Coastal Youth Media

Listen to the productions, stories, and perspectives from participants in the Coastal Youth Media training program. This is a podcast for and about young people in our region that covers issues like: youth culture, social justice, environmentalism, and other concerns of coastal youth.

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All Episodes

As Loud As I Want: “Wrong” by Jayonna

Welcome to As Loud As I Want, a podcast that reflects the experiences of young women in rural Columbus County, North Carolina through the COVID-19 pandemic. We use spoken...

As Loud As I Want: “This Is 17” by Rakyah Jacobs

Welcome to As Loud As I Want, a podcast that reflects the experiences of young women in rural Columbus County, North Carolina through the COVID-19 pandemic. We use spoken...

Introducing As Loud As I Want

Welcome to As Loud As I Want, a podcast that reflects the experiences of young women in rural Columbus County, North Carolina through the COVID-19 pandemic. We use spoken...

Climate Stories | Youth Report: Small Animal Conservation in Coastal NC

Coastal Youth Media reporter and resident animal-lover Nyaira Danley, from Jacksonville, NC speaks to  conversationists and forest rangers about how climate change is affecting small wildlife in a big...

Climate Stories | Youth Report: Humans & Sharks, Closer Together

Coastal Youth Media reporter Isabella Avila, from Hampstead, NC explores how climate change is bringing humans and sharks into more frequent contact. Climate Stories | Youth Report is a...

Climate Stories | Youth Report: How Will the Climate Crisis Change Farming?

Most of 17-year-old Brianna Leduc’s neighbors are farmers. Brianna lives in Whiteville, NC. In this episode, she set out to discover – how will the climate crisis change the...

Climate Stories | Youth Report: How Youth Voice Transforms Adults’ Climate Change Attitudes

17-year-old Coastal Youth Media reporter Trisha Martinez, of Tarbor City, NC, explores the research behind strategically, in what way, youth speaking to adults about climate change can transform an...

Climate Stories | Youth Report: My Neighborhood, On Burning Trash

Youth reporter Kai Davis, of Sneads Ferry, NC, used to play in the ashes as her family burned trash on a sequestered piece of their family land. Now older,...

Climate Stories | Youth Report: The Soil in My Garden

Ariel Shipman’s grandmother taught her, ““When you think about rain, you think about water, and how it’s great for the plants. In reality, the acid levels from the rain...