Fronteras
Texas PR
"Fronteras" is a Texas Public Radio program exploring the changing culture and demographics of the American Southwest. From Texas to New Mexico and California, "Fronteras" provides insight into life along the U.S.- Mexico border. Our stories examine unique regional issues affecting lifestyle, politics, economics and the environment.
Location:
San Antonio, TX
Genres:
World News
Networks:
Texas PR
Description:
"Fronteras" is a Texas Public Radio program exploring the changing culture and demographics of the American Southwest. From Texas to New Mexico and California, "Fronteras" provides insight into life along the U.S.- Mexico border. Our stories examine unique regional issues affecting lifestyle, politics, economics and the environment.
Language:
English
Website:
http://tpr.org/
Episodes
Fronteras: ‘The corrido was my canvas’ — Los Inocentes discuss three generations of musical activism
4/4/2025
The musical group was formed three years before San Antonio’s first César Chávez march and has continued using corridos as a form of activism and protest.
Duration:00:21:45
Fronteras: ‘There were heroes during this time’ — YA book blends history, superheroes to tell the history of La Matanza
3/28/2025
"El Rinche: La Matanza" is the third book in a four-part series inspired by the period of state-sanctioned violence against ethnic Mexicans.
Duration:00:27:27
‘Homeland’ explores the evolving sense of belonging in ethnic Mexicans in the U.S.
3/21/2025
Historian Aaron E. Sánchez detailed the different ways ethnic Mexicans viewed, embraced, or rejected their new identities as American citizens.
Duration:00:29:43
Fronteras: Nopales, corazones, and paleteros — McNay exhibit explores 35 years of rasquachismo
3/7/2025
Chicano scholar Tomás Ybarra-Frausto and the McNay Art Museum's Mia Lopez lead a walkthrough of the exhibit, Rasquachismo: 35 Years of a Chicano Sensibility.
Duration:00:29:14
’Chicano art is American art’ — McNay celebrates the impact of Chicano sensibility with ‘Rasquachismo’ exhibit
2/28/2025
Rasquachismo denotes both the scarcity and ingenuity of the predominantly middle- and working-class Latinos. Rasquachismo became reflected in poetry, music, and visual arts fueled by the Chicano movement.
Duration:00:21:45
Fronteras: ‘Midsummer in Marfa’ reimagines Shakespeare for children with a Tex-Mex twist
2/21/2025
In a true Austin-San Antonio collaboration, the Austin Symphony Orchestra will premiere the multi-genre take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream March 3-5.
Duration:00:26:54
‘Improving water infrastructure is essential’ — 2-year study examines arsenic in RGV colonias' drinking water
2/14/2025
A group of researchers from Texas A&M University and Methodist Healthcare Ministries collaborated to investigate the presence of arsenic and other water contaminants in colonias in South Texas border communities.
Duration:00:29:15
Fronteras: ‘We have to do something’ — The ongoing push to advance health outcomes in San Antonio’s South Side
2/7/2025
San Antonio councilmembers Phyllis Viagran and Adriana Rocha Garcia have teamed up with Dr. Lyssa Ochoa of the SAVE Clinic to address health disparties in the city's South Side.
Duration:00:29:22
‘We’re reporting from a border perspective’ — The Border Chronicle covers U.S.-Mexico beyond invasion rhetoric
1/31/2025
Co-founder Melissa del Bosque created the weekly newsletter and bi-weekly podcast which provide coverage and analysis of border issues and border communities.
Duration:00:29:59
Fronteras: 'Latino USA: A Cartoon History' marks 25 years of exploring what it is to be Latino
1/24/2025
Latino scholar Ilan Stavans collaborated with political comic strip artist Lalo Alcaraz on the book, now reissued for its 25th anniversary edition.
Duration:00:32:39
Fronteras: ‘It’s a devastating effect’ — The role U.S. weapons play in immigrants fleeing firearm-related threats
1/17/2025
Researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Colorado spoke with over 300 immigrants from Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean about their exposure to gun violence.
Duration:00:25:51
50-year retrospective of local artist Rolando Briseño explores the unifying aspect of food and culture
1/10/2025
Rolando Briseños six-decade career includes showings at major museums, and public art displayed across the country, including in Texas and New York.
Duration:00:21:30
Huipiles, trees of life, and the blending of cultures — Kathy Sosa explains the symbolism of her artworks
1/3/2025
San Antonio-based artist Kathy Sosa discusses how her art explores the blended cultures of the U.S.-Mexico through a feminist lens.
Duration:00:35:18
Fronteras: From the classroom to a canvas — San Antonio artist Kathy Sosa talks journey, inspiration behind her work
12/27/2024
Kathy Sosa is a San Antonio-based artist whose colorful works have been displayed across North America. She discusses how she began painting and how her artwork explores the blending of Mexican American and indigenous cultures.
Duration:00:28:02
Local Latina playwrights present hidden histories, stories on Latinidad
12/20/2024
Three San Antonio playwrights were chosen to present their unpublished plays before an audience in an informal setting as part of the Teatro Salon series.
Duration:00:25:30
‘I see a reflection of ourselves’ — Tracing the origins of the iconic Longhorn
12/13/2024
A new cover story from Texas Monthly chronicling the lineage of the Longhorn from feral breeds in Spain to today’s Texas ranches
Duration:00:35:27
Tejano lives! on ‘Viva Tejano’ podcast
12/6/2024
Tejano music, musicians, and its lasting influences are the focus of the new "Texas Monthly" podcast.
Duration:00:34:35
‘Schools under Siege’ examines the impact of harsh immigration enforcement on education
11/29/2024
Co-researchers Jongyeon (Joy) Ee and Patricia Gándara examined how immigration raids under President-elect Trump's first presidency disprupted the educational and mental health of students.
Duration:00:31:10
‘Tacos are a force for good’ — Taco editor discusses the effort to chronicle the best tacos in the stat
11/22/2024
José Ralat, taco editor at "Texas Monthly," has traveled thousands of miles across Texas writing about tacos, Tex-Mex, and Mexican food and the people behind these fascinating and delicious cuisines.
Duration:00:26:28
‘Nepantla Familias’ explores identity, hybridity of the Mexican American experience
11/15/2024
"Nepantla Familias" compiles 30 poems, short stories, and essays from Mexican American authors to highlight what it means to live between two cultures, families, and languages.
Duration:00:28:08