Youth

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LIVE Back to School Fresh

Airs at: Thu, 03/10/2016 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
All about "Back to School Fresh," a non-profit organization helping kids in the community have what they need to have a successful school year Read more

Peace in Schools: bringing mindfulness to teens: An interview with Caverly Morgan

Airs at: Mon, 07/11/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
  In 2014, the  American Psychological Association deemed teens, during the school year, the most stressed group of people in the United States. Teens experience stress much the way adults do, but do not yet have the skills and mechanisms to effectively work with it. To ad... Read more

African Rock & Roll Special

Airs at: Thu, 07/07/2016 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  Africa-O-Ye!
Twist, jive & early rock bands from South Africa & Kenya, garage rock & rapid surf from Angola, Mozambique and Madagascar, blissful & moody fuzzed psych from Zambia & Nigeria... Read more

Ray Fox, Life After Prison

Airs at: Mon, 07/11/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James interviews Ray Fox who released from the Oregon prison system in 2015 after serving 30 years for murder.  Ray talks about his abusive childhood and the anger and hate that led to his violent crime.  Ray credits his successful transition from prison with his invo... Read more

The Sacred Poets - Youth Poetry Crew from NAYA

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2016 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Tonight we'll hear from the Sacred Poets, a youth poetry crew based out of NAYA, the Native American Youth Association Contact them at clayr@nayapdx.org We'll aslo hear a frew pieces by John Trudell Read more

The Underground: LIFE AND DEATH

Airs at: Wed, 06/22/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  The Underground
Marilyn performed Amazing Grace Poetry by Gene, and Mallory Mallory will record a poem next week Quinton told us myths about death and corpses Maeve will write a radio play about the afterlife featuring lots of hte youth Hunter told us about surviving life on the streets ... Read more

MacLaren Students Honored

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Join host Carlos Chavez to celebrate seven students from MacLaren Youth Corrections who are raising the bar for those serving time at Oregon Youth Authority through the Janus Youth / Hope Partnership Program. We honor their work as leaders within youth detention and recogni... Read more

How to Set a Fire and Why by Jesse Ball

Airs at: Thu, 08/18/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  How to Set a Fire and Why, Jesse Ball’s singular, blistering new novel, tells the story of a teenage girl who has lost everything—and will burn anything.  Lucia’s father is dead, her mother is in a mental hospital, and she’s living in a garage-turned-bedroom with her aun... Read more

John Corey Whaley on "Highly Illogical Behavior"

Airs at: Thu, 08/04/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Host Bethany Grabow talks with John Corey Whaley, author of the new book Highly Illogical Behavior. The novel, peppered with Star Trek: The Next Generation references, tells tale of Solomon, a teen with a severe anxiety disorder who hasn’t left the house in over three ye... Read more

Episode 004: Trafficking in India

Airs at: Wed, 10/07/2015 at 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Produced for:  Justice Hope Freedom
An interview with Aashima Samuel, National Director of Evangelical Fellowship of India, about her work with Children At-Risk in India and her plight to fight this issue of sex trafficking.  Click here to listen to Episode 004! Read more