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For this full episode of the Be Loud Radio Hour, Be Loud DJs visit LOOP NOLA, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide positive, life-changing outdoor experiences for children and youth in Greater New Orleans. 

Our DJs learned some survival skills, explored City Park and interviewed some of the workers at LOOP NOLA. 

Our DJs also share some insight on how they've grown on AND off the mic so far this year. 

For this full episode of the Be Loud Radio Hour, Be Loud DJ's attended the Louisiana Children Museum's annual Mudfest as well as hosted the annual Youth Voice Festival.  Listen to Be Loud DJs share their thoughts on Mudfest, as well as interview attendees at each festival. 

DJs on the Scene! Listen to Be Loud DJs share their thoughts on the festival, as well as interview tourists, attendees, volunteers and staff members of the Jazz Museum at this year's Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival. 

In this episode, Be Loud DJs met with Lauren LaRose and Mariana Barry Boyd, two experts working to share and promote how social media affects teenagers. DJ Bird and Diggity Deuce sat down with them and asked important questions on how we can build a more balanced and informed relationship with technology.

But, we also wanted to give youth an opportunity to share their own perspective. Be Loud DJs recorded insights into their digital lives. Exploring the highs and lows of social media engagement. So tune in and listen to our next segment on social media and what the digital world means to Be Loud Teens.

In this episode of "Next Voices", students from Next Level talk about facing failure and the shortcomings of systemic institutions in America. We were so grateful to these students and their teacher for sharing their thoughts with us, and now with you all! 

BIG shout out to New America Foundation for making this experience and production possible! 

DJs on the Scene! Listen to Be Loud DJs interview one of the tour guides and share their experiences visiting New Orleans' Free People of Color museum!

"Next Voices" is a Be Loud podcast that listens to the next generation of students, leaders, and citizens here in New Orleans. 

In this episode, we talked with 8th graders from Bricolage Academy about what it means to grow up in their community and what they associate with being an American. The energy and enthusiasm of these 4 brave students really cemented the larger purpose of this project. Young people have a lot to say and we need to listen.

Big shout out to our new friends from Bricolage Academy and we are grateful for these students for joining us in the studio and to their teacher Té Smith for leading the way.  

Also, thank you to our partner the New America Foundation for inspiring and investing in this work. These experiences have pushed us to re-imagine what it means to listen to and record with young people. We hope you will continue to tune in to these conversations.

DJs on the Scene! Listen to Be Loud DJs interview members of the New Orleans community with ties to the historic Dew Drop Inn as the Inn plans to finally reopen this year.

New podcast alert! "Next Voices" is a Be Loud podcast that listens to the next generation of students, leaders, and citizens here in New Orleans. 

In this episode, students from The Net discuss what "America" means to them and realizations they've had as they navigate life and school. 

Big shout out to our new friends from the NET Central City and especially to their teacher Erin Lierl for coordinating, preparing, and inspiring this conversation. 

Also, thank you to our partner the New America Foundation for inspiring and investing in this work. These experiences have pushed us to re-imagine what it means to listen to and record with young people. We hope you will continue to tune in to these conversations. 

Every year, we partner with Lede New Orleans- an organization that equips emerging creatives with skills, tools and resources to transform how local media serves our communities.

For this episode, DJs connected with Lede fellows and learned more about their reporting on the impact of prison on our local community. With their help, DJs also heard from leaders FFLIC LA as they shared more about their work in transforming the systems that put children at risk of prisons.

Incredibly grateful to these two organizations for coming through to talk to Be Loud, inspire new questions and ideas, and to listen to what they had to say about their own experience.

We will be sharing these conversation on an upcoming episode of our podcast. Stay tuned.