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The late Puerto Rican Poet & Fiction Writer Judith Ortiz Cofer
From: New Letters on the Air
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National Hispanic Heritage Month continues with a look at Puerto Rico’s culture and stories through the eyes of the late Judith Ortiz Cofer. In the...

Bought by New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Past American Voice of Judith Ortiz Cofer
From: New Letters on the Air
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We begin National Hispanic Heritage month with the Past American Voice of Judith Ortiz Cofer, who influenced and mentored Latina writers around the...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Amherst on Appropriation
From: Tomal Hossain
Caption: Downtown amherst farmer's market
Vox Pop on the appropriateness of musical appropriation. Interviews taken in Spring 2017 in downtown Amherst, MA.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Uncle Lolo, Who Goes to Hell
From: Donald Whalen
Caption: Basswood Shoes (digital painting), Credit: Donald Whalen
A group of children worry about their Hispanic grandmother after the death of her only sibling, Uncle Lolo. Written by Michael Fidel Marquez, Narr...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 25:31
Does Greening the Economy Leave Some People Behind?
From: Climate One
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Cities are leading the way in the greening of America’s economy. From urban parks and farms to microgrids and living buildings, dynamic urban plann...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, NPR Now, and KMUD


  • Added: Apr 25, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
170408 The Bert Berns Sound ... Louie Louie!
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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The musician, song writer and music producer, Bert Berns, was another Brill Building character. Not loveable nor a scamp, he was more of a garden ...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Apr 11, 2017
  • Length: 01:41:01
  • Purchases: 1
2017-03-26 Climate Equity
From: Climate One
Caption: Miya Yoshitani, Executive Director, Asia Pacific Environmental Network, Credit: Ed Ritger
The environmental movement has convinced us that everyone has a right to clean air. But will the emerging green economy will be more equitable and ...

Bought by KRZA, KCMJ Community Radio, KMUD, and KZYX


  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Texas Standard: The Wall
From: KUT
Caption: The border wall at Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua and El Paso, Texas as seen from the Mexican side., Credit: Lorne Matalon/Marfa Public Radio
Building a wall between the United States and Mexico was a signature plank of Donald Trump's presidential campaign. His win in November is bringing...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:01:42
161210 Mexican Rocanarol And A Radio Musical
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Tonight's show, Mexican rocanrol from the 1950s and 60s plus a radio musical. You know, in a theatrical musical, a song springs up interrupting ...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 22, 2016
  • Length: 02:52:43
  • Purchases: 1
Hispanic Heritage and Emotional Intelligence
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Looking out for you
In honoring Hispanic Heritage on my radio show I interviewed a Hispanic leader who I highly respect and who I have worked closely with, Rafael Pinz...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 18, 2016
  • Length: 28:13
  • Purchases: 1
Wolf Boys - Mexican Cartel Assassins
From: W F Strong
Series: GOOD BOOKS RADIO
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An interview with Dan Slater about his best-selling nonfiction work about American teenagers who worked as assassins for the Las Zetas cartel in La...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Oct 01, 2016
  • Length: 30:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Life and Times of Saxophonist Chico Freeman
From: Reese Erlich
Caption: Chico Freeman
Jazz saxophonist Chico Freeman talks about his famous father, Von Freeman, and about his experiences living in Europe. Freeman has now returned to ...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
Superstitions are Real
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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What she calls “real,” others may call superstition. Sarah Levai, a Romanian immigrant to the United States, came with hopes and dreams, but also w...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 02, 2016
  • Length: 01:08
  • Purchases: 1
A Latin Jazz tribute to Dizzy Gillespie (A-5)
From: Tony Vasquez
Series: Latin Perspective - Latin Jazz Hour (weekly)
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Latin Perspective, Latin Jazz weekly show.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WICR, WJAB, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
150919 Gulf Coast Sound and Ponderosa Stomp 2015
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Music from San Antonio to New Orleans as the "Gulf Coast Sound." Often coming from Huey Meaux's Crazy Cajun record label but there is a audio conn...

Bought by KPIP-LP and KRZA


  • Added: Sep 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:50:03
  • Purchases: 2
Immigration Uncovered
From: Round Earth Media
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The United States has always been a beacon for those searching for safe haven, for a place to build a better life. Though the barriers are high, an...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WYPR, WRGY, High Plains Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:51:01
  • Purchases: 80
Poet, Translator, and Educator Xánath Caraza
From: New Letters on the Air
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Xanath Caraza likes to use poetry to showcase some of Mexico's linguistic and cultural diversity, drawing inspiration from Afro-Mexican history, La...

Bought by KRZA and WNJR


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Personal Side of the DREAM Act
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: Carlos Padilla Speaking at a DREAM Project Rally
An interview with Carlos Padilla, an undocumented student, and his mentor Roberta Lindeman.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 1
Simmer 6: Coming to America
From: Carla Seidl
Series: Simmer
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
Latino Education: Crisis and Response (Hour 3)
From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano
Caption: Youth attending Radio Bilingüe's forum in Boyle Heights/Los Angeles, address the panelists., Credit: Radio Bilingüe
Community leaders from Boyle Heights and members of the live audience at a forum on Latino education share views on the challenges ahead for Latino...

Bought by KZYX, KUNM, and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 3
Educación latina: Crisis y respuesta (Foro comunitario)
From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano
Caption: Panelists at Radio Bilingüe forum in Los Angeles- Latino Education: Crisis and Response., Credit: Radio Bilingüe
A live broadcast in Spanish from a community forum in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles on the crisis in the education of Latino students.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 59:07
Latino Education: Crisis and Response (Hour 1 of Community Forum)
From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano
Caption: Dr. Patricia Gándara, co-director of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, during Radio Bilingüe's forum Latino Education: Crisis and Response. Here with panelists photographer Camilo Vergara and Francisco Nuñez, director of the Young People's Chorus of New Y, Credit: Radio Bilingüe
A live broadcast in English from a community forum in Los Angeles on the crisis in the education of Latino students.

Bought by KZYX, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:13
  • Purchases: 3
La crisis de la deuda estudiantil: Foro comunitario
From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano
Caption: Dr. Daniel King, Dr. Francisco Guajardo, and Dr. Frances Guzman on the panel., Credit: Samuel Orozco/Radio Bilingüe
This is the second hour of the forum held in Spanish at the University of Texas - Pan American in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley. This segment ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:07
El sueño universitario: Foro comunitario
From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano
Caption: Dr. Daniel King, Dr. Francisco Guajardo, and Dr. Frances Guzman on the panel., Credit: Samuel Orozco/Radio Bilingüe
In Texas, more Latinos are enrolling into college than ever. Still, too many are dropping out of high school and ending their college education, pu...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:07
The Student Debt Crisis: Hour 2 of Community Forum
From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano
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This segment of a community forum focuses on college costs and initiatives to make college education more affordable for students of working-class ...

Bought by KVSC and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Aug 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:09
  • Purchases: 2

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