Fronteras
Texas PR
"Fronteras" is a Texas Public Radio program exploring the changing culture and demographics of the American Southwest. From Texas to New Mexico and California, "Fronteras" provides insight into life along the U.S.- Mexico border. Our stories examine unique regional issues affecting lifestyle, politics, economics and the environment.
Location:
San Antonio, TX
Genres:
World News
Networks:
Texas PR
Description:
"Fronteras" is a Texas Public Radio program exploring the changing culture and demographics of the American Southwest. From Texas to New Mexico and California, "Fronteras" provides insight into life along the U.S.- Mexico border. Our stories examine unique regional issues affecting lifestyle, politics, economics and the environment.
Language:
English
Website:
http://tpr.org/
Episodes
‘Victims of Sin,’ a treasure of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, showcases music, strong female protagonist
7/26/2024
The 1951 film — a blend of noir, melodrama, and musical — was recently reissued by the acclaimed Criterion Collection. It will be screened as part of TPR Cinema Tuesday.
Duration:00:24:22
Fronteras: ‘The real birth certificate of San Antonio’ — Archaeologist uses mission records to explore the early days of San Antonio
7/19/2024
Jorge Luis García Ruiz translated the baptismal, marriage, and burial records of the Mission San Antonio de Valero — now known as the Alamo — and published them in three volumes. He discusses the history of the mission and what can be gained from the records.
Duration:00:31:40
‘It’s part of the DNA of Texas’ — A deep dive into Asian American influence on South Texas cuisine
7/12/2024
Three San Antonio chefs and a local historian came together to explore and highlight Asian American cuisine as part of a Great SA panel discussion in May, hosted by Texas Public Radio.
Duration:00:21:30
CineFestival enters its 45th year of highlighting the Latino experience on the big screen
7/5/2024
A preview of CineFestival, the original and longest running Latino film festival in the U.S., taking place July 11-14 in San Antonio.
Duration:00:22:53
‘These stories are part of our collective identity’ — Socorro’s Rio Vista Farm is a time capsule to bracero history
6/28/2024
Almost 900,000 workers passed through Rio Vista as part of the Bracero Program. Fronteras talks to two individuals who have fought to keep this important chapter of history from being forgotten.
Duration:00:31:24
How Mexican American fastpitch softball xxx San Antonio and beyond
6/21/2024
The sport of fastpitch softball has brought Mexican American communities from across the U.S. together since the 1930s. Author Ben Chappell and Ruben Rios Jr., a local member of the San Antonio Glowworm Athletic Club, speak about the game's impact and legacy.
Duration:00:31:10
Fronteras: 'La Flaca Calaca' — Daughter uses one-woman show to honor her mother and heal intergenerational trauma
6/14/2024
San Antonio educator and writer Georgette María Messa explores the story of her mother's trauma growing up on the El Paso-Juarez border. Messa talks about the production and her own journey to understanding and healing.
Duration:00:33:15
‘My instrument is the orchestra’ — Colombian-born conductor discusses her career path to the podium
6/7/2024
Lina González-Granados — the first Latina resident conductor of the LA Opera — is making waves in the Americas and Europe. She discusses her career climb and how she hopes to expand the standard orchestral repertoire.
Duration:00:31:07
‘We don’t have to watch DACA go away’ — United We Dream helps young undocumented immigrants navigate a complex system
5/31/2024
The immigrant youth-led United We Dream fights for the dignity and fair treatment of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., including DACA recipients. Two members of the organization talk about their own journeys in their immigration status.
Duration:00:26:42
Fronteras: From Latino caddies to champs: The story of the 1957 San Felipe High School golf team
5/24/2024
San Antonio attorney and writer Humberto Garcia chronicled the true story of the Mexican American golf team in his 2012 book, "Mustang Miracle." Humberto talks the players, his book, and the journey to the new film adaptation.
Duration:00:29:59
‘We are resilient people’ — Border Narratives Project aims to shift the perspective on binational communities
5/17/2024
The initative allows creatives across the country to fight back against negative border narratives by writing their own. Three of the initative's newest cohort grantees talk about how their projects more accurately depict border life, culture, and home.
Duration:00:32:11
Fronteras: ‘We need to know who we are’— MACRI enters 5th year in highlighting Mexican American civil rights
5/10/2024
San Antonio's Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) works to advance forgotten chapters of Mexican American civil rights in Texas and beyond. It will host a free symposium May 17 & 18 at the Central Library downtown.
Duration:00:23:13
Taco-Poet Eddie Vega talks inspirations, belonging, and new title as San Antonio Poet Laureate
5/3/2024
Holy Cross of San Antonio educator Eddie Vega was selected to serve as the city's seventh poet laureate. He began his three-year term in April and will hold the position until 2027.
Duration:00:23:23
New book series preserves indigenous foods and traditions of South Texas and Northeastern Mexico
4/26/2024
"Indigenous Foodways of Texas and Northern Mexico" will highlight the food traditional, techniques, and histories that have been passed down by Mexican and Indeginous peoples from generation to generation.
Duration:00:27:19
Fronteras: 'Our own government was working against them' — Declassifying FBI files on the Latino civil rights movement
4/19/2024
The FBI and CIA surveilled the Latino civil rights movement and its leaders in the 1960s and '70s at the height of the communist panic. Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro and his mother, activist Rosie Castro, talk about the effort to establish a clear historical record of the movement.
Duration:00:24:59
‘We were not communists’ — A dive into FBI surveillance of Cesar Chávez and the United Farm Workers movement
4/12/2024
The United Farm Workers of America became a target of FBI surveillance during the communist scare of the 1960s and '70s. Arturo Rodriguez spent over 50 years with the UFW. He talks about working alongside civil rights leader Cesar Chávez and about government surveillance of their movement.
Duration:00:35:47
‘Singing from a deeper place’ — Singer Lisa Morales talks life, inspirations ahead of TPR concert
4/5/2024
Musician Lisa Morales has released six albums as part of the duo Sisters Morales and three as a solo artist. She discusses her introduction to music growing up in Tucson, Arizona, the death of her sister Roberta in 2021, and more about her influences ahead of her April 13th Creekside Sessions Concert at TPR.
Duration:00:21:36
Fronteras: ‘Thirty Talks Weird Love’ fuses time travel with poetry in a love letter to Juárez, femicide victims, and the author’s younger self
3/28/2024
Thirty Talks Weird Love confronts mental health issues, the growing pains of young adulthood, and the ongoing violence against women in Cuidad Juárez. Author Alessandra Narváez Varela discusses her inspiration behind the book and what she hopes readers take away.
Duration:00:29:32
‘Agua es vida’ — Todos Agua festival celebrates the significance of water through poetry, art and music
3/22/2024
Todos Agua is a three-day celebration at San Antonio's Esperanza Peace & Justice Center that honors the community's spiritual and cultural connections to water. Three of its featured artists include poet Carmen Tafolla, musician Azul Barrientos, and activist María Berriozábal.
Duration:00:30:03
‘There aren’t simple answers’ — Examining the cause of ongoing violence in the Mexican border city of Juárez
3/14/2024
Howard Campbell spent over three decades in Cuidad Juárez speaking to victims and perpetrators of ongoing violence in the city. He includes their stories and an analysis of the violence in the book, "Downtown Juárez: Underworlds of Violence & Abuse."
Duration:00:21:37