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_outlineThis episode is about a different kind of displacement - rock musicians forcibly removed from doing the only thing they know how to do.
Live rock is the nation within our nation, and the coronavirus pandemic stopped it cold.
How have musicians survived in exile? What are the ways rockers have exercised their expressive spirit after physical connection with live audience is removed from the rock equation?
You're about to delve into a music industry changing by the minute. You're about to get inside the human mind of performance artists; their lives, their hearts and their ideals. You're about to hear from celebrities who have been the backbone of the Minneapolis music scene.
And you'll be there in the end when one rocker, against all the setbacks placed before him, attempts to make his big comeback.
Get ready to rock.
This is American Refugee.
Mike Michel, rock guitarist
Brian Liebeck, Icehouse, club owner
Nathan Krantz, First Avenue, booking agent
Chuck Surack, CEO, instrumental retail
Tom Garneau, studio engineer
Jacob Slichter, musician and author
Youa Vang, journalist and promoter
Written, Engineered & Produced: Sam Graber
Music: Mike Michel
Recorded: Minneapolis, MN
Original Release: April 2021
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