7 episodes
United Stateless Podcast Alexandra Rivera, BluRemedi
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- Society & Culture
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4.9 • 31 Ratings
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Over the past decade, millions of people have immigrated to the US from Mexico. But a large number of those immigrants have returned. And for kids who grew up largely in the US, returning to Mexico isn't easy. On the United Stateless Podcast, binational returnees share their stories of life, love, Spanglish, culture shock, missing bagels and figuring out where home really is.
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Selena
And now! For the long awaited season finale! Selena immigrated from Puebla to New York City when she was a child. When she found herself back in Puebla as a young adult, she struggled to find where home was. Family didn't help. But through a lot of trials and tribulations, she's finally made peace and made it home.
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Ariana
And now for something completely different. Today we hear from someone who was living her big city New York City dream, when she ran into visa problems. So she had a choice- to go back to her home country of Peru, or go back to Mexico, where she moved when she was a teenager.
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Adriana
International travel is an extremely high risk if you're undocumented in the US. But for some who wind up returning, the whole world opens up to them.
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Alex
What, exactly, is Mexico? And what's it like to actually grow up there? And why is Alexandra so interested in all of this?
Host/Producer: Alexandra Rivera, Interview Recording: Francesc Messeguer, Sound Design: Fernando Hernandez Becerra from Esto no es radio, Story Editing: Caitlin Pierce. -
Jair
When Jair left Michigan for Mexico City, he thought it would be easy. Instead, he went to Mexican middle school.
Host/Producer: Alexandra Rivera, Interview Recording: Francesc Messeguer, Sound Design: Fernando Hernandez Becerra from Esto no es radio, Story Editing: Caitlin Pierce.
Customer Reviews
Inga la Gringa
If you’ve never taken the time to ponder the complexity and fluidity of cross border migration, the richness and depth of life south of the Rio Grande, and why anyone would “end up” there, you’re missing out on a portal into an often misunderstood yet intricately alluring world of beautiful people.
A very interesting, introspective series
As a Latina born and raised in the US, it has been extraordinarily insightful learning how different other people’s experiences can be. This podcast has revealed aspects I’ve never considered before in people’s journeys, particularly with identity. This feels like an important podcast to listen to, especially when so many people seem to treat the topic of immigration as cut and dry.
Important viewpoints
As a Chicana, I feel like this podcast creates such an important and diverse perspective regarding Mexican culture. Being able to hear stories from individuals born and raised within Mexico, to individuals who have left or came back to their country truly shows how everyone’s story is different and not less valid than the other.
There is no right or wrong way to be Mexican.