On KJZZ's SOAPBOX, we're turning over the mic to our listeners. Each season, we ask writers to tackle a single theme.

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Fall 2023: The Classroom

Lisa Scinto

SOAPBOX: A high school principal on the stark differences between rich and poor students

Anita Walters

SOAPBOX: Teacher guilt is real, but she still searches for classroom magical moments

Marni Zarr

SOAPBOX: An observation on student behavior coming out of the pandemic

Ruth Boyle

SOAPBOX: In a world of worksheets, longtime teacher helps students 'believe that they matter'

Spring 2023: Rising Youth Theatre collaboration

Trinity Lugo (right) and her sister, Tianah

SOAPBOX: Growing up without a space to talk about mental health

Mel and Peggy Oomens

SOAPBOX: How therapy helped mom and child through big life changes

Sophia and Malia are part of Rising Youth Theatre

SOAPBOX: What does mental health mean in your family?

Mark Bowden and Josie Sullivan Bowden

SOAPBOX: A 5-year-old explains how to talk about big feelings

Winter 2022: Eating Christmas

Melissa Dunmore

SOAPBOX: La memoría

cindy dach

SOAPBOX: Enchiladas and fences

The Silverman Stern family.

SOAPBOX: Pink star cookies

Angel Ortiz

SOAPBOX: Evidence of tamale making goes back to 8000 B.C.

Deborah Sussman

SOAPBOX: I’ll always have Paris

Robrt Pela

SOAPBOX: Dishful thinking

Fall 2022: Sorry

emerson and sativa peterson

SOAPBOX: Central air

Deborah Sussman

SOAPBOX: Small talk

Melissa Dunmore

SOAPBOX: My rainy season

SOAPBOX: No apologies

Paul Morris

SOAPBOX: Sorry!

safwat saleem

SOAPBOX: Sound designer Safwat Saleem on adding atmosphere to Season 3

Summer 2022: Home

safwat saleem

SOAPBOX: A letter to my daughter, who is tiny and can't read yet

Nina Newell

SOAPBOX: I know of what I speak

Julie Hampton

SOAPBOX: What does this single cell remember?

Tom Zoellner

SOAPBOX: Crossing over

Alberto Ríos

SOAPBOX: Querencia

Spring 2022: Lost

SOAPBOX: Pandemic mom

Tricia Parker

SOAPBOX: The chat

lariche lamar

SOAPBOX: A lost fantasy

Liz Warren

SOAPBOX: A premonition