Podcasts and audio programs
Radio Ambulante
Radio Ambulante is a Spanish-language radio program showcasing compelling human stories from around Latin America and the United States. It is the first of its kind in Spanish.
Migration Policy Institute Podcasts
MPI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank dedicated to the study of the movement of people worldwide.
Public Radio International
Public Radio International (PRI) is a global non-profit media company focused on the intersection of journalism and engagement to affect positive change in people’s lives.
Sounds and Colours
Sounds and Colours is a magazine about South American music and culture.
Afropop World
Afropop Worldwide is a radio program and online magazine dedicated to music from Africa and the African diaspora.
This American Life
This American Life is a weekly public radio show broadcast on more than 500 stations to about 2.2 million listeners.
Feet in 2 Worlds
Feet in 2 Worlds brings the work of immigrant and ethnic media journalists from communities across the U.S. to public radio and the web.
Snap Judgment
Snap Judgment is A show from NPR about the decisions people make that change EVERYTHING. host Glynn Washington explores real life drama that will leave you breathless.
Latino USA
Latino USA, the radio journal of news and culture, is the only national, English-language radio program produced from a Latino perspective
The Mash Up Americans (2016-2019)
The Mash-Up Americans is your guide to the hyphen-America world we all live in. Amy S. Choi and Rebecca Lehrer talk culture, identity, race and what makes us who we are. Get to know yourself, America.
Butterfly Story Collective (2018)
The Butterfly Story Collective is a network of local storytelling projects produced by immigrants and about the immigrant experience in the United States. This podcast features stories shared by participants in those local projects from all over the country.
Second Wave (2017)
This year Ken Burns brought his epic documentary about the Vietnam War to television. But Seattle-based producer Thanh Tan is exploring the aftermath of the war through the stories of Vietnamese refugees who came to the U.S. Tan mines the Vietnamese-American experience through beauty pageants, flags, spies, and pho.
Status (2018)
Producer Matt Horton wants to show how relationships are shaped by immigration law in the United States. In each episode two people discuss the challenges they’ve faced in the fickle immigration system in the U.S. that can “either distance us from one another further or bring us closer together.”
Whats Happening Here (2016-2017)
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The Messenger (2017-2019)
This podcast from Behind the Wire and The Wheeler Centre transports you directly inside the Australian immigration detention centre on Manus Island, before it was closed this year. Constructed from over 3,500 WhatsApp messages, it’s about a Sudanese man’s never-ending search for safety. The show won multiple awards at the 2017 International Radio Program awards.
Otherhood (2015-2018)
In an era of “us” and “them,” be an “other” — someone trying to understand how we all live together. Journalism about the multicultural nation America will become — hosted by Rupa Shenoy.
How to be American (2019)
These American stories are not in your standard history book.
History tends to be reduced to key moments and celebrated names, and what’s often overlooked are the stories of the ordinary people, both past and present, who have lived through journeys of immigration and migration…the people who have shaped what it means to be and to become American.
NPR TED Radio Hour (2021)
Migration is a part of everyone’s history. This hour, TED speakers explore ideas about places we call home — and how these experiences continue to reshape our culture, countries, and species.
Modern Immigrant (2021)
Modern Immigrant is a podcast hosted by Vero, originally from Caracas, Venezuela. Growing up, she was fascinated with her father’s journey as he shared his stories about his immigration. Vero’s experience with immigration continues today as she explores life in the USA. Modern Immigrant creates a space for open discussion and communication about our unique immigration stories.
Resettled (2020)
This six-part podcast series showcases the stories of refugees as they adjust to their new lives in Virginia, from a Muslim teen’s experience navigating high school to one family’s first 90 days adjusting to life in their new home. Hosted by Ahmed Badr, the themes of Resettled resonate with broader facets of the immigrant experience by exploring the realities of integrating into an unfamiliar space — like when Chef Noori shares how he maintains his culture in his new home through Afghan cuisine, or Ahmed Alsrya’s story about breaking down the stigma of mental health.
Immigrantly
Now in its ninth season, Immigrantly is a weekly podcast that “deconstructs the archaic stereotypes of what it means to be an immigrant, a child of immigrants, a person of color, and everything in between.” Host Saadia Khan speaks with a broad range of people to explore these complex, cross-cultural topics and the nuances of the human experience, including journalist Wajahat Ali, multidisciplinary artist Shahzia Sikander, and food writer and photographer Nik Sharma.
