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: Teen Protestor at Occupy Seattle, Credit:  Hollywata
This month's RadioActive brings you stories on politics. Kamna Shastri talks to protesting parents on the front lines of Occupy Seattle. Chetan Cha...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2012
  • Length: 00:12:37
Caption: Dolphins being butchered in Taiji, Japan. , Credit: Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taijidolphinslaughter/5304070526/in/photostream/">Elora West</a>
17-year-old Elora West is riled up when she sees "The Cove," an Oscar-winning documentary about dolphin hunting in Japan. Then she gets the chance ...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 00:05:27
  • Purchases: 1
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RadioActive is back with a monthly podcast! This month, hosts Tatevik Aprikyan and Kendrick Bradley take us from Seattle to Japan. Kamna Shastri re...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 00:19:07
  • Purchases: 1
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Hosts Kamna and Meron host the second to last show of RadioActive. We hear from Delvonte Felder and Emma Baker as well as a farewell song from Mero...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 00:13:04
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Max and Kendrick at Goodwill
Max and Kendrick host Tasty Wednesday and visit Portage Bay Cafe in the University District. Meron Fikru shares a story about the double standards ...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 00:14:21
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Today’s show is all about performance. You’ll hear about IsleWilde, a circus group on Vashon Island. You’ll also hear about Awaaz, a south Asian a ...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 00:19:09
  • Purchases: 1
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Hosts Kamna Shastri and Meron Fikru share their personal stories. Kamna speaks about the park from her childhood, and Meron talks about the busines...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Aug 11, 2011
  • Length: 00:10:46
  • Purchases: 1
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Today's show thinks ahead to once summer vacation is (gasp) over. Hosts Chetan Chandrashekhar and Katherine Sims discuss education. A group of stud...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Aug 11, 2011
  • Length: 00:14:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Today, hosts Meron Fikru and Kamna Shastri share stories about stereotypes that youth have faced. Is it OK to have stereotypes? Professor Ana Mari ...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 00:13:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Number Tube, Credit: Andrew
On today's show, we hear two stories about a brain condition called synesthesia. That's when the stimulation of one pathway in the brain leads to a...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 00:11:09
  • Purchases: 2
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This fall marks the ten–year anniversary of September 11. Today on RadioActive, teens reflect on what 9/11 means to them. Then, Hayat Essa, a Somal...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and KDNK


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 00:09:36
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Weekday High interns interview Lisa, a member of the Rainbow Family. They're a group that meets in national parks to pray for world peace. Lisa is not her real name., Credit: Emma Baker and Delvonte Felder
Our week of RadioActive introductions continues with hosts Delvonte Felder and Emma Baker. In their personal stories, Delvonte learns about respons...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 00:09:48
  • Purchases: 1
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RadioActive starts with two new personal stories, as hosts Katherine Sims and Chetan Chandrashekhar introduce themselves to you. After a set of emb...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Aug 02, 2011
  • Length: 00:12:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kendrick and  Max gather audio at the Pike Place Market in Seattle, Credit: Sarah Dillard
Weekday High’s annual summer podcast is back! Host’s Kendrick Bradley and Max Hutton kick things off with the first episode of RadioActive. They sh...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 00:09:40
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Carlos Padilla at a rally for the DREAM act
One in every 50 students who graduated high school last year were undocumented immigrants. Undocumented students can't apply for federal financial ...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 00:07:47
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During Ramadan, 1 billion Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, for a month. In 2010, Ramadan occurred during the summer. In Seattle, where summer d...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 00:09:09
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Do you recycle religiously yet drive an SUV? Do you drive a Prius, yet fly cross country more often than you care to admit? Devon Dennison and Kell...

Bought by Vocalo.org and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 00:01:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Aarti with a dress by Chrissy Wai-Ching
In Seattle, some in the fashion industry are going green. Aarti Chandorkar finds out how two young designers - Chrissy Wai-Ching and Renee Corrick ...

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Where does garbage go? Zoe Sheinkopf wanted to know. She lives in Bellingham, Washington. In Bellingham, a program called Food Plus teaches student...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: 00:07:23
  • Purchases: 1
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Molly Freed learned there was a new park going up in her neighborhood, West Seattle. When she investigated, she learned the park was going to be bu...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:25