RadioActive
Stories produced by students participating in our youth media program. Meet the current youth producers, and learn more about the intensive, fun and free introductory radio journalism workshops we offer throughout the year.
Episodes
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We took a dog with attitude to an animal communicator
Meet Chase. He has some problems. We took him to an animal communicator to fix his attitude - and find out if people can actually talk to dogs.
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Okay, Google. Tell us your secrets
Have you ever felt like your phone was reading your mind? We have.
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Is it unethical to be a billionaire?
How much is a billion dollars, really? Do the rich have an obligation to give money back to their communities?
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The Pink Tax: What you need, they mark up
More than half of the population spends an absurd amount of money every year on products that they need. Think tampons and other menstrual products. What’s worse is that institutionally, these products are considered luxury items and marked up as such.
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Meet KUOW's Summer 2019 RadioActive youth producers
KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media is proud to offer our 16th annual summer Intro to Radio Journalism Workshop. Sixteen teens, aged 15-18, will spend seven weeks learning what it means to be a radio journalist. During that time, they'll do all of the research, interviews, writing, voicing and editing it takes to produce their own feature stories and podcasts.
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'They're so complacent.' What these youth activists say about grown-ups
When a group of K-12 students confronted Senator Dianne Feinstein for not supporting the Green New Deal, she put up her dukes. "I've been doing this for thirty years," Senator Feinstein said. "I know what I'm doing. You come in here and say, it's my way or the highway. I don't respond to that." Local youth activists Lukas Illa and Grace Lambert weren't surprised by this reaction, and sat down with RadioActive's Jadenne Radoc Cabahug to share their experiences.
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The unlikely friendship of a baby donkey and a dog named Ranger at the Sammamish Animal Sanctuary
Last year 40 animals were rescued by the Sammamish animal sanctuary. While many shelters take in dogs and cats, this sanctuary focuses on rescuing farm animals.
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How to be a feminist, and other lessons from my grandma’s badass friend
In recent years, modern movements like the Women’s March and #MeToo have garnered widespread momentum. Ninety-year-old Alene Moris started fighting the battle for women’s rights long ago.
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This documentarian makes you walk a mile in someone else’s shoes
Can a documentary inspire social change? Filmmaker Sandy Cioffi is using the emerging world of virtual reality to evoke empathy from viewers.
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'I think I can still save her.' How one immigrant teen supports her mother and sister
Teenagers have really busy lives. School, sports, clubs, jobs and more. When you're the oldest child in an immigrant family, there can be even more pressure to succeed. Maria is one of these teens. She found the burden to be almost too much.
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Why I stopped looking at depression memes even though some of them were really funny
If you've ever been online, you've probably seen plenty of memes. Kermit the Frog drinking tea is a famous one. They are often humorous, but there's a darker side of internet memes that focus on depression.
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Should you pursue your passion in college or a degree that would make you money?
Over the last ten years, the number of students majoring in the arts and humanities at the University of Washington has dropped significantly. That’s no surprise when STEM and Business degrees are touted as more valuable. What do you do when society tells you that the passion or skill you’ve decided to pursue in college won’t give you a sustainable lifestyle?