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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My mom lost her beautiful black hair, but it actually didn’t suck
My mom’s hair has always been a source of pride for her.
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KUOW reporters and editors win 5 regional Murrow awards
Innovative ideas. Relentless reporting. Heart-tugging moments. These are central elements in the KUOW stories that won critical acclaim this week,...
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What King County students and teachers would like to see in schools
RadioActive's Emiliano Alarcon, Nate Martin and Ayub Weheliye discuss the different schools they attend and what they want out of our public education system. They ask King County students and teachers what they would like to change in their school systems.
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Welcome KUOW's Spring 2017 After-School RadioActive youth producers
KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media is proud to offer our afterschool Introduction to Radio Journalism workshop at the New Holly Family Center in southeast Seattle, in partnership with the Seattle Housing Authority. Eleven teens, aged 16-18, will spend 14 weeks learning what it means to be a journalist.
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How Native Americans 'woke up the world' at Standing Rock
The day I arrived at Oceti Sakowin, I felt like I had come home.
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Yes, I'm from China. And yes those people are my parents
When I was younger I was open about being adopted. During show-and-tell in preschool, I shared moon cakes with my classmates to celebrate Chinese New...
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The scariest thing about heroin? 'You're gonna love it'
When she was 10 years old, Alyssa found the spot where her parents hid the alcohol. The moment it touched her lips, she was addicted to that escape. (Her last name is being withheld to protect her privacy).
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I was homeless and my life was trash. Then this Seattle family took me in
This is me and my family. My mom, my dad, brother, and sister. (Not pictured: cats.) Six months ago, they were just strangers. And s ix months ago, I...
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My dad's Cinderella story: Finding love in Somalia
My dad's life story is kind of like Cinderella’s. My dad, Abdul-Basit Hassan, grew up without a mom, worked for an evil relative and found his princess...
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Queer youth, you'll belong at this old Seattle house
"Hiiiii!" I open the magenta door to the Lambert House, a place on Seattle's Capitol Hill where queer youth are free to be themselves.
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How a sixgill shark got this introverted teen to talk
Meet Grace Zheng. She's a 16-year-old volunteer at the Seattle Aquarium, where she chatters away to visitors about the scientific exhibits: "This is a...
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I'm alive because of a dictator's ego and my family's clever thinking
When I was growing up, I always had a vague idea of where he had come from. But as I got older and was able to understand more, I realized that my dad's...