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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How this terrible procrastinator led Seattle’s March for Our Lives
In March, thousands of students took to the streets of Seattle to protest gun violence. March for Our Lives was organized by everyday high school...
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Heart surgery on babies is ‘part seamstress, part wood craftsman’
There are only about 125 doctors across the country who perform heart surgery on children and babies. Mike McMullan is one of them. He works at Seattle...
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The good, young days: Nostalgia’s effect on college-bound seniors
Nostalgia — that universal bittersweet longing for times gone by — hits hardest during our most important life transitions. But how does nostalgia arise...
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Coming out of the broom closet: Real life witches
Are you a fan of "Harry Potter"? Or maybe Sabrina the Teenage Witch ? Ever wonder if witchcraft actually involves a wand and broom? Witch culture is...
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Is the life of a private eye all it's cracked up to be?
Imagine being a private eye. Sitting behind your dimly lit desk, the glow of streetlights creeping in through the window shades. Rain softly falling outside. Suddenly, there’s a crash of thunder. Someone bursts through the door — there’s been a murder. And you’re on the case. Isn't that how it works when you're a private eye? Maybe not.
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Is the life of a private eye all it's cracked up to be?
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Welcome KUOW's 2018 RadioActive advanced youth producers
KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media is proud to offer our advanced journalism workshop. Ten graduates of our introduction to journalism workshop will spend...
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Refugee youth share funny stories about life in America
KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media partnered with the Coalition for Refugees from Burma to run a six-week podcasting workshop with refugee youth at Kent...
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Read these lyrics about regret from incarcerated youth
Two young men created this song at the Echo Glen Children's Center, a maximum security facility in Snoqualmie, in a series of workshops with RadioActive...
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When is it okay to joke about death?
Death is a heavy topic, but sometimes it's still okay to joke about it. In this episode of the RadioActive podcast, Zeytun Ahmed and Patrick Liu explore...
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My grandma’s first kiss happened in a Chilean prison
September 11, 1973, was the day everything changed for my grandmother, Beatriz Alvarez. She was attending university in Santiago, Chile, on her way to...
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My family Skypes over dinner, but sometimes it's not enough
It's Monday evening. My mom, my dad, and I are sitting at the dinner table with our eyes trained on the computer screen in front of us.