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"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, politi…

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    • Feb 27, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
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    Fronteras: 6,000 years of art — How the Pecos River style murals influenced Mesoamerican cosmology

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2026 27:27


    Archeologist Carolyn Boyd discusses recent discoveries made at the Pecos River-style mural site on the Texas-Mexico border near Del Rio.

    FRONTERAS: ‘Shakespeare in Tongues' explores how the Bard's works are being used to reframe migration and colonialism

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2026 23:35


    The book is part of a series that explores how contemporary movements shed new light on Shakespeare's work.

    Fronteras: How tariffs, immigration enforcement are creating a ‘chilling effect' in the Texas economy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2026 25:02


    A new study by the Brookings Institution examines how federal policies are causing harm to Latino-owned businesses across the state.

    Fronteras: A 300-year mystery solved — Archaeologists discover evidence of the lost Mission Espíritu Santo

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2026 21:53


    An archaeology team from Texas Tech University and the Texas Historical Commission recently discovered remnants of the mission on a private ranch near Presidio La Bahía in West Texas.

    Fronteras: ‘Live from America' examines the 70-year evolution of Spanish-language TV in the U.S.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2026 24:00


    The book Live from America: How Latino TV Conquered the U.S. details the powerful figures who worked behind the scenes to make Spanish-language media successful.

    Fronteras: Migration Policy Institute discusses ‘chilling effect' of Trump 2.0 immigration policies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2026 33:07


    The nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute has published an analysis of the Trump administration's immigration actions one year following his inauguration.

    Fronteras: How a divergence of cultures led to interracial violence in 19th century Texas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2026 31:48


    Historian Sam W. Haynes explains how a convergence of Mexican, Anglo, and indigenous cultures led to instances of conflict and violence from 1821-1879.

    Fronteras: ‘American Sons' follows the impact of war on a brotherhood of Marines

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2026 31:32


    The documentary follows the lives of San Antonian JV Villarreal and his Marine brothers while on tour in Afghanistan.

    Fronteras: Harvard scholar explores Mexico's Mesoamerican past, father's key role in integration of college sports

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2026 22:05


    Scholar and anthropologist Davíd Carrasco has dedicated much of his career to exploring Mexico's Mesoamerican past. He is also dedicated to telling the story of his father, David L. Carrasco—an El Paso native who became the first Mexican American head basketball coach at a major U.S. university.

    Fronteras: Esperanza Peace and Justice Center honors community history, culture with Museo del Westside

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2025 22:05


    A former San Antonio ice house is now home to a community museum that celebrates the people, stories, and contributions of the city's historic West Side.

    Fronteras: Witnessing Immigration Court arrests of adults and children by ICE

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2025 26:54


    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been ramping up detentions of individuals who appear at Immigration Court for their mandatory hearings, including in San Antonio.

    Fronteras: ‘Of the Sun' encourages young readers to embrace Indigenous roots, ties to the land

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2025 23:53


    The new children's book Of the Sun: A Poem for the Land's First Peoples celebrates the ties that Indigenous peoples still hold to the land.

    Fronteras: ‘Educating the Enemy' — How Nazi and Mexican children were educated in the Cold War-era borderlands

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2025 22:05


    The book explores the disparities in education between the children of Nazi scientists and the ethnic Mexican children who attended segregated schools in El Paso.

    Fronteras: ‘Detention is everywhere' — Photo series highlights impact of private ICE facilities on rural landscapes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2025 22:03


    Photographer Marni Shindelman's series, "Restore the Night Sky" documents the effects of light pollution at 45 private ICE detention centers across the U.S.

    Fronteras: ‘Drought Does Not Know Sanctions' — Essay dives into complex issues at play in binational 1944 water treaty

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2025 29:26


    University of Michigan PhD candidate Vianey Rueda wrote about the ongoing water conflict between Mexico and the U.S.

    ‘Difference doesn't mean deficient' — Children's book celebrates neurodiversity, inclusion, and culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 22:05


    The picture book, "Franky(sito)'s World," highlights the story of a young boy with autism growing up in a multigenerational Latino household.

    Fronteras: ‘Mexican Americans experienced segregation' — New exhibit breaks down the long fight to desegregate Texas schools

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2025 23:46


    Cisneros v. Corpus Christi ISD: The Long Fight to End School Segregation details what came before, after, and during the historic court case.

    Fronteras: Evangelizing the New World — Exploring the legend of the 17th-century ‘Lady in Blue'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2025 22:04


    Sor María de Jesús de Ágreda was believed by many to have bilocated hundreds of times from her monastery in rural Spain to parts of what's now the American Southwest.

    Fronteras: ‘Tacos of Texas' podcast dishes out another season of food, culture, and community

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 29:40


    The podcast's fifth season dives into taco culture, from the women who serve as the backbone of Mexican cooking, to the role that food can play in politics.

    Fronteras: San Antonio's Mexican cookbook collection the ‘beating heart' of Mexican cuisine and culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 22:03


    Mexican chef Pati Jinich and UT San Antonio's Amy Rushing talk about the signficance of the food and history highlighted in the collection.

