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Savannah Bustillo's Tongue Twisters in Graphite

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Caption: "Enchilada" , Credit: Savannah Bustillo

In the world of audio recording, sound is visually represented in what’s called a wave form. They often look like tall ovals with vertical spikes. ...

Canción Mixteca

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

Singer Yesenia Mejia of Artisanas Mexicanas

Bought by PRX Remix

The Mexican Chefs at Zorba's Greek Restaurant

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

It's hard to come here as an immigrant. You leave everything behind.

Bought by PRX Remix

El Merengue Restaurant

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I started cooking at 9 years old for my mother, my father, and 9 brothers and sisters.

Bought by PRX Remix

The Snake on the Lake Was Not a Mistake: The Rise of Modern Mexico City

From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features

In this personal exploration with radio-drama elements, a group of students tries to understand how such an enormous city, with such a large popula...

A Fine-Tuned Story

From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries

Tuning an accordion isn't just a matter of intonation. The sculpting of the reeds makes all the difference between those classic sounds, from Texas...

Puerto Rican Americana: Nuyorican Bicycle Clubs in Brooklyn

From: Jack D'Isidoro

Caption: Roberto proudly shows off his bike in front of the original headquarters of the Puerto Rican Schwinn Club near Knickerbocker Ave. in Bushwick., Credit: Jack D'Isidoro

The Schwinn bicycle has a rich history in New York’s Nuyorican communities. In many of these enclaves, you’ll find members of riding clubs showing ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio

Vote-less, not voiceless: Dreamers reshape Arizona politics

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Elizabeth Perez working at City Hall, Credit: Valeria Fernandez

From civil disobedience to civic accountability, youth that can’t vote are making the voice of the Latino community heard in local politics and at ...

Bought by WDBM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WRIR

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

In The Big Easy, Food Vendors Create A Little Honduras

From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson

Thanks to a quirk of history — and a love of bananas — New Orleans has had a Honduran population for more than a century. But that population explo...

Lilian Alfonso, Metal Scrapper

From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life

At USA Recycling in East LA, a two-story yellow crane smashes cars, refrigerators and stoves into neat piles of wreckage all day. The mistress of t...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Embracing the Elements: Curanderismo

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Producer Erica Hellerstein takes us on a journey to identity through an ancient medicinal practice known as “curanderismo”.

Woodburn, The Most Diverse Town In Oregon

From: Dmae Lo Roberts

Caption: Luis & Luisa Quintero of Luis' Tacqueria in Woodburn, OR, Credit: Photo by Richard Jensen

Throughout the West, historic discriminatory laws have excluded people of color from settling and owning property. Because of that, many Western st...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and XRAY.fm

Regional de NY: Choro Music from Brazil

From: Willis Arnold
Series: Local Music Worldwide

Choro is a music of the people that can be found in Brazil’s bars and at barbecues. Band members of Regional de NY, a choro band from Brazil, the...

The Soul of Guatemala Part I Miracle Town

From: Jesse Dukes
Series: The Soul of Guatemala

Caption: A woman in Almolonga, Guatemala, selling carrots and potatos wholesale., Credit: Jesse Dukes

Part I in a series of three short features about Latin America's Evangelical Frontier.

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Tattoo Artist

From: Whitney Jones

Angel Quinonez first became interested in tattoos growing up next to a motorcycle club. He got his first tattoo when he was 17 and starting tattooi...

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix

Living in Limbo

From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars

Caption: Gabriela Cubillos prepares tamales in her home. , Credit: Eroyn Franklin

In our final segment, producer Jessica Partnow follows the story of one family living in immigration limbo in Auburn, Washington.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, XRAY.fm, KISU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more

Washington on the Front Lines

From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars

Caption: Agent Michael Bermudez, Supervisory Border Patrol Agent and Public Affairs Officer, US Customs and Border Patrol., Credit: Eroyn Franklin

This story takes us to Washington state's border with Canada, where the Border Patrol arrests hundreds of people each year. Producer Jessica Partno...