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Playlist: Best Youth-Made Radio of 2011

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From polka to peer mediation and everything in between, the best radio we heard this year at Generation PRX, PRX's youth radio division.

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The Words of Our Parents

From City High Radio | 00:04:01

When adults talk to teenagers, they often wonder, "Are they hearing ANYTHING I say? Are they going to remember ANY of this?" Seventeen-year-old Grace investigates.

A Guide to the Immigration System

From Chetan Chandrashekhar | 00:02:35

Tales from the immigration system.

Do You Want It?

From Fusion Youth Radio | Part of the Summer Audio Workshop 2011 series | 00:04:31

This “vox pop”-inspired mix asks how ordinary people in Chapel Hill, NC, view food and how food affects their lives. Producer Brentton Harrison adds, "if I were to open up a restaurant, it would be a BBQ joint and I would call it 'Notorious P.I.G.'”

A child's view of domestic violence

From MPR News Stations | Part of the MPR News' Youth Series series | 00:07:13

Valencia McMurray revisits an incident that happened in her family when she was six and has kept a hold on her family 14 years later.

Best Couple

From Radio Rookies | 00:04:48

When seniors at a small public high school in the Bronx cast their votes for "Best Couple" they chose a pair they admire but who definitely defy the stereotype of best couple.

Polka!

From Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife | 00:05:22

Middle School Youth Producer Paiton Kalina investigates her family's love of Polka music in this humorous and lively first-person essay. Produced with help from Amber Woytek at the Wharton Boys & Girls Club.

One Melody Anew

From Kamna Shastri | 00:10:21

South Asian American students have found a way to bring together the two cultures they interact with every day. By fusing South Asian styles of music with American styles of music through acapella, these students find a way to bridge together two separate things - two separate melodies - into one.

To Bet or not to Bet

From Brooklyn College Radio | 00:06:09

An exploration of the betting world in Rockaway, NY. Interviews and anecdotes.

Peer Mediation with a Pencil

From Philly Youth Radio | Part of the Students of Violence series | 00:02:51

Shayla Torres dealt with a lot of violence in her last school, where she was a peer mediator. Here, the 17-year-old junior recalls one especially contentious situation.

Radio Rookies - Jillian Suarez

From WNYC | Part of the WNYC 9/11 Anniversary Programming series | 00:05:27

Jillian Suarez's story is one she says she doesn't want to tell with tears. Jillian's father, a New York City police officer, didn't come home on 9/11 and for three months her mother held out hope he would be found alive - until she received a call that his remains had been found.

Big Loose Fear

From Sarah Lawrence College Radio | 00:05:58

Life lessons from the recycling center.

What If

From Youth Media Project | 00:03:50

In this piece, Ellie Evans, a student from the New Mexico School For The Arts, asks the question: What if? What if the world were different? This imaginative and poetic piece challenges our current understanding of the world around us.

Soundtrack to School Violence

From Philly Youth Radio | Part of the Students of Violence series | 00:05:02

Cristel Martinez came to America from the Dominican Republic with a dream to become a music producer. But the only music she hears in school, says the eighteen-year-old senior, is the sound of violence.

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When Do You Feel Most Alive?

From City High Radio | 00:03:11

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.

Can I do Anything Anymore?

From Terrascope Youth Radio | 00:06:51

Terrascope Youth Radio reporters Andy Cox and Levi Toledano wonder why no matter how much they do for the environment, it's never enough.

Illegal Mail

From Blunt Youth Radio Project | Part of the Incarcerated Youth Speak Out series | 00:08:47

For students locked up in Maine's Long Creek Youth Development Center passing notes is a crime... and an art form. Jacorey investigates.

The Sound of School

From WHJE | 00:03:18

Ever wondered how school would sound if it had a rhythm?

Postcard from Occupy Wall Street

From Youth Radio | 00:04:16

Among the thousands of protesters to amass in Lower Manhattan in the past month are out-of-towners from across the country. One of them was 16-year-old Jelani Gibson who traveled by bus from Pontiac, Michigan with his grandmother. From Zuccotti Park, the continuously occupied headquarters of the demonstration where he spent a week in early October, he has this postcard.

Advertising in schools

From Alaska Teen Media Institute | 00:05:54

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