Radio

My stories have aired on nationally syndicated radio programs including PRI's The World, Making Contact, The World Vision Report, and Afropop Worldwide. Below are a few select clips.

Neo-Cumbia Sounds from COlombia

Afropop Worldwide, January 13, 2011

A new generation of Colombian artists interpret folk music traditions through 21st century innovations. 

Neo-Cumbia on Afropop Worldwide
 

Jolly Boys

PRI's The World, September 20, 2010

Jamaican mento music, a predecessor of ska, makes an unlikely comeback. 

The Jolly Boys on PRI's The World
 

La Hamaca Grande

PRI's The World, October 30, 2009

Colombians celebrate the composition that has become the anthem of the Montes de María region.

Hamaca Grande on PRI's The World
PRI's The World

TERRY LYNN

PRI's The World, February 23, 2009

The self-proclaimed “lyrical journalist,” Terry Lynn, raps about life in Jamaica’s violent garrison community of Waterhouse, Kingston.

Terry Lynn on PRI's The World

LOS RAKAS

PRI's The World, December 20, 2007

Panamanian stories come together with Oakland beats in the music of hip-hop duo Los Rakas.

Los Rakas on PRI's The World
Madeleine Bair
 
 
 
 

BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER  

Chicago Public Radio, Summer, 2006

A series of firsthand narratives of Chicagoans personally impacted by immigration policy. During its broadcast, the series was recognized by PBS Evening Newshour as one of the nation’s best public media projects.

Mark Malnati
Chicago Public Radio
Adam Lizakowski
Chicago Public Radio
Rosana Pulido
Chicago Public Radio
Raymundo Olguin
Chicago Public Radio
Andrea Vonk
Chicago Public Radio
Eli Ramirez
Chicago Public Radio
Paul McKinley
Chicago Public Radio
Virgil Reid
Chicago Public Radio