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Part 2 - Hip-hop Artist One Be Lo: What Does it Mean to be "American"
From: Noah Chandler
Series: Imagine 2050 Podcast
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Interview with indie hip-hop artist, One Be Lo.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:15
UnFictional: After You Left
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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On this episode there are mysteries to solve, sudden appearances and unexpected disappearances. Two stories about searching for something that does...

Bought by KOSU, Aspen Public Radio, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Aug 03, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
My Mother’s Story
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Youth producer Gracia Manzanares' touching interview with her mother about immigrating to the United States and the differences between women in Me...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:07
The Backpack
From: Youth Media Project
Caption: Photo by: mL., Flickr
Israeli United World College student, Nofar Hamrani, shares her moving story about growing up in the Gaza Strip. She begins her story with a famil...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 06, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Palestinian Hoop Dreams
From: Youth Media Project
Caption: Photo by: spaceameoba, Flicker.com
“Palestinian Hoop Dreams” is a thoughtful story by Ahmed Hemeid, a Palestinian student at United World College. Ahmed’s tells us an amazing story t...

Bought by Public Radio Remix and YouthCast


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 2
Coming of age "illegal"
From: MPR News Stations
Series: MPR News' Youth Series
Caption: Brenda, 19, walks through her Minneapolis neighborhood. She's been living as an illegal immigrant in Minnesota since she was 7 years old., Credit: MPR Photo/Jeff Thompson
When Brenda was 7, she was carried across the border from Mexico. Now 19, the Minneapolis teen wishes she could live and work legally in the countr...

Bought by WGXC, KUNM, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and KSFR


  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 4
Despite Budget Cuts, Youth Meet Their Own Needs
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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When the City of Oakland cut their after school homework help program, High school senior Nora Rose started volunteering at her library to help fil...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:18
A Young Scholar vs. the Recession
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Thomas McCall, a 20-year-old student-athlete and father-to-be, was already struggling to make it in the American job market. Courtney Supple produc...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:39
Sealed
From: Colleen Kelly
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Sealed explores divorce and its lingering effects. Nearly two decades after their parents’ separation, four siblings reflect on its aftermath.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 22:22
  • Purchases: 1
The Death of my Grandma and the Concomitant Existential Dread
From: andy boyd
Series: I Am Not a Metaphor
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Andy's Grandma dies.

  • Added: Aug 25, 2009
  • Length: 04:58
Fresh Greens: Teens and the Environment
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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Tells the stories of how American youth think about their daily impact on our planet.

Bought by KVMR, KZYX, KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN, KUNM and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2009
  • Length: 51:29
  • Purchases: 10
Cleo
From: Alexander Yellen
Series: Tell Me Your Story
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Cleo had a hard time learning how to read

  • Added: Dec 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:49