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John & Nelson talk with Julie “JC” Miller, a Salvadoran adoptee, about her search, the importance of owning the process, and some helpful resources.

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John & Nelson talk with Phil Neff and Mina Manuchehri about The Unfinished Sentences Project and their work on The Yellow Book. Phil and Mina explain how they have used Freedom of Information requests to obtain classified documents which help form a picture of how the Salvadoran military targeted civilians.

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Nelson talks with four students from the Association of Salvadoreños at Yale Undergraduate. They talk about juggling multiple identities and the contradictions that come with those identities.

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John talks with Nelson about his recent trip to Yale University to talk with the Salvadoran student group.

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John & Nelson talk about the discovery of a Salvadoran military document called The Yellow Book. It is an intelligence document that was created in 1987 which contains the names and pictures of individuals who were considered “enemies” of the state.

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John & Nelson talk with Lindsay about challenges of defining justice. Often we are able to determine that an injustice has accrued, but it can be much harder to determine how to make up or correct for that injustice.

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Nelson talks with his mother, Margaret E. Ward, about the challenges of creating a compelling narrative from our incredibly complex family history.

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Nelson continues his talk with Rob McAndrews, a professor at Salem State, who has done a lot work in El Salvador and with the Salvadoran community.

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Nelson talks to Rob McAndrews, a professor at Salem State, who has done a lot work in El Salvador and with the Salvadoran community.

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John & Nelson take time to discuss the highlights of their interviews with Stefan Schmitt and Congressman Jim McGovern.

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