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Join us for a trip down memory lane on Earth Eats’ 15th anniversary.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 54:01
Caption: Les McCann
We'll pay tribute to the late, great Les McCann, spin some tunes from the Crescent City courtesy of The Meters and Chocolate Milk, and celebrate Ge...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KMUN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZUM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 13
Caption: Elza Soares
We'll remember the samba great Elza Soares, put on our Wigs with Fats Domino, dance to zydeco with Major Handy, Dwayne Dopsie, and Clifton Chenier,...

Bought by KMXT, KMUN, WOMR, KZUM, KCHW and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 11
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His little sister is never far from his mind — and she somehow appears in everything he puts on paper.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2018
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Carmen Jimenez Smith
Carmen Giménez Smith reads a poem in response to a photograph by the 1970s East Los Angeles art collective Asco.

Bought by KALW, KVNO, KALW, KENW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Francisco Aragon, poet
Francisco Aragón describes a threatening incident against a college student after the 2016 election.

Bought by KALW and KENW


  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Juan Delgado, poet
Juan Delgado describes a dangerous journey by a series of freight trains that migrants from Central America use to reach the U.S. border.

Bought by KALW, KHSU, and KENW


  • Added: Jun 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption:  Emmanuel Ortiz, Lupe Castillo, Teresa Ortiz and David Menclez, Credit: Jared Goyette
For nearly 15 years, the Palabristas have been creating and performing spoken word poetry that expresses their Latino and indigenous identity. The...

  • Added: May 03, 2017
  • Length: 04:45
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The Verse Like Water program started by Central Lakes College instructor Jeff Johnson has been bringing world class American poets to the Brainerd ...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 07:36
Caption: Jose Javier Zamora, poet , Credit: Ana Ruth Zamora
Javier Zamora describes his journey as a young migrant crossing the desert into the U.S.

Bought by KHSU, KALW, KENW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 26, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Carmen Giménez Smith talks poetry, politics, and feminism, and reads from 'Milk and Filth.'

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSJD and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Angelica Guillen
Interview: Angelica talks about her life after growing up in a migrant camp, her father, being an educator, as an activist as well as reading some...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 28:10
Caption: Angelica Guillen
Interview: Angelica describes her life growing up in a migrant camp as well as reading some of her wonderful poetry.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 28:39
Caption: PRX default Piece image
LaGuardia Community College Professor, Ana Maria Hernandez, discusses Mexican poet, writer, and stateswoman Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. Professor He...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 04:59
Caption: Angelica Guillen
Angelica Guillen, Activist, Farm Worker, Educator, and Poet, Part 1 Interview: Angelica, a local artist, describes her life growing up in a migran...

  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 27:46
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Jacob Saenz, Erika Sanchez, and Celeste Mendoza sit down with Quiddity‘s Amy Sayre Baptista in Part II discussion of Latin@ poetics in regards to t...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 14:57
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Ruben Quesada and Norma Cantu sit down with Quiddity‘s Amy Sayre Baptista in Part I discussion of Latin@ poetics in regards to their place in The A...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 17:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Luis Alberto Urrea
Luis Alberto Urrea discusses his latest book "Queen of America," and his alternating relationship to prose and poetry. He also talks about his expe...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 14:31
Caption: Photo by K W Reinsch, Flickr
Carlos Vigil, from the YouthWorks program in Santa Fe, NM, wrote this poem-rap about growing up poor in New Mexico.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Photo by @Doug88888, Flickr
Fernando Palacios, a junior at Capital High School, shares this exquisite poem about addictions to prescription pill.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jimmy Santiago Baca
He went from illiterate street kid, to world renowned poet. But it was in prison that Jimmy Santiago Baca connected with his Native American and C...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Nov 09, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jorge Antonio Renaud, Credit: Jorge Antonio Renaud
Antonio grew up in a poor family of migrant workers who followed the crops all over Texas. As a teenager he got into drugs and then turned to burgl...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2011
  • Length: 26:07
Caption: San Andrés Chicahuaxtla
A farmer's story; a mix of poetry, sound and interviews.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 09:30