Beginner
Beginner is about Misha, a 24-year-old Pakistani American immigrant who came to America with her parents in 2003. The series follows Misha as she builds her own American childhood, learning how to do the things her Los Angeles-born younger sister grew up with — like riding a bike, swimming, and singing. Although Beginner hasn’t been updated since December 2017, the 10 available episodes offer an intimate look at Misa’s experience as she searches for a sense of belonging.
My Immigrant Life
In the late ‘70s, host Erica Hernandez’s parents left Mexico to immigrate to the United States. Inspired by the conversations at home about the ways immigration policies affected her family and her community, Hernandez launched My Immigrant Life as a platform for immigrants to share their stories and break down stereotypes because “not all immigrant stories are created equal.” The podcast hasn’t been published since September 2020, but available episodes range from in-depth personal stories — like Rose Castorillo’s experience as she and her family learned to survive in America after leaving the Philippines — to interviews with immigrants like Brenda Gonzalez, creator of the Tamarindo Podcast.
Mosaic
Mosaic showcases immigrants stories from Rhode Island and Massachusetts, regions that saw strong influxes of immigrant families in the early 20th century. “Mosaic is not about politics. It’s about people,” says host Ana Gonzalez in the intro to Mosaic’s second season. In this way, although the show focuses on regional immigrant experiences, the stories are universal. Episodes range from interviews to reported pieces about factors that have shaped the immigrant experience, including a deep-dive into the complicated history of triple-decker homes and the far-reaching impact of a youth baseball organization based in Providence..
America’s Dremers
If you’re looking for a podcast that will inspire you to chase your dreams, this one’s for you. Hosted by Emmy award-winning producer America Arias, each episode of America’s Dreamers shares inspiring stories about a DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipient who is making major contributions in their professional industry. Arias’s guests include Olympic runner Brenda Martinez; award-winning director, writer, and actor Jorge Xolalpa; and Dr. Gloria Montiel’s journey from undocumented student to Harvard graduate.
A New Normal (2020)
Cultivating connection, community and conversation one episode at a time.
Room to Breathe (2018,2019,2022)
Room to Breathe is an immersive exhibition inviting you to discover stories from generations of new arrivals to Britain. Journey through a series of rooms in which the personal struggles, joys, disappointments and achievements of creating a home, finding work, navigating hardships, making friends and forming communities are brought to life through audio, films, photographs and personal objects. There is no single overarching story, just fragments of daily life.
Indefensible (2010-2022)
I produced this series over the summer about people in the U.S. who are resisting deportation. In collaboration with the Immigrant Defense Project, I connected with five individuals whose lives were changed from interacting with the American criminal justice system and as a result now face permanent exile because of the draconian immigration system in the U.S. They say that they’re here to stay.
Jungle Radio (2016-2022)
Jungala Radio broadcast from an unofficial refugee camp in Calais, France that the mainstream media dubbed “The Jungle.” The radio project was started by Irish graduate students Kathy O’Hare and Ciaran Henry to support refugees in challenging dominant narratives and attitudes by producing their own stories. In fact, Afghan producer Jamil won an “audio Oscar” at the 2016 Third Coast Festival/Richard H Driehaus Radio Awards. The project continues even though the camp was cleared and destroyed by the French government. The Jungala Team are currently working on a Digital Collaboration Project in 2018 that spans migrant and refugee experiences in five countries.
Maeve in America (2016-2022)
With all this talk about wall building, bad hombres and refugees as Skittles, comedian Maeve Higgins is beyond ready to change the conversation around immigration. She’s traveled all the way here from Ireland to bring you funny, beautiful and sometimes maddening immigration stories, told by the people who’ve lived them.
The New American Songbook (Season)
In this podcast series, Boston-based producers Ian Coss and Heidi Shin take a look at how music can help us understand the lives of today’s immigrants and what their contributions are adding to American culture.
A World on the Move (2021-2022)
This is Migrations: A World on the Move—a podcast that seeks to understand our world through the interconnected movements that shape it.
With each episode, postdoc Eleanor Paynter speaks with experts who highlight how multidisciplinary, multi-species perspectives on migration help us understand key global issues. In our current season, we explore the idea of waiting, recognizing experiences of limbo, uncertainty, and delay as core to understanding the dynamics of migration. Listen now to our current season, or take a look back at our first season.
The American Tapestry Project (2020-2022)
In the “American Tapestry: We Tell Ourselves Stories”, Andrew Roth explores the post-1968 shattering of the American story by asking “What is the ‘story of America’? Is there such a thing? Is there only one story, or are there many stories? If there are many stories, how are they woven, can they be woven, together to tell the story of America?”