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Dreamers
American Refugee - November 30, 2021 17:07 - 35 minutesThey came here as young children, brought illegally into the country. They've since grown up here, been educated here, work here, the children of undocumented immigrants who are still considered illegal. They are the Dreamers, an estimated 750,000 of them, protected by deferred action stoppi...
Northside - Pit Bull
American Refugee - September 23, 2021 16:44 - 38 minutesHe'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 ...
The Secret War
American Refugee - August 02, 2021 13:36 - 40 minutesDuring the Vietnam War, The CIA coopt the Hmong in Laos to fight communism. The American people aren't told. An estimated 300,000 Hmong die during the Secret War. The Hmong who survive escape genocide and become refugees, awaiting to come to America, to the country they fought for. As our co...
Invasive Species!
American Refugee - June 14, 2021 16:30 - 41 minutesBecause invasive species are, right now, endangering our habitat, water and food systems on which we Americans depend to survive. To 'Stop The Spread' our incredible scientists have asked the general public to be on the lookout for such foreign invaders as the Asian Carp and Mexican Evil Weevi...
Northside - Pastor Galloway
American Refugee - May 06, 2021 19:47 - 35 minutesMinneapolis has become America. The murder of George Floyd. The killing of Daunte Wright. A country of 330M turns its collective eye to Minneapolis. This city has become the tinderbox of long hot summer streets exploding into a final reckoning with the dark winter nights of American racism. ...
Rock On
American Refugee - April 19, 2021 17:32 - 41 minutesThis 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 hav...
Episode 12 - Death On The Borderlands
American Refugee - March 11, 2021 20:04 - 41 minutesTo circumvent the final and busiest immigration checkpoint in Texas, Central American migrants illegally crossing into the United States go on a 20-mile walk through backcountry brush.. And every night at least one migrant dies attempting to make this 20-mile walk across the merciless terrain ...
Death On The Borderlands
American Refugee - March 11, 2021 20:04 - 41 minutesTo circumvent the final and busiest immigration checkpoint in Texas, Central American migrants illegally crossing into the United States go on a 20-mile walk through backcountry brush. And every night at least one migrant dies attempting to make this 20-mile walk across the merciless terrain o...
Episode 11 - Immigrant Scholars
American Refugee - February 09, 2021 14:59 - 43 minutesThey come on temporary visas to do academic research at major U.S. universities. They're now responsible for creating more American patents than their U.S. student counterparts. But the problem is - there's a lot less of them here. They are America's immigrant scholars. And for the past seve...
Immigrant Scholars
American Refugee - February 09, 2021 14:59 - 43 minutesThey come on temporary visas to do academic research at major U.S. universities. They're now responsible for creating more American patents than their U.S. student counterparts. But the problem is - there's a lot less of them here. They are America's immigrant scholars. And for the past seve...
Episode 10 - Burpees
American Refugee - January 12, 2021 18:47 - 43 minutesHe came to the United States when he was 9 years old. He's now a U.S. Marine leading the most intense online fitness workouts. Today, he's known as the Iron Wolf. During the pandemic, everyone has been worried about their health. Maintaining it, supporting it with exercise, staying active. E...
Burpees
American Refugee - January 12, 2021 18:47 - 43 minutesHe came to the United States when he was 9 years old. He's now a U.S. Marine leading the most intense online fitness workouts. Today, he's known as the Iron Wolf. During the pandemic, everyone has been worried about their health. Maintaining it, supporting it with exercise, staying active. E...
Trump's scheme to steal the election from Biden goes up in flames
Democratica - November 18, 2020 16:18 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsStu and AJ celebrate the clear defeat of America's fascist wannabe dictator in the 2020 election, and break down why Trump's schemes to stay in office have already failed. TAKE ACTION: Do your part to help Democrats win the Senate by taking 2 seats in Georgia. Visit SwingLeft's GA Runoff and m...
The two reasons Democrats feel GREAT about beating Trump right now (not polling)
Democratica - October 28, 2020 14:15 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsThe polling could not be better for Biden and Democrats, but the Republican cheating could not be worse. Still, a historically fired-up electorate seems primed to seal the deal for Biden. But with the tremendous damage done over the last four years, can it make a difference? YES! Stu gets in...
Episode 9 - Escape The Room
American Refugee - October 09, 2020 17:26 - 40 minutesA young mother from Guatemala, victim of domestic violence, takes her kids on a perilous journey to the US where Mom applies for asylum. Mom makes it here only during the coronavirus pandemic to be quarantined in a Minneapolis home where she again becomes physically assaulted at the hands of a...
