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Raven and Eboni are friends who look like each other. And there are not a lot of people who like they do at their college in Missoula, Montana. But...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 02, 2019
- Length: 05:45
- Purchases: 1
One of the most common forms of trafficking is labor trafficking. In this episode, Re:Work Radio brings you the story of Lester Ramos and his journ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Apr 29, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Elena from El Salvador was excited to come to the United States but found her predicament for her and her son difficult. Not knowing any English, s...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 06:39
- Purchases: 1
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
Meet Alejandro. He discusses why he came here, the difficulties of finding meaningful work, his involvement with his community and his love for his...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 05:33
- Purchases: 1
Yolanda is a DACA student at HSU; she worries about being able to finish her schooling. She also went to Washington DC to lobby with Scholars Witho...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 1
OutCaster Andrew talks about his experience with a doctor who was insensitive to the needs of her trans patient.
- Added: Mar 01, 2019
- Length: 06:26
Julio, brought here when not quite 2 years old, grew up not knowing he was undocumented until he went to get his driver's license. His status did n...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 1
Maria, from El Salvador, speaks of her struggles to learn English, reacquaint herself with her children after 8 years apart, and how they all achie...
- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 03:00
Juan, a DACA student at Humboldt State University talks about his struggles with learning English. He not only did learn English, he now has an ins...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 02:56
- Purchases: 1
Brenda of Centro del Pueblo gives her own State of the Union address concerning immigrants, legal or otherwise.
- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 02:54
In 1917, a tragic and criminal episode in American history occurred in the copper mining town of Bisbee, Arizona. Local miners had recently been or...
- Added: Jan 31, 2019
- Length: 04:34
Episode 31
Two years ago on July 28th, Houda’s family stepped off a plane into the intense Tucson heat. They weren’t sure what was in store for the...
- Added: Jan 31, 2019
- Length: 04:38
Delia Owens talks about her breakout novel, Where The Crawdads Sing. It explores isolation, connection and the healing power of Nature through the ...
- Added: Jan 24, 2019
- Length: 59:01
A series of random events in Nepal bring an Israeli reporter and a nepalese teenager to grow an unlikely bond.
- Added: Dec 06, 2018
- Length: 23:57
Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel has become my favorite living director. That might sound extravagant to say about someone who has only made fou...
- Added: Aug 20, 2018
- Length: 08:38
This episode, two stories from the U.S. borders. The first, from Javier Zamora, who crossed into the U.S. without his parents when he was nine year...
- Added: Aug 13, 2018
- Length: 36:40
Unhappy with contemporary America, Avery Thompson travels to Plymouth, Massachusetts to consult the man responsible for bringing his family to thes...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 15, 2018
- Length: 12:13
- Purchases: 1
Geologist Lori Dengler talks about NOAA's National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program. This program provides and facilitates vital warning systems a...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
How will we know a tsunami may be coming?
Other than feeling the ground shake, we rely on tsunami warning centers to alert us about potential risk...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:49
- Purchases: 1
The next earthquake is likely to happen when you least expect it. Relatively infrequent events are hard to plan for. Geologist Lori Dengler advise...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:28
- Purchases: 1
Beautiful walks along the beach are possible any time of the year on the northcoast.
Lori Dengler encourages us to be mindful of the unexpected "...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Whip-smart and scary, yet seemingly off-the-cuff, Unsane is Steven Soderbergh’s latest contribution to genre film, in this case the suspense thrill...
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 03:58
At one point when I was reading about the age of water I came across some research indicating that some of the water molecules we drink could be 4....
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 05:09
