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Fronteras

Texas Public Radio

"Fronteras" is a Texas Public Radio program exploring the changing culture and demographics of the American Southwest. From Texas to New Mexico and California, "Fronteras" provides insight into life along the U.S.- Mexico border. Our stories examine unique regional issues affecting lifestyle, politics, economics and the environment.

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22:53

CineFestival enters its 45th year of highlighting the...

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2024/07/05

A preview of CineFestival, the original and longest running Latino film festival in the U.S., taking place July 11-14 in San Antonio.

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31:24

‘These stories are part of our collective identity’ —...

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2024/06/28

Almost 900,000 workers passed through Rio Vista as part of the Bracero Program. Fronteras talks to two individuals who have fought to keep this important chapter of history from being forgotten.

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31:10

How Mexican American fastpitch softball xxx San...

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2024/06/21

The sport of fastpitch softball has brought Mexican American communities from across the U.S. together since the 1930s. Author Ben Chappell and Ruben Rios Jr., a local member of the San Antonio Glowworm Athletic Club, speak about the game's impact and legacy.

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33:15

Fronteras: 'La Flaca Calaca' — Daughter uses...

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2024/06/14

San Antonio educator and writer Georgette María Messa explores the story of her mother's trauma growing up on the El Paso-Juarez border. Messa talks about the production and her own journey to understanding and healing.

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31:07

‘My instrument is the orchestra’ — Colombian-born...

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2024/06/07

Lina González-Granados — the first Latina resident conductor of the LA Opera — is making waves in the Americas and Europe. She discusses her career climb and how she hopes to expand the standard orchestral repertoire.

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26:42

‘We don’t have to watch DACA go away’ — United We...

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2024/05/31

The immigrant youth-led United We Dream fights for the dignity and fair treatment of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., including DACA recipients. Two members of the organization talk about their own journeys in their immigration status.

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29:59

Fronteras: From Latino caddies to champs: The story...

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2024/05/24

San Antonio attorney and writer Humberto Garcia chronicled the true story of the Mexican American golf team in his 2012 book, "Mustang Miracle." Humberto talks the players, his book, and the journey to the new film adaptation.

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32:11

‘We are resilient people’ — Border Narratives Project...

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2024/05/17

The initative allows creatives across the country to fight back against negative border narratives by writing their own. Three of the initative's newest cohort grantees talk about how their projects more accurately depict border life, culture, and home.

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23:13

Fronteras: ‘We need to know who we are’— MACRI enters...

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2024/05/10

San Antonio's Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) works to advance forgotten chapters of Mexican American civil rights in Texas and beyond. It will host a free symposium May 17 & 18 at the Central Library downtown.

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23:23

Taco-Poet Eddie Vega talks inspirations, belonging,...

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2024/05/03

Holy Cross of San Antonio educator Eddie Vega was selected to serve as the city's seventh poet laureate. He began his three-year term in April and will hold the position until 2027.

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27:19

New book series preserves indigenous foods and...

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2024/04/26

"Indigenous Foodways of Texas and Northern Mexico" will highlight the food traditional, techniques, and histories that have been passed down by Mexican and Indeginous peoples from generation to generation.

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24:59

Fronteras: 'Our own government was working against...

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2024/04/19

The FBI and CIA surveilled the Latino civil rights movement and its leaders in the 1960s and '70s at the height of the communist panic. Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro and his mother, activist Rosie Castro, talk about the effort to establish a clear historical record of the movement.

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35:47

‘We were not communists’ — A dive into FBI...

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2024/04/12

The United Farm Workers of America became a target of FBI surveillance during the communist scare of the 1960s and '70s. Arturo Rodriguez spent over 50 years with the UFW. He talks about working alongside civil rights leader Cesar Chávez and about government surveillance of their movement.

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21:36

‘Singing from a deeper place’ — Singer Lisa Morales...

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2024/04/05

Musician Lisa Morales has released six albums as part of the duo Sisters Morales and three as a solo artist. She discusses her introduction to music growing up in Tucson, Arizona, the death of her sister Roberta in 2021, and more about her influences ahead of her April 13th Creekside Sessions Concert at TPR.

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29:32

Fronteras: ‘Thirty Talks Weird Love’ fuses time...

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2024/03/28

Thirty Talks Weird Love confronts mental health issues, the growing pains of young adulthood, and the ongoing violence against women in Cuidad Juárez. Author Alessandra Narváez Varela discusses her inspiration behind the book and what she hopes readers take away.

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30:03

‘Agua es vida’ — Todos Agua festival celebrates the...

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2024/03/22

Todos Agua is a three-day celebration at San Antonio's Esperanza Peace & Justice Center that honors the community's spiritual and cultural connections to water. Three of its featured artists include poet Carmen Tafolla, musician Azul Barrientos, and activist María Berriozábal.

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21:37

‘There aren’t simple answers’ — Examining the cause...

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2024/03/14

Howard Campbell spent over three decades in Cuidad Juárez speaking to victims and perpetrators of ongoing violence in the city. He includes their stories and an analysis of the violence in he book, "Downtown Juárez: Underworlds of Violence & Abuse."

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23:13

Fronteras: ‘Downtown Juárez’ argues against...

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2024/03/08

Cuidad Juárez — a sister city to El Paso, Texas — had once been dubbed the "murder capital of the world." Anthropologist Howard Campbell breaks down the complex causes of the violence in the book "Downtown Juárez: Underworlds of Violence & Abuse."

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21:36

Fronteras: Local activists, historians, and writers...

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2024/03/01

The Jan. 24 panel discussion used the reissue of the book "West of the Creek: Murder, Mayhem and Vice in Old San Antonio" as a launching point for a broader conversation about the importance — and misconceptions — of San Antonio's historic West Side.

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21:30

Fronteras: A different perspective to tales of...

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2024/02/23

Texas Public Radio and Trinity University Press hosted a book club discussion on the reissue of "West of the Creek: Murder, Mayhem and Vice in Old San Antonio." Local activists, historians, and writers used the book as a launching point to a broader conversation about the significance of San Antonio's West Side.

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