Podcasts

Every year, students from all over NYU create short podcasts about migration with the people and places that they care about.

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The Hope Trail
Reshad Sharif

 

By Reshad Sharif:

A podcast about the aftermath of 

Afghanistan's fall to the Taliban 

in 2021 and migration of Afghan 

students. Reshad Sharif also interviews 

a woman who had a similar path 

to him to get to the States.

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Ukraine War Perspective
Lina Rafailova

 

By Lina Rafailova:

A podcast about the Ukraine war 

from the standpoint of an Azerbaijani, 

Russian-speaking immigrant, with 

multiple family members in Ukraine,

Belarus and Russia. 

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NYC's Beloved Bodegas Podcast
 Haley Schusterman

 

By Haley Schusterman: 

A podcast about bodegas disappearing as 

delivery apps take over. All interviewees are 

first or second-generation immigrants and 

frame lots of the issues through the

lens of the classes being taught.  

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Puerto Rican Statehood
Podcast

 

By Josh Russi:

A podcast that takes on the position of 

immigrants and how they feel when they 

come here. The podcast is from the 

standpoint of a Puerto Rican born in New 

York City, trying to understand the 

politics around statehood by speaking 

with individuals born in Puerto Rico.

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Housing Podcast
 Alisha Gangadharan

 

By Alisha Gangadharan:

A podcast covering the current unhoused 

crisis in NYC, while also highlighting 

the fact that immigrants are not being 

counted accurately in the shelter system.