Archive for February, 2008

"A Prohibition" by Terin Mayer of KRLX

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in Public Radio | No Comments »

This week on YouthCast, a poetic reflection on campus race relations. Three students at Carleton College discuss what it means to be black and how the word "nigger" changes in ... Read more..

Verses for Valentine's Day

Thursday, February 14th, 2008 Posted in Public Radio | 1 Comment »

Celebrate Valentine's Day with poems from the Poetry Foundation. Conveniently arranged by category: funny, romantic, sad, teenage, break-up, and, yes, audio. Speaking of which, their podcast--Poetry Off the Shelf--is most ... Read more..

"Joey's Phone Call Home" by Joey Thompson of Blunt Youth Radio Project

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in Public Radio | No Comments »

This week on YouthCast: a telephone conversation between a young prison inmate and his family.   Joey Thompson produced this piece with the Blunt Youth Radio Project. At the time, ... Read more..

The Telephone on the Radio

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in Public Radio | No Comments »

Coming up tomorrow, YouthCast taps into the intimate qualities of telephone storytelling.  Get pumped by listening to some of my favorite people who do telephone-on-the-radio:Wiretap from Jonathan Goldstein (a name ... Read more..

Youth commentators on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday

Monday, February 4th, 2008 Posted in Public Radio | No Comments »

(requisite voting booth stock image)With Super Tuesday nearly upon us, three youth commentators sound off on the elections: Martin Macias of Curie Youth Radio in Chicago, Tonei Glavinic of Alaska ... Read more..