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When Annette Vega was seven years old, she found out the man she called “dad” wasn’t her biological father. But all she knew was that her mom had h...
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 26:07
“Chalupa y Buenas” is a podcast recorded along the United States and Mexico border. We'll explore inter-generational family traditions along the R...
- Added: Mar 25, 2023
- Length: 12:22
Happiness - Tito Puente Jr. is a bandleader. He is the son of legendary mambo musician Tito Puente and the brother of local New York City meteorolo...
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: 02:13
Celebrating the Month of our founder Cesar Chavez through his own words and with the people who were closer to him.
- Added: Apr 24, 2019
- Length: 01:01
I started cooking at 9 years old for my mother, my father, and 9 brothers and sisters.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 07, 2018
- Length: 04:08
- Purchases: 1
Victor Figueroa looks the part of a Hispanic, but some call him a "fake Puerto Rican," since he doesn't speak Spanish and knows few customs. Here,...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 01, 2015
- Length: 03:52
- Purchases: 1
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
In this short piece, Miguel reminisces about watching the 2010 soccer world cup on a day that his mom was off from work-something that doesn't happ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 02:21
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Rio, faces a big identity question. "Am I Mexican? If so how Mexican am I?" Let's just say Rio was raised a bit differently than prior generations ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 04:44
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: Summer Institute Edition
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: Summer Institute Edition
Listen to SONNY FALCON a.k.a “The Fajita King,” produced by the talented team of teachers at the STORIES FROM DEEP IN THE HEART’s SUMMER INSTITUTE.
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 04:25
Eva fled to the U.S. from El Salvador’s civil war more than 20 years ago. Since then, she’s cared for 11 kids – and mastered emotional calculus of ...
- Added: Jul 29, 2014
- Length: 02:59
There is less research on adolescent fathers than on mothers — much less — and most of it focuses on the impact to the child if a dad is not in hi...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 23, 2014
- Length: 10:28
- Purchases: 2
16 years ago, Juan reported on his life as a recent Mexican immigrant living in poverty in Texas. In his new diary, Juan takes us on a tour of the ...
Bought by WJCT
- Added: Jul 03, 2013
- Length: 29:09
- Purchases: 1
At just sixteen Victor left his home in Guadalajara and crossed the river into Texas only to be picked up by immigration agents and returned to Mex...
- Added: Mar 30, 2013
- Length: 28:06
Mmmmm. Tamales! Youth Producer Mariana from Gorzycki Middle School interviews her mother as she shows her how to make Tamales.
- Added: Dec 18, 2012
- Length: 04:30
In Juan’s second audio diary, he travels back to Mexico to visit his dying grandfather. This is his first time back since he immigrated to the Unit...
- Added: Oct 23, 2012
- Length: 25:51
- Purchases: 2
Two first-person stories about gentrification and the struggle for home. Maisha Morales and her 10-year-old son Anthony talk about how her successf...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 09, 2011
- Length: 08:11
- Purchases: 1
A recent college graduate receives an unexpected job offer from his uncle: teach English in Ciudad Juárez.
- Added: May 03, 2011
- Length: 03:25
A man talking about how he has a theme song for people in his life. He recalls the qualities of the people and describes them with music.
- Added: Mar 29, 2011
- Length: 03:24
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
17-years-old Vikky Cruz struggles to cope with her mother's illness, a rare genetic disease called neuroacanthytosis, and the ways it's taken over ...
Bought by Vocalo.org and KUOW
- Added: Apr 01, 2010
- Length: 09:37
- Purchases: 2
Rookie Reporter Erikka Diaz, like many of her neighbors in South Bronx, has lived in poverty her whole life. Her family knows well the anxiety that...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, The Story, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, and KUOW
- Added: Apr 01, 2010
- Length: 09:17
- Purchases: 5
In a special collaboration between “Feet in Two Worlds,” we hear the story of an immigrant family torn apart after an immigration raid in Phoenix, ...
Bought by KUNM
- Added: Oct 13, 2009
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 1
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
14-year-old Radio Rookie Krystle Monclova has been living in a group home in Manhattan since last summer. She never expected to wind up in "the sys...
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Jan 09, 2009
- Length: 09:19
- Purchases: 1
A look at how an indigenous Mexican migrants adapt to city life.
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 08:58
