Radio
Bilingüe
The Latino public radio network
Program Highlights for January 2003
Dealing
with Pain
Pain frightens many people even more than death. Some commit suicide to avoid
the pain that can accompany a terminal illness. Yet, physical pain is not
a necessary part of dying. Why, then, do some people spend their final days
in pain? What can they do about it?
Últimos Cuidados explores pain management. Radio Bilingüe’s original radio series about end-of-life care and Latinos introduce listeners to the most effective pain-killing techniques, from morphine to curanderas (healers) to self-hypnosis. Why more than half of all people die in pain unnecessarily: Is it a choice? Is it ignorance? Are there cultural imperatives to accept pain?
Colonias: New and Old Towns of the West
A groundbreaking, in-depth look at the American shantytowns, where more than one million people live in hidden corners of the southwestern United States. Inhabiting neighborhoods called colonias, residents of settlements in Arizona, New mexico and Texas often go without adequate water, roads, sewers, telephone, and electrical service. First noticed on the U.S.-Mexico border, colonias are now found also in Albuquerque. Many residents live in mobile or manufactured homes. Far from being rental trailer parks, colonias are places where both immigrants and non-immigrants achieve home ownership, open new businesses, and form new municipalities. Listeners hear from residents, community activists, government officials, and distinguished academic researchers. Produced by award-winning journalist Kent Paterson, the four-program series is edited by Joe Gardener Wessley. The Spanish programs are narrated by KUNM News Director Marcos Martínez.
Colonias
in Tucson
Tucson, Arizona, has rapidly become one of the hottest housing markets in
the nation. Home prices have skyrocketed. The flip side of this boom is the
growth of low-income "wildcat" subdivisions, or colonias, with poor services
and access. Kicking off the radio series, this program profiles both the desert
colonias and the history of Mexican immigrant communities around Tucson and
Yuma. Commentary by authors Patricia Preciado Martin and others.
Línea Abierta, a production of Radio Bilingüe, is the only daily Spanish-language talk show in public radio
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Funding is provided in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The California Endowment, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Engineering Information Foundation, the Project on Death in America of the Open Society Institute and the Natham Cummings Foundation.