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Here's an interview with Anthony (aka Dolphin-Man, aka What-If-Kid). He's a master of sounds! (Ever since he was four...)

 Here he demonstrates some of his incredible skills -- including a CRICKET annnnnnddddd a DOLPHIN.

(Anthony would also like to request that "Who Let the Dogs Out" by the Bahamen be played after this interview, should it air on the radio.)

This is Edwin (aka Krazi Aztek)'s first attempt at a sonnet. But he seems, as he says, to be a natural...

First scene... More to come...

(By Elizabeth Lopez-Pena)

Here's a spoken word poem, which considers the wars that are fought both abroad and at home, along with a series of interviews about the current war in Iraq.

Poem, interviews, editing, and music all by Bobbie.

The What-If-Kid asks questions big and small.

Questions, Interviews, and Production by Anthony Valentin

Beatboxing by Cody B.

The Cook County Temporary Juvenile Detention Center -- more commonly known as the Audy Home -- gives temporary shelter to kids between the ages of 10 and 16 who are waiting for a decision on their cases by the Juvenile Division of Cook County Court.

The Audy Home has received a lot of criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union on and off for the past 8 years -- the ACLU has complained that kids at the Audy home don't get adequate healthcare or education. More recently (in early August), there were youth-led protests over living conditions in the Audy home. In fact, some of the protestors presented Stroger with a box of girls and boys underwear, after hearing that the detention center had been without janitors for at least two months and that kids didn't have clean clothes to wear: (http://www.chicagodefender.com/page/local.cfm?ArticleID=9694)

Youth from Southside Together Organizing for Power (STOP), a tenants-rights organization, are also working to reform the Audy Home. STOP came to Street Level to work on an audio piece for a regular broadcast they do on WHPK (www.whpk.org). The youth interviewed each other about the Audy Home, trading stories about friends and family members who'd been detained there and brainstorming ideas for improvements. Then they edited those interviews into a little collage.

(badass music produced by STOP youth as well...)