Each year thousands of people arrive in the United States seeking refuge
from violence and persecution in their home countries. American Purgatory,
an audio documentary, portrays their experiences applying for asylum. It's a
process that is necessarily rigorous, but for those going through it, it can
seem like a contradiction to their vision of the US: more hell than heaven—
a purgatory of sorts.
San Francisco August 20, 21, 23
American Purgatory hits the big stage this week: KQED, which claims to be the most listened-to public radio station in the US, is airing American Purgatory Wednesday, August 20,
at 8 PM... (more)
One more for Sunday: Chicago!
This just in: WBEZ,, Chicago Public Radio, will air us at 9 PM on Sunday... (more)
Multimedia...
We've put up a video/slideshow version of the documentary. You can watch Part 1 here on Youtube... (more)