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  • 'We built this together.' The 20-year legacy of KUOW's RadioActive
    May 24 2024

    In May 2024, KUOW announced the station was ending RadioActive Youth Media, its long-running youth journalism program.

    For 20 years, RadioActive brought listeners the stories and perspectives of young people in the Pacific Northwest. Soundside producer Noel Gasca reflects on what the program has meant to the over 6,000 youth who participated — and what will be lost.

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    25 min
  • 'We built this together.' The 20-year legacy of KUOW's RadioActive
    May 22 2024
    Late last month, KUOW announced the station was ending its RadioActive Youth Media program. For 20 years, RadioActive brought listeners the stories and perspectives of young people in the Pacific Northwest. Soundside producer Noel Gasca reflects on what the program has meant to the over 6,000 youth who participated - and what will be lost.
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    25 min
  • An hour of 'choose your own adventure' radio by Seattle teens
    May 15 2024

    Nine stories of teenagers navigating high-stakes decisions and forks in the road.

    Episode webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/choose-your-own-adventure-radio-nine-stories-by-seattle-teens

    [RadioActive Youth Media was KUOW's journalism and audio storytelling program for teenagers. It ran from 2013-2024.]

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    56 min
  • RadioActive showcase: Nine stories by Seattle-area teens
    May 9 2024

    In this hour of youth radio, hosts Gavin Muhlfelder and Phillip Zhou present nine RadioActive Youth Media stories produced in 2023. They also talk with some of the youth producers about the time they spent at KUOW, what they learned, and what their stories mean to them now.

    Episode webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/an-hour-of-stories-from-radioactive-summer-2023

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    53 min
  • As a teen, they found belonging at this LGBTQ+ youth center. Now, they're paying it forward
    May 2 2024
    Soundside revisits a story produced by RadioActive alum Avery Styer back in 2016. Eight years ago, Avery took us to a space in Capitol Hill that had a special spot in their life - Lambert House, a community center for LGBTQ+ youth. Since that original story, Avery has aged out of the youth programs Lambert House currently offers, but that doesn’t mean they’ve moved on.
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    13 min
  • Why one young Marine refused to fight in Iraq
    Apr 25 2024

    It’s been more than 20 years since the U.S. invaded Iraq. For Darren Fisher, it’s been more than 20 years since he said, "No" to that invasion.

    RadioActive’s Olivia Asmann has the story of one young Marine’s objection to fighting in the so-called war on terror.

    This story discusses the realities of the military and war.

    Episode webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/why-one-young-marine-refused-to-fight-in-iraq

    [RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW’s radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing.]

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    9 min
  • Building community is 'an act of social justice’ at the Seattle Fandango Project
    Apr 18 2024

    RadioActive’s Vivi Cardenas-Habell says the Seattle Fandango Project played a key role in her upbringing. But she didn’t fully appreciate it until Covid took it away.

    Episode webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/building-community-is-an-act-of-social-justice-at-the-seattle-fandango-project

    [RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW’s radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing.]

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    4 min
  • At 16, my grandma had an abortion. At 18, I’m telling her story
    Apr 11 2024

    In the summer of 1972, the year before Roe v. Wade made abortion legal nationwide, Elaine Fichter was 16 years old and eight weeks pregnant.

    Fichter lived in Washington state where abortion was already legal, and she made the choice to terminate her pregnancy.

    Fifty years later, Fichter’s grandchild, RadioActive’s Natalie Lahr, explores how her grandmother’s decision impacted both of their futures.

    Content note: This story discusses the process of getting an abortion in some detail. It also references parental abuse. Please take care when listening.

    Episode webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/at-16-my-grandma-had-an-abortion-at-18-i-m-telling-her-story

    [RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW's radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing.]

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    4 min