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When Do You Feel Most Alive?

From: City High Radio
Length: 00:03:11

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High school Junior Reilly asks other teenagers, "When do you feel most alive?" This vox-pop is short and sweet, and has the interesting effect of making at least THIS listener feel just a little more alive herself. Read the full description.

Alive_small High school Junior Reilly asks other teenagers, "When do you feel most alive?" This vox-pop is short and sweet, and has the interesting effect of making at least THIS listener feel just a little more alive herself. 
*This story is actually 3 min 08 seconds. We can't figure out how to remove the 40 seconds of silence at the very end. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Piece Description

High school Junior Reilly asks other teenagers, "When do you feel most alive?" This vox-pop is short and sweet, and has the interesting effect of making at least THIS listener feel just a little more alive herself. 
*This story is actually 3 min 08 seconds. We can't figure out how to remove the 40 seconds of silence at the very end. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
Janglin Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Up From Below (Deluxe Edition). Community Music/Fairfax Recordings 2010 03:50

Additional Credits

Instructor: Sarah Bromer

Related Website

http://www.cityhighschool.org