GALEANO: CHILDREN OF THE DAYS. World-renowned Uruguayan writer, historian and journalist Eduardo Galeano presents his latest book, Children of the Days, on a trip to the San Francisco Bay Area. Galeano’s newest work has one page for each day of the calendar year, and on each page, a story unfurls, resurrecting the heroes and heroines who have fallen off the historical map. This is an exclusive interview with Galeano about his new book.

Guest: Eduardo Galeano, World-renowned historian, journalist, and author, Oakland, CA, http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/371186

SONGS OF STRUGGLE AND MIGRATION. This special Cinco de Mayo holiday edition offers interviews with musicians who use corridos, cumbia, and mariachi music to tell the stories of immigrants in the United States. Los Gallos Negros is a five-member string instrument ensemble that regularly performs songs about migration on Capitol Hill. This edition also features an interview with “La Marisoul”, lead singer of La Santa Cecilia, who recently released the song “ICE: El Hielo”, about deportation and family separation.

Guests: Daniel Herrera and Alexandro David Hernández, Musicians and Co-Founders, Los Gallos Negros, Washington, D.C., https://www.facebook.com/gallosmusic?group_id=0

GROWING UP LATINO. Researchers come together to discuss the mental-health challenges faced by Latino youth in the United States. A study conducted by a prestigious campus in California on mental-health services and obstacles faced by Latino youth found that acculturation issues, poverty, poor housing, inadequate transportation, abuse, trauma, language barriers, social exclusion and discrimination all affect Latino youth and contribute to depression, alcohol and drug abuse, and anxiety disorders. In this program, guests discuss those findings and give a glimpse about the forum "Growing Up Latino and Surviving to 25," to be held this evening on the UC Davis campus.

Guests: Maria Hinojosa, Award-winning journalist and Host of the National Public Radio program "Latino USA," The Futuro Media Group, New York, NY, www.futuromediagroup.org; Dr. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Director, UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities, Davis, CA, www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/crhd.

LIVING THE CHAVEZ LEGACY. César Chávez’s memory lives on in the fields and in the hearts of farm workers and organizers. In this special pretaped César Chávez Day edition, a former farm worker and longtime UFW stalwart who joined early strike picket lines and was recently honored for her pro-union work shares her story, and a current farm worker and indigenous radio host reflects on the relevancy of Chávez thought and action in today’s fields.

Guests: Josefina Flores, Longtime Farm Worker Organizer and Honoree, Latina and Latino Roundtable of Pomona and San Gabriel Valley, Delano, CA; Juanita Gómez, Host of La Hora Mixteca, Radio Bilingüe, Fresno, CA.

IMMIGRATION REFORM: TOWN HALL: 1ST HOUR. Radio Bilingüe and KPFK radio join forces for a live two-hour town hall broadcast from one of the “hot spot” congressional districts in the current immigration reform debate. Radio Bilingüe’s Línea Abierta and KPFK’s Enfoque Latino broadcast the special from the district of Rep. Gary Miller (R - San Bernardino, CA) as part of a series to illuminate divergent views on this critical matter and engage Spanish-speaking audiences in the civic discourse. This first hour includes segments of an interview with Congressman Miller, who before was an assertive proponent of "enforcement first" initiatives and deportation, but he now says he is open to discussion on legalization for the 11 million undocumented immigrants.

BLESS ME, ULTIMA. Based on a classic Chicano novel, the movie Bless Me, Ultima is the story of the coming-of-age of a young boy who learns about his own Native American roots through a curandera named Ultima. The book, by Rudolfo Anaya, has been banned in some school districts throughout the country. The movie is set to begin screening in hundreds of movie theaters this week.

Guest: Miriam Colón Valle, Actress, Bless Me, Ultima The Movie, New York, NY (TBD), http://www.blessmeultima.com

PATH TO REFORM. On the eve of President Obama's State of the Union address, it is expected that immigration reform will be a top highlight in his speech and that he will outline his principles for legalization with a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. On the other hand, Republicans in Congress warn thata path to citizenship is “extreme” and could halt the conversations. What should be the elements for a bipartisan immigration reform plan?

Guests: Eliseo Medina, National Secretary-Treasurer, Service Employees International Union, Los Angeles, CA, www.seiu.org ; Juan Hernández, Republican commentator and political advisor, Fort Worth, TX, www.juanhernandez.org

LAS HERMANAS PADILLA. This Holiday special program features an exclusive interview with María Padilla, from the legendary duet Las Hermanas Padilla. Beginning their career in the 1930s, Las Hermanas Padilla broke ground popularizing the bolero ranchero genre and impacting canción ranchera with their unique singing style. The Padillas was the first Mexican duet from the U.S. who earned wide recognition in Mexico and internationally. This program also includes historic Hermanas Padilla recordings from Arhoolie Foundation’s Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings.

Guests: María Padilla, singer, Las Hermanas Padilla, Los Angeles, CA; Margarita Padilla, singer, Las Hermanas Padilla, Ciudad de México, México (interview excerpt).

TEX-MEX SOUNDS. Accordion great Flaco Jiménez inspired Max Baca to play conjunto when he was just a kid. Years later, they formed Los Texmaniacs. The award-winning group released their second album with Smithsonian Folkways this year: Texas Towns & Tex-Mex Sounds, blending polka, boleros, ballads, and Western swing. This special holiday edition includes exclusive interviews with both Flaco and Max.

Guests: Flaco Jimenez, Celebrated conjunto accordion master, Los Texmaniacs, San Antonio, TX; Max Baca, Founder, Singer, and Bajo-Sexto player, Los Texmaniacs, San Antonio, TX, http://www.texmaniacs.com/index2.html

STOPPING HUNGER. Nearly one in three Latinos does not have enough to eat from day to day. Some of them go hungry because they don’t know how to apply for emergency food services or food stamps. Hunger relief advocates, community leaders, and government officials meet this week at the No Más Hambre Summit to discuss a Latino anti-hunger agenda.

Guest: Alfredo Estrada, Editor in Chief, Latino Magazine, Washington, DC, www.latinomagazine.com , www.facebook.com/NoMasHambreForum ; Maritza Kelley, Senior Director, Advocacy and Legislative Affairs, First Focus Campaign for Children, Washington, D.C., www.firstfocus.net