The town of Westerly could hear back by the end of the month on the status of a federal grant proposal that could eventually lead to the removal of a controversial dam on the state’s only National Wild and Scenic river system.
Alex Nunes
Alex oversees the three local bureaus at The Public’s Radio, and staffs the desk for our South County Bureau. Alex was previously the co-host and co executive producer of The Public's Radio podcast, Mosaic. The show explored the history of immigration in Southern New England through the stories of individual immigrants and their descendants and received an Edward R. Murrow Award for best podcast in the New England region. Alex previously worked as an editor at The Westerly Sun and The New London Day.
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Mosaic: Season One Is Over. What Stories About Immigration Are We Missing?
Come celebrate the first season of The Public’s Radio’s podcast on immigration, Mosaic, with music, dance and food from around the world, and help us answer a big question for season two: What does it take to be an immigrant in New England today?
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Ep. 30: Immigration, Industrialization And The American Dream
Americans often look back on the Industrial Revolution as a time of opportunity, when immigrants came to America with nothing and quickly climbed the economic ladder. But the truth is the 19th and early 20th Centuries were a hard time for many immigrants who faced discrimination and, often, tough odds.
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Ep. 29: The Last Jewish Bakery In Rhode Island
Murray Kaplan learned how to bake from his father, who learned how to bake from his father, who started the family bakery in 1917 after coming over from Russia. Now that he’s close to retirement, Murray faces a choice: continue the tradition of Jewish bakeries in Rhode Island, or hang up his apron strings for good.
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Ep. 29: The Last Jewish Bakery In Rhode Island
Murray Kaplan learned how to bake from his father, who learned how to bake from his father, who started the family bakery in 1917 after coming over from Russia. Now that he’s close to retirement, Murray faces a choice: continue the tradition of Jewish bakeries in Rhode Island, or hang up his apron strings for good.
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Ep. 28: The Big Immigration Story Behind A Small Berry
For generations, Cape Verdean-Americans have farmed on the cranberry bogs of Southeastern Massachusetts. Despite the challenges, one family in the town of Carver is keeping that tradition alive.
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Ep. 27 America, The Beautiful And Lonely
When Hernan leaves Argentina, he doesn’t know where he’s going or if he’ll be back. He travels from one end of the world to the other, but it’s not until he falls in love that he finds a home, for now.
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Ep. 26: More Than A Game
Saleh, an immigrant from Senegal, came to America thinking it’s the land of Michael Jordan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Olympic runners. Then he found out that’s partly true, but it’s also a whole lot more.
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Ep. 25: Conroy’s Recipe For Success
Decades after immigrating, Jamaican chef Conroy tells his story through Jamaican patties.
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Ep. 24: Think Bob Dylan Was Newport’s First Headliner? Think Again
More than 100 years before the founding of the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals, an immigrant orchestra from Berlin helped put Newport music on the map.
