by Lillian Warner
MP3: High
Between volunteering, sports, school, jobs, family and friends, a lot of teens don’t have the time to learn "jack squat" about politics. Lillian Warner investigates.
Lillian Warner lives in Seattle. She made this story when she was 17 years old for KUOW's summer training program, Weekday High. She got help from Nathan Friend and Irene Noguchi.
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by Tonei Glavinic
MP3: High
In Anchorage, some students get school credit to work on political campaigns. Tonei Glavenic finds they learn a lot about political work, including that it's often what you'd call... boring.
Tonei Glavinic made this story when he was 17 years old for the Alaska Teen Media Institute in Anchorage. He got help from Shana Sheehy.
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by Greg Shimada
MP3: High
Greg Shimada likes to go on late night graffiti missions and listens to music politicians complain about. So imagine his surprise when he found himself eating caviar with former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. We go along for the ride.
Greg Shimada lives in Sonoma County, California. He worked on this story when he was 18 years old, with Laquoia Simmons, for KRCB's Voice of Youth. They got help from Tatiana Harrison.
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by Branden
MP3: High
Maine is one of the few states that lets inmates vote. Branden's locked up in a juvenile detention center in Maine. He asks 18–year–old inmates if they're going to exercise their right to vote.
Branden made this story for Blunt Youth Radio Project in Portland, Maine.
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MP3: High
Bryce Jacobson is a junior at a private Christian school in a small, conservative town. He's generally apathetic toward politics. But he realizes he's been an activist in one way: by coming out.
Bryce Jacobson made this story when he was 16 years old, for KUOW's summer training program, Weekday High. He got help from Nathan Friend and Irene Noguchi.
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by Charlie Thaxton
MP3: High
In 1969 the Supreme Court ruled that "students do not shed their constitutional rights... at the schoolhouse gate" and could protest the Vietnam War in school. What rights do protesting students have today?
Charlie Thaxton made this story when he was a high school sophomore for Blunt Youth Radio Project in Portland, Maine.
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by Aaron King, Fahim Sinha and Nelson Dow
MP3: High
If you don't do something to stop global warming, you "might as well shoot your children, because that's who you're killing." So say these Cambridge, Mass. teens. They got into politics and made this rap.
Aaron King, Fahim Sinha and Nelson Dow produced this story for Terrascope Youth Radio, a partnership between MIT and the City of Cambridge Youth Programs, with financial support from the U.S. National Science Foundation.
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by Lena Eckert–Erdheim
MP3: High
Lena Eckert–Erdheim started protesting the war in Iraq before it began. But she started to think that protests don't make much difference. She went to a corner in downtown Durham to ask a middle aged man, Alan Wolf, why he protests there every week.
Lena Eckert–Erdheim made this story for Youth Noise Network, an after–school program in Durham, North Carolina. Financial support came from the North Carolina Civic Education Consortium, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, and the City of Durham.
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by Omar Macias
MP3: High
Omar Macias fought his mother over whether he could join the Marines. When he turned 18, it was his choice. He wrote this plea to his mom, in hopes she'd understand his decision.
Omar Macias produced this story when he was 18 years old for Curie Youth Radio, a class at a public high school in southwest Chicago.
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by Molly McGill
MP3: High
Molly McGill's family always assumed her brother would join the army and Molly would go to college. But Molly's still thinking of signing up for the service. She goes on a personal investigation to find out if it's right for her.
Molly McGill made this story when she was 18 years old for KUOW. She got help from Jenny Asarnow. She's a graduate of KUOW's Weekday High training program.
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by Corbin Bugni
MP3: High
Corbin Bugni's brother is fighting in Iraq. Corbin reflects on his own anger and fear, and the wars he feels drawn into every day.
Corbin Bugni performed this poem when he was 17 years old at a competition for Youth Speaks Seattle, a slam poetry workshop and performance group.
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by Amina Al–Sadi
Amina, Michelle and Henry explain how they talk about politics in their families. MP3: High
Amina, Michelle and Henry were kids on 9/11. They talk about how the attacks, and America's reaction to them, affected their political views. MP3: High
Amina, Michelle and Henry talk about political protests. Do they make a difference? Amina also poses the question: should teens get involved in politics? MP3: High
Our host Amina Al–Sadi is a freshman at the University of Washington in Seattle and a graduate of KUOW's Weekday High. She's active in her mosque, and her whole family loves to talk about politics. Amina speaks with Henry and Michelle, two opinioned high school students, about their political views, protesting, and growing up after 9/11.
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Michelle Herman is 16 years old and a member of the speech and debate team at Edmonds Home School Resource Center outside Seattle. In her free time she enjoys memorizing the voter's pamphlet.
Henry Apfel is a self–described unconventional liberal. He's also on the speech and debate team at Edmonds Home School Resource Center. He lives in Seattle and is 17 years old.
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