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The Next Generation of Sound

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YouthCast is a bi-weekly podcast featuring stories by talented young producers. It is the next generation of sound. It is a glimpse into the Magic 8 ball of radio's future, and the outlook is good.For a sizable dose of rad-io, head on over to the YouthCast blog or Subscribe to YouthCast in iTunesYouthCast is a project of Generation PRX --a website that is all about youth radio. They're good people.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/4/2007
Band Website: youthcast.org
Band Members: Chantel Harley: lead vocalist/YouthCast host 2008
Kiera Feldman: lead tambourine/former YouthCast host 2007-08
Jones Franzel: back-up dancer/ generation prx director
Record Label: NPR
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The "N" Word

In this Wednesday, July 9, 2008 file photo, Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks during a news conference in Chicago. The Rev. Jesse Jackson used the N-word during a break in a TV interview where he criticized p...
Posted by YouthCast on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:40:00 PST

A Unique Sound

What Intrigues YOU? Jones Franzel sent me an email the other day; she wrote: "Wanted to send you this review of YouthCast on the Sound of Young America&"  I decided to check it out.  It's a...
Posted by YouthCast on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:07:00 PST

"A Prohibition" by Terin Mayer of KRLX

This week on YouthCast, a poetic reflection on campus race relations. Three students at Carleton College discuss what it means to be black and how the word "nigger" changes in different contexts. This...
Posted by YouthCast on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:02:00 PST

Verses for Valentine’s Day

Celebrate Valentine's Day with poems from the Poetry Foundation. Conveniently arranged by category: funny, romantic, sad, teenage, break-up, and, yes, audio. Speaking of which, their podcast--Poetry O...
Posted by YouthCast on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:01:00 PST

"Joey’s Phone Call Home" by Joey Thompson of Blunt Youth Radio Project

This week on YouthCast: a telephone conversation between a young prison inmate and his family.   Joey Thompson produced this piece with the Blunt Youth Radio Project. At the time, he was in...
Posted by YouthCast on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:00:00 PST

The telephone on the radio

Coming up tomorrow, YouthCast taps into the riveting, intimate qualities of telephone storytelling. Get pumped by listening to some of my favorite people who do telephone-on-the-radio:Wiretap from Jon...
Posted by YouthCast on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:04:00 PST

Youth commentators on NPRs Weekend Edition Sunday

(requisite voting booth stock image)With Super Tuesday nearly upon us, three youth commentators sound off on the elections: Martin Macias of Curie Youth Radio in Chicago, Tonei Glavinic of Alaska Teen...
Posted by YouthCast on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:03:00 PST

"The Office" by Noah Magen and Chris Frenier of Alaska Teen Media Institute

This week on YouthCast, rumors fly in cubicle-land. Chris Frenier and Noah Magen of Alaska Teen Media Institute imagine office gossip gone awry. ..(Listen to "The Office")music: "the plug" by bonobo...
Posted by YouthCast on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:02:00 PST

"Quien Soy?": Behind the Scenes with Karmen Gallegos

Producer Karmen Gallegos gives a tutorial on writing personal essays for radio. Here advice? Don't listen to your English teachers. Karmen's TutorialThroughout my life I have always struggled to comm...
Posted by YouthCast on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:23:00 PST

"Quien Soy?" by Karmen Gallegos of Santa Fe Youth Radio

Born in Mexico and raised in Santa Fe, Karmen Gallegos of Santa Fe Youth Radio explains what it's like to live in two worlds. Coming soon! Carmen gives a tutorial on how to write personal essays for t...
Posted by YouthCast on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:13:00 PST