Radio Rookies from WNYC

WNYC Studios

Real stories by New York City teenagers take listeners inside their lives and their communities in this Peabody Award-winning youth journalism initiative. For teens, by teens and about the challenges of teen life, Radio Rookies gives students the tools and the training to share their own stories through the medium of audio. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, Nancy and many others. Find these and more great shows at wnyc.org © WNYC Studios

  • 10 minutes 19 seconds
    The Mary Jane Mindset: Rookies report on Marijuana

    Temitayo and Gemma spoke with nearly three dozen high school students who smoke weed to learn more about what they call "the Mary Jane mindset".

    5 March 2016, 12:00 pm
  • 12 minutes 14 seconds
    Father's Day from Radio Rookies: Trying to Do it Right and Not Repeat a Father's Mistakes

    When people think about teen parents, they usually picture a young mom. But what about the dads?

    20 February 2016, 12:00 pm
  • 8 minutes 21 seconds
    Tough to the Corps: Teen Girl Wants to Join Marines

    Cece Rodriguez may be tiny at 5 ’4”, 100 lbs, but she’s physically strong. Despite her family’s concerns, she dreams of testing her toughness by enlisting in the U.S. Marines.

    6 February 2016, 12:00 pm
  • 9 minutes 2 seconds
    Sickle and Me

    Nearly 100,000 Americans suffer from a disorder called Sickle Cell Anemia. Radio Rookie Bree Person hates talking about Sickle cells – but she put together this report nevertheless.

    12 December 2015, 9:32 pm
  • 8 minutes 26 seconds
    American Dream - Minus My Mom

    At 17-years-old Tangeneka Taylor moved to the U.S from Guyana with her dad and sister. Along with having to adjust to a new country, she’s had to adjust to life without her mom.

    9 December 2015, 5:57 pm
  • 9 minutes 29 seconds
    Eyes Off the Goal: When Sports Rule and School Suffers

    Fresh grass. Freedom. Success. That was the sensation Edward Munoz experienced every time he walked onto a soccer field. But in school, he felt like he wasn’t meant to be there.

    28 November 2015, 10:40 pm
  • 8 minutes 23 seconds
    My Education, Uninterrupted

    In New York City the high school graduation rate for black males was 28 percent in 2010. Radio Rookie Mike Brown is a young black man living in Harlem and being raised by a single mom.

    14 November 2015, 12:00 pm
  • 8 minutes 27 seconds
    Not the 'Right' Kind of Gay

    In some ways, being feminine made life harder for Dakota than his sexuality.

    31 October 2015, 11:00 am
  • 9 minutes 5 seconds
    We Just Don't Talk: One Family's Silence about Dating Abuse

    When 18-year-old Radio Rookie Mari Santos recognized that her older sister Alison was in abusive relationship, the hardest part was figuring out how to talk to her about it.

    17 October 2015, 11:00 am
  • 10 minutes 22 seconds
    Seeking an End to Cycles of Abuse

    Destiny Mabry had a lot in common with her older sister: a love of dance, a bright smile, and excellent jump rope skills. They also both had experience with abusive relationships.

    3 October 2015, 11:00 am
  • 29 minutes 28 seconds
    Why Do I Stay?

    Rainy wanted to understand why she stayed with an older boyfriend who humiliated and physically abused her. So she spent two years reporting from inside the relationship.   

    19 September 2015, 11:46 pm
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