Getting Raised (Hour long program with 5 or 3 min. newshole)
Series: Curated Youth Radio Programs from KUOW and Generation PRX
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Getting raised isn't easy. This hour, we hear stories from those who know. Teenagers explain how to deal with in-your-face parents, abusive parents, absent parents and becoming a parent when you're still in high school. KUOW and the Public Radio Exchange scoured the country for the best radio stories created by producers under twenty. One teen tells us about folks who won't let their kid eat watermelon unsupervised, because they're afraid she'll choke on the seeds. Another young woman got kicked out of her mom's house when she was only eleven years old. She had to raise herself fast, and on the streets. We'll also hear some juicy secrets (you know that bullet hole in the basement?), and eavesdrop on conversations it's hard to have, at any age. PRODUCER: Jenny Asarnow HOST: Jennol Jenkins with her mom, Deb Jenkins WEB PRODUCER: Jenna Montgomery PRX PRODUCTION HELP: Jones Franzel
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Piece Description
Getting raised isn't easy. This hour, we hear stories from those who know. Teenagers explain how to deal with in-your-face parents, abusive parents, absent parents and becoming a parent when you're still in high school. KUOW and the Public Radio Exchange scoured the country for the best radio stories created by producers under twenty. One teen tells us about folks who won't let their kid eat watermelon unsupervised, because they're afraid she'll choke on the seeds. Another young woman got kicked out of her mom's house when she was only eleven years old. She had to raise herself fast, and on the streets. We'll also hear some juicy secrets (you know that bullet hole in the basement?), and eavesdrop on conversations it's hard to have, at any age. PRODUCER: Jenny Asarnow HOST: Jennol Jenkins with her mom, Deb Jenkins WEB PRODUCER: Jenna Montgomery PRX PRODUCTION HELP: Jones Franzel
Broadcast History
Aired on KUOW 94.9 Seattle and KXOT 91.7 Tacoma on January 1, 2007
Timing and Cues
RUNDOWN [PROGRAM IS SELF-CONTAINED]:
00:00 Billboard [separate file]
01:00-06:00 News hole
06:00-59:00 Program
CUES:
BB IN: [music] "Mom... Freshman year every time I said I was at the library I was with my boyfriend."
BB OUT: [music lyrics]: "There's no need to argue, parents just don't understand"
53 MIN SHOW:
IN: "From KUOW Public Radio in Seattle and the Public Radio Exchange, we're getting raised."
OUT: [music lyrics] "You will still be here tomorrow but your dreams may now."
55 MIN SHOW:
IN: "From KUOW Public Radio in Seattle and the Public Radio Exchange, we're getting raised."
OUT: [music lyrics] "I know, I have to go."
STORIES IN THIS PROGRAM:
1. "My Private Music" http://www.prx.org/pieces/5054/
We begin our program with a memory. The shadow of a child?s bed is stark against a wall, and he?s scared of what?s outside the window. He needs his mom, but she is fast asleep.
PRODUCER: Giancarlo Hernandez with Curie Youth Radio, a public high school program in southwest Chicago. Students? stories have aired on WBEZ Chicago and NPR. Giancarlo produced this story when he was 18. He graduated from Curie High School in 2004.
2. "In Your Face Parents" http://prx.org/pieces/10529
Heidi Choe?s parents pay attention to her. A LOT of attention. Sometimes her mom pulls up a chair to see what she?s writing online.
REPORTER: Heidi Choe.
PRODUCERS: Czerina Patel and Marianne McCune of Radio Rookies, a youth radio program at New York Public Radio. Radio Rookies stories have aired on WNYC in New York City and on NPR. Heidi recorded this story in 2001 when she was 15. She shared a 2002 Asian American Journalism Association prize for covering Asian American issues.
3. "The First Time I Left Home" http://www.prx.org/pieces/6842
KC?s mom kicked her out of the house when she was 11. That was after she accused her mom?s boyfriend of trying to molest her. KC talks with her sisters about growing up on the streets.
PRODUCER: KC Quinn of Blunt Youth Radio Project in Portland, Maine. Blunt staff teach a radio production course at Long Creek Youth Development Center, a juvenile correctional facility. Participants broadcast their work on public radio station, WMPG. KC produced this story when she was 17, while incarcerated for a drug offence.
4. "Family Separation" http://www.prx.org/pieces/4353/
Jose Amaya?s mom had to leave him in El Salvador when she moved to the United States. She brought him to America a few years later, but he resented her for the separation. Jose knows a lot of other kids in the same situation.
PRODUCER: Jose Amaya of Youth Voices at WAMU Radio in Washington, D.C. Youth Voices teaches high school students how to create radio feature stories. Their stories air on WAMU. Jose produced this story as a senior in high school.
5. "What We Wish We Could Tell Our Parents" http://www.prx.org/pieces/9615
Every teenager keeps secrets from their parents. The students at Curie High School have some juicy ones. In this confessional collage, the entire world gets to hear what they will never reveal to mom and dad. Now, about that bullet hole in the basement?
PRODUCERS: Romana Amato, Jose Benitez, Lucy Munoz, and April Winbun of Curie Youth Radio.
6. "Glasnost" http://www.prx.org/pieces/6883
Alla Pekareva knew she was gay, but didn?t want to tell her parents. They?re from the Ukraine, and they weren?t exactly open-minded about her sexuality. Alla says, "My mother once told me, ?If you ever turn out to be a lesbian, I'll curse the day you were born.'"
PRODUCER: Alla Pekareva of outLoud Radio. outLoud Radio works with youth "who are otherwise silenced because of their sexuality or gender identity." Their stories air on public radio station, KALW in San Francisco.
7. "Finding my Ma" http://www.prx.org/pieces/6996
Mya Hunter thinks you never really get to know your parents. She didn?t realize how little she knew about her own mom until she asked her about the men she?s dated. We eavesdrop on their nerve-wracking conversation.
PRODUCER: Mya Hunter of Youth Noise Network. Youth Noise Network is an after-school program for middle- and high-school students in Durham, North Carolina. It is supported by the Center for Documentary Studies. Students? stories air on Duke University?s radio station WXDU. Mya produced this story when she was 14 years old.
8. "The Thing About Being A Teenage Mother...Is That I'm Young" http://www.prx.org/pieces/5178
We end with two teenagers who are mothers, too. They both live in southwest Chicago. One gets a lot of family support, the other can?t keep up with all the work. What?s it like to become a mother when your own mom still tells you what to do?
PRODUCERS: DeNashatae Horton and Carlos Maeda of Curie Youth Radio.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A La Nanita Nana | Tish Hinojosa | Lullaby: A Collection. | 1994 | 00:30 | |
| Parents Just Don't Understand | DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince | DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince: Greatest Hits. | 1998 | 00:30 | |
| Crazy in Love (Karaoke Version) | Beyonce & Jay-Z | Female R&B, Vol. 3 (Karaoke). | 2005 | 00:30 | |
| Mama Says | Beach Boys | Smiley Smile/Wild Honey. | 2001 | 00:20 | |
| Ghetto | Akon | Trouble. | Motown | 2004 | 00:45 |
| A Mother's Sacrifice | Abyssinian Creole | Sexy Beast. | Pangea | 2005 | 00:20 |
| My Secret | The Platters | The Platters: The Magic Touch Anthology. | UMG | 1991 | 00:30 |
| You Can't Hurry Love | The Supremes | Diana Ross & the Supremes: Anthology. | 2001 | 00:40 | |
| Baby Mama | Fantasia | Free Youself. | 19 Recordings Ltd | 2004 | 01:30 |
| Father and Son | Johnny Cash and Fiona Apple | Unearthed. | American Recordings | 2003 | 03:00 |
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Review of Getting Raised (Hour long program with 5 or 3 min. newshole)
There are some nice gems in this hour-long programme by KUOW's Youth Radio.
These are personal stories from a diverse group of voices -- ethnically, culturally and in experiences.
My favourite was found nearly a half-hour in and it's by a young woman coming-out to her family. Her story was engaging, her parents so real, her experience so heartwarming.
The overall narrator/anchor of the program engages in a warm exchange with her mom. Whether you're a parent or not, you can't help but identify with and learn from their relationship.
Musical interludes are appropriate and help move the stories along.