High Plains Passport
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High Plains Passport is your ticket to experience the world. Over several months, High Plains Passport host Valarie Smith documents her travel adventures through Central America and Asia. In each episode Valarie sends home an audio postcard, highlighting historical frameworks, serendipitous encounters, and interactions with grassroots endeavors for the greater good.
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Latest Episodes
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The final farewell to an adventure well lived…
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We are meeting with a young El Salvadoran, who has allegiance to his native country, while trying to fit in the best he can in our North American culture.
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My taste buds are still seeking out food from Central America, so I am visiting an El Salvadoran restaurant in Garden City to appease my pupusa craving.
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Airports and Arrivals… the journey home begins.
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We are sitting down on the shore of the largest lake in El Salvador, Lake Coatepeque, to watch the sun set behind the mountains as we say farewell to our…
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In part two of exploring Mozote, we will meet with two local men to hear their touching stories of the massacre and the civil war of El Salvador.
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This is the first of a two part series from Mozote El Salvador, a village that was massacred in 1981. We are meeting with a local woman to learn more.
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We are in Tacuba this week, were the first communist rally was held in El Salvador. We are joining native Osiris Gutierrez to learn more about the history…
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We are hitting the streets of Tacuba to check out the local fare. We will sample the likes of Candy Oranges and the acclaimed national food of El…
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In the peaceful mountain town of Juayua (why you ah), there thrives a market full of merchants young and old. Today, we will be meeting a few. From shoes…