What's on the radio today: Dec. 23, 2019
9 a.m. — MPR News with Kerri Miller (Chris Farrell guest hosts)
NPR reporter Aarti Shahani's family came to Queens from India in the 1980s. Originally undocumented, they thought the arrival of their green cards would grant them stability. And it did, for a while. But then a series of unforeseen circumstances shipwrecked their American dream.
Shahani's book is the story of a family fighting to stay together, and it offers a startling portrait of what it means to be an immigrant in America today. Guest host Chris Farrell will talk with Shahani about her new book, her family, and the complications immigrants face in America.
10 a.m. — 1A
Is China brainwashing of hundreds of thousands of Muslims in a network of high-security prison camps? Beijing says its detention centers offer "education and training." But new documents claim inmates, many of them children, are locked up, indoctrinated and punished. China says its fake news. A closer look at China’s disappeared and detained.
11 a.m. — MPR News with Angela Davis
In this edition of Counter Stories, the team looks at why people struggle to pronounce unfamiliar names. Getting a name wrong seems innocuous, but when the name of someone with non-European ancestry is "dumbed down" for a white speaker or mispronounced repeatedly, it can have a lasting impact.
12 p.m. — MPR News Presents
APM's Hanukkah special, "Candles Burning Brightly.” MPR's Mindy Ratner hosts a celebration of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, with readings, culinary traditions, stories and music.
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