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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...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:40
The Real Story of the Buena Vista Social Club
From: Reese Erlich
Caption: poster in Havana, Cuba, Credit: (c) 2008 Julia Adame
Most people think the Buena Vista musicians were impoverished and forgotten prior to the release of their CD. In this 54:00 documentary, Reese Erli...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., Radio New Zealand, and KGLT


  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Coca Si!
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Caption: A farmer harvests coca leaves in Los Yungas, Bolivia, Credit: Roberto "Bear" Guerra
The government of Bolivia would like it understood that it is not in the cocaine business. It's in the coca business.

Bought by WBEZ, CKMO, and KRUA


  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 10:39
  • Purchases: 3
Unofficial Sister Cities
From: Liz Jones
Series: A Village Away from Home
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Communities divided by the border discover new ways to stay connected.

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 09:04
  • Purchases: 1
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
El Michoacano en la Mixteca (The Michoacano in the Mixteca)
From: Megan Martin
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
Caption: Dioniso Arriola
A migration story told and sung by Dionisio Arriola; recorded in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 14:08
  • Purchases: 1
Cuando la Fuerza Abandona para Uno (When strength abandons you)
From: Megan Martin
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
Caption: Irineo Sánchez Hernández
A migration Story told by Irineo Sánchez Hernández; recorded in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 08:33
Yo También Puedo (So Can I)
From: Megan Martin
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
Caption: María Guadalupe Maldonado Sandoval
A Migration Story: María Maldonado; recorded in Mixteco,and translated by her sister Araceli Maldonado Sandoval into Spanish.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 13:17
El Ciclo (The Cycle)
From: Megan Martin
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
Caption: San Andrés Chicahuaxtla
A farmer's story; a mix of poetry, sound and interviews.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 09:30
La Leche Subió (The Milk Went Up)
From: Megan Martin
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
Caption: "Carlos"
A Migration story: From San Juan Mixtepec, Oaxaca to Portland, Oregon

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:57
La Primera Vez (The First Time)
From: Megan Martin
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
Caption: Epifami Jiménez Santiago
A portrait of a chicken vendor in San Andrés Chicahuaxtla, Oaxaca.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 17:59
Un Dueto (A Duet)
From: Megan Martin
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
Caption: Anderson and Tereso Bautista
A portrait of two musicians in the Bautista Family and the town they live in--San Juan Mixtepec, Oaxaca

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 10:45
Stories from Beyond the Border
From: Claes Andreasson
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Migrant stories from the Tijuana - San Ysidro border region

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 3
Story in Sound: Indigenous Radio in Oaxaca, Mexico, a presentation for the Fulbright Fellowship
From: Megan Martin
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Indigenous radio in Mexico

  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 11:59
Women in Argentina demand gender equality
From: Marie Trigona
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Women in Argentina demand gender equality

  • Added: Nov 12, 2007
  • Length: 21:06
Luis and Negra
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Border Stories
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A successful Mexican-American writer travels to a garbage dump in Tijuana to meet a woman he knew as a girl there.

Bought by PRX Remix and KPFA


  • Added: Apr 13, 2007
  • Length: 19:11
  • Purchases: 2
Argentina's Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
From: Marie Trigona
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Argentina's Mothers of Plaza de Mayo pass on a legacy of defending human rights

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Chiloe: A Bridge Too Far?
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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Chile's government is proposing to build the longest bridge in Latin America to connect the island of Chiloe to the mainland. But as Alan Weisman ...

Bought by The Nature Podcast and CKMO


  • Added: Jul 06, 2006
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 2
The Zapotec Bible
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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Producer Marianne McCune tells a complex story about language, religion, identity, tradition and trust in the Mexican village of Yaganiza, where an...

Bought by PRX Remix and WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 10:27
  • Purchases: 2
Mezcal Dreams
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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Sound-rich feature about a Mexican village's efforts to keep its menfolk from leaving for the United States by marketing its hand-made liquor.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 1
Peru Negro - music celebrating the Afro-Peruvian experience
From: Cynthia Graber
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Afro-Peruvian musical group Peru Negro brings the country's African heritage to life.

Bought by PRX Remix, WBEZ, and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 16, 2006
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 3
Part Two
From: Maria Martin
Series: Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars Spanish Language Series
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Downsizing armies, Community Radi & The Artists View

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2005
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Part One
From: Maria Martin
Series: Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars Spanish Language Series
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Have peace and democracy come to Central America?

Bought by KDNA Radio and SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network


  • Added: Sep 06, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2
Central America After the Wars Part Four - The Press, Indigenous Identity & The Artists' View
From: Maria Martin
Series: Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars
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Free Press, Identity & Discrimination

Bought by KUT, WSKG, WGBH Radio Boston, WLIU, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 7
Central America After the Wars Part Three - The Other Border, Community Radio & Peace-or-Pieces
From: Maria Martin
Series: Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars
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After the peace, the other border and the medium is the message

Bought by KPFA, WSKG, KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2005
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 12