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Truckin'

American Refugee

Release Date: 04/26/2020

Dreamers show art 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 show art 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 show art 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! show art 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 show art Northside - Pastor Galloway

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A journey inside the desperate struggle of today's black community in North Minneapolis. LISTEN.

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Rock On show art Rock On

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Rock musicians displaced by the pandemic. What happens when the show can't go on? LISTEN.

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Death On The Borderlands show art Death On The Borderlands

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Every night a migrant dies of thirst attempting to cross the Texas backcountry brush. LISTEN.

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Immigrant Scholars show art Immigrant Scholars

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Let's all go to college and meet the immigrant scholars behind America's cutting-edge technology. LISTEN.

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Burpees show art Burpees

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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 show art Escape The Room

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A shocking episode about domestic violence. The puzzle immigrant women face when they try to escape their abusers. LISTEN.

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Get ready to meet America's hardworking trucker drivers, the road refugees who today risk their lives not just delivering to the doorsteps of our homes but to grocery store shelves, and hospitals.

But not only are you about to hear how hard it is to be a trucker, you'll be along for the ride with a big-hearted, big-muscled 18-wheel truck driving legend named Jimmy.

You'll climb aboard and see firsthand the how the global supply chain disruption is shifting everything we thought we knew about our economy.

This is American Refugee!

Written, Engineered & Produced: Sam Graber

Music: Rare Medium, Purple Funk Metropolis, New Sound Underground

Recorded: Minneapolis, MN

Original Release: April 2020