‘Transmitting weirdness into the airwaves.’ An experimental RadioActive showcase
RadioActive is transmitting some weirdness into the airwaves.
What happens when RadioActive youth producers can make *anything* they want? Some weird and wonderful radio magic, that’s what. Listen to an hour of our creative, experimental, and just-plain-weird audio stories on this RadioActive Youth Media showcase.
Young people produced the audio stories in this showcase in RadioActive's creative storytelling workshops. That means, young people did the writing, interviewing, and audio editing. Pretty cool, huh?
Stories featured in this showcase:
Fiction: 'High School Hustle' the video game
By Alayna Ly | Can you level up without breaking down?
How I reconnected to my Mexican roots in a majority-white school
By Eva Solorio | After middle school, RadioActive’s Eva Solorio decided to go to high school in a neighboring city, instead of her local school in Everett, Washington.
She wanted a fresh, new start — but it wasn’t like she imagined.
Quarantine from the closet: A love story told through missed calls
By Simone St. Pierre-Nelson | A fictional story about two young people navigating their newfound distance during the pandemic, told through their voicemail messages.
The good, the bad, and the internet: Teens on growing up online
By Lucas Galarneau | This story explores what it's like to grow up online for four teenagers — from falling in love to facing trolls — and blends nonfiction interviews with an imagined main character: the Internet.
Fantasy books are my escape, but I wish the genre was more inclusive
by Adar Abdi | An imagined confrontation between Adar and a fantasy writer.
I didn’t have to choose between religion and becoming who I really am. I chose both
By Rhea Beecher | A personal essay on identity, family, religion, coming out, and embracing your true self.
How I found bodily autonomy through pole dancing
By Morgen White | A creative personal essay on the importance of being fully yourself in front of others who respect and value your body as your own.
A young wolf shares their story
By Iz Ortiz | An 11-year-old shares their special connection to wolves in this creative audio piece.
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RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW's radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This showcase was produced, edited, and prepared for the web by Mary Heisey, with production support from Kelsey Kupferer. It was hosted by Lucas Galarneau. Find RadioActive on Instagram, 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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Mary Heisey
Program Producer, RadioActive
Mary teaches audio journalism and radio production for RadioActive, KUOW’s youth media program. She works alongside young people to produce powerful stories. She started producing radio and podcasts as a teenager at her college radio station and has been dedicated to amplifying marginalized voices through audio ever since. Before joining RadioActive, Mary worked with middle school, high school, and college students as they made their own radio stories at WFDD 88.5 and Guilford College in North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad. Although she misses the sweet smell of Bojangles’ in the Carolinas, she still can’t get over the mountains in the Pacific Northwest.
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