    Fronteras: From churches to barrios — 13 endangered Latinx landmarks embody culture, resilience, and migration

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 28:35


    The national nonprofit Latinos in Heritage Conservation released a list of landmarks that hold cultural and historical significance, and face demolition, neglect, or otherwise uncertain futures.

    Fronteras: A deep dive into the Spanish conquest of Texas, New Mexico

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 24:17


    Archeologist Jorge Luis García Ruiz documents the movement north of Spanish explorers in his book, Presidio: Soldiers of the King in New Mexico.

    Fronteras: New report examines devastating impact of migration policy changes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 23:03


    The August report by MSF, or Doctors Without Borders, finds the changes have left many immigrants trapped in a cycle of physical, emotional, and institutional violence.

    Fronteras: ‘Sex work is work' — Documentary examines the push to decriminalize the sex industry

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 24:06


    Sex Work: It's Just a Job explores the move to decriminalize sex work, and confronts the racism, sexism, and transphobia that can fuel violent police crackdowns.

    Fronteras: ‘Surviving the ICE Age' — How deportations and detentions impact U.S. citizen children of immigrants

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 27:17


    Sociologist Joanna Dreby interviewed 99 young adults in New York to examine the impacts of enforcement-first approaches to immigration policy.

    Fronteras: Regenerating the land and indigenous connections through the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 31:18


    The Texas Tribal Buffalo Project and The Conservation Fund hope to reconnect with indigeneity and reintroduce the buffalo back to South Texas.

    Fronteras: ‘It's unwritten history'— The years-long fight to offer American Indian/Native Studies in Texas public schools

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 34:57


    School districts across the state now have the option to offer American Indian/Native Studies as an elective course.

    Fronteras: ‘They simply ceased to exist' — New report aims to identify those killed during state-sanctioned killings

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 25:26


    The recent report, A Matter of Justice: The Uninvestigated Homicides of La Matanza, aims to pursue justice for the victims of la matanza.

    Fronteras: ‘It comes from the soul' — Remembering the life, legacy of conjunto pioneer Flaco Jiménez

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2025 22:47


    San Antonians remember Flaco Jiménez, who died July 31, at the age of 86.

    $1,000 and a free flight home — Examining the Trump administration's self-deportation campaign

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2025 24:33


    The article "Can the Trump Administration's 'Self-Deportation' Campaign Succeed?" by the non-partisan think tank, Migration Policy Institute addresses the unanswered questions surrounding the administration's self-deportation push.

    Border Vigil collaborates to ID immigrants in Eagle Pass, pay tribute to lives lost

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 23:50


    Border Vigil in Eagle Pass has been holding monthly vigils to remember the immigrants who have drowned trying to cross the Rio Grande. The group's members have recently been receiving training in recovering human remains at the border.

    Fronteras: Film ‘Spring of the Vanishing' sheds lights on dozens of people who disappeared at the hands of Mexican marines

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2025 30:22


    The documentary tells of the dozens of men and boys who were missing and murdered by Mexican marines during a period of four months in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo.

    Researchers give voice to immigrant families, break down the costs of being undocumented

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 26:04


    Researchers aim to humanize immigrants by sharing their stories.

    Remembering San Antonio's 1921 flood in the wake of devastation across the Texas Hill Country

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 21:49


    A devastating flood that occurred over a century ago in San Antonio's historic West Side closely mirrors the July 4 tragedy of the Hill Country.

    ‘Fighting the good fight' — Artists confront injustice, inequity through ACLU artist-in-residency program

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2025 24:23


    Artist Vincent Valdez and writer KB Brookins discuss how they're promoting advocacy through the arts as part of the program's 2025-26 term.

    Border Soundscapes Project captures the aural history and identity of the borderland

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 24:49


    A professor in El Paso who lives in the Mexican city of Juárez aimed to capture and document the everyday sounds that are a part of border experience.

    Fronteras: The road to untold history — Latinos in Heritage Conservation preserves Latinx sites and stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 21:50


    The group took a long road trip last month through the Southwestern United States with a goal to visit the places that communities value as a connection to their history and culture—and share the untold stories.

    Fronteras: Death of Jonathan Joss highlights systemic disparities in Native and LGBTQ communities

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2025 32:34


    Joss, a member of the LGBTQ community, was also of Comanche and White Mountain Apache descent. His death highlights a crisis of underreported mental health disparities.

    Fronteras: Former child detainee shares his harrowing immigrant journey in 'Detained'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2025 31:48


    D. Esperanza details his 10-month journey from Honduras to the U.S. through reconstructed and translated journal entries.

    Fronteras: ‘It is not just a Native issue' — Activists raise awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 26:34


    American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions embarked on a campaign in May to highlight the disproportionate effect of violence against Native women.

    Fronteras: ‘We are Americans' — Traveling exhibit highlights role of Latinos in WWII

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 21:45


    Images of Valor: U.S. Latinos and Latinas of World War II examines the themes of citizenship and civil rights that emerged from Latino veterans' experiences.

    ‘They are part of the story' — Texas Tejano marks 25 years of highlighting undertold state history

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 21:45


    Rudi Rodriguez, the president and founder of the San Antonio-based organization, discusses his fascination with Texas history and his own Tejano heritage.

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