Jenny Asarnow
Recent Pieces from Jenny Asarnow
Witnessing 'The Cove'
(05:27)
From: RadioActive Youth Media
17-year-old Elora West is riled up when she sees "The Cove," an Oscar-winning documentary about dolphin hunting in Japan. Then she gets the chance to go protest the hunts ...
Around The World With RadioActive
(19:07)
From: RadioActive Youth Media
RadioActive is back with a monthly podcast! This month, hosts Tatevik Aprikyan and Kendrick Bradley take us from Seattle to Japan. Kamna Shastri reports on the traditions ...
Michelle Alexander: Mass Incarceration Is The New Jim Crow
(49:27)
From: KUOW
More African Americans are incarcerated, on probation or on parole than were enslaved in 1850. Civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander argues the mass incarceration of African ...
The Tragic End Of Summer Soundwave
(17:23)
From: RadioActive Youth Media
Hosts Molly and Zoe are too busy coping with the tragic end of Summer Soundwave to fabricate a theme from two very different stories. First, we hear how a girl who grew up ...
Schooled: Teens' Stories About American Public Education
(55:59)
From: KUOW
Teens talk about standards, inequality, and getting out of public high school in America. Schooled is one hour of some of the best youth radio stories on PRX. The show is ...
Reza Aslan: How to get out of the 'cosmic' war in the Middle East (Lecture)
(53:55)
From: KUOW
Reza Aslan says America will never "out-fanaticize" religious fundamentalists in the Middle East -- and should stop trying to win wars on their terms.
James Bamford: Inside the National Security Agency (Lecture)
(54:00)
From: KUOW
The National Security Agency was once nicknamed "No Such Agency." For years, the U.S. government wouldn't admit it existed. James Bamford is the author of the only two books ...
John Edwards, With Trial Lawyers and Union Members (Lecture)
(54:00)
From: KUOW
John Edwards speaks to loyalists from each of the "two Americas."
Filmmaker David Lynch explains how to catch big ideas (Lecture)
(53:59)
From: KUOW
David Lynch explains how he gets ideas for his often disturbing films from a feeling of inner bliss.
