Fronteras

By Texas Public Radio

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"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.

Episode Date
Fronteras: ‘Of the Sun’ encourages young readers to embrace Indigenous roots, ties to the land
Dec 12, 2025
Fronteras: ‘Educating the Enemy’ — How Nazi and Mexican children were educated in the Cold War-era borderlands
Dec 05, 2025
Fronteras: ‘Detention is everywhere’ — Photo series highlights impact of private ICE facilities on rural landscapes
Nov 28, 2025
Fronteras: ‘Drought Does Not Know Sanctions’ — Essay dives into complex issues at play in binational 1944 water treaty
Nov 21, 2025
‘Difference doesn’t mean deficient’ — Children's book celebrates neurodiversity, inclusion, and culture
Nov 14, 2025
Fronteras: ‘Mexican Americans experienced segregation’ — New exhibit breaks down the long fight to desegregate Texas schools
Nov 07, 2025
Fronteras: Evangelizing the New World — Exploring the legend of the 17th-century ‘Lady in Blue’
Nov 02, 2025
Fronteras: ‘Tacos of Texas’ podcast dishes out another season of food, culture, and community
Oct 24, 2025
Fronteras: San Antonio’s Mexican cookbook collection the ‘beating heart’ of Mexican cuisine and culture
Oct 17, 2025
Fronteras: From churches to barrios — 13 endangered Latinx landmarks embody culture, resilience, and migration
Oct 10, 2025
Fronteras: A deep dive into the Spanish conquest of Texas, New Mexico
Oct 03, 2025
Fronteras: New report examines devastating impact of migration policy changes
Sep 26, 2025
Fronteras: ‘Sex work is work’ — Documentary examines the push to decriminalize the sex industry
Sep 19, 2025
Fronteras: ‘Surviving the ICE Age’ — How deportations and detentions impact U.S. citizen children of immigrants
Sep 12, 2025
Fronteras: Regenerating the land and indigenous connections through the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project
Sep 05, 2025
Fronteras: ‘It’s unwritten history’— The years-long fight to offer American Indian/Native Studies in Texas public schools
Aug 29, 2025
Fronteras: ‘They simply ceased to exist’ — New report aims to identify those killed during state-sanctioned killings
Aug 22, 2025
Fronteras: ‘It comes from the soul’ — Remembering the life, legacy of conjunto pioneer Flaco Jiménez
Aug 15, 2025
$1,000 and a free flight home — Examining the Trump administration's self-deportation campaign
Aug 08, 2025
Border Vigil collaborates to ID immigrants in Eagle Pass, pay tribute to lives lost
Aug 01, 2025
Fronteras: Film ‘Spring of the Vanishing’ sheds lights on dozens of people who disappeared at the hands of Mexican marines
Jul 25, 2025
Researchers give voice to immigrant families, break down the costs of being undocumented
Jul 18, 2025
Remembering San Antonio’s 1921 flood in the wake of devastation across the Texas Hill Country
Jul 11, 2025
‘Fighting the good fight’ — Artists confront injustice, inequity through ACLU artist-in-residency program
Jul 03, 2025
Border Soundscapes Project captures the aural history and identity of the borderland
Jun 27, 2025
Fronteras: The road to untold history — Latinos in Heritage Conservation preserves Latinx sites and stories
Jun 20, 2025
Fronteras: Death of Jonathan Joss highlights systemic disparities in Native and LGBTQ communities
Jun 13, 2025
Fronteras: Former child detainee shares his harrowing immigrant journey in 'Detained'
Jun 06, 2025
Fronteras: ‘It is not just a Native issue’ — Activists raise awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People
May 30, 2025
Fronteras: ‘We are Americans’ — Traveling exhibit highlights role of Latinos in WWII
May 23, 2025
‘They are part of the story’ — Texas Tejano marks 25 years of highlighting undertold state history
May 16, 2025
Fronteras: ‘Language is part of our identities’ — Breaking down language barriers through community partnerships
May 09, 2025
Migration Policy Institute breaks down immigration actions during Trump’s first 100 days in office
May 02, 2025
Fronteras: ‘Language is an asset, not a threat’ — Award highlights power of bilingual, Spanish-language children’s books
Apr 25, 2025
Fronteras: ‘Lupita’s Brown Ballet Slippers’ highlights the importance of diversity for young readers
Apr 18, 2025
‘Be who you are, play who you are’ — Two generations of Los Texmaniacs musicians talk career and influences
Apr 11, 2025
Fronteras: ‘The corrido was my canvas’ — Los Inocentes discuss three generations of musical activism
Apr 04, 2025
Fronteras: ‘There were heroes during this time’ — YA book blends history, superheroes to tell the history of La Matanza
Mar 28, 2025
‘Homeland’ explores the evolving sense of belonging in ethnic Mexicans in the U.S.
Mar 21, 2025
Fronteras: ‘They speak about the human experience’ — Artist Vincent Valdez reflects on two decades of vibrant work
Mar 14, 2025