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Blaire
From: Media Humboldt
Series: Immigrant Voices
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Blaire, a DACA a student at Humboldt State University and a long-time resident, speaks of her frustration of not having the same privileges as her ...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
The Mexican Chefs at Zorba's Greek Restaurant
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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It's hard to come here as an immigrant. You leave everything behind.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 07, 2018
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
El Merengue Restaurant
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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I started cooking at 9 years old for my mother, my father, and 9 brothers and sisters.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 07, 2018
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Una Isu: a ​Ñ​uu Savi warrior resisting through hip hop
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
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As indigenous people from Mexico migrate to California, their languages and cultures are threatened. One indigenous trilingual rapper based in Fres...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 21:37
  • Purchases: 1
After the Storm
From: Aviva DeKornfeld
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In the weeks after Hurricane Maria, Cynthia and Vanessa Melendez were trapped in their village in Humacao, Puerto Rico. They had no water, and were...

Bought by HowSound


  • Added: Dec 01, 2017
  • Length: 07:50
  • Purchases: 1
City Of Dreamers - Part 3
From: Littleglobe
Series: Audio Revolution!
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City of Dreamers explores the lives of young people and immigrant families from Santa Fe’s South Side. First presented live, on stage at the Lensic...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 27:54
Life of the Law #77: Harris County USA
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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All over the country, critics argue that ID laws discourage voter participation--particularly among poor and minority voters. This is particularly ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 24:44
Life of the Law #75: UnDACAmented
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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In 2012 President Obama took matters into his own hands. His administration signed a memo addressing all branches of the Department of Homeland Sec...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 23:50
A pastor teaches unaccompanied migrant girls to sew
From: Bending Borders
Series: Between Homelands: Hope, Fear and Longing in America
Caption: Pastor Monsalve preaches from her storefront church in Torrance, California., Credit: Phoenix Tso
Margarita Monsalve operates a sewing circle in Torrance, California, where unaccompanied migrant girls from Central America find a strong community...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
Nachito Herrera
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Cuban-born pianist Nachito Herrera moved to Minnesota in 2001, and quickly made a name for himself as a jazz player, composing and performing and w...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 1
How Mexican are You? Rio's Mexican-American Culture Gap
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Caption: Rio and her Mom
Rio, faces a big identity question. "Am I Mexican? If so how Mexican am I?" Let's just say Rio was raised a bit differently than prior generations ...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:44
Landlocked
From: Nina Feldman
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Three Peace Corps Volunteers in rural Paraguay struggle to get work done, be themselves and most importantly, keep from going insane.

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 15:59
  • Purchases: 1
Ya Basta
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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20 years after the founding of The Zapatistas, the group’s influence has spread far beyond Mexico’s border through music and art. Producer Alejand...

Bought by KQED


  • Added: Aug 04, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Trying to Do it Right and Not Repeat a Father's Mistakes
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge
Caption: Marvin Ramos and daughter Hailey
There is less research on adolescent fathers than on mothers — much less — and most of it focuses on the impact to the child if a dad is not in hi...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 10:28
  • Purchases: 2
A Journey through Favelas of Rio de Janeiro
From: Gianluca Tramontana
Caption: A Favela in Rio
Journalist Gianluca Tramontana takes you through the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, introduces you to their people, examines their history and explores...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:13
  • Purchases: 1
PPW 02: Luis Rodriguez
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Prison Poetry Workshop Podcasts
Caption: Luis Rodriguez
Writer and Latino activist Luis J. Rodriguez was born in El Paso and grew up in East L.A. We went to talk Luis Rodriguez simply because he, and hi...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 11:03
  • Purchases: 1
How He Did It
From: Trevor Keaton Pogue
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Tony Lucero is a Mexican American professor at The University of Washington. In this piece, Professor Lucero tells us how he came to be an educato...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2013
  • Length: 08:28
How Americans Make Race
From: Hold That Thought
Series: American Identities
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Whether looking at the 1920s or 2013, people's behavior and attitudes toward race are often influenced by factors beyond their own experience and c...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2013
  • Length: 15:45
Don Fidel
From: American Student Radio
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Don Fidel, an immigrant to the United States, opened a staple restaurant in Chicago, but for his family, it was more than restaurant.

  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 16:26
In the Shadow of the Wall: From Gaza to Arizona
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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From Palestinian farmers to shootings at the US and Mexico border; living in the shadow of the wall.

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Children of the Same Sorrow: The U.S./Mexico Caravan for Peace Takes On the Drug War
From: Chris Moore-Backman
Series: Bringing Down the New Jim Crow
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This moving and provocative documentary chronicles the historic journey of the “U.S./Mexico Caravan for Peace,” which from August 12th to Septembe...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WDSE


  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Best Couple
From: Radio Rookies
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When seniors at a small public high school in the Bronx cast their votes for "Best Couple" they chose a pair they admire but who definitely defy th...

Bought by KSFR, KALW, XRAY.fm, WABE, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 9
My Mother's Disease
From: Radio Rookies
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17-years-old Vikky Cruz struggles to cope with her mother's illness, a rare genetic disease called neuroacanthytosis, and the ways it's taken over ...

Bought by Vocalo.org and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 2
My Not So Sweet Home
From: Radio Rookies
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14-year-old Radio Rookie Krystle Monclova has been living in a group home in Manhattan since last summer. She never expected to wind up in "the sys...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 09, 2009
  • Length: 09:19
  • Purchases: 1
No Rules: The Life & Music of Esteban 'Steve' Jordan
From: KUT
Caption: Esteban 'Steve' Jordan, Credit: www.estebanjordan.com
Music-Rich Hour-long Radio Documentary on Latino Accordion Legend Esteban 'Steve' Jordan

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, KMUN, WNMU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, KPVL and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8