Episode 2: "Wake Up, America"

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Kid Rebels with Gail Sheehy

News & Politics


Parkland students are workshopping a song, “Wake Up America,” when, from the corner, a shy boy -- face curtained in curls -- explodes in a burst of poetry: “Cycles of violence, it all seems so mindless. Halls ring of gunshots and then they go silent. Darkness before us, children are dying, but we won’t be quiet: our voices are rising.” Two days of songwriting gave Jorgie Garrido back the power he lost during the shooting.Kid Rebels is a podcast designed to be listened to in order. If you're just landing here please go back and start with Episode 1.