One week into his Presidency, Donald Trump signed an executive order to begin building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. Trump says it will be, “an impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful, southern border wall.”
But campaign slogans are easy. Reality is harder.
In this episode, two stories about that border. And what happens when, instead of people crossing the border, the border crosses the people.
Meet Miss Subways
The Gospel Ranger
Mandela's Election: 30 Years Later
Working, Then and Now
My Iron Lung (Revisited)
My So-Called Lungs (Revisited)
The Rise and Fall of Black Swan Records
Guest Spotlight: Parakeet Panic
The Drum Also Waltzes
The Unmarked Graveyard: Live at WNYC
The Man on the President's Limo
The Unmarked Graveyard: LaMont Dottin
The Unmarked Graveyard: Hisako Hasegawa
The Unmarked Graveyard: Cesar Irizarry
The Unmarked Graveyard: Dawn Powell
The Unmarked Graveyard: Documenting an Invisible Island
The Unmarked Graveyard: Angel Garcia
The Unmarked Graveyard: Noah Creshevsky
The Unmarked Graveyard: Neil Harris Jr.
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