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Radio Rookies from WNYC

Real stories by New York City teenagers take listeners inside their lives and their communities in this Peabody Award-winning youth journalism initiative. For teens, by teens and about the challenges ... Read more

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Trisomy 13

Trisomy 13

Aired March, 2000. Marc Delgado lives in Washington Heights, with his mother and his sister Candice, who is severely dis... Read more

18 Aug 2010

7mins

Ranked #2

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Why Do I Stay?

Why Do I Stay?

Rainy wanted to understand why she stayed with an older boyfriend who humiliated and physically abused her. So she spent... Read more

19 Sep 2015

29mins

Ranked #3

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Chicken

Chicken

Web exclusive. Amana Kashakzi loves chicken, but with all the fried chicken restaurants in her neighborhood, she starts ... Read more

1 Sep 2010

7mins

Ranked #4

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Nine People, One Bedroom: A Teen's Take on Life In Poverty

Nine People, One Bedroom: A Teen's Take on Life In Poverty

Jairo Gomez's nine-person family lives in a one-bedroom apartment. He knows education is the way out of poverty, but som... Read more

22 Aug 2015

9mins

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Ranked #5

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My First Mother's Day

My First Mother's Day

Aired May, 2002. Janelle Lewis' commentary about giving birth to her first daughter, Jandora, aired as part of a Mother'... Read more

12 May 2010

3mins

Ranked #6

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Sexual Cyberbullying: The Modern Day Letter A

Sexual Cyberbullying: The Modern Day Letter A

Many teenagers live half their lives on social media sites, and they're writing the rules as they go. One online trend R... Read more

5 Sep 2015

10mins

Ranked #7

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The ABCs of Chinese Americans

The ABCs of Chinese Americans

Aired October, 2010. Radio Rookie Helen Peng lives in Flushing, Queens and calls herself an ABC, or American-born Chines... Read more

22 Dec 2010

7mins

Ranked #8

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Harlem Girls Choir

Harlem Girls Choir

Aired March, 2000. Danielle Beckom's brother is a member of the world-renowned Harlem Boys Choir, and that inspired her ... Read more

7 Jul 2010

4mins

Ranked #9

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Graffiti Hall of Fame

Graffiti Hall of Fame

Aired March, 2000. 15-year-old Jimmy Belfon Jr. reports on the Graffiti Hall of Fame, which covers the walls of his scho... Read more

21 Jul 2010

4mins

Ranked #10

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Level Up

Level Up

Aired September, 2010. Although 40% of all game players are female, players of hardcore games like Grand Theft Auto are ... Read more

10 Nov 2010

8mins

Ranked #11

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Breast-Fed Language

Breast-Fed Language

Aired October, 2010. Radio Rookie Andrea Lee's parents came here from the Philippines in the 1990s. She is not sure she ... Read more

8 Dec 2010

9mins

Ranked #12

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American Heaven

American Heaven

Aired December, 2012. Danielle was 13 when she left her home and her mother in the Congo.  She came to New York to pursu... Read more

8 Aug 2015

9mins

Ranked #13

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Not the 'Right' Kind of Gay

Not the 'Right' Kind of Gay

In some ways, being feminine made life harder for Dakota than his sexuality.

31 Oct 2015

8mins

Ranked #14

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My Education, Uninterrupted

My Education, Uninterrupted

In New York City the high school graduation rate for black males was 28 percent in 2010. Radio Rookie Mike Brown is a yo... Read more

14 Nov 2015

8mins

Ranked #15

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Pirate Radio

Pirate Radio

Aired November, 1999. 12-year-old Antoine Bazilio is a DJ at a local community radio station and did his report on the s... Read more

23 Jun 2010

5mins

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