My Aunt, Agent of Change

I can remember being very young out on a day with my Aunt and some people stopped her and asked for her autograph. I thought to myself, “Why are all these people trying to get her autograph? She’s not Eddie Murphy. Does she know Eddie Murphy?” [...]

Name Change?

[Unathi Kondile- Youth Radio Cape Town]
Imagine someone offered you the opportunity to change your name. Would you take it? What negative or positive implications would that have for you? See in South Africa we have this hunger to change names – street and building names. Jan Smuts street to Steve Biko street or the Jan [...]

NFCB Slideshow

A collection of photos from our trip to the National Federation of Community Broadcasters  conference in Atlanta last week.

Whaddya Mean You’re Not Up On The Podcast?

Each and every week Brandon McFarland dishes out a fresh new podcast focusing in on the latest in music and pop culture.
Only I don’t think y’all have been finding it. You can check out the podcast’s RSS feed, or if you’re on the front page of YouthRadio.org your can play with the feedbox up there [...]

Harold Goes To College- An Interview With John Cho

Hope you got those sliders…
The new movie Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, sequel to the classic comedy Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, opens April 25 in theatres. In Guantanamo Bay, Harold and Kumar are thrown into the notorious prison for smuggling a bong onto the plane, which [...]

Recent Post Roundup

First off: apologies for the disappearing act. We’ve been cooking up a few things for the long term and some other projects on short notice, and thus the blogging suffered.
Yet fear not! For the front page at Youth Radio has been off the hook all week… here’s some highlights for the three of you who [...]

Who Do You Trust? [News edition]

This week’s question is pretty straightforward:
When it comes to news, who do you trust?
Youth Radio LA comes through with our first responses:
When it come to the news, I only trust to a certain point because lies are often told but quickly covered up…!!
Jasmine Epps, Age 15
I Trust NBC. The news casters seem more professional [...]

Streeets Is Talking- LIVE on iTunes Radio

[From Leon]
Today @ Noon on Streets Is Talking Radio we will have Bay Area/Hip Hop Legend Casual of the Hieroglyphics in to talk about everything. Also on the show we will cover some current events as well as some great sound bites from Streets Is Talking’s Own Money Makin Mitch!
Streets Is Talking Radio is an [...]

Question of the Week

We’re on a newsroom editorial retreat today, so don’t expect any fresh blogging till late or tomorrow. Still, don’t think this lets you off the hook.  I’ve got a little homework for you– the Question of the Week:
When it comes to news, who do you trust? 

Hilary’s 3AM Kid Fires Back

She’s one of the stars of Hilary’s “3AM” ad… the sleeping little girl. Only she’s not little anymore, backs Obama, and has made her own video: