'Crazy' for a Summer Anthem July 31, 2006 • Youth Radio's Anyi Howell would like to nominate a tune for the title "Song of the Summer": "Crazy," by Gnarls Barkley. It may not be the No. 1 hit, but it's the song that seems to be everywhere right now. 'Crazy' for a Summer Anthem Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5595515/5595516" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion The Effort to Keep an Online Diary Private July 24, 2006 • Bly Lauritano-Werner is a high school student with an online journal. Her mother reads the journal -- but Bly thinks she shouldn't. Bly works with Blunt Radio in Maine. This piece came to us from Youth Radio. The Effort to Keep an Online Diary Private Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5579002/5579003" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion The Connection Between Violence and Teen Parents July 18, 2006 • Youth violence is a problem experienced by many inner-city and low-income neighborhoods. Youth Radio's Pendarvis Harshaw says violence doesn't just end the lives of young men and women. It also has a connection to teen pregnancy when teens try to prolong their lives by creating a new one. The Connection Between Violence and Teen Parents Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5565125/5565126" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion A Personal Story of Racial Profiling July 14, 2006 • Youth Radio's Anyi Howell says that for young people of color, racial profiling by the police is an unwelcome rite of passage. A Personal Story of Racial Profiling Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5557545/5557546" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Young People and the Future of the Blues July 3, 2006 • Youth Radio's Jordan Monroe is a young man in love with the blues, but finds his peers more interested in modern music. The Oakland, Calif., native hopes to get more young folks into the blues. Young People and the Future of the Blues Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5529561/5529562" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion The Immigration Debate Migrants' Dilemma Strikes Chord in Rural America June 4, 2006 • Commentator Machlyn Blair isn't an immigrant, but he sees a lot of parallels between the current immigration debate and the story of his own life. Blair is a 19-year-old living in rural Kentucky. But he suspects he may not be able to live there for long. He wonders if he'll have to leave everything he knows in order to make a better living. Migrants' Dilemma Strikes Chord in Rural America Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5450719/5450722" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Kids Interpreting Medical Information to Parents May 19, 2006 • In California, young people are often asked to interpret medical information for parents or relatives who are not fluent in English. But a state legislator believes interpreting sensitive medical information is too stressful for minors, and wants to ban the practice. Antony Jauregui of Youth Radio reports. Kids Interpreting Medical Information to Parents Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5418069/5418070" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion 'Exit Exams': Can't Pass? Don't Graduate May 17, 2006 • Youth Radio reporter Jazmine Livingston is a California student who thinks an "exit exam" is a valid requirement for graduation. The college-bound high school senior feels that all students have plenty of time and assistance to prepare for the test -- and if they can't pass, they shouldn't graduate. 'Exit Exams': Can't Pass? Don't Graduate Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5411431/5411432" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Saturday School for Immigration Protesters April 28, 2006 • Some Los Angeles-area high school students who left school to participate in an immigrant rights rally earlier this April are being punished with detention on Saturdays. Youth Radio correspondent Jennifer Obakhume reports. Saturday School for Immigration Protesters Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5369130/5369131" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Hip-Hop to the Nth Degree: Hyphy April 4, 2006 • Hyphy is a rap style out of the suburbs of San Francisco, defined by its fast pace and intricate wordplay. It's now getting national attention, as rapper E-40 has an album in Billboard's top 100. Youth Radio's Tapan Munshi explains. Hip-Hop to the Nth Degree: Hyphy Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5323593/5323594" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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A Look at Dads of All Kinds A Difficult Cut: A Father, A Son and Little League March 15, 2006 • A new Little League season is beginning, but it can be a hard-knock life. Recently Al Lazard and his 11-year-old son Armando sat down for a frank conversation. It began with a question from Armando: "Dad, tell me the truth, why did you cut me off the team?" A Difficult Cut: A Father, A Son and Little League Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5280660/5280665" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'Reflections on Return': Sharing War Experience February 23, 2006 • Army Specialist Richard Denny was deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq for 12 months. Now he is at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. He's from a family of military men in Knoxville, Tenn., but Denny says his war experiences are hard to share, even with his family. 'Reflections on Return': Sharing War Experience Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5230775/5230776" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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A South African Student Looks for Balance January 17, 2006 • Youth Radio's Nishat Kurwa profiles a South African college student who's fighting to balance her new educational opportunities with a daily struggle against the social and economic legacies of apartheid. A South African Student Looks for Balance Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5160336/5160337" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Teaching Martin Luther King Jr.'s Story January 16, 2006 • Racial tensions between blacks and Latinos have developed recently in Los Angeles high schools. Youth Radio reporter Jennifer Obakhume visits a South Los Angeles high school to find out how Martin Luther King's legacy is taught there, and how those lessons are received. Teaching Martin Luther King Jr.'s Story Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5159382/5159383" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion West Virginia Mining Disasters Growing Up in a Coal Town: Stay Home or Leave? January 10, 2006 • Commentator Natasha Watts is from the third generation of a coal mining family in Kentucky. The recent deaths of miners at the Sago Mine in West Virginia mirrored a similar mining accident in her home town decades ago, and reminds her of her own dilemma: whether to stay in the mountains with her family, or leave the coal industry behind. Growing Up in a Coal Town: Stay Home or Leave? Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5147009/5147010" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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