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Playlist: Sounds of Summer: Youth Radio on PRX

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Curated Playlist

Grab a lemonade, put your feet up, and join us on the porch for ice cream. These youth-produced stories bring you summer in sound.

List curated by Generation PRX Project Director Jones Franzel. Visit generation.prx.org to find youth-produced radio for all seasons.

For more summer pieces, see our Summertime Editors' Picks.

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Boredom

From KBOO Youth Collective | 00:07:15

Dramatization of a summer day gone wrong. From Callie Dean of KBOO Youth Collective.

More than Pimps and Pushers: A Lotta Love, Too

From Curie Youth Radio | 00:03:00

Keith Shine wants more for his neighborhood than a bad reputation. Look through the eyes of a Chicago teenager as he brings us back to his favorite four hours of the summer: the annual basketball tournament at the Ickes Homes on Chicago's South Side. From Curie Youth Radio.

Family Vacation

From Blunt Youth Radio Project | 00:04:26

Your mom's got Van Morrison on repeat, she wants to talk "mother daughter trust," and there's still hundreds of miles left to go. Trapped inside a family car trip gone horribly wrong. From Jesse Chanin of Blunt Youth Radio Project.

Summer Jobs

From Alaska Teen Media Institute | 00:02:41

ATMI reporter Sara Perman got to wonder how other kids get their summer jobs. She soon found out it's often who you know rather than what you know, even when you're a teenager. From Alaska Teen Media Institute.

Will You Go To Prom With Me?

From Curie Youth Radio | 00:03:14

Asking is the hardest part.

Phil attempts to ask someone -- anyone -- to Prom. From Phillip Baggett of Curie Youth Radio.

Ricky, The Banjo, and Me

From Blunt Youth Radio Project | 00:04:09

David Barber-Callaghan grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, listening to his parents and their friends play old-time music on sticky summer nights. These days David is a reporter with the Blunt Youth Radio Project in Portland, Maine. And while there's plenty of live music in Portland, he still misses those cozy bluegrass jams.

Dominican Republic

From Radio Rookies | 00:08:09

Angely has family in the Dominican Republic, and she goes there every year for vacation. She adores the Dominican Republic and often wishes she lived there, instead of the Lower East Side of Manhattan. But many Dominicans, like Angely's father and grandfather, immigrate to New York for a "better life." Angely's not sure they're making the right choice. Reported by Angely Tavares, Produced by Czerina Patel with assistance from Michael Kavanagh. From Radio Rookies.

Slangin

From SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network | 00:08:45

An informative and humorous piece on the slang youth use today. This piece might help answer the question, "Why is slang so unique and important to young people?" From Emmanuel Watson and Spencer Washington of Youth Noise Network at the Center for Documentary Studies.

Bike Riding

From Alaska Teen Media Institute | 00:02:02

Alaska Teen Media Institute's Michael Eddy is excited for summer, because it means biking. And he likes biking. A lot. Listen through clicks, clacks, chain pulls and tire screeches as Michael describes just why he's so obsessed.

The Rise of the Staycation

From Blunt Youth Radio Project | 00:05:31

The Ins and Outs of Getting Away Without Going Anywhere. From Libby Donovan of Blunt Youth Radio Project.