"Culture" : from VPM
How do you preserve your culture when integration is a primary focus of resettlement?
"In Quarantine with Joe Wong" from Subtitle
Joe Wong is a brilliant bilingual comedian. In the US, he does standup. In his native China he hosts a popular TV game show. Recently his comedy has become more political: he is confronting US racial tensions head-on. In quarantine, Joe is writing a book, cooking for his son, and decrying virus-related anti-Asian hate crimes.
"Let Me Count The Ways" from This American Life
Yes, youʼve heard about the family separations. Youʼve heard about the travel ban. But there are dozens of ways the Trump administration is cracking down on immigration across many agencies, sometimes in ways so small and technical it doesnʼt make headlines. This week, the quiet bureaucratic war that’s even targeting legal immigrants.
“Juan’s Diaries: Undocumented, Then and Now” from Radio Diaries
Back in the 1990s, Juan crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, and settled with his family next to the Rio Grande river in Texas. We gave him a cassette recorder to document his life there for NPR. Almost two decades later, we gave Juan another recorder to report on his life as an adult. In many ways, Juan has achieved the American Dream - he has a house, a good job, and three American kids. But...he's still undocumented.
"Resettled" from VPM
Do you ever truly feel resettled? What exactly does that mean, and how do you get there? For Mrs. Lailuma, a recent widow with children, arriving in Charlottesville, Virginia meant adapting not only to a new country, but also to a new family dynamic. The moment she felt like she'd be able to make it in America? Getting her driver's license.
We also caught back up with the refugees featured earlier in the series, as we originally spoke with them as far back as 2018, to hear where they stand on the question of resettlement. Ahmed and Angela also reflect on the current state of immigration and refugee resettlement in the United States, driving home the importance of changing the perception of people arriving from other countries.
Immigration : This American Life
We live in a big enough country that there are lots of laws too obscure for most of us to have heard of...but which actually affect tens of thousands of lives in huge ways. This show deals with one of them: A 1996 immigration law that the Immigration Service itself says is unfair. Most of the law's original sponsors in Congress now say they went too far, and that they were too harsh when they passed the law. And yet most of the law's key provisions still stand unchanged.
“Maybe We Need To Tell Fuller Stories” from Immigrantly
Parnaz Foroutan has lived through some of history’s most defining moments. Her early childhood took place in the heels of the Iranian Islamic Revolution of 1979. But at the age of six, this course of life was altered when her family uprooted them to a suburb of Los Angeles. Nineteen years later, after a life-altering moment, she returned to Iran to rebuild her relationship with the culture and identity that was lost.
“If I Bend That Far, I'll Break” from Beginner
Misha finds another immigrant group that's found some sense of belonging in America. Produced by Misha Euceph, with help from Sammy Miller. Our story editor is Lyra Smith. Special thanks to Nate, Emily and Julie Miller; Micah Wexler; and my parents, Sajeela and Euceph.
Listen and Learn - Stories
Listen and Learn - Immigrant Experience Stories from The Moth Radio Hour, Storycorps and others
"Liberty Card"
The Moth archives - Marvin Gelfand tells the story of how an immigrant child finds independence in the world of books.
"English Lessons"
The Moth Radio Hour - Ivan Kuraev tells how an eight-year-old immigrant learns English to win a girl’s heart.
"A Kind of Wisdom"
The Moth Radio Hour - Ellie Lee, a daughter, tells the story of her Chinese immigrant father and the empire he built from nothing.
"Milagro"
Storycorps archives - Talking with my suegra about her migration experience and why she still feels unwelcome in the US.
"Jenny Rask Interview with Father Gene Barth Rask"
Storycorps archives - Jenny Rask interviews her father Gene Rask in their first chat. How and when his grandparents arrived in the US and a look into where they came from in Lebanon around 1898.
"Marie Reynolds and Pierre-Richard Eustache"
Storycorps archives - Marie Reynolds (66) talks with her son, Pierre-Richard Eustache (36), about her experience growing up as immigrant from Haiti.
Interview con Arturo
Storycorps archive - A conversation about how he entered the country and how his life has been since.
