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"El dia que se apareció el diablo" takes us back to a time when "the devil" appeared on the poor side of the tracks. The terrifying experience lead...
- Added: Mar 25, 2023
- Length: 12:18
A drama of a woman unjustly ostracized reveals deeper meanings, in a breakthrough work of Mexican cinema.
- Added: Jan 18, 2023
- Length: 02:26
We continue National Hispanic Heritage Month with essayist and fiction writer, Sergio Troncoso. A 2020 International Book Award winner for Best Col...
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- Added: Oct 07, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Is there such a thing as a good death?
In this episode we reflect on some of our own experiences of death, and get some fresh perspective from Sa...
- Added: May 21, 2021
- Length: 52:04
Making sense of my father and our estranged relationship with the music he left me.
- Added: Feb 26, 2021
- Length: 04:43
Tania Chairez is a social entrepreneur and educator who grew up undocumented under the threat of Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona. In this episode, Ta...
- Added: Jul 09, 2020
- Length: 12:40
Highlights from a 2002 writer's forum in Jemez Springs, New Mexico that featured beloved New Mexico author Rudolfo Anaya.
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- Added: Jun 30, 2020
- Length: 10:00
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Jonny Morales, 18, worries that COVID-19 will overwhelm the healthcare system he's gotten to know so well from his ER visits.
- Added: Apr 16, 2020
- Length: 03:35
The American Dream . . . Fact or fiction? For those who come to the U.S. undocumented as children, the future can seem uncertain.
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- Added: Dec 12, 2019
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
Elena from El Salvador was excited to come to the United States but found her predicament for her and her son difficult. Not knowing any English, s...
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- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 06:39
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Blaire, a DACA a student at Humboldt State University and a long-time resident, speaks of her frustration of not having the same privileges as her ...
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- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 03:35
- Purchases: 1
Meet Alejandro. He discusses why he came here, the difficulties of finding meaningful work, his involvement with his community and his love for his...
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- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 05:33
- Purchases: 1
Julio, brought here when not quite 2 years old, grew up not knowing he was undocumented until he went to get his driver's license. His status did n...
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- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 02:59
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Maria, from El Salvador, speaks of her struggles to learn English, reacquaint herself with her children after 8 years apart, and how they all achie...
- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 03:00
Juan, a DACA student at Humboldt State University talks about his struggles with learning English. He not only did learn English, he now has an ins...
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- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 02:56
- Purchases: 1
Brenda of Centro del Pueblo gives her own State of the Union address concerning immigrants, legal or otherwise.
- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 02:54
I decided to speak about what I’ve witnessed. I've seen a lot in my neighborhood and I always wanted to share my stories with people to show what r...
- Added: Aug 03, 2018
- Length: 09:17
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Martin Middle School 2016-17 Stories
Series: Martin Middle School 2016-17 Stories
Kids at Martin Middle School discuss what Dia de los Muertos means to them.
Bought by RADIOLEX, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Jun 05, 2017
- Length: 03:11
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Learn About the History of Grog! Also Go Behind the Scenes of a Wine Party Cruise with Captain Jerry! The Wine Fellers is an upbeat, good chemist...
- Added: Mar 20, 2017
- Length: 01:00:00
Three-time Grammy nominated Uruguayan-born American composer, Miguel del Aguila, shares insight into his most recent lauded composition, Concierto ...
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- Added: Aug 21, 2016
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
This seasoned pork sausage has a flavor as rich as its history.
- Added: Jan 08, 2016
- Length: 04:44
The diaries of a teenager from the South Bronx whose life changes when she discovers The Cure. Featuring Special Guest Host, Lol Tolhurst, foundin...
- Added: Aug 17, 2015
- Length: 20:09
Victor Figueroa looks the part of a Hispanic, but some call him a "fake Puerto Rican," since he doesn't speak Spanish and knows few customs. Here,...
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- Added: Jul 01, 2015
- Length: 03:52
- Purchases: 1
One day at the clinic, a medical interpreter breaks protocol to cure a wound no other doctor can see.
- Added: Feb 06, 2015
- Length: 02:57
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Rio, faces a big identity question. "Am I Mexican? If so how Mexican am I?" Let's just say Rio was raised a bit differently than prior generations ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 04:44
