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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
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
Smash society and you create craven people. Craven, from the early English word meaning crushed, defeated, overwhelmed.
- Added: Jul 03, 2018
- Length: 03:30
"I escaped because of my friend. The three of us started planning while we were in south Sudan." Beatrice Ocwee
Reporter Gladys Oroma continues ...
- Added: Apr 09, 2018
- Length: 44:12
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
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 05:57
Charmil Davis talking to the US Congress from New Jersey Donald Payne Jr.
- Added: Jun 09, 2013
- Length: 09:40
After his mother's death, Richard throws himself into his academic work, four jobs, and campus political and social activities. He earns a reputati...
- Added: Feb 10, 2013
- Length: 29:10
This month's Tin Roof Project, featuring Senator David Pryor reading his story "Nine Miles to Mustin Lake," followed by Q&A. True stories told by t...
- Added: Nov 10, 2012
- Length: 42:38
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
Home can have interesting definitions for the children of immigrants. Often the roots of the family tree are planted in distant soil, or have been...
- Added: Jul 21, 2009
- Length: 23:00
Does what now passes for morality have anything to do with a person’s ability to excel in his profession?
- Added: Jun 25, 2009
- Length: 02:35
Andy's parents deliver the news that they were to move to Arizona. At Disneyland.
- Added: May 22, 2009
- Length: 06:20
Michael Gabby wasn't too optimistic going into the election. Now he's proud to believe in America.
- Added: Feb 09, 2009
- Length: 03:14
- Purchases: 2
