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Is college really worth it? Student producers delve into this issue in a half-hour program about the student debt crisis. Radio Documentary student...

  • Added: May 18, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
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'Right, well for visitors this place serves as a first impression home base and for many a lasting memory of the city that never sleeps. But do the...

  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 06:24
Caption: ...the anonymous collaboration called humanity..., Credit: Susan Cook
Great affirmation of human purpose is the victory for those who watch the runners and wheelchairs racers come in at the Boston Marathon. They are ...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2013
  • Length: 06:13
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by Amy Friedman- Advertising company, Carmichael Lynch would never want to be viewed as outdated. But what happens when history threatens to get a ...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:19
Caption: The I-90 bridge that connects the Seattle area to Mercer Island.
Washington State is considering putting tolls on the I-90 bridge to Seattle. This will affect the lives of working adults who travel to Seattle, bu...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:19
Caption: Naci Libre: Born Free, Credit: Julio Salgado
The struggles of undocumented youth in the US often fly under the radar of the mainstream media. But with the tools of creative expression and the ...

Bought by WXDU and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:25
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Invisible Americans: Stories from the New Immigrants explores the lives of immigrants through the eyes of children. “One of the values of seeing t...

Bought by KUNM and WRPI


  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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In this edition of Audio Revolution students from YMP’s production team explore the theme of labels and discrimination from a variety of angles inc...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 10, 2013
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Heba Mamdouh
Egypt hosts the fifth largest refugee population in the world with official estimates of 38,000 refugees from 35 countries. Many refugees come from...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio


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  • Length: 16:16
  • Purchases: 1
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Exploramos los causas que ponen a los jóvenes en riesgo de la cultura de violencia. We explore the factors the put the youth at risk to the cult...

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 28:18
  • Purchases: 1
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In 1913, the American Social Hygiene Association launched a campaign to eradicate sexually transmitted diseases and prostitution. The subject was c...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2012
  • Length: 05:06
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This week on Culture Queue, we prepare our listeners for the start of the new semester at the University of Minnesota. We start with our Question o...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 31:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Four Days A Week, by Marjorie Otto. North Branch High School cut one school day in order to cut operating costs. Now Marjorie Otto returns to her h...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 01:12
  • Purchases: 1
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Youth Media Project and SWAT (Student Wellness Action Team) members from Santa Fe High and Capshaw Middle School have come together to produce an A...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Sep 17, 2012
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Texas class, Credit: LOC
The statistics look grim, but is America's educational system any worse off than it's ever been? Why have schools been the sites of so many social...

Bought by KREV-LP, WTJU, and KUNC


  • Added: Sep 07, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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More of a police presence and better police community relations are good ways to prevent violence, but a group of young men in Oakland are trying a...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2012
  • Length: 05:41
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Interfaith dialogue and the making of the next generation of leaders.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2012
  • Length: 28:01
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Markeal Dickey reflects on his high school experience and offers advice to upcoming students

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:54
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Carlton Brimm learns valuable life skills in addition to formal education

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:46
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High School Junior Pete Loves shares his feelings of success, defeat and perseverance in school.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:58
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Robert Baade is interviewed about his methods addressing diverse groups of students.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 07:43
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New Mexico students express their motivations for coming to school and what drives them to graduate, in part thanks to AVID.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 04:51
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Dave DeWitt reports that a proposed charter school in Chapel Hill has educators and families there picking sides.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 1
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Trying to entice wayward students back to class in Las Vegas, Chaparral High School Principal David Wilson led teams into communities to knock on d...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 07:57