Latest Fronteras Podcast Episodes

Episode 5: The Healer

KJZZ's Fronteras Desk: Changing Woman - September 12, 2018 07:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Like thousands of other Navajos, Haley Laughter was raised Mormon and had to seek out her people’s spiritual teachings. Today she bridges that cultural gap that so many young Navajos are trying to leap across.

Episode 6: The Punk Rockers

KJZZ's Fronteras Desk: Changing Woman - September 12, 2018 07:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
The Nizhoni Girls are redefining what it means to be Navajo. They're shaking down their assimilated ways in their songs and holding onto key Navajo beliefs in their activism.

Episode 4: The Mother

KJZZ's Fronteras Desk: Changing Woman - September 11, 2018 07:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Jeneda Benally is making music that empowers indigenous youth because she wants her daughters to grow up in a world where they feel strong and powerful. She and her brother just released an album called “Fight Like A Woman.”

Episode 3: The Leader

KJZZ's Fronteras Desk: Changing Woman - September 10, 2018 07:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Meet Navajo Council Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty. Crotty, whose middle name means “warrior,” has started her own #MeToo movement — without the hashtags. She’s confronted her colleagues and has written policies about the violence against women that pervades her culture.

Episode 2: The Historian

KJZZ's Fronteras Desk: Changing Woman - September 07, 2018 07:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Meet Navajo historian Jennifer Denetdale. Through her story and the book she wrote about her great-great-great grandparents, better understand how the power of Navajo women has been repressed.  

Episode 1: Kinaaldá

KJZZ's Fronteras Desk: Changing Woman - September 06, 2018 07:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
The first episode of Changing Woman focuses on the Navajo coming of age ceremony for girls, one of the most important and sacred rituals is experiencing a resurgence today. Hear parts of the songs and the rituals from the kinaaldá and learn how powerful an impact it can have on a young woman.

Ep 3: Alba Rodriguez, Gricha Redefiniendo los productos alimenticios

Cruzando Fronteras with Nathan Lustig - February 07, 2018 21:26 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Alba Rodriguez es la fundadora y CEO de Gricha, empresa dedicada a la elaboración de galletas hechas a base de harina de chapulín. Tras su paso por la carrera de nutrición, Alba se dió cuenta no sólo de la gran problemática sustentable en la actual industria alimenticia, sino que le impresionó...

Ep 2, Nestor de Haro, Rigs y Mirefaccion.com.mx

Cruzando Fronteras with Nathan Lustig - December 27, 2017 16:46 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Nestor de Haro: Construyendo el Alibaba o MercadoLibre de Auto Partes en México Nestor es Co-Fundador de Rigs y Mirefaccion.com.mx, marketplace en donde se venden partes de automóviles en México. En su juventud, conoció la industria de los automóviles por parte de su familia, en la autoparte ...

Ep 1 Maria Paz Gillet, Jooycar

Cruzando Fronteras with Nathan Lustig - December 27, 2017 16:25 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Maria Paz Gillet es la fundadora de Jooycar, primera plataforma de autos conectados y seguro por kilometro de Latinoamérica, la cual permite monitorear hábitos de conducción, detectar accidentes y prevenir robos y bajar el costo de seguros de autos para consumidores. Desde su juventud, Maria P...

Earth+Bone Episode 7: Navajo Torn Over Grand Canyon Tourist Attraction

KJZZ's Fronteras Desk: Earth + Bone - February 14, 2017 07:00 - 8 minutes
A developer claims a tourist attraction on the Navajo side of the Grand Canyon would create 3,000 jobs. But four tribes consider the location holy ground. It's called the confluence -- the place where the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers meet.

Earth+Bone Episode 6: San Carlos Apache Tribe Divided Over Copper Mine

KJZZ's Fronteras Desk: Earth + Bone - February 13, 2017 07:00 - 8 minutes
In episode six we travel to the San Carlos Apache reservation, which has shrunk in size five times to accommodate the mining industry. So when Resolution Copper made plans to develop the largest copper mine in North America here on Oak Flat, land considered sacred ground, many tribal members said...

Earth+Bone Episode 5: Navajo Demand Human Remains Be Returned

KJZZ's Fronteras Desk: Earth + Bone - February 10, 2017 07:00 - 7 minutes
The Navajo Nation is suing the federal government for taking more than 300 sets of human remains from Canyon de Chelly National Monument. The canyon -- situated deep in the heart of the Navajo Nation -- is unique. It’s the only national monument that a native community still calls home. But for t...

Earth+Bone Episode 4: Havasupai Fight Mining Company To Protect Sacred Land

KJZZ's Fronteras Desk: Earth + Bone - February 09, 2017 07:00 - 7 minutes
Each year millions of visitors to the Grand Canyon drive by Red Butte without taking much notice. But for the Havasupai the steep hill is central to their belief system. The tribe says a nearby uranium mine threatens this sacred place and its drinking water.

Earth+Bone Episode 3: Utah Lawmakers Plan To 'Trump The Monument'

KJZZ's Fronteras Desk: Earth + Bone - February 08, 2017 07:00 - 8 minutes
In this episode we travel to the Valley of the Gods in southern Utah. On one of former President Barack Obama’s last days in office he used his authority to protect a pair of buttes in southern Utah called Bear’s Ears. While some tribal leaders are celebrating the monument designation, many Utahn...

Earth+Bone Episode 2: Tribe Says Wall Would Desecrate Its Sacred Land

KJZZ's Fronteras Desk: Earth + Bone - February 07, 2017 07:00 - 8 minutes
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to build a wall along the  2,000-mile-long U.S.-Mexico border. He remains resolute despite the obstacles that stand in his way. One is the Tohono O’odham, the American Indian tribe that straddles the two countries. Tribal leaders say a wall wou...

Earth+Bone Episode 1: Standing Rock Sioux Galvanizes A Nation

KJZZ's Fronteras Desk: Earth + Bone - February 06, 2017 07:00 - 5 minutes
Last year hundreds of thousands of people from around the world united with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. That protest continues as President Trump advances development. The movement has brought a megaphone to the battle between what tribes believe to be sa...