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Episode 10 - Fork in the Road

From: This Land Press
Series: This Land Radio

This week, we go left or we go right.

Bought by KGOU, KBGA 89.9 FM, and KOSU

Canción Mixteca

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

Singer Yesenia Mejia of Artisanas Mexicanas

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

After the Storm

From: Aviva DeKornfeld

In the weeks after Hurricane Maria, Cynthia and Vanessa Melendez were trapped in their village in Humacao, Puerto Rico. They had no water, and were...

Bought by HowSound

Zaid (Awaiting Approval)

From: Matt Hodapp
Series: Paris of the Plains Podcast

An immigrant's dream in Kansas City.

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

Gratitude Across Borders

From: ZUMIX Radio
Series: Radio Across Borders

A Thanksgiving radio show created by English Language Learning students at East Boston High School.

Landlocked

From: Nina Feldman

Three Peace Corps Volunteers in rural Paraguay struggle to get work done, be themselves and most importantly, keep from going insane.

Bought by KUER

Trying to Do it Right and Not Repeat a Father's Mistakes

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge

Caption: Marvin Ramos and daughter Hailey

There is less research on adolescent fathers than on mothers — much less — and most of it focuses on the impact to the child if a dad is not in hi...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix

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”.

NEA Jazz Moments with Eddie Palmieri [second installment]

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments

Three more short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, EDDIE PALMIERI. In this batch, we learn about Eddie's exposure to mambo at a young age; ...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, Harford Community Radio, KCSM and more

Teenage Diaries Revisited: Juan

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries Revisited

Caption: Juan holds a photograph of himself from 16 years ago., Credit: David Gilkey/NPR

16 years ago, Juan reported on his life as a recent Mexican immigrant living in poverty in Texas. In his new diary, Juan takes us on a tour of the ...

Bought by WJCT

The Afro Cuban Messenger: Mongo Santamaria

From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time

Mongo Santamaria was best known for "Watermelon Man" and "Afro Blue". He was a percussionist and Cuban. He will most likely be remembered as the be...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., Spokane Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, and KVMR

Rising by Degrees

From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education

Caption: Students on their graduation day from Montgomery College, a community college in Maryland. Most young Latinos looking for a way up through higher education choose community college, but a lot of them never make it to graduation day. , Credit: Emily Hanford

Young Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and they are among the least likely to graduate from college. (11/5/2009)

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, KPIP-LP, KQED, KZYX, Nevada Public Radio and more

Coming of age "illegal"

From: MPR News Stations
Series: MPR News' Youth Series

Caption: Brenda, 19, walks through her Minneapolis neighborhood. She's been living as an illegal immigrant in Minnesota since she was 7 years old., Credit: MPR Photo/Jeff Thompson

When Brenda was 7, she was carried across the border from Mexico. Now 19, the Minneapolis teen wishes she could live and work legally in the countr...

Bought by WTIP, WGXC, KUNM, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and KSFR

American Dreamer: Sam's Story (half-hour version)

From: Long Haul Productions

Every year, an estimated 65,000 undocumented students graduate from American high schools. Raised entirely in American culture, they finish high s...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KGLT, KCRW, KFAI Minneapolis, and KSFR

Money Stress

From: Radio Rookies

Rookie Reporter Erikka Diaz, like many of her neighbors in South Bronx, has lived in poverty her whole life. Her family knows well the anxiety that...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, The Story, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, and KUOW

American Dreamer: Sam's Story

From: Long Haul Productions

Every year, an estimated 65,000 undocumented students graduate from American high schools. Raised entirely in American culture, they finish high s...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, High Plains Public Radio, WYPR, WRGY, WKSU and more

Vaguer than Roots

From: Gilad Shanan

Caption: Gilad Shanan with his parents, Amir and Liat, and two brothers, Avner and Yoram, in Buenos Aires, 2008.

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...

Recordar es Volver (Remembering is Returning)

From: Megan Martin
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)

A portrait of a farmer, his wife--the tortilla maker, and their life in Teposcolula, Oaxaca.

Bought by KDNA Radio

Growing Up in The System

From: Radio Rookies

WNYC Radio Rookie, Shirley Diaz's life has been shaped by the tragedy of her mother's murder and having been raised in several foster homes. To avo...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KUT, PRX Remix, KUOW, YouthCast and more