On this episode of the RadioActive podcast, Rhea Beecher, Eva Solorio and Emily Chua bring you three stories about how and why people make life-changing decisions.

Episode webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/so-much-for-plan-a-three-tales-of-taking-a-leap-of-faith

RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW's radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing.

Why do we dream? Are there any hidden or underlying messages in our dreams? Do all people think about dreams in the same way? How does our culture affect the way we talk about dreams? 

Najuma Abadir, Adar Abdi and Jennifer Nguyen asked around in this dreamy episode of the RadioActive podcast. 

Story webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/what-do-your-dreams-mean-to-you

RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW's radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing.

RadioActive's Adar Abdi and her friend Heena Vahora love food — cooking it, eating it and talking about it.

They're also both first-generation Americans, who say they know the feeling of being the odd one out. In this conversation, the two discuss culture, diversity, family and the beauty of food — all while cooking together. 

Episode webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/food-for-thought-culture

RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW's radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing.

Find new episodes of the RadioActive podcast right here every Thursday for the rest of 2022.

In this personal essay, RadioActive's Rhea Beecher reflects on identity, family, religion, coming out, and embracing your true self.

Episode webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/i-didn-t-have-to-choose-between-religion-and-becoming-who-i-really-am-i-chose-both

RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW's radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing.

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In this fictional audio drama by RadioActive's Jennifer Nguyen, two teens meet and fall for each other online during the pandemic. But connecting in real life is much harder.

Note: This story includes audio of gun shots in the context of a fictional zombie hunter video game.

Episode webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/fiction-love-online-in-the-time-of-covid-19

RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW's radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing.

New stories are released every Thursday until the end of 2022.

If you wear makeup, you've likely gotten mixed messages about the right way to wear it, or if it's OK to wear it at all.

People of all ages and genders wear makeup. But RadioActive's Najuma Abadir was especially interested in how conflicting messages around makeup can affect young women like her. 

Episode webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/make-up-creative-self-expression-or-social-demand

RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW's radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing.

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When RadioActive’s Eva Solorio graduated from middle school, she was ready for a change. So she chose to go to a nearby high school, instead of the one all her friends were going to. But it turned out to be a bigger change than she expected.

Episode webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/how-i-reconnected-to-my-mexican-roots-in-a-predominately-white-school

RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW's radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing.

Find new episodes of the RadioActive podcast right here every Thursday for the rest of 2022.

Choices, wins, and losses — getting through high school is kind of like playing a video game.

In this sound-rich, fictional audio story, RadioActive’s Alayna Ly explores the transition from high school to whatever comes next.

Can you level up without breaking down?

Episode webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/fiction-high-school-hustle-the-video-game

This story was inspired by “Call of Dating,” written and produced by Mira Burt-Wintonick and Cristal Duhaime in 2015 for the CBC podcast "Wiretap."

RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW's radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing.

Find new episodes of the RadioActive podcast right here every Thursday for the rest of 2022.

Schools are not required to offer meals that accommodate students’ religious beliefs, like kosher or halal meals. RadioActive's Rahmah Abdulazeez looked into how not having many halal lunch options at school affects Muslim students like her.

Episode webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/my-high-school-doesn-t-serve-halal-meat-here-s-why-i-wish-it-did

RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW's radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing.

Find new episodes of the RadioActive podcast right here every Thursday for the rest of 2022.

For RadioActive's Morgen White, pole dancing is a sanctuary.

Taking pole dancing classes has boosted her confidence and strengthened her self-love. In this essay, she explores the importance of appreciating herself as a sexual being, and being fully herself in front of others who respect and value her body as her own.

Episode webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/how-pole-dancing-changed-my-life

RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW's radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing.

Find new episodes of the RadioActive podcast right here every Thursday for the rest of 2022.