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Tania Chairez is a social entrepreneur and educator who grew up undocumented under the threat of Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona. In this episode, Ta...
- Added: Jul 09, 2020
- Length: 12:40
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...
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- 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
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...
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- 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...
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- 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
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
Glenn Boyd was convicted of a crime he did not commit. This episode of the California Innocence Project features another story about a bad identifi...
- Added: Apr 02, 2018
- Length: 05:00
The California Innocence Project relies on interns to go through thousands of requests for assistance. In this episode, interns share some of their...
- Added: Apr 02, 2018
- Length: 02:00
Three days after 9/11, I run into a cop who is just up from Ground Zero to get cigarettes and something warm. Something real.
- Added: Sep 01, 2016
- Length: 09:20
- Added: May 26, 2015
- Length: 08:48
- Purchases: 1
What does life look like after experiencing major trauma?
- Added: Dec 12, 2014
- Length: 11:00
What does life look like after experiencing major trauma?
- Added: Dec 12, 2014
- Length: 21:09
Young voters could play a major role in this presidential election. But what issues are most important to those under the age of 30?
- Added: Nov 04, 2012
- Length: 03:48
Young voters could play a major role in this presidential election. But what issues are most important to those under the age of 30?
- Added: Nov 04, 2012
- Length: 03:46
Young voters could play a major role in this presidential election. But what issues are most important to those under the age of 30?
- Added: Nov 04, 2012
- Length: 03:45
Whitney Jones tells his story of losing faith and finding new ways to connect with the world around him.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KFAI Minneapolis, HowSound, KUT, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 10, 2012
- Length: 14:10
- Purchases: 5
Today we continue our conversation and lecture on Race Manners with Bruce A. Jacobs. In our interview we ask about what cities in the US are have t...
- Added: Oct 23, 2010
- Length: 31:29