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Parmenides by PLATO (??????)

by WNIN

Cubrimos a los Latinos que decidieron establecerse en el Medio Oeste de Estados Unidos. Aquellos que, for some reason, didn’t end up in New York, Texas or California.The Midwest population is growing with the arrival of thousands of immigrants, becoming part of the heart of the United States. ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest? is a bilingual podcast that creates a sense of community for Midwestern Latinx who are missing an essential piece of their cultural identity.How do they fit in the bigger picture? Hacemos esto by sharing their stories to create a sense of hope and alliance among their communities; and to foster education on divisive issues. ¡Escúchanos!

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Episodes

  1. ¿QPM? S2 EP 9: Ending Season Dos Celebrating Bilingual Music

    It’s been a great season for us and we hope that it has been for you too. Esperamos que hayas disfrutado de los temas que tocamos esta temporada. We talked about being kidnapped in Venezuela by the FARC, we went to Liberal Kansas for Cinco de Mayo, we covered the stories of Paola’s family...

  2. ¿QPM? S2 EP 8: Latinos and the challenges of Health Care

    “if you go to the emergency room, if you go to a doctors appointment, you know that the one thing that they ask for is insurance. Do you have insurance? You know? I’m not going to say the majority, but a good portion of the Latinos that I deal with don’t qualify for insurance. You know you have…

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  3. ¿QPM? S2 Ep 7: Census 2020 and the citizenship question

    Every ten years, the government of the United States of America issues a mandatory census to count the population. The results of the census determine the number of seats that each state gets in the House of Representatives, the distribution of federal funds, and enforcement of voting rights…

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  4. QPM? S2 EP 6: Domestic Violence and machismo in Latino communities.

    In this episode, co-producer Mareea Thomas talks to Paola about her experience when living in a house where domestic violence was present, about fleeing to New York and on how her family finally left. Please seek help. Busca ayuda. No estas solo/a. 1) https://espanol.thehotline.org/ 2)...

  5. QPM? S2 EP 5: La importancia of education for Latinos

    En este episodio hablamos de la importancia de la educación en familias Latinas. Cesar Roman works with diverse communities informing them of the options they have to obtain a better education for their children. He says the lack of education for the parents on what;s the best option for their...

  6. ¿QPM? S2 EP 4: Los del 1.5 Generation reconnect with their roots.

    The experience of 1.5 generation immigrants, a term used to describe people who arrived in the U.S. as children and adolescents, is a unique one. Unlike their first-generation parents or U.S.-born siblings, their identity is split. That in between. Los que hablan más inglés que Español o que a lo...

  7. ¿QPM? S2 EP 3: The effects of deportation in families and comunidades.

    U.S. immigration agents raided an Ohio gardening company, arresting 114 suspected undocumented workers. About 200 federal officers blitzed two locations of Corso’s Flower and Garden Center. La escena incluyó, agents surrounding the perimeter and blocking off nearby streets as helicopters flew...

  8. ¿QPM? S2 EP 2: Huracán Maria changed my family's life.

    After not being able to talk to my family for six days, my mom finally called me from the Island. Hurricane Maria had just passed and she couldn't believe was she was seeing. I didn't know what had happened during that time so she started sending me pictures of what I thought was another country.…

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  9. ¿QPM? S2 EP 1: Kidnapped by the FARC; Ahora un Latino en el Midwest.

    Why did Alfonso come to the Midwest? It had something to do with the FARC - las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia or the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - una alianza en contra del gobierno since 1964. The FARC sustains their estilo de vida by kidnapping and ransom, illegal…

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  10. ¿QPM? Cinco de Mayo in Liberal, Kansas.

    Non-Latinos are not the only ones confused about why Cinco de Mayo is celebrated. I’m from the Dominican Republic, and I have to admit that I didn’t know for a long time that this celebration was not the Mexican Independence Day I was misled by the celebraciones en Estados Unidos about este festejo.

  11. ¿QPM? 15: Fin de temporada, Recap and Next Season

    ¿QPM? 15: Fin de temporada, Recap and Next Season

  12. ¿QPM? 14: Bilingual kids on being translators and growing up too fast y el Midwest bilingüe.

    Duolingo schools no son nada nuevo. There are many of them around the country, focusing on many different languages, and they’re certainly not new in the state of Indiana. En Fort Wayne, Lindley Elementary ha tenido un programa similar al de Parkview, por más de veinte años. De afuera, la escuela...

