RadioActive Youth Media

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RadioActive trains the next generation of public media makers at KUOW / Puget Sound Public Radio in Seattle. Our workshops empower youth through storytelling. Our podcast features stories by RadioActive journalists about the people and issues that matter to young people in the Northwest.

RadioActive is the program formerly known as Weekday High. Find the archived Weekday High podcasts here!

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Caption: Molly holds up the flowers she picked while reporting from the Children's Garden at Seattle Tilth, Credit: Nathan Friend
Chocolate-dipped strawberries start Keano Martinez and Molly Anderson on a path to find out why local fruits and veggies taste better. Along the wa...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2009
  • Length: 07:43
Caption: Beno Picciano, host of today's Econ Thursday episode of The Mixing Board, Credit: Irene Noguchi
Beno Picciano and Michelle Dutro get lost at the Woodland Zoo, despite Michelle’s clear directional skills. Beno hosts the first economy-themed sho...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2009
  • Length: 10:05
Caption: Quick! Blow out the candles so we can cut the cake!, Credit: Nathan D. Friend
OUCH! Keano's mouth gets burned — by chocolate! Michelle Dutro and Keano Martinez first hear from Lizzie Kirchner's family who explains the process...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 08:20
Caption: Do you see it? The Face that haunts Gargoyle Statuary in Seattle? The darkest splotch is his right eye...Hear more creepy tales on our Got Fear episode., Credit: Artur Sapek
It’s the Mixing …BOO! Gotcha. We’re talking fear today with Lizzie Kirschner and Artur Sapek. They take us face-to-face with a poltergeist at a loc...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2009
  • Length: 07:20
Caption: Bryce Ellis enjoys a day at the park, just like in his earliest childhood memories, Credit: Molly Anderson
Molly Anderson and Bryce Ellis explore human memory through a story told by intern Lizzie Kirshner. They also interview Jessica Sommervile on the f...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2009
  • Length: 08:50
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It?s our last podcast of the summer, and we?re going out with two pieces about self-expression. DaeDae Williams shares a powerful poem about the c...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 07:52
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A sport for the twenty-first century? Two words: rocket racing. Ann Kane explores this real-life combination of NASA and NASCAR. Then, Lillian Warn...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2008
  • Length: 06:21
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Lillian Warner explores where politics can fit into a teenager's already full schedule.

Bought by KUOW and YouthCast


  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 2
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Two stories challenge stereotypes about young people. First, Lillian Warner looks at where politics can fit into a teen?s already full schedule. An...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 07:55
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Young people will be crucial to this year?s election, though political activism can take many different forms. Ann Kane talks to youth voters about...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2008
  • Length: 06:49
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Ann Kane talked to young people at a polling site on Seattle's Capitol Hill about why they voted.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Aug 22, 2008
  • Length: 01:11
  • Purchases: 1
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Jade O'Neil turns eighteen only two months before the general election, but she's already been elected as a delegate to the Washington State Democr...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Aug 22, 2008
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
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He's too young to vote, but Bryce Jacobson still makes an impact. In this personal essay, Bryce explores how being gay in a conservative, religiou...

Bought by KRCB-FM and WAMC


  • Added: Aug 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 2
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Barack Obama plans to send his VP choice via text message to supporters. But is it possible to text something meaningful? Kat and Kaitie seek to a...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 06:13
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Today?s show explores exotic foods. First, three interns review two places to get bubble tea. Only one leaves satisfied. Then, Lillian Warner samp...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 07:31
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What's in a name? As Kat Beame find out, everything. She talks to Goodspaceguy Nelson, an eccentric candidate running for Congress from Washington....

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 07:19
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Phyllis Allen is Kaitie Marshall?s grandma. She recently spent three months as an aid worker in Darfur for Doctors Without Borders. In this intervi...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Aug 18, 2008
  • Length: 13:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Kayla Sargent reports on EarthCorps International, a program that brings young international students to the Seattle area for preservation efforts

  • Added: Aug 15, 2008
  • Length: 03:04
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Emily Barreca has this report on the challenges and opportunities of Suquamish youth.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2008
  • Length: 03:59
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Today's show is about getting involved. First, Kat Beame interviews young people involved with Darcy Burner?s Congressional campaign. Then, Ann Kan...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2008
  • Length: 09:57