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‘A snapshot of what it means to be human’: 17 stories by Seattle-area teens

caption: Gideon Hall and Ada Walther, graduates of RadioActive's 2022 Intro to Radio Journalism Workshop and the hosts of this showcase, in the KUOW studios.
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Gideon Hall and Ada Walther, graduates of RadioActive's 2022 Intro to Radio Journalism Workshop and the hosts of this showcase, in the KUOW studios.
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What can interviews with the people we care about tell us about humanity as a whole? Radioactive Youth Media invites you to listen to a one-hour storytelling showcase, originally broadcast on KUOW 94.9.

Join Gideon Hall and Ada Walther on an exploration through storytelling and across time. Tune in for impactful stories about art, immigration, families, and communities.

Hot off the presses and straight from the heart we bring you stories told by teenagers in the summer of 2022, shared through the lens of two archivists from the far future.

RadioActive Showcase Feb 2023: An hour of youth radio

In this special RadioActive showcase, hosts Gideon Hall and Ada Walther premiere 17 stories produced by young people during a week-long storytelling workshop in summer 2022.

This showcase contains 17 profile stories produced by participants in RadioActive’s 2022 Intro to Radio Storytelling workshop. Individual stories will be released Tuesdays and Thursdays from February-April on the RadioActive Youth Media podcast, and at kuow.org/radioactive.

caption: Photos from the RadioActive Youth Media stories featured in this showcase.
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1 of 2 Photos from the RadioActive Youth Media stories featured in this showcase.
KUOW staff

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RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW's radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This hour of radio was entirely youth-produced, from the interviewing and writing to the audio editing. This showcase was produced by Iz Ortiz, with production support from Lucas Galarneau. It was edited and prepared for the web by Lila Lakehart.

Find RadioActive on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook, and on the RadioActive podcast.

Support for KUOW's RadioActive and this showcase comes from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center, and BECU.

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