Youth Radio Podcast

Introducing Adult ISH

Davey Kim — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 23:41:35 +0000

Adulting “expert” Nyge Turner almost gets the Peter Kavinsky Jeep Wrangler of his #dreams. His podcast co-slayer, Merk Nguyen, just graduated from college and knows all about booty credit. Young actress Sydney Sweeney stops by to give advice to her dead character, Eden, from The Handmaid’s Tale. Adult ISH, your favorite new culture and advice podcast produced by almost adults, is dropping on October 19th!

Youth Radio: Smart Talk Episode 7

Youth Radio Raw — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 22:10:39 +0000

Welcome to the seventh episode of Smart Talk on Youth Radio Raw.

Make sure you tune in every week on Fridays from 6:15 to 7:35 pm!

On this show, you’ll hear the recent news, personal experiences and a diverse selection of music.

For photos of the show, go to Youth Radio’s Flickr page.

Check out live coverage of the show by following @YouthRadioRaw on Twitter and @yr_raw on Instagram.

Youth Radio Raw: Smart Talk Episode 5

Youth Radio Raw — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 22:05:48 +0000

Welcome to the fifth episode of Smart Talk on Youth Radio Raw.

Make sure you tune in every week on Fridays from 6:15 to 7:35 pm!

On this show, you’ll hear the recent news, personal experiences and a diverse selection of music.

For photos of the show, go to Youth Radio’s Flickr page.

Check out live coverage of the show by following @YouthRadioRaw on Twitter and @yr_raw on Instagram.

Youth Radio Raw: Smart Talk Episode 4

Youth Radio Raw — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 20:25:56 +0000

Welcome to the fourth episode of Smart Talk on Youth Radio Raw.

Make sure you tune in every week on Fridays from 6:15 to 7:35 pm!

On this show, you’ll hear the recent news, personal experiences and a diverse selection of music.

For photos of the show, go to Youth Radio’s Flickr page.

Check out live coverage of the show by following @YouthRadioRaw on Twitter and @yr_raw on Instagram.

How To Use Social Media For Justice IRL

Youth Radio Interns — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 01:36:06 +0000

Digital and social media are powerful tools for activists to spread their messages, stay informed, and build connections. What are the best practices young activists in particular are using to make change in a digital age? That’s something the Youth and Participatory Politics Research Network looked into, and they identified a set of Top Ten Questions that young activists can use to drive their campaigns. Youth Radio’s Desmond Meagley interviewed six of those activists, and he brings you their stories, successes, and wise words for the next generation of change-makers.

1. Make It Click — The Harry Potter Alliance

To Jackson Bird of the Harry Potter Alliance, diehard fandoms are just groups of “activists without the activism”; after all, fandoms organize, network, and create, just like activists do. By connecting much-beloved works of fiction to important social causes and building campaigns that emphasize those common themes to fans, HPA turns bookworms into heroes who have the skills to change the world.

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2. Protect Your Privacy — Global Voices

Many places around the world suppress free speech, and sometimes simply having a dissenting view is enough to attract dangerous attention to your movement. Sahar Ghazi, the managing editor for Global Voices’ international online newsroom, illustrates why doing a simple “risk assessment” is critical when voicing support for a cause. She also outlines how she handles contributions from countries where people’s voices often go unheard, and where speaking up can seriously jeopardize a person’s safety.

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3. Be With Your Audience — #BlackLivesMatter

In order to communicate with potential supporters, your message needs a place to live. Find a platform that allows you to build a network. The hashtag is only the beginning. #BlackLivesMatter, which launched after the 2012 shooting of Trayvon Martin, is a highly effective hashtag that connected people from many different backgrounds around a single issue, resulting in mass protests and policy changes in the US and elsewhere. Alicia Garza, co-creator of BLM, discusses the current state of the now 4-year-old movement with Youth Radio. (Click here to see this interview on YouTube.)

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4. Keep It Simple — Do Something & TMI

Do Something offers a number of actions that are “big, loud, and easy” to engage their users in social causes. Meanwhile, their research branch, TMI, researches involvement and impact within the campaigns they run. As Lisa Boyd, the lead strategist for TMI explains, encouraging young people to be self-directed– and even competitive– while completing simple goals minimizes Do Something’s involvement, yet maximizes their impact.

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5. Set Boundaries — This Is Thin Privilege

A controversial discussion on social media is bound to attract attention, even from people who disagree with your cause. Amanda Levitt is the co-moderator of the Tumblr blog thisisthinprivilege, and she’s seen enough backlash on that blog to write her graduate thesis on it. Her research reveals how “troll” comments are essentially predictable, and she shares methods to manage the personal and political impact of anonymous hate within otherwise safe and supportive communities.

