Youth Expression Showcase

Our weekly radio program invites students in Grades K-12 to perform live on the air. Hear young musicians, singer/songwriters, photographers, writers, poets and other people who express themselves through the arts.

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Since 1978, The Saturday Light Brigade has broadcast LIVE spontaneous on-air phone calls from kids and adults as part of its Saturday morning radio program. Now you can hear some of the most memorable calls from people participating in on-air games and other participatory features or simply calling to tell us about something exciting.

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Join us as we celebrate the original talent in our midst with these weekly archives of in-studio performances by regional and national musicians and artists. Folk, bluegrass, jazz, singer/songwriter, international, storytellers and more!

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Articles in Youth Expression Showcase

Youth Express: EdCorps, Real World Scholars

November 28, 2020 – 10:05 am
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From 11/28/2020: Youth business owners from Whitehall Elementary School, South Saint Marys Street Elementary School, and Carmichaels Area School District talk about their work with the EdCorps program of Real World Scholars, including products they’ll have for sale at Handmade Arcade, a virtual artisan marketplace,11/28 to 12/6

Youth Express: Haley Swauger

October 24, 2020 – 10:05 am
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From 10/24/2020: Haley Swauger (9th grade, Burrell High School) shares an original song about the abolishment of slavery in the U.S.

Youth Express: CLP Teen Media Awards, Amital Leibovich

September 26, 2020 – 10:45 am
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From 09/26/2020: Amital Leibovich talks about Against the Algorithm, her award-winning entry in the fashion category of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Teen Media Awards.

Youth Express: CLP Teen Media Awards, Ava Wos

September 26, 2020 – 10:35 am
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From 09/26/2020: Ava Wos on her award-winning fashion entry in the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Teen Media Awards.

Youth Express: CLP Teen Media Awards, Graciela León

September 26, 2020 – 10:20 am
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From 09/26/2020: Graciela León joins us to talk about her award-winning Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh LABSY invention called Attaché Adagio: A New Kind of Music Stand.

Youth Express: CLP Teen Media Awards, Anzu Sekikawa

September 26, 2020 – 10:05 am
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From 09/26/2020: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 2020 Teen Media Award Winner Anzu Sekikawa talks about Fed Up, her award-winning entry in the 2D Art category.

Youth Express: CLP Teen Media Awards, Ariella Riccobon

September 19, 2020 – 10:35 am
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From 09/19/2020: Ariella Riccobon discussing her award-winning prose Hip Hop Science as published in the 2020 Ralph Munn Anthology

Youth Express: CLP Teen Media Awards, Hallie Sufrin

September 19, 2020 – 10:20 am
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From 09/19/2020: From 09/19/2020: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 2020 Teen Media Award Winner Hallie Sufrin on her award-winning musical composition, Rain.

Youth Express: CLP Teen Media Awards, Ariel Cameroe

September 19, 2020 – 10:05 am
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From 09/19/2020: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 2020 Teen Media Award Winner Ariel Cameroe on her award-winning film, Tuned out.

Youth Express: Wake Up to Politics, Gabe Fleisher

September 12, 2020 – 10:00 am
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From 09/12/2020: Award-winning journalist and Georgetown freshman Gabe Fleisher (18) on how the Wake Up to Politics newsletter he began in 3rd grade has grown from a subscription base of one (his mom) to over 50,000 readers in every U.S. state and dozens of countries.