Winner of the 2003 NFCB Silver Reel for Radio Drama, Kathleen Ross' And, How Does That Make You Feel? takes a dramatic and experimental look at teen mental health. This piece originally aired on Blunt at WMPG in Portland, ME.

Curie Youth Radio is a writing and radio production class at Curie High School on Chicago's Southwest side. Here, students create their own stories: fresh takes on everything from snowball fights to gang warfare. They see their stories as a way for teenagers in one Chicago high school to reach out to the rest of the world.

According to what his brother Sergio told the police, Rogelio Bautista was just walking to a party this past New Year’s Eve when someone across the street yelled “f--- SCRAPS!!”, scrap being the derogatory word that a Norteno gang member uses to insult a Sureno. From the perspective of newspaper accounts and police reports, Rogelio died for a word, a color, a number, his death jotted down as just another statistic in our escalating gang war…but that’s not the perspective of the four narrators of the story “Our name is Rogelio Bautista.” These four fourteen year old kids knew him as the cousin they’d crammed into a tiny apartment with, the kid who they played baseball with using cans as bases, the tough hero of their neighborhood...they narrate his story in the voice of this young man...

At 15, Jordan Teklay became legally emancipated from his parents and moved on his own from California to New York City. Since then, he has been learning to juggle the responsibilities of work, school and taking care of himself. Emancipation has brought both freedom and hardship. Struggling to negotiate his path in the world, Jordan is trying to understand what it means to be an adult. HOST INTRO: Teenagers are famous for getting into conflicts with their parents over independence. Occasionally, that tension even leads to a separation of some kind--such as moving in with a relative or going into foster care. But Radio Rookie Jordan Teklay didn't want to be a part of anybody else's family. When the situation with his mom became unbearable, he sought his freedom through the courts.

Provocative yes, but balanced and interesting, this story commanded the top of NPR's most viewed list for the better part of a week and it sparked hundreds of online comments when it first aired.  While many listeners were angry and shocked, just as many were in agreement with Pendarvis' premise and thankful for real and honest youth reporting.

This story is part of Youth Radio's Best of What's the New What? series, which asks what new trends in youth culture are replacing old trends. In short: What's the New What?

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. In search of advice he turns to his classmates, past graduates, and his own mother. Photo Credit: Wade Kelly

July 5, 2005. On the front page of the Science section of the New York Times, an article titled "Straight, Gay or Lying? Bisexuality Revisited" reports on a study that "casts doubt on whether true bisexuality exists, at least in men." Questions, doubts and misunderstanding run rife when it comes to bisexuality. Celia La Luz set out to enlighten herself about bisexuality, and learned a lot more than she expected.

Radio Rookie Shirley Diaz's life has been shaped by the tragedy of her mother's murder and the difficulty of growing up in six different foster homes, separated from her six younger siblings. To avoid being consumed by loss, Shirley tries to make sense of these events and find refuge in home and family as she finds them. HOST INTRO: Radio Rookie Shirley Diaz is on the brink of aging out of the foster care system when she turns 21. Many young people face huge challenges when they leave the system. And a disproportionate number of New York City's 17,000 kids in foster care struggle with homelessness at some point in their lives. Braced for adulthood, Shirley whose nickname is Star looks to herself for support.

Language Arts is a Durham, North Carolina-based hip-hop group with members Aden Darrity, 24, and Pierce Freelon, 22. Through performances, workshops, and other activities, Language Arts teaches that civic involvement goes beyond community service and volunteer work ... and you don't have to be a politician either!

On December 13, 2005, the state of California executed a man named Stanley "Tookie" Williams. To some this man was infamous as the co-founder of the notorious Crips street gang and an unrepentent, cold-blooded murderer of four people. To others this man was a man who had atoned for his contributions to gang warfare by brokering truces and preaching alternatives to gang life, and to others, he was both a man redeemed, and, in fact, a man innocent of the crime he would be paying for with his life. Voice of Youth was there that night, outside San Quentin, among the crowd of thousands, and nineteen-year old Greg Shimada narrates his experience of the last four hours of Stanley Williams' life.

Braodcast on the "Summer" themed show of The Underground, the KBOO youth collective's monthly public affairs show. Broadcast initailly August 25, 2004, on KBOO Portland OR.

Josh has Tourette's Syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes uncontrollable tics and involuntary verbal outbursts. "It feels like there's a big balloon inside my stomach. And the balloon keeps growing bigger and bigger, like every second extra the tic stays inside it feels like somebody blows up the balloon another notch, until I let it out."

This story is part of the Teenage Diaries series  produced by Radio Diaries for NPR. Since 1996, Executive Producer Joe Richman has been giving tape recorders to young people around the country to document their lives. In December of 2012, Radio Diaries will revisit five of the original diarists 16 years after their first recordings. The series is broadcast on NPR's All Things Considered.  

Chris recalls the complications which ensue when a seven-year-old's curiosity and impulsiveness combine with an inclination to follow the rules. Ultimately, a bit of first grade ingenuity solves the problem. This story was originally part of a site-specific audio tour of our school written and recorded by third graders. The stories recount school memories ranging from kindergarten to third grade which reference specific locations, landmarks and objects on campus. While these pieces were originally created to be listened to on-site, they can be enjoyed on their own as well. We also recommend that you listen using headphones.