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6. Take Action — No More Steubenvilles

In the wake of the heavily-publicized 2012 assault at Steubenville High School in Steubenville, Ohio, feminist activist Carmen Rios was able to change the way schools across the country handle sexual violence. She describes the tactics she used to create a long-lasting impact, such as involving those who seemed like her biggest opponents to create a solution, and why social media was so important to her success.

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Get Yo Bandz Up: Episode 5

Youth Radio Raw — Tue, 10 May 2016 01:10:18 +0000

Welcome to the fifth episode of Get Yo Bandz Up on Youth Radio Raw.

Make sure you tune in every week on Fridays from 6:15 to 7:35.

On this show, you’ll hear recent news, personal experiences, and a diverse selection of music.

Youth Radio Raw is a weekly radio show produced by Bay Area high schoolers, ages 14-18. Students partner with professionals to learn the basics of journalism, music production, and multimedia.

For photos of the show, you can go to Youth Radio’s Flickr page www.flickr.com/youthradio.

Check out a live tweet of the show by following @YouthRadioRaw and searching for #YouthRadioRaw on Twitter.

– See more at: https://archive.yr.media/classroom/article/get-yo-bandz-up-episode-1/#sthash.wCNSHCPv.dpuf

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DJ SUSI

DJ OG

DJ BALLOUT

DJ BIRI

TRAVIS SCOTT- ANTIDOTE

RAE SREMMURD- LOOK ALIVE

BRYSON TILLER- DON’T

DICE SOHO- MONEY ANTHEM

RAE SREMMURD- THIS COULD BE IS

NEWSCAST by: ASIA & MORGAN

PSA by: BIRIDIANA

SOCIAL MEDIA: LARRY, JACOB, ANA

NICK JONAS- CLOSE

DESIGNER- PANDA

RIHANNA- DANGEROUS WOMAN

NIRVANA- COME AS YOU ARE

FLORIDA- MY HOUSE

DJ SNAKE- MIDDLE (ft BIPOLAR SUNSHINE)

NIRVANA- SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT

REVIEW by: JAMAICA

PHOTOGRAPHER: ANANDA

BANDGANG- SLIPPIN

CHIEF KEEF- EARNED IT

CHIEF KEEF- MACARONI TIME

FUTURE- KNOW THE MEANING

LIL HERB- RETRO FLOW

COMMENTARY by: QUANTO

REVIEW by: CAELAN

COVER ART: JOSIAH

YG- I’M A THUG

KID INK- MAIN CHICK

YG- WHO DO YOU LOVE

FETTY WAP- 679

DESIGNER- PANDA

MIGOS- LOOK AT MY DAB

YG- TOOT IT & BOOT IT

ROUNDTABLE by: MARICE

PSA by: MALIK

DISCUSSION: How Can We Protect Youth From Homelessness?

Teresa Chin — Fri, 06 May 2016 19:11:09 +0000

Featured Media Resource: [AUDIO] “Young Adults Seeking Public Housing? Good Luck.” (NPR/Youth Radio)

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Youth Radio reporter Kasey Saeturn examines the growing population of homeless youth in San Francisco where as many as 1,600 young adults are without a home on any given night. Skyrocketing rental prices in major cities and increased difficulty for college students to qualify for public housing has led non-profit organizations to start building housing for homeless youth who might otherwise fall through the cracks.

Do Now

Given the rising cost of housing throughout the country, what protections should young people receive to protect them from homelessness?#DoNowHomeless

How to Do Now

Do Now by posting your response on social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Vine, Flickr, Google +, etc.

Be sure to include @KQEDedspace and #DoNowHomeless. Remember: Back up your argument with supporting evidence. Link to legitimate sources that support your view.

Go here for more tips for using Do Now, usingTwitter for teaching, and using other digital tools.

Learn More About Teen Homelessness

A 2015 Housing and Urban Development survey conducted during a one-night national count in January found that “about one-third of all homeless people” were children and youth (age 24 and under), and 7 percent of the total homeless population were unaccompanied youth.Substance abuse and lack of good jobs play a role in these stats.

Youth also have additional special circumstances that can push them into homelessness. Some may have “aged out” of the foster care system, fled domestic violence or had trouble reintegrating into society after time in the juvenile justice system. All of these factors are compounded by skyrocketing housing costs in major urban areas.

