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The Spanish Hour 2418: Extraordinary Women Musicians
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Mezzo Conchita Supervía
Female greats of classical music, featuring Venezuelan virtuoso pianist and composer Teresa Carreño, Catalan mezzo Conchita Supervía, and Spanish-M...

Bought by WCQS, WRTI, KMUN, WRGY, KVNO and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2024
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 49
StoryCorps Griot: Luz Kenyon and Anna Paloma Williams
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Anna Paloma Williams and Luz Kenyon at their StoryCorps interview in Columbus, GA on October 30, 2021, Credit: By Sarah Padgett for StoryCorps
Luz Kenyon tells her daughter, Anna Paloma Williams, about the unexpected start of their family and how she navigated raising mixed kids in America.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 03:11
Seeking Asylum
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Asylum seekers continue to arrive in New York City. We look at how one faith-based organization is responding to the continuing crisis in the hope ...

  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 24:27
Buscando Asilo
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Este episodio es sobre los solicitantes de asilo en la ciudad de Nueva York. Estamos compartiendo estas narrativas personales con la esperanza de q...

  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 24:56
La Hora Mágica
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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La Hora Mágica has been the heart of Sunset Park’s storytime programming for a decade now, highlighting songs and stories in Spanish and English fo...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2023
  • Length: 10:56
StoryCorps Historias and Military Voices Initiative: Connie Doria Rocha
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Connie Doria Rocha talks about her experience as a civilian mechanic during WWII, and how that taste of independence changed her life.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Historias and American Pathways: Mario García and Maximilian García
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Max García and his grandfather, Mario, in early July., Credit: Mario García
Dr. Mario García sits down with his grandson, Maximilian, to reflect on the acting career he left behind when he immigrated from Cuba in the 1960s.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Muñoz
From: StoryCorps
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Since 2004, Jorge Muñoz has gathered with his family in their small kitchen in Queens, NY where they cook meals for those in need. Together, they’v...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:35
Hispanic Heritage Month
From: Ears Adrift
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Ears Adrift interviews Hispanic Sailors and discusses how Hispanic culture influences America's Navy.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 10:38
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Martha Escutia and Marina Jimenez
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Martha Escutia and her cousin Marina Jimenez remember their grandfather, nicknamed Papu, who came to the U.S. as a Bracero worker in the 1940s.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
United We Dream and the Fight for Immigration Justice
From: When We Fight, We Win!
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How was the largest student immigrant movement in the US built? What are the deep-rooted issues and adversity that immigrants face in the USA today...

  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 44:40
VIVA LA MUJER TERESA ROMERO
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: 01:00
America's Bilingual Future
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: PRX default Piece image
With changes in schooling to add more bilingual education and the fact that the United States is getting more diverse, American future is bilingual.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Arianna Hermosillo and Irakere Picon
From: StoryCorps
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Irakere Picon is an immigration lawyer who often defends undocumented immigrants. He happens to be an undocumented immigrant himself. He came to St...

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Oct 25, 2018
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
The Song Says It All
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Immigration and Labor: Stories from the Texas Workforce (2018 Summer Institute)
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Workers across Texas have to fight to receive their wages and fair treatment. The Workers Defense Project Band gives their fight a soundtrack. Thi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 1
Women on the Front Lines
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Immigration and Labor: Stories from the Texas Workforce (2018 Summer Institute)
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The Grupo de Mujeres, or Womens' Group, works tirelessly for the dignity of their families and themselves at the Workers Defense Project. Here are ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 1
Hector Vasquez
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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I was lost in gangs back in Guatemala. We were beating people, robbing them. But after I met God, everything changed. I found a new path.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 23, 2018
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1
I checked the 'Hispanic' box, but I feel like a fraud
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Noel Gasca poses for a graduation shot with her father, Rick Gasca, and mother, Kim Chapman., Credit: Courtesy of Noel Gasca
On a sunny morning during her junior year of high school, Noel Gasca was taking the SAT, when she got to a question that left her stumped. It basic...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: George Rincon and Yolanda Reyes
From: StoryCorps
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At the beginning of the Iraq War, nearly 40,000 members of the United States military were not citizens. Army Private First Class Diego Rincon was ...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
Ms. Pearce
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Fulmore Middle School 2017
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ms. Pearce talks about her life and career, which led her to Fulmore Middle School.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:42
Ms. Lopez
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Fulmore Middle School 2017
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A former dancer talks about what it was like to give up dancing to become a teacher.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:29
Dia de los Muertos
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Martin Middle School 2016-17 Stories
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
  • Purchases: 3
The Future Seems Bright for the Twin Cities Latin Jazz Orchestra
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Twin Cities Latin Jazz Orchestra, Credit: Diego Ramallo
The Twin Cities Latin Jazz orchestra is a 19-piece group playing in the 21st century. The size of the band might seem incongruous in an era of stri...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2017
  • Length: 06:59
StoryCorps: Alicia Beltrán-Castañeda and Serena Castañeda
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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A mother tells her daughter about growing up in California in the late 1960s, and the lesson learned after her mother gave her beloved bed away.

Bought by KZYX, WGUC/ WVXU, WEZU, and KRZA


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Vito de la Cruz and Maria Sefchick-Del Paso
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Civil rights lawyer Vito de la Cruz grew up in a family of migrant farmworkers. He describes his childhood and the loving aunt who raised him.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WRIR, WEZU, Blue Mountain Radio , and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 5