Two of the latest WNYC Radio Rookies, Jordan Teklay and Shirley "Star" Diaz, discuss their pieces, which center on the foster care system and moving away from their parents.
The latest Radio Rookies series "Out On My Own: Stories of Living Away from One’s Parents" airs Feb. 25-Feb 29th during Morning Edition on WNYC and will be available for download through the link below.
The latest Radio Rookies series "Out On My Own: Stories of Living Away from One’s Parents" airs Feb. 25-Feb 29th during Morning Edition on WNYC and will be available for download through the link below.
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Far too often we hear the stories of young people’s lives through the eyes of adults. It is so important that these young people are able to have an opportunity to tell their own experience in their own voice, unfiltered and real….props to WNYC and Radio rookies for providing this inspiring opportunity.
What delightful young people! So articulate about their ambitions and their heartbreaks and trials which wonderfully humanises them. Keep on keeping on! Jordan, you sound like a young Imhotep Byrd. Check him out on 99.5 FM 7 PM tonight.
They were very charming... Put a smile on my face. Good luck to both.
Shout-OUT!
You both inspire me,
and I'm 48-years-old.
Work!
Shirley - you are my hero.
You make me proud to be a woman.
Are the kids on the program part of the radio union and are they paid union wages?
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