Dreamers
American Refugee
They came here as young children, brought illegally into the country by their parents. They might soon all be deported. LISTEN.
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Northside - Pit Bull
American Refugee
A black man walks his pit bull through a white neighborhood. What could go wrong? LISTEN.
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The Secret War
American Refugee
The Laotian Hmong are coopted by the CIA to fight communism. Then the real war begins. Do you want to hear a secret? LISTEN.
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Invasive Species!
American Refugee
Into the Florida Everglades to hunt those displaced and trying to survive. Or is it just evolution? LISTEN.
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Northside - Pastor Galloway
American Refugee
A journey inside the desperate struggle of today's black community in North Minneapolis. LISTEN.
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Rock On
American Refugee
Rock musicians displaced by the pandemic. What happens when the show can't go on? LISTEN.
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Death On The Borderlands
American Refugee
Every night a migrant dies of thirst attempting to cross the Texas backcountry brush. LISTEN.
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Immigrant Scholars
American Refugee
Let's all go to college and meet the immigrant scholars behind America's cutting-edge technology. LISTEN.
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Burpees
American Refugee
To stay fit during the pandemic America is working out with the Russian immigrant known as the Iron Wolf. LISTEN.
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Escape The Room
American Refugee
A shocking episode about domestic violence. The puzzle immigrant women face when they try to escape their abusers. LISTEN.
info_outlineLos Algodones is the tiny Mexican border town called Molar City. Thousands of US citizens are going there each day to save on dental work that would have cost thousands of dollars more at home.
Who are these American dental refugees? And how easy and safe is it to have implants, crowns and extractions done in Mexico?
You're not only about to hear wild stories from dental refugees traveling to Los Algodones, you're about to go there, you'll be with me as I cross the border, get work done on my own teeth...
And discover in the end why everything isn't always what it seems.
This is American Refugee!
Written, Engineered & Produced: Sam Graber
Music: Rare Medium, New Sound Underground
Recorded: Los Algodones, Minneapolis, MN