Alissa Escarce

1 month ago | kuow.org | Alissa Escarce |Nicole Hemmer

These days, we're used to media that thrives on conflict and amplifies the most outrageous voices in the room. We can trace this style back to the shock jocks of the 1980s, like Howard Stern, or to in-your-face conservative talk show hosts, like Rush Limbaugh. But the real founding father of angry, sensational media was a 1960s talk show host named Joe Pyne, according to several people who knew Pyne and have studied his work.

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Alissa Escarce

These days, we're used to media that thrives on conflict and amplifies the most outrageous voices in the room. We can trace this style back to the shock jocks of the 1980s, like Howard Stern, or to in-your-face conservative talk show hosts, like Rush Limbaugh. But the real founding father of angry, sensational media was a 1960s talk show host named Joe Pyne, according to several people who knew Pyne and have studied his work.

Feb 15, 2024 | latinousa.org | Alissa Escarce |Mazin Sidahmed |Luis Luna

In 2018, Roland Sylvain was at work when he received an email from an immigration lawyer he’d worked with. The email had an attachment from the Department of Homeland Security, and the message inside was brief. The Department had requested that the New York immigration court put Roland’s case, which had been closed since 2014, back on its calendar, in accordance with something called the “Matter of Castro Tum.”“I remember reading this email and shaking,” Roland says.

Nov 21, 2023 | wpr.org | Alissa Escarce

This is the sixth story in The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories from Hart Island series from Radio Diaries. You can listen to the next installment on All Things Considered, and read and listen to previous stories in the series here. One evening in the fall of 1995, 21-year-old LaMont Dottin didn't come home. He was a freshman at Queens College and was living with relatives, having recently moved to New York from California.

Nov 6, 2023 | npr.org | Alissa Escarce |Daniel Gross |Tyler Brady

The Hart Island public cemetery in New York. Andrew Lichtenstein/Radio Diaries hide caption toggle caption Andrew Lichtenstein/Radio Diaries This is the fourth story in The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories from Hart Island series from Radio Diaries. You can listen to the next installment on All Things Considered next Monday, and read and listen to previous stories in the series here. Angel Irizarry is a former detective who worked on missing persons cases.