Series: Teenage Diaries

Produced by Radio Diaries

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Since 1996, the Teenage Diaries series has been giving tape recorders to young people around the country to report on their own lives.

Since 1996, the Teenage Diaries series has been giving tape recorders to young people around the country to report on their own lives. They conduct interviews, keep an audio journal and record the sounds of daily life -- usually collecting more than 40 hours of raw tape over the course of a year.

We work with each diarist to edit all the material into documentaries for National Public Radio's All Things Considered.


7 Pieces

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  • Added: Jun 26, 2004
  • Length: 00:16:53
  • Purchases: 10
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In Josh's second diary, he packs his tape recorder for his first summer away from home.

Bought by KFAI, Public Radio Remix, Remix Radio, and WYBC


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 00:13:47
  • Purchases: 4
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More and more these days Jeff finds himself thinking about race and being forced to answer the question "What are you?"

Bought by KSJD, KFAI, KUT, Public Radio Remix, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 00:13:12
  • Purchases: 17
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Juan and his family crossed the Rio Grande illegally into Texas four years ago.

Bought by Public Radio Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KFAI and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 00:10:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Melissa didn't mean to get pregnant. But now, after 12 years of living in the foster care system, she's trying to build the family she never had.

Bought by Public Radio Remix, KFAI, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 00:11:49
  • Purchases: 10
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Josh has Tourette's Syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes uncontrollable tics and involuntary verbal outbursts.

Bought by WORLDcompass.org, Public Radio Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, SALTcast Podcast and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 00:12:24
  • Purchases: 11
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Amanda's family is Catholic. Amanda is bisexual.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, Public Radio Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, KFAI and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 00:09:41
  • Purchases: 8