Hispanic Heritage Month
Sept 15 - October 14
Table of Contents
Drop-Ins
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Gary Soto drop-in
New Letters on the Air, 06:00 - Short drop-in of Mexican-American children's author and poet Gary Soto discussing why he no longer writes for adults.
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What does "Latino" and "Hispanic" really mean?
Andrew Reissiger, 04:14 - There's so much diversity in the Americas. What does the term "Latino" or "Hispanic" really mean?
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Teatro Americano
04:50, Emily Udell
- Documents the first play performed by Teatro Americano, a theater group reaching out to Chicago?s latino community.
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De Donde Eres?
04:45, Eric Whitney
- Latino oral history project at Colorado library.
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Martin Espada's "Alabanza"
05:50, Francesca Rheannon
- Poet Martin Espada reads a poem and talks with "Writer's Voice" host Francesca Rheannon.
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Chile's September 11th: Chilean Musicians Reflect on the 30th Anniverary of Allende's Coup
07:10, Pauline Bartolone
- September 11th 2003 marks the 30th anniversary of the Chilean coup that toppled Socialist president Salvador Allende.
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StoryCorps: Jesus Papoleto Melendez
01:36, StoryCorps
- Jesus Papoleto Melendez remembers Nuyorican poet Pedro Pietri's final moments in an air ambulance from Tijuana in 2004.
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Dominican Elections in New York
03:30, Shia Levitt
- In May 2004, Dominicans living outside of the Dominican Republic will for the first time be able to vote from polling stations around the world.
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Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
06:43, Tania Unzueta
- If she were a lesbian, there wouldn't be anything wrong with that, right?
Segment
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Montevideo by FMDial
12:00, Jake Warga
- Travel around the cultural landscape of Montevideo, Uruguay by tuning the FMDial.
Half-hour
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Mexican-American Children's Writer Gary Soto
New Letters on the Air, 29:00 - Gary Soto grew up in a poverty-stricken Mexican-American family in Fresno, CA. He received considerable praise for his poetry as a young man. As the author of more than 70 books, Soto now primarily writes for children.
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Argentina?s Financial Revolution
28:00, Elinoar Astrinsky
From Voices of Our World -
Interview with film producer Naomi Klein on her film ?The Take?, which chronicles the aftermath of the Argentinean economic collapse in 2001.
"Air it just to get this quote out on the airwaves across our nation: 'Debt is one of the greatest forms of social control in the world.'"
Wilson | full review
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The Trouble With CAFTA
28:00, Elinoar Astrinsky
From Voices of Our World - Guests Kathy McKneeley and Mark Engler (of the Nation) discuss the real life implications the Central American Free Trade Agreement will have on the poor and middle class.
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Remembering La Quesera Massacre
28:00, Elinoar Astrinsky and Kathy Golden
From Voices of Our World -
"This program gets full marks for making some compelling observations about our attitudes to war, and backing them up with extraordinary material." Ernsting | full review
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In Search of Opportunity
28:00, Kathy Golden
From Voices of Our World - Voices of Our World visits a Westchester, NY good neighbor program, Neighbors Link, serving Latino immigrants to the area.
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Martin Espada
29:00, New Letters on the Air
- Latino poet Martin Espada shares his engaging and rhythmic poetry from his collection "Alabanza: New and Selected Poems (1982-2002)."
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Ilan Stavans on ThoughtCast
30:00, Jenny Attiyeh
- Interview with Ilan Stavans, author of the controversial dictionary, ?Spanglish? and the new book, "Dictionary Days."
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Aprendemos Juntos (We Learn Together)
30:40, Jenn Blair
- An investigation into why not a single Latino student has graduated from Long Prairie, Minnesota.
Hour+ Specials
- Relevant episodes from Compact Discoveries:
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7 Ernesto Lecuona: The Cuban Gershwin
69 Classical Tango
86 Latin-American Rhythms by Jewish-American Composers
87 Latin-American Rhythms by Latin-American Composers
88 Rene Touze (he was a Cuban composer)
91 Nazareth Encore! - SERIES: Caliente! Latin Jazz with Eddie Palmieri
KUVO/PRI, four 1-hour-long programs - Four, fiery hour-long explorations of the connections between American and Latin jazz with Eddie Palmieri, Carlos Lando and special guests.
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Hispanic Stories
Outright Radio, 59:00 - Stories of being both gay and Latino in the US.
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SERIES: Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars
4 59-minute pieces, Maria Martin - A provocative documentary series providing the most comprehensive coverage of Central America in many years. Some of public radio's most talented, award-winning reporters, present an in-depth and up-to-date look at the people of these nearly forgotten lands of our hemisphere, both at home and abroad.
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