DescriptionIt's pretty amazing. Like, looking down there at the other end of the water, you know. And imagine me, you know, I'm Mexican, and I'm just looking at my country right now - and I'm here in the U.S. It's, like, kind of amazing. Like my father once used to…
DescriptionThere was a moment where, and I'll tell him, well, grandfather, this is time for me to go, you know, have to go back, and I search in my pockets and I find, you know, some money and I say, 'Well, you know, now I can help out, ' you know. And he just laughs…
DescriptionKids at school think that being an atheist, you worship the devil, and you think that the devil is the best thing in the whole wide world. When they nag me about the devil I tell them that an atheist doesn't believe in the devil. And also, I'm sorta, I'm not an atheist really. I'm sorta confused. Teenage Diaries producer Joe Richman gives teenagers tape recorders to document their lives. Ricky Sherman from Buffalo Grove, IL is 14 years old. Like most children, he has grown up with the lessons his parents taught him. His father is an atheist and now Ricky is starting to rethink his beliefs, values, and the culture he was raised with. As originally heard on National Public Radio's All Things Considered .
DescriptionBeing a pastor's kid is - it's got its pros and its cons, you know, 'cause you could sit up in the front row and, like, everyone knows who you are, even if you don't know who they are, you know. But the con of it is that people automatically get this idea. It's kind of funny because although some people think that, like, PKs, or pastor's kids, are sweet little angels, I mean, I'll admit, I'm no - I'm no angel. Teenage Diaries producer Joe Richman gives tape recorders to young people around the country to document their lives. Mandy Maldonado lives in Chicago where she attends an evangelical Christian church. Every Sunday, Mandy arrives at least an hour early for services, because that's one of the things you do when your father is the pastor. Mandy's diary was originally heard on National Public Radio's All Things Considered .
DescriptionUntil one day we - I was coming home from school. I got off the school bus. My dad and mom were in the kitchen fixing a waffle iron. And about 10 minutes after I got off the bus, all these cops pulled in our yard. And my dad looked out the window and he l…
DescriptionYou know, when I'm feeling, like, really disgusted with myself, I pick up my cello. Every time you start playing, it's like I don't have any stress at all. I don't even listen to anything. I just sort of space out. I just pick it up and space out. Teenage Diaries producer Joe Richman gives tape recorders to young people around the country so they can document their lives. Nick Epperson of Salt Lake City, UT began keeping his audio diary two years ago when he was 13. Nick's journal is a record of change: changes in his friends, his school and even his voice. This is Nick's radio diary, as originally heard on National Public Radio's All Things Considered .
