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| Southwest Side Stories: Angela Griden Tours Her Neighborhood |
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As part of our occasional series, Southwest Side Stories, senior and Curie Youth Radio contributor Angela Griden tours her West Side neighborhood.
Music Button: Ancient Astronauts, "Crescent Moon", from the CD We Are To Answer, (ESL records) |
| Student Balances Passion for Classical and Modern Music |
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| Curie Youth Radio contributor Miguel Lopez explains his passion for classical music. |
| Students Examine 'The Road Not Taken' |
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Curie Youth Radio producers offer their takes on Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken.”
Music Button: Thievery Corportation, "Closer To God", from the CD Abductions and Reconstructions, (ESL records) |
| Watching a Family Member Fall Into Gang Life |
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| Former Curie Youth Radio producer Julie Pulido explains how gang violence hit close to home a few years ago. |
| Students Take on Tighter Security Issues |
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| Our student radio producers at Curie High School discuss new security rules at basketball games. |
| Curie Youth Radio: A Matter Close to Heart |
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| We talk with our contributors at Curie Youth Radio and hear a sample of their work. |
| Curie Youth Radio: Teenage Alcoholism |
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| Our contributors at Curie Youth Radio bring us the story of a teenage girl struggling to give up alcohol. |
| Coping With the Lure of Ganglife |
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| Students from Curie Metro High School reflect on efforts to lure them into gangs. |
| Curie Youth Radio: Texting In Schools |
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| Students and teachers from Chicago’s Curie Metro High School discuss fussing with phones in school. |
| Curie Youth Radio |
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| Curie Youth Radio producer Berenice Garcia shares an audio gift for her father. |
| An Audio Gift to Mom |
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| A student from Curie Youth Radio shares an audio gift for his mother. |
| When Mom Lost Her Job |
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| A Curie Youth Radio student shares memories of her mother's triumph over unemployment. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Thank You, Dunkin' Donuts Lady |
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| Curie Youth Radio student Jasmine Gonzalez shares her audio gift to a cashier at Dunkin’ Donuts who remembered her. |
| Southwest Side Stories: You Broke Your Own Promise |
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| Curie Youth Radio producer Jennifer Martinez shares an audio gift that she recorded for her brother. |
| 'You Haven't Lost Me' |
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| Curie Youth Radio student recalls a special trip with her mom—to Chuck E. Cheese. |
| Curie Kids Sound Off on Curfew |
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| Curie Youth Radio students ask their peers how a new stricter curfew will affect their lives, or cramp their style, whatever the case may be. |
| Does God Exist? |
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| Curie Youth Radio’s Charlie Garcia is a high school student with weightier things on his mind than finals. He's wrestling with his faith. |
| Behind the Scenes with Curie Youth Radio |
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As part of our series Southwest Side Stories, Curie Youth Radio brings us students' thoughts on Santa Claus, and Curie Youth Radio student Berenice Garcia talks about her experience with radio. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Moment of Silence |
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| Students at Curie Metro High School tell us what they’ll be thinking about during their moment of silence. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Baggy Pants |
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Students from Curie Metro High School tell us what they think when they see kids wearing droopy pants in school.
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| Southwest Side Stories: The Power of Piercings |
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| Curie Metro High School student Luis Leon reflects on the power of his piercings. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Violence in the Neighborhood |
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| Curie Metro High School senior Halaina Newman reflects on how she deals with everyday gun violence in her neighborhood. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Driving Under the Influence |
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| A group of Curie Metro High School students asks their peers about their experiences with driving drunk. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Being a Goth in Little Village |
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| Curie Youth Radio's Luis Leon chooses to dress in the Goth style, which puts him at odds with his community and his parents. His story is part of Eight Forty-Eight's ongoing series, Southwest Side Stories. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Ode to a Crossing Guard |
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| Curie Youth Radio commentator April Winbun shares fond memories of an unlikely hero—her school's crossing guard. |
| Southwest Side Stories: The Chinese Party Next Door |
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| As part of Eight Forty-Eight's occasional series, Southwest Side Stories, Curie Metro High School student Pui Chau describes how a party next door made her question what it means to be Chinese. |
| Southwest Side Stories: A Walk Home, Interrupted |
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| As part of Eight Forty-Eight's occasional series, Southwest Side Stories, Curie Metro High School senior Charlie Garcia brings us this tale of an unwanted encounter with gangbangers on his walk home. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Teens for President |
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| Our contributors at Curie Youth Radio ask their fellow students what they'd do if they were in the White House. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Holding the Keys to Life |
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Currie High School student Pablo Ponce discusses the Curie Youth Radio program and shares a personal story about being a parking attendent at Millienium Park. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Alone in the Crowd |
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Curie Youth Radio contributor Brandi Kneedly reflects on the isolation that some youth feel—even when in a crowd. |
| Southwest Side Stories: The Cutting Edge |
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April Winbun reflects on her habit of seeking dangerous relief.
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| Southwest Side Stories: Rockers |
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| Curie Youth Radio producer Yvonne Gutierrez reflects on how much youth have in common—especially in the eyes of adults.
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| Southwest Side Stories: Waiting for Lottery Luck |
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Curie Youth Radio producer Alca Uson reflects on her Grandmother’s nightly lottery ritual. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Sound Board |
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| We hear the sounds of students making memories at the Curie High School Prom. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Student Secrets |
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| Our producers from Curie Metro High School’s Curie Youth Radio Project share secrets their parents don’t know...until now! |
| Southwest Side Stories: Crazy Jimmy |
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| Curie Youth Radio Producer Jill Staranowicz shares a portrait of a particularly eccentric character in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Seeking Quiet in the City |
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Curie Youth Radio producer Givan Carrero brings us a poetic portrait of life in Bridgeport as part of our series “Southwest Side Stories.” |
| Southwest Side Stories: Living Under the Planes |
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| Carlos Maeda—Curie High School Youth Producer |
| Southwest Side Stories: What Teachers Do |
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| Our contributors at Curie Youth Radio discover what teachers do for fun. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Dodging Violence |
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| Curie Youth Radio producer Eddie Robles shares this story from the southwest side of Chicago, where he navigates past gang bangers on the way home from school. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Taking the Train to Go |
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| Curie Youth Radio Producer Paul Roldan makes a two-hour trip from Archer Heights to Lakeview for only one thing: the game of Go. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Mrs. Fong’s Son |
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| We start a special series from our contributors at Curie Youth Radio Project. Youth producer Sandy Mac tells us about an age divide and culture clash in Chinatown. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Letters from Cook County Jail |
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| Teenager Gloria Diaz shares her perspective on her brother Julio's incarceration for attempted murder. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Teen Moms |
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| In this piece from the Curie High School youth radio program, teenaged mothers speak candidly about the challenges they face. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Where the Ink Sinks In, Part One |
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| Chicago teens Jesus Alarcon and Jesus Carlin offer an education in writing graffiti. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Summer Poem |
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| Curie Metro High School senior Tonette Palmer takes us to her neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest Side. |
| Curie Youth Radio—Found Audio Treasures |
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| As students clean out their desks and lockers at the end of the school year, Curie Youth Radio finds treasure in other people's trash. They present an audio postcard of found material. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Teen Poets Tonette Palmer and Giancarlo Hernandez |
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| We continue our observance of National Poetry Month with Tonette Palmer and Giancarlo Hernandez, students at Curie High School on Chicago's Southwest Side. |
| Southwest Side Stories: Curie Youth Radio and War |
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| As Omar Macias learned, sometimes explaining your choice to enlist in the military is the hardest step in the march to war. |