Ranked #1
In Miami - the hope beyond the rhetoric
In Miami - the hope beyond the rhetoric
Ali talks with Dr. Eduardo Padron, the President of Miami-Dade College - America's largest community college. Dr. Padron... Read more
7 Dec 2017
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17mins
Ranked #2
"They're Children First, and Immigrants Second"
"They're Children First, and Immigrants Second"
Ali talks with Wendy Young, President and CEO of Kids In Need of Defense (KIND) about the thousands of refugee children ... Read more
25 Jul 2018
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30mins
Ranked #3
In Their Shoes: Empathy and Immigration
In Their Shoes: Empathy and Immigration
Belinda Bauman is a writer, teacher and advocate living in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the author of “Brave Souls: ... Read more
1 May 2019
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38mins
Ranked #4
The refugee children - an American transformation
The refugee children - an American transformation
Ali talks with the award-winning author Helen Thorpe, who spent a school year watching refugee children who'd fled war, ... Read more
3 Dec 2017
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23mins
Ranked #5
Learning from the California Experience
Learning from the California Experience
This week, Ali meets leading sociologist Dr. Manuel Pastor of the University of Southern California. His latest book is ... Read more
5 Sep 2018
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32mins
Ranked #6
An Iowa Town: As Immigration Increases - Crime Rates Fall
An Iowa Town: As Immigration Increases - Crime Rates Fall
Mark Prosser, the Chief of Police in Storm Lake, IA talks about how the crime rate there has fallen as the town's immigr... Read more
18 Jul 2018
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28mins
Ranked #7
Out of Many, One
Out of Many, One
Americans want to move on from the polarized and rancorous political debate about immigration, full of misplaced fear an... Read more
15 Oct 2018
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24mins
Ranked #8
Leading the Way on Immigration: American Industry
Leading the Way on Immigration: American Industry
This week, Ali chats with two business executives who are leading the way on immigration reform. Pete Wiersma, a dairy... Read more
24 Oct 2018
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26mins
Ranked #9
Finding Truth in Border Stories
Finding Truth in Border Stories
Oscar Cásares is the author of Brownsville, Amigoland and the new novel Where We Come From. He teaches creative writing ... Read more
9 Oct 2019
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26mins
Ranked #10
Fighting for Citizenship
Fighting for Citizenship
For this week’s Citizenship Day episode, Ali speaks with Valdeta Mehanja, a MAVNI program recruit and Army Black Hawk pi... Read more
18 Sep 2019
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34mins
Ranked #11
Undocumented in Biblical Times
Undocumented in Biblical Times
This week, Ali chats with Karen Gonzalez, an immigrant from Guatemala who now advocates for refugees as the Director of ... Read more
14 Aug 2019
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27mins
Ranked #12
Exploring American Identity
Exploring American Identity
This week Ali chats with three authors whose work captures the contemporary conversation surrounding immigration and Ame... Read more
8 Aug 2018
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37mins
Ranked #13
A Young Military Family Keeps the Dream Alive
A Young Military Family Keeps the Dream Alive
This week, Ali talks with DACA recipient Esmeralda Tovar-Contreras. She's the mother of a 19-month-old baby and her fian... Read more
27 Jun 2018
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26mins
Ranked #14
H-1B and H-4: The Need for High-Skilled Migrants
H-1B and H-4: The Need for High-Skilled Migrants
William R. Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School & co-director ... Read more
27 Mar 2019
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41mins
Ranked #15
How Diverse Communities Can Choose Their Destiny
How Diverse Communities Can Choose Their Destiny
This week, New York City Councilman Carlos Menchaca tells Ali Noorani how he got elected - by listening to the needs of ... Read more
1 Aug 2018
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27mins
Ranked #16
International Street Food: Breaking Bread, Building Bridges
International Street Food: Breaking Bread, Building Bridges
Rose Previte is an award-winning restaurateur based in Washington, D.C., and the owner of Compass Rose and Maydan. Ali j... Read more
10 Jul 2019
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25mins
Ranked #17
Immigration Improv
Immigration Improv
Vivek Venugopal is an improviser, comedian, actor and musician. He’s the director of revenue at Speechless, Inc., which ... Read more
4 Dec 2019
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32mins
Ranked #18
The Myth of the Immigrant Burden: Raman Dhillon
The Myth of the Immigrant Burden: Raman Dhillon
We begin our series, “The Myth of the Immigrant Burden,” by learning about the contributions of immigrants in the trucki... Read more
19 Feb 2020
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22mins
Ranked #19
Inheriting and Surviving Trauma
Inheriting and Surviving Trauma
Ali talks to author and former speechwriter for President Obama, Adam Frankel, about the trauma that migrants face, how ... Read more
30 Oct 2019
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29mins
Ranked #20
Joke’s On Us – Insights from Satirist Lalo Alcaraz
Joke’s On Us – Insights from Satirist Lalo Alcaraz
Lalo Alcaraz is a nationally-syndicated cartoonist, writer and producer based in Los Angeles. He is the creator of the ... Read more
6 Mar 2019
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25mins