Totem Star is a recording studio for Seattle area youth ages 14 to 25. The organization recently moved to a new 2,000 square foot space on the second floor of Seattle’s King Street Station in Pioneer Square. That’s where Totem Star will live rent free for the next 60 years, thanks to a lease from the city. KEXP’s Emily Fox talks with Totem Star co-founder Daniel Pak about the impact of Totem star since it launched as a mobile recording studio that could fit in a suitcase 14 years ago.  
(Pak shares how Totem Star was inspired after a mix tape project he did with youth who had just been released from juvenile detention. After the project wrapped up, a third of the youth had been readmitted to detention. The youth had said having access to youth recording studios might have kept them out of trouble.)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.