A Better Life

Series produced by Feet in Two Worlds

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A Better Life?” explores how America’s failed response to COVID-19 has reshaped immigrants’ lives and their relationship to the United States. Each episode tells a different immigrant story and examines how the crisis has challenged or changed that person’s ideas of what it means to be American.

The show also includes conversations with immigrant elders — grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles — to hear how they are coping during this time, and what they have learned over the years that can help the rest of us survive today’s challenges.


9 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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Rosalind calls her Tita Margaret, a Filipina immigrant who lived through 9/11 in New York City.

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2020
  • Length: 11:45
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Two young Black African immigrants in Maine talk about their state, which has the widest racial disparity in the country when it comes to coronavir...

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2020
  • Length: 28:01
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Ramaa checks in on her 93-year-old aunt Indira, who lives in Banaglore, India.

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2020
  • Length: 10:27
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Two Italian women living in San Francisco compare their experiences during the pandemic.

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  • Added: Nov 15, 2020
  • Length: 13:20
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Undocumented hotel housekeepers are among some of the most vulnerable workers in the pandemic. In this episode, we hear one of their stories.

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  • Added: Nov 15, 2020
  • Length: 22:18
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In Philip Zias’ words, “I never thought I can cook.” Hear how the pandemic changed that for the 82-year-old Greek immigrant.

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  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 10:54
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Beenish Ahmed’s journey from NYC to her Pakistani immigrant parents’ home in Ohio brings up questions of belonging and the meaning of family.

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  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 26:47
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In our first Call Your Elders conversation, Haitian-American producer Florence Barrau-Adams checks in on her parents, Monique and Eric, to see how ...

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2020
  • Length: 14:18
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In response to the failed U.S. response to COVID-19, two immigrant women wrestle with the question “should I stay or should I go?” — and reach very...

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2020
  • Length: 27:55
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