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DIY Economy

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

Local currency, bartering on the playground and other ways of looking at money through a DIY lens. ***This show aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, XRAY.fm, WRVO Public Media, WYSO, and WRVO Public Media

Added: Apr 21, 2011
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 5

Rising by Degrees

From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education

Caption: Students on their graduation day from Montgomery College, a community college in Maryland. Most young Latinos looking for a way up through higher education choose community college, but a lot of them never make it to graduation day. , Credit: Emily Hanford

Young Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and they are among the least likely to graduate from college. (11/5/2009)

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, KPIP-LP, KQED, KZYX, Nevada Public Radio and more

Added: Mar 17, 2011
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 7

Coming of age "illegal"

From: MPR News Stations
Series: MPR News' Youth Series

Caption: Brenda, 19, walks through her Minneapolis neighborhood. She's been living as an illegal immigrant in Minnesota since she was 7 years old., Credit: MPR Photo/Jeff Thompson

When Brenda was 7, she was carried across the border from Mexico. Now 19, the Minneapolis teen wishes she could live and work legally in the countr...

Bought by WTIP, WGXC, KUNM, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and KSFR

Added: Dec 08, 2010
Length: 06:55
Purchases: 5

Expanding the Northwest Detention Center

From: Seattle Globalist

Caption: Northwest Detention Center, Credit: Alex Stonehill

April 16, 2009 - On any given day, 30,000 people are being held in detention centers across the country. With plans to expand the Northwest Detenti...

Added: Aug 20, 2010
Length: 08:36

Child Obesity - Part Three - Spreading the Lifestyle

From: Karen Brown
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response

Families in the low-income community of Holyoke, MA -- who successfully lost weight through a community clinic program -- are trying to share their...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Iowa Public Radio

Added: Jul 16, 2010
Length: 05:17
Purchases: 4

Child Obesity - Part Two - Kihuanna's Story

From: Karen Brown
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response

This feature profiles a 9-year-old girl named Kihuanna who, at 4 foot one and 139 pounds, has a body mass index twice what it should be. With the h...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Iowa Public Radio

Added: Jul 16, 2010
Length: 05:17
Purchases: 4

Child Obesity - Part One -- The Clinical Approach

From: Karen Brown
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response

One health center in Holyoke, MA addresses the 50 percent rate of overweight and obese children in this predominantly low-income, Puerto Rican comm...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Iowa Public Radio

Added: Jul 16, 2010
Length: 05:05
Purchases: 4

Los Reyes de Albuquerque y La Familia Martinez (59:00 / 53:00)

From: Paul Ingles

Caption: Roberto Martinez, Sr., Credit: Genevieve Russell

The story of one of the most long-lived and influential traditional New Mexican Hispanic musical groups in the state, Los Reyes de Albuquerque. Th...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUPR low power FM, WVTF, WUFT, KUNM and more

Added: Jan 05, 2010
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 20

Calexico Episode V: The Star Spanglished Barrier

From: James McKee
Series: Calexico: The True Story of Life in the California Borderlands

Caption: at the border, Credit: Peter Laufer

Washington Monthly's Peter Laufer and Markos Kounalakis report on the Mexican-American Borderlands in this five-part series.

Bought by KALW

Added: Nov 19, 2009
Length: 59:07
Purchases: 1

Si Se Puede

From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Song/Story

An oral history account of the successful workers' sit-in at the Republic Windows and Doors factory in Chicago in December of 2008, the first Ameri...

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Oct 07, 2009
Length: 21:57
Purchases: 2

Vaguer than Roots

From: Gilad Shanan

Caption: Gilad Shanan with his parents, Amir and Liat, and two brothers, Avner and Yoram, in Buenos Aires, 2008.

Home can have interesting definitions for the children of immigrants. Often the roots of the family tree are planted in distant soil, or have been...

Added: Jul 21, 2009
Length: 23:00

Calexico Episode I: Bordering on a State of Mind

From: James McKee
Series: Calexico: The True Story of Life in the California Borderlands

Caption: Calexico - Mexicali, Credit: Peter Laufer

Washington Monthly's Peter Laufer and Markos Kounalakis report on the Mexican-American Borderlands in this five-part series.

Bought by WABE, XRAY.fm, KQED, and KALW

Added: Jul 03, 2009
Length: 59:04
Purchases: 4

Crypto-Jews

From: Dmae Lo Roberts

Hidden Jews of Mexico profile

Bought by WBEZ, WYSO, and WFUV

Added: Feb 12, 2009
Length: 05:17
Purchases: 3

SANTANA: MULTI-DIMENSIONAL WARRIOR

From: Joyride Media

Carlos Santana explores his extensive catalog to highlight tracks that reflect his deep spirituality.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, KRZA, CBC Inside the Music and more

Added: Oct 22, 2008
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 16

Stories from Beyond the Border

From: Claes Andreasson

Migrant stories from the Tijuana - San Ysidro border region

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Added: Oct 09, 2008
Length: 28:55
Purchases: 3

No Rules: The Life & Music of Esteban 'Steve' Jordan

From: KUT

Caption: Esteban 'Steve' Jordan, Credit: www.estebanjordan.com

Music-Rich Hour-long Radio Documentary on Latino Accordion Legend Esteban 'Steve' Jordan

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, KMUN, WNMU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, KPVL and more

Added: Sep 15, 2008
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 8

An Immigrants' History of South Park

From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Life on the Duwamish: Rediscovering Seattle's Dirty South

Life on the Duwamish, Segment 1

Added: Jul 04, 2008
Length: 09:01

Jorge Aguilar, II

From: Pauline Bartolone

A Day in the Life of a Latino Public Interest Lawyer

Added: Nov 01, 2007
Length: 02:15

P.O.V. - Made in L.A. Filmmaker Interview

From: P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc.

Filmmakers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar talk with P.O.V. about the making of their documentary film "Made in L.A."

Added: Sep 13, 2007
Length: 11:30

Gloria Estefan: 90 Millas

From: Joyride Media

New one-hour radio special dedicated to Cuba's musical diaspora, and its rich heritage that continues through its most prominent exiled artists.

Bought by KMUW, Harford Community Radio, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WGBH Radio Boston and more

Added: Aug 31, 2007
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 10

The Sounds of Change in Downey, California

From: David Kates

In many areas of Southern California, the primary language at home is no longer English. David Kates looks at one such community and what a largel...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Jun 07, 2007
Length: 11:20
Purchases: 1

A Bean of a Different Color

From: Homelands Productions
Series: Border Stories

Investigative feature tells of an attempt by an American farmer to patent a yellow bean commonly found in Mexico, effectively prohibiting Mexicans ...

Bought by WRPI, KXOT Public Radio, KPFA, and KRCC-FM