DescriptionI have this weird sense that anybody I meet I might never see again, and also that somebody I meet could end up being my best friend for life. And I just don't know it yet. Teenage Diaries producer Joe Richman gives tape recorders to young people around the country to document their lives. This is Brina Goldfarb's audio diary of her first semester at Brown University in Providence, RI. As originally heard on National Public Radio's All Things Considered .
DescriptionUsually when someone asks what I am, I say I'm halfrican. You know, my father's black, my mother's white, and when I was younger, to me that was the way it was supposed to be. Father meant black person. Mother meant white person. You know? Teenage Diaries producer Joe Richman gives tape recorders to teenagers to document their lives. Jeff Rodgers is 16 and lives with his family in Boston. More and more these days, he finds himself thinking about race and being forced to answer the question "What are you?" This is his radio diary, as originally heard on National Public Radio's All Things Considered .
DescriptionIt was assumed many years ago, when you got old you lived with the family. And I guess there's something to be said for that. But at the same time, it's a nice feeling to know you can be cared for without depending on the family or putting them out. One n…
DescriptionOkay, watch. Here's a 20-penny spike, 50-cent hammer and a no sense head. I'm going to drive this spike in my head. Watch. [Sound of hammer hitting spike.] You can see that it's only entering a little bit there. But then, as you hit it and control that hi…
DescriptionI don't know. I'm supposed to talk about what being a teenager means but - well, people always say that it's the best years of your life or something. It's kind of sad, it's kind of weird. I mean, you never hear, like, a 16-year-old saying, `These are the best years of my life.' You always hear a 35-year-old saying, 'Those were the best years of my life.' Teenage Diaries producer Joe Richman gives teenagers tape recorders to document the many ways of being a teenager late in the 20th century. Maplewood, MN teenager Emily Thompson offers an inside inside look at "sportos, " "krusties, " "krinkles, " and how being a teenager isn't all it's cracked up to be. As originally heard on National Public Radio's All Things Considered .