The Bay Area has the distinction of being one of the most expensive rental markets in country (San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose are ranked 1, 4 and 5 nationally). And while shared housing is an option, it doesn’t seem to be making that much of a difference in the housing market: more than 19 percent of U.S. households are considered shared housing situations, according to 2011 Census data. In California, it’s nearly 26 percent.

Large urban areas, like the Bay Area, are also home to a lot of colleges and universities, making them popular destinations for young adults.

Only about 13% of college students live on campus, according to a 2014 study by the Wisconsin Hope Lab. The same study reports that more than half of all college students live off campus. And if you’re in the midst of trying to figure out how you’re going to pay for college, here’s some bad news: universities seriously underestimate the cost of living for students, according to the study.

A few years ago, it actually got more complicated for students to get assistance for housing once it was revealed that well-to-do college athletes were living in Section 8 public housing. In response, the agencies which managed the housing were set up to count financial aid assistance from schools as income. This meant aid counted against student eligibility for those who did manage to qualify for the housing in the first place. As is often the case with government efforts to correct what was seen as an oversight, the solution created another set of issues—in this case removing incentives for real estate developers to build housing for students. That’s led to a bipartisan bill called the Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2014 which has been in committee since then.

The slow rate of legislative change has led students to rely on non-profit organizations, like Mercy Housing, to help them cover the housing gap.

What can be done so that teens and young college students don’t become homeless?

Do Next

Do Next takes the online conversation to the next level: these are suggestions for ways to go out into your community and investigate how the topic featured in this Do Now plays out in people’s lives. Use digital storytelling tools and social media to share your story and take action. Make sure to tag your creations with #DoNowHomeless.

As a class, find your neighborhood on this map. Discuss the following: How does the worth of $100 in your community compare to others? How do you think your life would be different if you lived in an area in the country with a much higher or lower cost of living? What do you think causes the difference between the most expensive and least expensive areas?

Explore the Pew Research page on foster youth and, using Youth Radio’s infographic tool kit, create an infographic about youth who age out of foster care and what challenges they face.

More Resources

ARTICLE: A Bill of Rights for Foster Children (Huffington Post)
Kevin Ryan, the president and CEO of prominent charity and advocacy organization Covenant House, has spent years helping and advocating for homeless youth. In his Huffington Post article he suggests an unconventional way to reduce the number of young people who end up in homeless shelters: pass legislation to support the education of foster kids.

AUDIO: Stories From An Emancipated Minor (KPLU)
It’s one thing to fantasize about running away from home when you’re a kid. But legally separating from one’s parents before you turn 18 isserious, and few minors will follow through with the process of emancipation. At just 16 years old, Logan Hofkamp became one of those few. In this audio clip from KPLU, he discusses what he’s learned since he decided to “cash in” the last of his youth and become his own legal guardian.

WEBSITE: Youth Homelessness (The National Coalition for the Homeless)
The NCH is a network of groups and individuals working to prevent and end homelessness while advocating for those currently without homes. Here you’ll find statistics, resources, and advocacy tips about youth homelessness.

Get Yo Bandz Up: Episode 2

Youth Radio Raw — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 22:34:19 +0000

Welcome to the first episode of Get Yo Bandz Up on Youth Radio Raw.

Make sure you tune in every week on Fridays from 6:15 to 7:35.

On this show, you’ll hear recent news, personal experiences, and a diverse selection of music.

Youth Radio Raw is a weekly radio show produced by Bay Area high schoolers, ages 14-18. Students partner with professionals to learn the basics of journalism, music production, and multimedia.

For photos of the show, you can go to Youth Radio’s Flickr page www.flickr.com/youthradio.

Check out a live tweet of the show by following @YouthRadioRaw and searching for #YouthRadioRaw on Twitter.

– See more at: https://archive.yr.media/classroom/article/get-yo-bandz-up-episode-1/#sthash.wCNSHCPv.dpuf

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DJ AVI

DJ ROME

LOGIC- 5AM

LUKAS GRAHAM COVER- 7 YEARS

ED SHEERAN- THINKING OUT LOUD

FUTURISTIC- NO WAY

FUTURISTIC- THE GREATEST

THE SCRIPT- HALL OF FAME (ft WILL.I.AM)

G-EAZY- I MEAN IT

LOGIC- I AM THE GREATEST

LOGIC- MAN OF THE YEAR

RUTH B- LOST BOY

JASON MRAZ- LUCKY (ft COLBIE CAILLAT)

