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La Oportunidad, by Victoria Campos of the University of Texas
From YouthCast
Caption: Victoria and her mom, Maria Isabel
Maria Isabel wasn't supposed to finish the 6th grade. She lived in a tiny mountain ranch in Mexico, where girls stayed home to cook and raise child...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 00:13:58
Words as the Way to Freedom: Jimmy Santiago Baca
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
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...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
Media Minutes: October 14, 2011
Series: Media Minutes
From Stevie Converse Candace Clement
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(un)covering the media

  • Added: Oct 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:05:00
The Troubled Rio Grande
Series: Nature Notes
From Marfa Public Radio
Caption: Giant cane dominates the muddy banks of the Rio Grande in many places., Credit: Megan Wilde
Sediment is slowly choking the Rio Grande in the Big Bend region of Texas, causing more frequent floods and making it easier for invasive plants to...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Nov 19, 2010
  • Length: 00:04:30
  • Purchases: 1
BEAT LATINO 038: ¡MARIACHI!
From Catalina Maria Johnson
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Welcome to a magical mariachi tour! An hour dedicated to the mariachi, with traditional tunes, as well as the many-varied shades of mariachi tribut...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 14, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Protagonists for Change: Women Against Violence in Latin America
From Making Contact
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In Latin America, sexism and impunity contribute to violence against women. But the region is also home to powerful female voices, and effective mo...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
Mexico: Violence and Democracy
Series: Global Ethics Corner
From Carnegie Council
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Must governments meet violence with an authoritarian response? In the recent Mexican election, citizens could demand a crackdown on druglords at th...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 00:02:00
Hispanic Heritage Special: "Music of Baroque Mexico"
Series: Harmonia Early Music
From WFIU
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An hourlong program of baroque music of Mexico, including works by Gaspar Fernandes and Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, and more. Perfect of Hispanic He...

Bought by Arizona Public Media


  • Added: Aug 30, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:02
  • Purchases: 1
Mexico 2010: Riding Out the Storm
From KUNM
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A half-hour radio documentary that explores different dimensions of the Mexican crisis largely uncovered in US media.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 00:28:57
Living in Limbo
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
From Jessica Partnow
Caption: Gabriela Cubillos prepares tamales in her home. , Credit: Eroyn Franklin
In our final segment, producer Jessica Partnow follows the story of one family living in immigration limbo in Auburn, Washington.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 00:08:32
  • Purchases: 2
RoJO: The Positive Alternative
From Voces de Nuestro Mundo
Caption: RoJO
We take a look at the career of the mexican pop/rock band RoJO

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2010
  • Length: 00:28:06
  • Purchases: 1
Juarez: Nobody's Land
From Voces de Nuestro Mundo
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Drug war and the state of chaos in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:28:11
  • Purchases: 2
Mexican Christmas Tradition Celebrated Amid Poverty and Drug War
From Monica Ortiz
Caption: A teenager dances during a traditional ceremony for Mexico's patron Saint, the Virgen de Guadalupe., Credit: Monica Ortiz Uribe
The marginalized community of Lomas de Poleo in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico celebrated their tenth anniversary posada this year. A posada is a Mexican Ch...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 24, 2009
  • Length: 00:04:12
  • Purchases: 1
Voices on Antisemitism: Ilan Stavans (Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture, Amherst College)
Series: Voices on Antisemitism
From United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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Ilan Stavans has long thought of himself as an outsider, first as a Jew growing up in Mexico and now as a Mexican living in America.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2009
  • Length: 00:08:11
"Proofs" read by author Richard Rodriguez
Series: DimeStories
From Amy Wallen
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Two views of crossing the border

Bought by The Story, Public Radio Remix, KZYX, KUT, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 00:04:26
  • Purchases: 5
Episode One
Series: Sci-Fi Talk Latino
From Tony Tellado
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Interviews with Marlene Forte And Alex Rivera

  • Added: Jun 15, 2009
  • Length: 00:52:17
WALKING A MILE IN THE SHOES OF ANOTHER
From Voices of Our World
Caption: Maryknoll's C.O.O. Bob Ambrose in El Paso-Juarez border
Maryknoll's missioners work in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a city so violent as Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: May 19, 2009
  • Length: 00:27:58
  • Purchases: 1
Recordar es Volver (Remembering is Returning)
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
From Megan Martin
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A portrait of a farmer, his wife--the tortilla maker, and their life in Teposcolula, Oaxaca.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 00:11:22
El Michoacano en la Mixteca (The Michoacano in the Mixteca)
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
From Megan Martin
Caption: Dioniso Arriola
A migration story told and sung by Dionisio Arriola; recorded in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 00:14:06
Cuando la Fuerza Abandona para Uno (When strength abandons you)
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
From Megan Martin
Caption: Irineo Sánchez Hernández
A migration Story told by Irineo Sánchez Hernández; recorded in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 00:08:31
Yo También Puedo (So Can I)
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
From Megan Martin
Caption: María Guadalupe Maldonado Sandoval
A Migration Story: María Maldonado; recorded in Mixteco,and translated by her sister Araceli Maldonado Sandoval into Spanish.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 00:13:15
El Ciclo (The Cycle)
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
From Megan Martin
Caption: San Andrés Chicahuaxtla
A farmer's story; a mix of poetry, sound and interviews.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 00:09:29
Un Dueto (A Duet)
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
From Megan Martin
Caption: Anderson and Tereso Bautista
A portrait of two musicians in the Bautista Family and the town they live in--San Juan Mixtepec, Oaxaca

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 00:10:43