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Playlist: The Best Youth-Made Radio of 2008

Compiled By: PRX Administrator

Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/httpwwwmouthshutcomusermariner2html/">Captain Nandu Chitnis</a>
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The most ear-grabbing stories from 2008 from promising young producers. Visit Generation PRX to hear more.

Think we're missing an important youth radio story of 2008? Send an email to generationprx[at]prx[dot]org

Compiled by Generation PRX Project Director Jones Franzel.

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Our Time: Teens and Politics. From KUOW and Generation PRX.

From KUOW | Part of the Curated Youth Radio Programs from KUOW and Generation PRX series | 00:55:54

"We grew up in America after 9/11. Our world is full of disasters. Now it's our time to step up or sit out." A special presentation from KUOW Public Radio Seattle and Generation PRX.

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My Plate Full, Yours Empty

From Curie Youth Radio | 00:02:05

What one family makes for dinner when the cabinets are empty. From Abdel Mutan for Curie Youth Radio.

Legal Emancipation

From Radio Rookies | 00:09:57

What does it really mean to be an adult? When the situation with his mom became unbearable, Radio Rookie Jordan Teklay sought his freedom through the courts.

Lunchroom

From David Green | Part of the School Scenes series | 00:02:15

Third grader Evan remembers the simple pleasures of first grade: blue sports drink. From Chicago's Third Grade Audio.

Love treatise

From Alaska Teen Media Institute | 00:08:36

Cooper Galvin, a high school senior in Anchorage, Alaska, goes on a quest to find out what love is. From Alaska Teen Media Institute.

Perceptions Shattered: African American Masculinity from Chicago Public Radio, PRX and the NBPC

From WBEZ | 00:52:29

Told by youth, Perceptions Shattered breaks down African-American Masculinity and looks into the reasons young Black men feel the need to act tough, use the N word and don't fit into a preconceived mold. From Chicago Public Radio and PRX.

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Letter to My Mom: You Haven't Lost Me

From Curie Youth Radio | 00:02:21

A letter from daughter to mom about love, hope, and Chuck E. Cheese. From Natalie Marquez for Curie Youth Radio.

Growing Up in The System

From Radio Rookies | 00:11:40

WNYC Radio Rookie Shirley Diaz's life has been shaped by the tragedy of her mother's murder and having been raised in several foster homes. Now 21, she's on the brink of aging out of The System. Winner of the Third Coast International Audio Festival's Silver Award for best documentary.

Sex Without Condoms is the New Engagement Ring

From Youth Radio | Part of the Youth Radio's the Best of "What's the New What?" series | 00:03:02

Youth Radio's Pendarvis Harshaw says that for a lot of his friends, the transition from having sex with a condom to sex without, is seen as a symbolic "engagement."

Running from Myself

From 826NYC | 00:17:50

For most of his high school career, Louis lived in a way that he later came to regret. He looks hard at why he did what he did, what made him stop, and if he's really changed for good. From 826NYC.

A day in the life of the youngest super delegate

From Y-Press | Part of the 2008 Democratic National Convention series | 00:04:06

What's a typical day at the convention like for the youngest super delegate of all? Y-Press journalists Katie Bolinger, 18, David Glass, 18, and Hrishi Deshpande, 13, report.

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Should I Stay or Should I Go (To the Prom)

From Blunt Youth Radio Project | 00:05:19

It's considered by many to be a rite of passage, but Blunt reporter David Barber-Callaghan isn't sure whether he wants to go to his senior prom.

Growing Up Without A Father

From Listen Up New Orleans! | 00:04:49

James Garner's father was incarcerated from the time he was 2 until he was 11. Now 13, he's trying to understand his relationship with a man who's been absent. From Listen Up New Orleans!

Swatch

From Youth Media Project | 00:06:59

An original radio drama that explores the truism "you don't know what you have until you lose it." Produced by the Youth Media Project in partnership with Santa Fe High School's Film and Radio class.

The Good, The Bad & The Junkie

From WAMU | 00:06:16

WAMU Youth Voices reporter Catherine Grubbs interviews a father and son about the son's abuse of the Attention Deficit Disorder drug Ritalin.

God Is...

From Vermont Folklife Center Media | Part of the Youth Radio Vermont series | 00:03:12

Janell Miller describes what God means to her, and the occasional wish that she'd grown up going to church. From Youth Radio Vermont.

What About the Guys?

From WAMU | 00:04:39

The US has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the western industrialized world. But what about boys who become teen fathers? Youth Voices Reporter Wenda Thompson takes a look.

Chasing the Crescent Moon: The Story of Dr. Frempong and Sickle Cell Disease

From Aaron Schwartz | 00:58:56

A documentary exploring sickle cell disease and an extraordinary doctor who is fighting the illness in Philadelphia and West Africa. From producer Aaron Schwartz.

Riot Boy

From outLoud Radio | 00:06:15

One boy's unlikely connection with the music of northwest feminists. From Diego Ruiz of outLoud Radio.

If I could talk to a presidential candidate

From Alaska Teen Media Institute | 00:02:06

Tonei Glavinic knows what he would talk about with a candidate for president, if any candidates would bother to campaign in Alaska. From the Alaska Teen Media Institute.

Lanzhou Handdrawn Noodle House

From Chinatown Youth Radio Philadelphia | 00:04:10

The freshest bowl of noodles in Philadelphia Chinatown. From Xiaojuan Ke and Hansi Lo Wang of Chinatown Youth Radio Philadelphia.


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