A podcast telling the stories of today’s immigrants, including the impact of climate change, COVID-19, and elections on immigrant communities.
Episodes
Tuesday Aug 16, 2011
Wednesday Aug 10, 2011
Wednesday Aug 10, 2011
So, you want to start a radio station? All you really need these days is a computer and a telephone. African immigrant DJs and talk show hosts have found an innovative, and very inexpensive way to reach their fellow immigrants in New York and around the U.S. Abdulai Bah, a producer with People’s Production House, talks with FI2W's John Rudolph about free conference call radio.
Monday Aug 01, 2011
Monday Aug 01, 2011
New York’s legalization of gay marriage has gotten lots of positive press coverage from mainstream news organizations. But what about Spanish-language media? How have they treated the story? Fi2W Executive producer John Rudolph interviews freelance reporter Monika Fabian and LGBT Latino blogger Andrés Duque of Blabbeando to find out.
Monday Jul 25, 2011
Monday Jul 25, 2011
If you want to get ahead in this globally competitive economy, learn Mandarin. That’s the message many kids are now getting from their parents. Lan Trinh visited several New York City schools with Mandarin programs, and joined Fi2W executive producer John Rudolph to talk about this trend in dual language education.
Tuesday Jul 19, 2011
Tuesday Jul 19, 2011
Pauline O'Brien came to the U.S. when she was 19 years old. For years she worked in a variety of service jobs before finding her vocation--teaching immigrant children in the New York public school system. FI2W education reporter Peter McDermott of the Irish Echo brings us her story.
Wednesday Jul 13, 2011
Wednesday Jul 13, 2011
First, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas revealed that he has been living and working in the U.S. illegally for years. Next came his critics, and they weren’t who you might have expected. Turns out some of the harshest words against Vargas come from people a lot like him, his fellow Filipino immigrants both legal and undocumented. On this podcast, Cristina Pastor, founder of FilAm.net, and FI2W columnist Erwin de Leon, discuss reaction to Vargas' revelation of his undocumented status. FI2W's Exec Producer John Rudolph hosts.
Wednesday Jul 06, 2011
Wednesday Jul 06, 2011
The Complex Relationship Between Immigrant Blacks and African Americans on College Campuses: By several measures, immigrant blacks are outpacing African-Americans in higher education. In this podcast education reporter Martha St. Jean looks at the impact this has had on relations between different groups of black students. FI2W Executive Producer John Rudolph is the host.
Tuesday Jun 28, 2011
Tuesday Jun 28, 2011
For many years Turkey has banned female students from wearing the headscarf - or hijab - in school. To get around the ban, some Muslim girls and young women have left Turkey to attend high school and college in the U.S. and other countries where they are permitted to cover their heads in the classroom. Turkish television journalist Necla Demirci tells the story of two sisters, Sumeyye and Safiye Sideli, who came to New York as teenagers to complete their education. In her conversation with Fi2W Executive Producer John Rudolph, Demirci also speaks with Mucahit Bilici, assistant professor of sociology at John Jay College, who studies Islam in America.
Monday Jun 20, 2011
Monday Jun 20, 2011
Feet In Two Worlds journalists Aswini Anburajan and Valeria Fernandez describe how young proponents of the DREAM Act are publicly revealing their undocumented status and using social media for political organizing. FI2W's Executive Producer John Rudolph is the host.
Tuesday Jun 14, 2011
Tuesday Jun 14, 2011
FI2W Executive Producer John Rudolph speaks with education reporting fellow, Ramaa Reddy Raghavan about budget pressures affecting mental health services for immigrant students at the Manhattan International High School.
Wednesday Jun 08, 2011
Wednesday Jun 08, 2011
FI2W Executive Producer John Rudolph speaks to Catalina Jaramillo, a reporter with the Spanish-language daily El Diario, and the paper's editorial page editor, Maibe Ponet, about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to pull NY out of the controversial immigration enforcement program, Secure Communities. What does New York's decision mean for the Obama administration's immigration policies?
Friday May 27, 2011
Friday May 27, 2011
FI2W reporter Von Diaz on the Defense of Marriage Act and how it affects same sex bi-national couples, where one partner is a US citizen, and the other is an immigrant facing deportation. FI2W executive producer John Rudolph hosts.
Monday May 16, 2011
Monday May 16, 2011
Feet In Two Worlds reporter Cristina DC Pastor discusses the role of Asian immigrants in labor unions. FI2W executive producer John Rudolph hosts.
Monday May 09, 2011
Monday May 09, 2011
The new Fi2W podcast makes its debut with an examination of the hopes and fears of Pakistani immigrants following the death of Osama bin Laden and rising tensions between the U.S. and Pakistan.