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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. 

caption: The summer 2023 class of RadioActive Youth Media.
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The summer 2023 class of RadioActive Youth Media.
KUOW Photo/Lila Lakehart

Episodes

  • caption: Quang Adam Nguyen, Angela's dad, holding the South Vietnamese and American flags.

    Water Is The Sound Of Freedom For My ‘Ba’

    I'm at a dock on Lake Washington and it’s a calm evening. I’m with my "ba" – dad in Vietnamese – Quang Adam Nguyen. Ba is handy and loving. According to...

  • Don't Stop 'Til You Reach The Summit

    Join Esa Tilija and Meghan O'Kelley for an inspiring podcast about individuality and living life to the fullest. Meghan shares how autistic high schooler Lorenzo learned to express himself through an unconventional hobby: impersonating Michael Jackson. Esa tells the story of how Leo, an avid backpacker, got a life-changing diagnosis that served as a call to truly live.

  • caption: RadioActive Youth Producers Nia Price-Nascimento (L) and Ahlaam Ibraahim after recording this podcast.

    From The Past To The Present In Our Communities

    What are the amazing stories in our community that get looked over? Nia Price-Nascimento learns about West Coast jazz by starting in her sub-basement, and Ahlaam Ibraahim shares how computer science has a huge affect on one girl's life.

  • Strangers In A Strange Land

    What if you had to leave your entire life behind you in Vietnam? Or face the scariest monster you've ever heard about - in the Philippines? In today's podcast, Maria Delmar Caoagdan and Angela Nguyen share their experiences.

  • caption: Meghan and Noah have a laugh over tea while recording this podcast.

    Creative Or Analytical? Ask A Wiccan!

    Meghan O'Kelley and Noah Phillips Reardon attend a Wiccan gathering at Edge of the Circle Bookstore on Capital Hill. Listen as they discover and share the ancient secrets of palm reading.

  • Maeve, Here In Shorecrest High School's Instrument Storage Room, Plays In A Variety Of Orchestras, From School Orchestra To Youth Symphony To Theatre Pits.

    Deep Dark Secrets Of The (Orchestra) Pit

    Tuning her violin for a performance, Maeve McIver-Sheridan knows that she's preparing for a forgotten and thankless task. "You get to the end of a show and no one acknowledges us," McIver-Sheridan said, "unless my parents are there."

  • caption: Andy Giron is a teacher at Foster High School in Tukwila, Wash.

    Teacher Finds "Deep-Rooted, Soul-Bearing" Joy In His Work

    On the first day of world history class this year at Foster High School, students filed into Andy Giron’s classroom to find someone unexpected: a relatively young teacher compared to the rest of the faculty, playing music, dancing and dropping beats. His inviting smile radiated excitement.

  • caption: Hassan Abdi, Junior, Foster High School

    Welcome KUOW's Fall 2013 RadioActive Youth Producers

    KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media is proud to offer a fall journalism workshop in West Seattle, in partnership with Neighborhood House - High Point, a center for anti-poverty community services. Six students, age 16-19, will spend ten weeks learning what it means to be a journalist. During that time, they will pitch, interview, edit and write their own feature stories for KUOW.org.