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Hotel Isabel (A Postcard from Mexico)
From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen
Caption: Carmen Delzell c. 2000
Carmen Delzell writes about her travels in Mexico and one of her favorite enchanted cheap hotels, the Hotel Isabel "on the edge of time." This pie...

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Dec 23, 2010
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 2
Garden of Eden (A Postcard from Mexico)
From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen
Caption: Carmen Delzell c. 2000
Carmen Delzell with another lovely meditation on the mysteries of travel and her semi-magical, melancholy life in Mexico. Like all these pieces it...

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Dec 23, 2010
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 2
San Miguel (A Postcard From Mexico)
From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen
Caption: Carmen Delzell c. 2000
In this essay, Carmen Delzell tells how she initially left Texas and moved down to Mexico with no ability to speak Spanish and $600 cash from used ...

Bought by KUT, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 18, 2010
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 3
Lost Boyfriend (A Postcard from Mexico)
From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen
Caption: Carmen Delzell c. 2000
Carmen Delzell tells about how her boyfriend left her Saltillo, the town where she's living in Mexico. She looks for him, but can't find him, even...

Bought by KUOW, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 3
Smuggling For Christmas (A Postcard From Mexico)
From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen
Caption: Carmen in Mexico
In this 1999 essay, Carmen Delzell talks about smuggling toys and gifts across the US border into Mexico to give to the people in the village where...

Bought by KUT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 18, 2010
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 3
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


  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 5
Time in Exile (A Postcard From Mexico)
From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen
Caption: Carmen Delzell, c. 2000
Carmen Delzell talks about what her life is like living in Mexico, how she's happier than ever, but in ways she never imagined. This essay was rec...

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 24, 2010
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 2
Off The Bus
From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen
Caption: Carmen Delzell, c. 2000
Carmen Delzell gets of a bus in Texas at 4am. She's coming back from Mexico with $5.00 in her pocket. She puts her bags in a shopping cart and re...

Bought by KUT, PRX Remix, and KCRW


  • Added: Nov 24, 2010
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 3
A Stereotype by Any Other Name...
From: NBPC
Series: Rip And Rebind
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Backpack vs. Gangsta, Rap vs. Hip-Hop, Church vs. Secular. This episode will explore the ever changing labels that have divided our culture and why...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 11:49
  • Purchases: 1
American Dreamer: Sam's Story (half-hour version)
From: Long Haul Productions
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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


  • Added: Jun 22, 2010
  • Length: 26:09
  • Purchases: 5
Money Stress
From: Radio Rookies
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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


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 09:17
  • Purchases: 5
American Dreamer: Sam's Story
From: Long Haul Productions
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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


  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 41
Arizona's Alberto Rios
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Alberto Rios
Alberto Rios, who grew up in a mixed family on the Arizona-Mexico border, recounts his experiences living between languages and cultures in his mem...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 28:56
Poet Linda Rodriguez
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Linda Rodriguez, Credit: Mike Ransdell
We continue our celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month with Linda Rodriguez, author of the debut poetry collection HEART'S MIGRATION from ...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 1
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...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 23:00
Conrad Herwig
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
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World class trombonist Conrad Herwig explains how he gets inspired to put a Latin rhythm under jazz classics.

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Apr 03, 2009
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 1
Omar Sosa
From: Reese Erlich
Caption: Omar Sosa
Pianist Omar Sosa explores the roots of Cuban and African music. A visit to his home in Barcelona.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 06:59
Recordar es Volver (Remembering is Returning)
From: Megan Martin
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
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A portrait of a farmer, his wife--the tortilla maker, and their life in Teposcolula, Oaxaca.

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 11:24
  • Purchases: 1
World War II Veteran Roque Riojas
From: KCUR
Series: KC Currents
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World War II veteran talks about his experiences as a midwest Latino in the Army.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Nov 06, 2008
  • Length: 15:51
  • Purchases: 1
Growing Up in The System
From: Radio Rookies
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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


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 11:42
  • Purchases: 8
No Rules: The Life & Music of Esteban 'Steve' Jordan
From: KUT
Caption: Esteban 'Steve' Jordan, Credit: www.estebanjordan.com
Music-Rich Hour-long Radio Documentary on Latino Accordion Legend Esteban 'Steve' Jordan

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, KMUN, WNMU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, KPVL and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Prison Visiting Hours
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Jennifer talks to her brother through the glass during prison visiting hours.

Bought by PRX Remix, WGXC, and WFUV


  • Added: Mar 23, 2008
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 3
SXSW '08 Coverage - Girl in a Coma
From: KUT
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Profile of 2008 SXSW Artist: Girl in a Coma

  • Added: Mar 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:18
The Migration Project: A Youth Radio Special from KUOW and Generation PRX
From: KUOW
Series: Curated Youth Radio Programs from KUOW and Generation PRX
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All teenagers search for identity. Some have to ask 'who am I?' in more than one language.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KBRP Community Radio, KSFR, KUNM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2007
  • Length: 55:56
  • Purchases: 26
To My Aunt, Who Crossed the Border
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Elizabeth's aunt crossed from Mexico to the U.S. and had to leave her children behind.

Bought by PRX Remix, WGXC, WMNF, KFAI Minneapolis, WFUV and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2007
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 7

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