Haitian Voices: Exodus, Community, and the Vital Role of Music

We’ve all heard the stories. Haiti has descended into chaos, controlled by violent gangs and corrupt leaders, with desperate Haitians engulfing American cities where they’ve been met with an often-hostile reception. That’s what we hear. But, if we listen more closely, there is another story, a story told through music.

This documentary weaves together the voices of Haitian artists and activists, in dialogue with historical audio from the one of the world’s most distinguished radio archives, Radio Haiti-Inter, now housed at Duke University. We chronicle how Haitians have always used song as the preeminent tool for preserving their shared memory of oppression and injustice — and for mapping a hopeful vision for their future.

Our co-hosts are journalists, Haitians and sisters, Nathalie (Talie) and Mélodie Cerin, with Nathalie in the U.S. and Mélodie in Haiti.

Produced in collaboration with the Round Earth Media program of the International Women's Media Foundation.

Hosts

Nathalie (Talie) & Mélodie Cerin: Our co-hosts are Haitian sisters whose own reality reflects that of many Haitians today; Talie lives in the United States, and Mélodie is in Haiti. Talie is a musician, mixing Haitian folk with American soul, a testament to the two cultures that have shaped her as an artist and a woman. Mélodie is a student of history and public policy. Together, they edit (and Talie co-founded) Woy Magazine, an online meeting place for Haitians, providing rigorous reporting on the country’s history, politics, and art.

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One hour

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February 1, 2025 - March 31, 2025

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Get Your Money Life in Order

In this special, host Reema Khrais helps listeners get their financial life together in time for the new year. She’ll unpack some practical tips with a personal finance expert and then share a personal money story that is sure to captivate listeners. To round out the hour, Reema will interview a financial therapist to get some useful tips for understanding our relationships with money and how to navigate the uncomfortable feelings that come along with it. This hour will make listeners laugh, gasp, and think about money in a whole new way. The tone will be chatty, fun and guilt-free.

This special comes to us from “This Is Uncomfortable,” the podcast from Marketplace about life and how money messes with it. Each week, host Reema Khrais digs in with stories about the unanticipated ways money affects relationships and shapes identities. Khrais dives into uncomfortable topics like friends borrowing money, relationships and the other varied ways money shapes who we are.

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Reema Khrais
Reema Khrais is the host of the Marketplace podcast, “This is Uncomfortable”— a storytelling show about life and how money messes with it. Reema first joined Marketplace in 2016 as a general assignment reporter where she covered everything from immigration and education to retail and employment. In the summer of 2018, she was selected as an ICFJ Bringing the World Home Fellow and traveled to Turkey to report on the economic lives of Syrian refugees. Prior to that, she covered education policy at North Carolina Public Radio as the station’s Fletcher Fellow. Reema got her start in audio as an NPR Kroc Fellow, which included a reporting stint at WNYC. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is fluent in Arabic.

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Preview audio available: November 30, 2023
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December 14, 2023 - February 29, 2024

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Affiliate stations may carry this program multiple times before March 1, 2024. The program must be carried in its entirety. No excerpting is permitted. Simulcast streaming rights are available for this program. Prior to carrying this program, stations must contact their American Public Media Station Relations Representative.

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