  13. ¿QPM? 12: Feeling displaced and dealing with depression. A personal story.

    ¿QPM? 12: Feeling displaced and dealing with depression. A personal story.

  14. ¿QPM? 12: Feeling displaced and dealing with depression. A personal story.

    ¿QPM? 12: Feeling displaced and dealing with depression. A personal story.

  15. ¿QPM? 11: A proposed Immigration Detention Center in Latino Indiana

    An Immigration Center proposed to be built in Elkhart, Indiana, a city big on agriculture, mainly built on manufacturing and close to big areas with large Latino populations, represented a clear threat to Latinos in the area. Many protests halted the proposed center from coming along but people…

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  16. ¿QPM? 10: Cubanos en el Midwest and the end of the Castro regime.

    In this episodio we’re going to go back in Cuban history. Last year, Cuba announced that next month, en Marzo del 2018, they will have elections to choose new members of the National Assembly. See this is historico because after that the new parliament will choose the country’s next president.…

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  17. ¿QPM? 9: Arte, cultura and the conservative Midwest.

    A look at how Latino art and culture has influenced the Midwest and how it's celebrated where it's people may not feel welcomed.

  18. ¿QPM? 9: Arte, cultura and the conservative Midwest.

    A look at how Latino art and culture has influenced the Midwest and how it's celebrated where it's people may not feel welcomed.

  19. ¿QPM? 8: Año Nuevo, Musica Buena.

    Para despedir el año, ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest? programmer Mareea Thomas and host Paola Marizán shared their favorite songs of 2017 and some of what's coming up next for the podcast.

  20. ¿QPM? 5: Crossing the US/Mexico border for the 8th time

    Amalia got caught by border patrol and in a split second she had to make the decision -- give her baby to the coyote and hope he’ll get the infant safe to her relatives in the U.S. or to take her four-month-old back home, to El Salvador. San Salvador is ranked as one of the top murder capitals of...

  21. ¿QPM? 6: Navidades en Latinoamérica

    Celebrating Christmas as a Latino, today means that celebrations pour over borders and become part of our own traditions. Is not just about celebrating a native tradición but celebrating the traditions we took from our neighboring countries. In this episode, WNYC journalist Sophia Paliza Carre…

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  22. ¿QPM? 5: Undocumented sin saber. Finding DACA.

    Imagine establishing a life in a foreign country that then becomes home - mi casa- even more than where you come from. That’s how twenty one year old Laura Ayala feels. See, Laura can navigate the city of Cincinnati easier than she can travel through the roads of Bogota, Colombia because she…

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  23. ¿QPM? 4: Cooking Sofrito en el Midwest

    Finding the ingredients to feel close to home is always a hassle. Here's my journey finding achiote for my Puertorican Sofrito in the Midwest, how that becomes part of my identity and why Latino-owned businesses it matters.

  24. ¿QPM? 3: Afro Latina en el Medio Oeste

    En este episodio, exploramos lo que significa identidad -we talk to Lydia about being Mexican and African American in the Midwest - dealing with the issues of Inmigración and racial profiling - and about the threats her undocumented father received after Trump’s election.

  25. ¿QPM? 2: Loyalty por la patria y la familia.

    In the first three months President Trump was in office, an average of over 5,000 immigrants a month were arrested and nearly 200,000 families were approved for Parole in Place, according to Homeland Security. Before 2013, members of the U.S. armed forces with undocumented families could leave…

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  26. ¿QPM? 1: Pulque en América

    The Aztecs made Pulque by fermenting the nectar of a cactus plant, llamada Magüey. The drink of the gods is at least 2000 years old and is seen as a cultural resistance to today’s political divide by those from the native land of Pulque. We wanted to know why is this drink becoming a catch in…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Cubrimos a los Latinos que decidieron establecerse en el Medio Oeste de Estados Unidos. Aquellos que, for some reason, didn’t end up in New York, Texas or California.The Midwest population is growing with the arrival of thousands of immigrants, becoming part of the heart of the United States. ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest? is a bilingual podcast that creates a sense of community for Midwestern Latinx who are missing an essential piece of their cultural identity.How do they fit in the bigger picture? Hacemos esto by sharing their stories to create a sense of hope and alliance among their communities; and to foster education on divisive issues. ¡Escúchanos!

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