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Radio Diaries

First-person diaries, sound portraits, and hidden chapters of history from Peabody Award-winning producer Joe Richman and the Radio Diaries team. From teenagers to octogenarians, prisoners to prison guards, bra saleswomen to lighthouse keepers. The extraordinary stories of ordinary life. Radio Diaries is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. Learn more at radiotopia.fm

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The Chamizal border dispute centers on a 700-acre tract of land in El Paso that shifted from the United States to Mexico due to the changing course of the Rio Grande. For a century, this territory remained a point of contention until the 1964 settlement, which was accelerated by Cold War geopolitical concerns following...