The Wolf Boys
September 20, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about how a Mexican drug cartel turned a boy into a feared assassin – and about what such transformations say about the perilous prospect of growing up on the border – with Dan Slater.
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The Strange Death of José de Jesús
August 1, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about the death of José de Jesús in the Eloy Immigrant Detention Center last year with Maria Hinojosa, host of “Latino USA.
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Sam Houston’s Legacy
September 24, 2015This hour, we’ll get to know the only American ever elected governor of two states with biographer James. L. Haley.
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Back To Mexico
September 22, 2015This hour, we’ll hear stories of what it’s like to return across the border with Jill Anderson, author of “Los Otros Dreamers.”
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Living Undocumented
July 30, 2014We’ll talk to him this hour with immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas about the current influx of undocumented children along the U.S-Mexico border and about his recent arrest in McAllen for his own citizenship status.
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Inside Mexico’s Drug War
June 3, 2014We’ll take an inside look at the effect the drug trade has on Mexico this hour with Michael Deibert. His new book is In the Shadow of Saint Death: The Gulf Cartel and the Price of America’s Drug War in Mexico.
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Mexico Today and Tomorrow
July 11, 2012With thousands dead in the country’s drug war, Mexico is going through seriously tough times. But why is the country facing these challenges and what should the U.S. be doing to help its southern neighbor?
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The Future for Mexico
June 8, 2011Hour 1: How and when will Mexico overcome its challenges and become the great nation it could be? We’ll examine those challenges and future possibilities this hour with former Mexican foreign minister Jorge Castañeda. His new book is “Mañana Forever?: Mexico and the Mexicans” (Knopf, 2011). http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/77/510036/137068062/KERA_137068062.mp3[Download MP3]
