Malena thought her freshman year was going to be glorious. But instead of having the time of her life, she spent the year hanging out with her mom, her grandpa, and her cats.

All sounds in this story were recorded by Malena Wilson, except for the restaurant sound, which was downloaded from freesound: https://freesound.org/people/sarahmariealice/sounds/265870/#

City High Radio is produced by students at City High School in Tucson, Arizona. We write, record, and produce all of our own work.

My Not So Glorious Freshman Year

Indigenous (instrumental)

Gorilla

Beautiful You (feat. Athena Radford)

A Crisis In The Desert By Paloma Martinez--Tucson Edition

This story is about all the stupid, dangerous things teenagers do because our brains aren't fully developed yet.  

Thanks to Blue Dot Sessions for the use of their song "Waltz for Zacaria" from the Free Music Archive, and thanks to my teacher's friend Cyril Barrett for his song "Stateline" (copyright free and used with permission).

Living Dangerously By Geronimo Sanchez

When I asked my mom why so many people in our family have been incarcerated, she said it was "poor choices." But I wanted to know why. Why do people make bad choices? And does prison teach people to make good choices? 

This story won the New York Times Student Podcast Contest in June 2019. Click here to see Sam's story in the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/learning/winners-of-our-second-annual-student-podcast-contest.html


*Note: The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter was published in 1904 and is in the public domain.


A longer version of this story can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/user-564923358/my-incarcerated-family

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My Incarcerated Family by Samantha Zazueta

When Samantha asked her mom why so many people in her family have been incarcerated, her mom said it was "poor choices." But Sam wanted to know why. Why do people make bad choices? And does prison teach people to make good choices? This story was selected as a winner in the 2019 New York Times Student Podcast Contest. See Sam's story in the NYT here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/learning/winners-of-our-second-annual-student-podcast-contest.html 

Geronimo Sanchez is your host.

A longer version of this story can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/user-564923358/my-incarcerated-family

To hear more stories like this one, subscribe to the City High Radio podcast, available on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.

*Note: The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter was published in 1904 and is in the public domain.

Episode 16: My Incarcerated Family By Samantha Zazueta

Thanks for checking out our latest podcast episode. This story was produced by seventeen-year-old Alex Soto. Cougar Miller is your host. Please subscribe to our podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. We love reviews and comments!  Sound effects were provided by Alex Soto and freesound.org. Thanks to Tucson musician Gabrielle Pietrangelo (with Sister Solace) for permission to use the music featured in this episode. All songs are in the public domain and were arranged and directed by Gabrielle Pietrangelo.

Episode 20: What Is The Most Beautiful Sound By Alex Soto

We are high school students committed to telling real stories about things that matter to teenagers.  Our school, City High School, is located in downtown Tucson, Arizona.

My Incarcerated Family by Samantha Zazueta

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