NEWSCAT BY: OLIVIA & JOSHUA

EMINEM- MY NAME IS

COMMENTARY BY: BIRIDIANA

DRAKE- ENERGY

FETTY EAP- JUGG (ft MONTY)

FUTURE- WHERE YA AT (ft DRAKE)

JEREMIH- DONT’T TELL EM (ft YG)

K CAMP- 1HUNNID (ft FETTY WAP)

KEVIN GATES- 2 PHONES

PHILTHY RICH- MAKING A LIVING(ft IAMSU)

PLIES- RAN OFF DA PLUG TWICE

YG- I WANNA BENZ (ft NIPSEY HUSTLE & 50 CENT)

YOUNG THUG- WITH THAT

YOUNG THUG- DIGITS

COMMENTARY BY: BASU

REVIEW BY: TY

ROUNDTABLE BY: TRENT

DISCUSSION: How Can Presidential Candidates Connect To Young Voters?

Youth Radio Interns — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 18:44:38 +0000

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AUDIO: Young Voters Want Respect (Commentary, KCBS)

Eighteen-year-old Youth Radio commentator Amber Ly is a senior in high school and gearing up for voting in her first Presidential election. She’s not too pleased with the candidates’ attempts to be “relatable” to youth. Having grown up during the financial crisis, Ly wants details on their plans regarding student loans and healthcare. She cares about climate change and police violence. But too often, Ly says front-runners are “talking down to young voters” and “wasting time playing guitar or Snapchatting.” While she thinks it’s great that candidates are making efforts to connect with Generation Z, Ly says the problem is, too often they’re trying too hard, skipping over the substance.

Do Now

How should political candidates engage effectively with young voters? #DoNowYouthVote

How to Do Now

To respond to the Do Now, you can comment below or post your response on social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Vine, Flickr, Google +, etc. Just be sure to include @KQEDedspace and #DoNowYouthVote in your posts.

Go here for best practices for using Do Now, using Twitter for teaching, and using other digital tools.

Learn More About

It’s a decent time to be a young voter (or soon-to-be voter) in the U.S., at least in terms of sheer numbers. For the first time, there are as many of you as there are baby boomers. So you’re in a position to make a real difference in this election–especially if you live in one of the ten states the research group CIRCLE has identified, where even a small change in the youth vote could make a big difference in the outcome of the Presidential election.

So far in this election season, we’re seeing encouraging signs with respect to young voter turnout. According to the New York Times, your participation in the primaries so far is rivaling rates we saw when Barack Obama ran in 2008. That said, historically speaking, people between the ages of 18-29 vote at substantially lower rates than every other age group. In the 2012 election, only 45% of 18-29 year old eligible voters voted, whereas 72% of those 65 and older voted.

What could account for these numbers? Lack of interest? Lack of knowledge of the voting process? Or does responsibility fall with politicians, who fail to address issues critical to people in their teens and twenties? There’s also the matter of strategy. You don’t have to look very far to find a slew of embarrassing attempts by presidential candidates to court young voters, like Ben Carson’s rap radio ad, Hillary Clinton’s Twitter campaign to discuss college debt through emojis, or Ted Cruz’s Simpsons impersonation for Buzzfeed.

It’s understandable that today’s candidates seek to replicate the success Barack Obama had connecting with young voters in 2008 and 2012. And of course young people aren’t the only ones who can feel alienated by electoral politics. “If you’re not from a community where voting is the norm, if you’re not from a family where your parents took you to the polling place when you were a little kid, if you haven’t gone to college and developed those cognitive skills,” Professor Melissa Michelson told KQED earlier this month, “then we’re really asking a lot of voters.”

For candidates seeking to get those voters to the polls, finding the right balance between substance and style seems–like so much in politics–is a lot harder than it looks.

DISCUSSION

How important is it for campaigns to hire young talent in leadership positions on the campaign?
What would be your words of advice to the front-runners who want so badly to appeal to your generation?

Do Next

Imagine that two front-runners (from opposing parties or within the same party–your pick!) are planning a visit to your school. Have students come up with two questions they would ask the candidates–one based on a policy issue your students care deeply about, and one that measures the candidates’ youth culture savvy. Then have your class vote on the best questions and tweet them to the candidates. While you await responses (let @youthradio know if you get them!), you could have students research candidates’ positions and personalities, and come up with the answers they’d expect from each one, citing sources for evidence.

Create a survey to poll students in the school about the issues they care most about in the upcoming election. Use Youth Radio’s How to Make an Infographic toolkit to prepare them to visualize the survey results in clear and engaging ways. Reflect on what’s most surprising about the findings, and identify candidates’ positions on the issues that came out on top.

