35:20
  • Purchases: 21
Matthew and the Judge: Juvenile Court Diary
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Prison Diaries
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Radio Diaries gave both Judge Jeremiah, a Rhode Island juvenile court judge, and Matthew, a 16-year-old repeat offender, tape recorders in 2001. Ju...

Bought by KRCC-FM, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2003
  • Length: 17:46
  • Purchases: 7
Mud
From: Hans Anderson
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Jake & Camille's stolen summer

Bought by KUER, KSJD, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WNIJ


  • Added: Dec 06, 2003
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 4
First Menstruation Stories
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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It's both terrifying and highly anticipated, and, as rites of passage often are, perhaps somewhat overrated. Blunt producer Ariel Adams set out wit...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2003
  • Length: 10:32
Teen Retail Psychology: Playing the Popularity Game at Work
From: Youth Radio
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Youth Radio's Sophie Simon-Ortiz reports on what happens when clothing retailers push their teenage employees to wield the powerful psychology of t...

Bought by WMNF, New Hampshire Public Radio, WFUV, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUNM and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2003
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 8
Trading One Tongue for the Other
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
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A young Filipino-American's poem on growing up in many languages.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMNF, KUOW, YouthCast, KUCB and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2003
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 6
Andrew and Racine Go To College
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Andrew Meyer, 19-year-old blind youth and his guidedog Racine navigate the Oregon State University during Andrew's first year of college.

Bought by WXLV-FM and KZYX


  • Added: Oct 31, 2003
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 2
Challenger Softball Team
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Team Effort

Bought by WXLV-FM and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 23, 2003
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
Moe Is Me At School
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Gay Teen's first love

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and East Village Radio


  • Added: Oct 13, 2003
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2
Jehovah's Witness
From: Youth Radio
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Youth Radio's Gabriela Jacobo describes growing up in a religious house, struggling to find religion herself.

Bought by PRX Remix, WNIN, KSFR, New Hampshire Public Radio, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2003
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 11
Oakland Scenes: Snapshots of a Community
From: Youth Radio
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Youth Radio chronicles life in Oakland, California, where an alarming number of youth homicides has weighed heavily on the community.

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, KRUA, Hearing Voices, KGLT and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2003
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 12
Profile of an Accidental Shooting
From: Youth Radio
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This is the story of 15-year-old Kenzo Dix who was shot and accidentally killed by his best friend Michael; the two boys were playing with Michael'...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and KALW


  • Added: Oct 07, 2003
  • Length: 07:06
  • Purchases: 3
RIT Video Game Masters
From: David Clements
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Video Games

  • Added: Oct 07, 2003
  • Length: 07:23

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