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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
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Luis Paulino and Angel Gonzalez talk about their shared experiences coming to the US from the Dominican Republic, and overcoming their challenges t...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jan 11, 2022
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tomás Ybarra-Frausto at his StoryCorps interview in San Antonio, Texas on March 23, 2012., Credit: Anaid Reyes for StoryCorps.
In a conversation with his long-time friend, Tomás Ybarra-Frausto reminisces on his childhood in San Antonio and the lessons he learned about land,...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KZYX, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 03, 2020
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Seventeen-year-old Sophia Angelica Delgado Feliciano says for a long time she used emotional distance as a survival tool. Today she's thriving. (Courtesy of Sophia Delgado), Credit: (Courtesy of Sophia Delgado)
In North Philadelphia, some teen girls live by the credo: “cold is cute.” Anger and emotional distance are crucial survival tools. For Sophia Delga...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2019
  • Length: 04:28
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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
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El abogado Hernandez explica lo que sucede en la segunda detencion/ Lawyer Hernadez explains what happend the second time your are detained.

  • Added: Aug 02, 2018
  • Length: :30
Caption: Familes of Fair Oaks Community School in Redwood City protest their school closure , Credit: Gloria Rangel
The growth of charter schools has led to declining enrollment at traditional public schools across California -- and in some cases to school closur...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2018
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jessi Silva (left) and Maggie Marquez (right)
Maggie Marquez and Jessi Silva grew up in the desert town of Marfa, Texas in the 1950s. At the time, segregation of Latino and white students was n...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Leo S. Morales loves his job as a researcher of minority health at the University of Washington., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/TORI ZIVKOVIC
People sometimes take unlikely paths to get where they're going. This is the story of an unlikely scholar.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
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With the immigration debate heating up once again, two Virginia professors are taking their students to ICE detention centers in an effort to bust ...

Bought by KENW, KRZA, WOUB, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 4
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Ms. Pearce talks about her life and career, which led her to Fulmore Middle School.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:42
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Tuning an accordion isn't just a matter of intonation. The sculpting of the reeds makes all the difference between those classic sounds, from Texas...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2016
  • Length: 07:22
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Frankie Preciado talks with his father, Francisco, a groundskeeper at Stanford University, about the time they shared together on campus.

Bought by WEZU and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Chassitty (L) and Noramay Cadena
Noramay Cadena, a mechanical engineer with several degrees from MIT, tells her teenage daughter, Chassitty Saldana, about the summer her parents to...

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


  • Added: Sep 25, 2015
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Yams simmering for fufu in Togo, West Africa, Credit: Carla Seidl
The final episode in the Simmer series combines interview with El Salvadorian immigrants in Asheville, NC, cultural reflections from Robert Kohls' ...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
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In the struggling farmworking town of Parlier, in California’s San Joaquin Valley, the Ramírez family stands out. All four Ramírez siblings attende...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 06:18
Caption: Maria and Fabian Ramirez graduated from UC Berkeley on the same day that their older sister Gloria received her master's degree. From left: Angela, Maria, father Filemon, Fabian, mother Lucila, and Gloria. , Credit: Zaidee Stavely / Radio Bilingüe
In the struggling farmworking town of Parlier, California, the Ramirez family stands out. All four Ramirez siblings attended the prestigious Univer...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
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The Chicano movement changed California forever in the 1960s and 70s, and its legacy continues in the form of a Sacramento arts center for kids of ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2014
  • Length: 04:51
Caption: Dianna Valenzuela working on a robot., Credit: Valeria Fernandez / Radio Bilingüe
In Phoenix, Arizona, a robotics club has become a springboard for Latino students to go on to graduate from college with degrees in technology, mat...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:59
Caption: Roger Alvarez (L) and his former teacher Antero Garcia (R).
Antero Garcia (R) talks to his former student Roger Alvarez (L) who dropped out...

Bought by WEZU, KERA, KMUD, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 25, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
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In Oakland, California, a group of Spanish-speaking parents is learning more about the Common Core, to keep watch to make sure that it is being app...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 06:07
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The Common Core Standards could bring change for English learners, but many educators have doubts about the implementation. Will this new education...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 08:35
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In southern Alabama, a group of parents has accused educators in Baldwin County of applying severe punishment selectively against Latino and Africa...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 07:42
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New York City will offer more than 50 new preschool spaces to four-year-olds beginning in September. Our correspondent in New York, Marco Vinicio G...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 03:55
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In Arizona, there is some support for dual immersion schools, but mostly for those that serve a majority Anglo population. The schools with more La...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 06:10