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_outlineHe's a black man with a pit bull.
You're about to join Sam Reeves, a black man from Northside Minneapolis, walking his pit bull in Southside Minneapolis, where the white community lives.
What could go wrong?
Since the murder of George Floyd, a country of 330M has turned its collective eye to Minneapolis, specifically Northside Minneapolis, where the black community lives.
And where they walk their dogs. If they can.
You're about to take a walk down the boulevard of racism, holding the leash of America.
This is American Refugee.
FEATURING:
Sam Reeves, music director, Liberty Community Church
Annie Olson, director of customer service, Minneapolis Parks & Rec
Juli Graber, lawyer, pit bull owner, sage
Reverend Doctor Alika Galloway, co-pastor, Liberty Community Church
Rachel Mairose, Executive Director, Secondhand Hounds
James Evans, Chief Executive Officer, CARE
Shannon Glenn, Executive Director, My Pit Bull Is Family
Written, Engineered & Produced: Sam Graber
Music: Sam Reeves, Rare Medium, New Sound Underground, Purple Funk Metropolis
Recorded: Minneapolis, MN
Original Release: September 2021
https://odaction.com/americanrefugee