More Resources

Who Was America’s Most Well-Spoken President?

In 2014, a site called Vocativ analyzed 600 Presidential speeches and addresses and based on an algorithm assigned them a grade level. The big finding: the sophistication of speeches has steadily dropped since George Washington’s time. But don’t assume this means there’s been a dumbing down of America. Former President Bill Clinton’s lead speechwriter Jeff Shesol sees the drop as a sign of democratization: “In the early Republic, presidents could assume that they were speaking to audiences made up mostly of men like themselves: educated, civic-minded landowners. These, of course, were the only Americans with the right to vote. But over time, the franchise expanded and presidential appeals had to reach a broader audience.”

11 Humiliatingly Lame Ways 2016 Candidates Are Trying To Appeal To Young Voters

The Week tracked a whole bunch of regrettable attempts today’s candidates have made to connect with youth that have fallen flat or backfired. As stated in their lede: “As a millennial, I can’t decide whether to be flattered by how hard the 2016 presidential candidates are trying to woo my generation, or utterly flabbergasted by how lame their ploys are.”

10 States Where Millennials Could Sway The Election

The research group CIRCLE came up with a complex index to identify in which ten states young voters are poised to make the biggest difference in who becomes the next President of the United States. “Parties and other political groups often overlook the votes and energy of young people even where youth can have a decisive influence on the outcome of the race. CIRCLE is providing data-driven insights about the states and congressional districts where youth are poised to have a disproportionately high electoral impact in 2016.”

New Hampshire Teen Tells Young People to Get Out and Vote

When a social studies teacher encouraged senior Allison Perkins and her classmates to get out and see some political candidates live, at first she balked. But soon, she was hooked, and is now urging other young people to take advantage of their right and privilege to choose their leaders: “Not only should people of legal voting age be up to date on politics, but even teenagers not yet able to vote, because eventually today’s teenagers are going to be the ones making important decisions on how our country is run.”

What Does Being Politically Active Mean To You?

In this KQED DoNow from January 2016, Youth Radio’s Desmond Meagley reflected on his generation’s relationship to politics, and how they’re redefining what it means to be civically engaged. “My own political involvement mostly happens in front of a computer screen,” Meagley says. “When an online movement like BlackLivesMatter can force police departments to review their tactics, it’s clear that joining a political party isn’t the only way to make change.” Check out this DoNow for Desmond’s full story and a set of discussion prompts and activity ideas to advance your students’ knowledge about and interest in next-generation, digital age civics.

Glo Radio Episode 8

Youth Radio Raw — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 01:10:44 +0000

Welcome to the 8TH episode of Glo Radio on Youth Radio Raw.

Make sure you tune in every week on Fridays from 6:15 to 7:35.

On this show, you’ll hear recent news, personal experiences, and a diverse selection of music.

Youth Radio Raw is a weekly radio show produced by Bay Area high schoolers, ages 14-18. Students partner with professionals to learn the basics of journalism, music production, and multimedia.

For photos of the show, you can go to Youth Radio’s Flickr page www.flickr.com/youthradio.

Check out a live tweet of the show by following @YouthRadio and searching for #YouthRadioRaw on Twitter.

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Dj Mickey Skates	Dj Mellow D	Dj Naya	Dj Seany Bo
Tupac: Hit Em Up Gucci Mane: Lemonade Ghost Town Djs: My boo Snoop Dogg: Drop Like It’s hot Playboi Carti: Beef Playboi Carti: Broke Boi G Eazy: You Got Me Lil Yase: 23 Lil B: Wonton Soup	Regina Spektor: Brailer Regina Spektor: Fidelity Ingrid Michelson: Ghost Ingrid Michelson: You and I P-Holla: Do It For Love Trevor Wesley: Chivalry Trevor Wesley: Get 2 Know Me Ingrid Michelson: Girls Chase Boys Regina Spektor: Samson	Beyonce: Count Down Bryson Tiller: Don’t Bryson Tiller: Exchange J. Cole: Role Modelz Skee-Lo: I wish Rick Ross: Sorry Rhianna: Work Troye Sivan: Youth J.Cole: Sidelines Story	Future: Never Forget Bank roll Fresh: Walked In Kendrick Lamar: Backseat Freestyle Tupac: Old School 50 cent: 21 Questions Big Sean: 10 2 10 Tyler The Creator: Bimmer Chiraq Remix: Montana Of 300

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