Border Control
How the world looks through American eyes, and the myriad and unexpected ways that the world influences the United States.
We look at a campaign in Texas that takes aim at Islamic religious law. Then, the Mexican-American cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz explains why sensitive viewers should avoid his new TV show, ‘B´Ç°ù»å±ð°ù³Ù´Ç·É²Ô’. And, we hear how Salvador Dalà and a soft drink helped a poet laureate find his way in the US.
Also, we’ve got the story of onetime enemies in Bosnia who are now regulars at the same café in Arizona. An American tourist finds out that his passport is in the hands of smugglers in Turkey. And John Wurdeman tells us how a trip to a record store in the state of Virginia led him to a winery in the country of Georgia.
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Bosnian Refugees Grapple with the Past
Duration: 04:34
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When a Smuggler Steals Your Passport
Duration: 04:37
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A Cartoonist Travels to Mexifornia
Duration: 03:54
Chapters
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Anti-Sharia Laws
A political campaign in Texas takes aim at Islamic religious law
Duration: 01:04
‘B´Ç°ù»å±ð°ù³Ù´Ç·É²Ô’
The cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz travels to Mexifornia, a fictitious town on the US border
Duration: 06:27
First Days
The poet Alejandro MurguÃa recounts his experience as a newly arrived immigrant in the US
Duration: 03:38
Srebrenica Massacre
Bosnian refugees live together in Arizona in the shadows of the Bosnian War
Duration: 02:46
Stolen ID
An American passport ends up in the hands of smugglers in Turkey
Duration: 05:12
Pheasant’s Tears
Raising wine in the former Soviet republic of Georgia
Duration: 04:08
Broadcasts
- Sat 11 Jul 2015 04:32GMTÂ鶹ԼÅÄ World Service Online
- Sat 11 Jul 2015 13:32GMTÂ鶹ԼÅÄ World Service Online
- Sat 11 Jul 2015 19:32GMTÂ鶹ԼÅÄ World Service Online
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Boston Calling
How the world looks through American eyes, and the myriad and unexpected ways that the world influences the United States.