Name: The Next Stop Is... By Kenneth Gao, Katherine Lian and Ella Smith by Paley Center Education
Duration: 6 min 36 s
Description: Acknowledging that learning is not exclusive to time spent in the classroom, this podcast investigates the relationship between a student’s social life and their commute to and from school.

As young people living in NYC raised in a culture of various religious beliefs and practices, we explore the question: what is the younger generation’s relationship and experience with religion today?

Faithful Youth By Aaqib Gondal, Ravin Parikh, Wilson Rumble and Sanaa Stokes

Looking at the human side of death, this podcast interviews young people and those intimately connected to death through profession and experience. Seeing death as an integral part of life, a story of acceptance can be a reassuring message.

Death Letting It Happen By Ava Canade and Dorothy Ha

We use the Internet for communication, creation, education, entertainment and so many other reasons. But how did we arrive at this stage of mass adoption and use? What are the origins of this powerful and dynamic means of communication that is so central to our lives that we can’t imagine a world without it?

How Did We Get Here? By Owen Carlin and Intia Ibnah

Acknowledging that learning is not exclusive to time spent in the classroom, this podcast investigates the relationship between a student’s social life and their commute to and from school.

The Next Stop Is... By Kenneth Gao, Katherine Lian and Ella Smith

A personal narrative examining the recent Supreme Court decision that ended affirmative action. Jordan, a young black woman and high school senior applying to colleges will be directly impacted by this conservative court’s ruling.

Ruby Bridges Is Still Alive by Jordan Armstead

A pressing concern of our young Latine and immigrant youth is the resentment and harassment that street vendors of color face everyday. Why are these industrious, steadfast and often undocumented workers so persecuted and what are the origins of this style of food, cuisine and trade that is essential to street and city life?

The Forgotten Story Of Street Vendors by Leslie Cruz-Lobato and Sindy Medina

An exploration of boxing’s rise in popularity among high school peers in Ruben’s community and a personal journey into how the sport has impacted his life and the life of his family.

Knockout by Ruben Almash

Understanding that stigma and misinformation about mental health arise from ignorance, this first part of a two episode podcast looks at how television has represented mental health and those afflicted by mental disabilities.

Mind Matters: Exploring Mental Health in Media- Episode One by Eileen Zheng

Part two of this podcast includes peer discussion around mental health and how young people view different portrayals of mental health conditions.

Mind Matters: Exploring Mental Health in Media- Episode Two by Eileen Zheng

Support for Teen Transmitters is provided by ConEdison, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Nielsen Foundation.  
Special thanks to The Pinkerton Foundation for its inaugural support.

The Next Stop Is... By Kenneth Gao, Katherine Lian and Ella Smith

Paley Center Education

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