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_outlineShe escaped domestic assault, poverty, street crime, and a husband mixed up with a drug cartel. She took her five kids and ran, using every last cent she had to make the journey.
When she arrived she was cold and afraid but never without hope, even as she still battled being homeless.
Her name is Angel. And you're about to hear her story. In native English.
Because Angel's from Chicago. Angel's an American citizen, whose country has turned her into a refugee.
Not only are you about to HEAR what it's like to be homeless, you're about to BE homeless, as I take you with me while I try to make it through one winter night on the streets of Minneapolis where the temperature dropped below zero.
This is American Refugee!
Written, Engineered & Produced: Sam Graber
Music: Rare Medium, New Sound Underground
Recorded: Minneapolis, MN
Original Release: February 2020