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LAGOS DE MORENO
From: Cesar Chavez Foundation
Series: DE DONDE VENIMOS/ OUR ROOTS
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In "De donde venimos," we discover more about our Latino roots, where do we come from and where do we stand now.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 01:00
TEJUINO
From: Cesar Chavez Foundation
Series: DE DONDE VENIMOS/ OUR ROOTS
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In "De donde venimos," we discover more about our Latino roots, where do we come from and where do we stand now.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 01:01
VIVA LA MUJER HISTORIA 1
From: Cesar Chavez Foundation
Series: Viva La Mujer
Caption: women power, Credit: npr
In Viva La Mujer we speak to different Latinas creating spaces and power in different platforms around the country.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: :59
Richard Ray Perez — "Cesar's Last Fast"
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPeople
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPeople host Alan Wartes spoke with documentary film maker Richard Ray Perez.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
The Cuban-American Who Loved Castro
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Felino De la Peña, cira 1962
Most Cuban-Americans despise Fidel Castro. Not Felino De la Peña. The Minnesotan marched in the streets in support of the Cuban leader. And for tha...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 15, 2018
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates artist Ofelia Esparza
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ofelia Esparza, Credit: Mark Markley for “Craft in America”
2018 National Heritage Fellow altarista Ofelia Esparza explains the true meaning of The Day of the Dead.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
¿QPM? S2 EP 4: Los del 1.5 Generation reconnect with their roots.
From: WNIN
Series: ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?
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The experience of 1.5 generation immigrants, a term used to describe people who arrived in the U.S. as children and adolescents, is a unique one. U...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2018
  • Length: 10:15
The Beehive Amapolay Crafting Memory
From: sarah parker
Series: The Beehive
Caption: Fernando Castro and Carol Fernandez from Amapolay, Credit: AMapolay Facebook
This is an interview with artists Carol Fernandez and Fernando Castro of Amapolay Manufacturas Autonomas who are currently being featured in an exh...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
Episode #1: "Who the F is that?"
From: Marcos Nájera
Series: ZETA PODCAST SERIES
Caption: Anita Acosta & daughter Stephanie at home in Northern California., Credit: Marcos Nájera
Host Marcos Nájera introduces us to the Zeta podcast series. Who is Oscar Zeta Acosta? If you know, you are way ahead of Nájera who admits the US p...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 13:29
180526 Southern Soul
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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It wasn't until the 1980s that music featured anger. Some would say that introduction was liberating and progressive. That the anti-war music was...

  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 03:39:09
Part 4
From: Victoria Davis
Series: The 1975 Voting Rights Act: A Brief History
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This episode, part four of a four-part series on the 1975 Voting Rights Act Extension and Expansion, discusses the 2013 Shelby Co. vs. Holder decis...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 03:47
Part 3
From: Victoria Davis
Series: The 1975 Voting Rights Act: A Brief History
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This episode, part three of a four-part series on the 1975 Voting Rights Act Extension and Expansion, looks at the effects of the VRA in Texas.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2018
  • Length: 06:14
Part 1
From: Victoria Davis
Series: The 1975 Voting Rights Act: A Brief History
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This episode is part one of a four-part series on the 1975 Voting Rights Act Extension and Expansion, which extended protections to Latinos and oth...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 16:02
  • Purchases: 1
Defiant Braceros: How Migrant Workers Fought For Racial, Political, And Sexual Freedom
From: KZYX
Series: Talking About California-Hispanic Heritage
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In this episode we learn about the bracero program, the largest migrant worker program in the United States which lasted from 1942-1964. Dr Mireya ...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 47:50
Chicano History and Culture In California and Beyond with David Montejano
From: KZYX
Series: Talking About California-Hispanic Heritage
Caption: David Montejano
In this episode of Talking About California, Cal and Loreto speak with David Montejano, professor of the graduate school in Chicano and Latino stu...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 54:59
RDD: Baldemar and the FLOC (part 1)
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, The RDD meets the FLOC, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee. An organization created by Baldemar Velásquez to...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
Maize Migrations (Gravy Ep. 49)
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
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Corn is a ubiquitous part of Southern food—from bread to whiskey. But how did it get to be that way? In this episode of Gravy, we go on a hunt for ...

Bought by KVLU and West Virginia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Nov 03, 2016
  • Length: 25:21
  • Purchases: 2
“Learn Yourself” with Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Labor Archives of Washington
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor examines the Chateau St. Michelle Grape Boycott in conjunction with the Labor Archives of Washington’s second an...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: May 06, 2016
  • Length: 27:48
  • Purchases: 1
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


  • Added: Apr 25, 2016
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
Novelist James Lee Burke and “The House of the Rising Sun”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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JLB has published 36 books over 50 years. He’s best known for his mysteries, particularly the Dave Robicheaux series and the Holland family storie...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2016
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 2
Henry B. Gonzalez
From: KUHF
Series: Texas Originals
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Henry B. Gonzalez – a long-time congressman and civil rights pioneer.

Bought by KTTZ and KAMU


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 2
WorldCanvass: Cuba: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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On December 17, 2014, U.S. President Obama and Cuban President Castro announced a new era of openness and interaction between their two countries. ...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 25:49
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1495 (Hour 1 & 2) - 09/24/2015
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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From on-location at Rayner's Chocolate & Coffee Shop, Glendale Arizona, going into its third year of supporting jazz radio, John Mueller is guest D...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WVBI-LP, KCMJ Community Radio, KPVL, and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 22, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 5
Meet the new Poet Laureate of the United States, Juan Felipe Herrera
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Juan Felipe Herrera Unity Poem Fiesta. , Credit: Courtesy University of California-Riverside
The new poet laureate of the United States and two-time National Endowment for the Arts fellow calls for everyone’s heart to speak out.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KFCF FM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WLPR , KPVL and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 7
Ruben Salazar: Man in the MIddle
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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A radio adaptation of the documentary Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle. This documentary examines the life and mysterious death of pioneering Mexic...

Bought by WRIR, WMUU-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3