Escape The Room
American Refugee - October 09, 2020 17:26 - 40 minutesA young mother from Guatemala, victim of domestic violence, takes her kids on a perilous journey to the US where Mom applies for asylum. Mom makes it here only during the coronavirus pandemic to be quarantined in a Minneapolis home where she again becomes physically assaulted at the hands of a...
Injustice for Breonna Taylor
Democratica - September 20, 2020 17:54 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsStu and AJ from the heart of Louisville bring different perspectives to the horrifying aftermath of Breonna Taylor's death at the hands of city police. Breonna Taylor is dead, no arrests have been made against the offending officers who killed her, and Mitch McConnell's handpicked attorney gen...
Episode 8 - Sherburne County Jail (Part II)
American Refugee - August 30, 2020 15:20 - 46 minutesGregorio Montejo, a Mexican immigrant, after 25 years of working in the United States is taken to Sherburne County Jail. Now his family is fighting to get him released. Because in this country, anything is possible. Or is it? You're going inside America's criminal justice system, as you foll...
Sherburne County Jail (Part II)
American Refugee - August 30, 2020 15:20 - 46 minutesGregorio Montejo, a Mexican immigrant, after 25 years of working in the United States is taken to Sherburne County Jail. Now his family is fighting to get him released. Because in this country, anything is possible. Or is it? You're going inside America's criminal justice system, as you foll...
Ghosted
American Refugee - July 31, 2020 12:56 - 35 minutesIn 2014 a young woman's murdered body was found on the side of the road in Warren, Ohio. The case went unsolved. Now, 6 years later, the mother for the first time is going to the very spot where her daughter's body was found. She's bringing along one of America's leading paranormal investigati...
Episode 7 - Ghosted
American Refugee - July 31, 2020 12:56 - 35 minutesIn 2014 a young woman's murdered body was found on the side of the road in Warren, Ohio. The case went unsolved. Now, 6 years later, the mother for the first time is going to the very spot where her daughter's body was found. She's bringing along one of America's leading paranormal investigati...
38th & Chicago
American Refugee - June 25, 2020 18:07 - 35 minutesMinneapolis Police arrive at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in response to a call about a counterfeit $20 bill… You're going into Minneapolis during the week following the murder of George Floyd. You're about to take a unique journey through the heart of a city on fire. ...
Episode 6 - 38th & Chicago
American Refugee - June 25, 2020 18:07 - 35 minutesMinneapolis Police arrive at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in response to a call about a counterfeit $20 bill… You're going into Minneapolis during the week following the murder of George Floyd. You're about to take a unique journey through the heart of a city on fire. ...
Episode 05 - Sherburne County Jail (Part I)
American Refugee - May 29, 2020 02:36 - 38 minutesInside a small county jail in central Minnesota, 300 immigrants are caged up to 20 hours a day, never allowed outside, some detained by ICE up to a year. Some endure special treatment: solitary confinement, abuse, medical negligence, sexual assault. What if detained immigrants are be...
Episode 5 - Sherburne County Jail (Part I)
American Refugee - May 29, 2020 02:36 - 38 minutesInside a small county jail in central Minnesota, 300 immigrants are caged up to 20 hours a day, never allowed outside, some detained by ICE up to a year. Some endure special treatment: solitary confinement, abuse, medical negligence, sexual assault. What if detained immigrants are being subj...
Sherburne County Jail (Part I)
American Refugee - May 29, 2020 02:36 - 38 minutesInside a small county jail in central Minnesota, 300 immigrants are caged up to 20 hours a day, never allowed outside, some detained by ICE up to a year. Some endure special treatment: solitary confinement, abuse, medical negligence, sexual assault. What if detained immigrants are being subj...
Trump to America: Die as I say, not as I do
Democratica - May 15, 2020 14:29 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsThis week on Democratica, Stu and AJ slog through the White House swamp of disease and deception. 'Don't listen to those pesky health experts, listen to me!' Trump doesn't care if his staffers die, as long as they take their loyalty to the grave. Because it doesn't matter to Trump if you d...
Side effects of taking the president's advice include certain death
Democratica - May 01, 2020 12:13 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAgain, in case you missed it: Do. Not. Ingest. Disinfectant. Four words AJ and Stu never thought they'd have to string together for adults, especially not in response to the President of the United States. And yet here we are. This week, the duo breaks down just how bad things could get as...
Truckin'
American Refugee - April 26, 2020 23:00 - 30 minutesGet 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 w...
Episode 04 - Truckin'
American Refugee - April 26, 2020 23:00 - 30 minutesGet 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 ri...
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