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Becoming an Honorary Mariachi
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: The Folklorist Next Door
Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez
In this episode, g'beda shares what it means to pursue their dream of playing in a mariachi band, and how they found themselves in a rich, vibrant ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 14:04
2018-09-02 Carbon Captives
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Fossil fuels have helped bring people out of poverty around the world, and many people working in the industry are proud of their contribution. Wil...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, NPR Now, KWIT and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
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
I checked the 'Hispanic' box, but I feel like a fraud
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Noel Gasca poses for a graduation shot with her father, Rick Gasca, and mother, Kim Chapman., Credit: Courtesy of Noel Gasca
On a sunny morning during her junior year of high school, Noel Gasca was taking the SAT, when she got to a question that left her stumped. It basic...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Vito de la Cruz and Maria Sefchick-Del Paso
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Civil rights lawyer Vito de la Cruz grew up in a family of migrant farmworkers. He describes his childhood and the loving aunt who raised him.

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


  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 5
From the Chronicles of Odisia Sanchez
From: Camino Real Productions, LLC
Caption: Monica Sanchez
A mythological autobiography that is a contemporary odyssey through latitudes of heart and mind.

Bought by KUNM, KUPR low power FM, and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 03, 2016
  • Length: 49:09
  • Purchases: 3
The Diverse & Dynamic Latino Writers Collective
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Latino Writers Collective
We kick off National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept.15-Oct.15) with members from the Kansas City Latino Writers Collective, who discuss the importa...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Sep 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Historias: Ruben Aguilar and Bill Luna
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ruben Aguilar (R) and Bill Luna (L)
Ruben Aguilar tells his friend Bill Luna about his family's deportation as part of the Mexican Repatriation Program in 1933.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Bullying Culture in Boyle Heights
From: Sara Harris
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Oscar Rodriguez and René Ayala look at how the subtlest forms of bullying serve as cultural cues for peer intervention in a majority-Latino high sc...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jan 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Sheepherder
From: clay scott
Series: Mountain West Voices
Caption: Denis Casas in the high country, Credit: clay scott
Herding sheep is a lonely profession, especially when you are thousands of miles from home. A generation ago, the sheepherders of the Rocky Mounta...

Bought by KVNF, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
Yesica's diary
From: Alix Blair
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This is about a young woman struggling with her identity as a Mexican-American.

  • Added: Sep 09, 2008
  • Length: 04:55
Poetry Out Loud Champion Chris Estevez Recites "Bilingual/Bilingue"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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2006 Poetry Out Loud Pennsylvania State Champion Chris Estevez recites "Bilingual/Bilingue" by Rhina P. Espaillat, a poem about the challenges of g...

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Musician's Life: Alejandro Escovedo
From: WXPN
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Alejandro Escovedo music is an eclectic mix of his life experiences--from his childhood in Texas to his exposure to New York and San Francisco's pu...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 19, 2006
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 3
Southwest Side Stories: My Girlfriend Stephanie
From: David Diaz
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True love waits beyond the Chula Vista Lounge.

Bought by WFUV, PRX Lovesick Stream, KRCB Voice of Youth, PRX, and KWCW


  • Added: Jan 30, 2006
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 5
First US Christmas
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A young mom celebrates Christmas far from home.

Bought by KMXT, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WTJU, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WTJU and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2005
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 14
Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
From: Radio Arte
Caption: PRX default Piece image
If she were a lesbian, there wouldn't be anything wrong with that, right?

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 1