Hearing Voices from NPR®:
013 Crossing Borders— From Mexico to US
Host— Marcos Martinez of KUNM-Alberquerque
Airdates— 5/28/2008 - 6/4/2008

A Tale of Two Countries: In “Sasabe,” a Sonora, Mexico border town, Scott Carrier talks to immigrants on their hazardous, illegal desert crossing, and to the border patrol waiting for them in Sasabe, Arizona. Luis Alberto Urrea reads from his books Vatos and The Devil’s Highway, about death in the desert. Guillermo Gómez-Peña imagines “Maquiladoras of the Future,” fantasy border factories. “And I walked…”, by Ann Heppermann and Kara Oehler, is a sound-portrait of Mexicans who risk their lives to find better-paying jobs in the United States. And sounds from the Quiet American’s one-minute vacation.

Crossing Borders (54:00 mp3):

This week’s HV cast: A Labor Day Dialectic: A more realistic approach to spiritual awareness: how yoga might help relieve stress at the office, or not. Produced by Rebecca Flowers. A story by Rebecca Flowers, “Office Yoga” (2:16 mp3):