Frontera Frequencies

Mother's Day

By Dr. Roberto Avant-Mier,

Published May 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM MDT

In this week's episode of "Frontera Frequencies", hosts Roberto Avant-Mier and Alejandra Seanez discuss songs related to Mother's Day. The hosts explore interesting musical pieces, such as "Mama Said" by The Shirelles, "Mother Popcorn" by James Brown, and "Mama" by Timbiriche.

In the "Miner Music Minute" segment, student Penny Terrazas presents songs that reflect her musical tastes, as well as tracks that energize her, highlighting songs like "Monks" by Frank Ocean and "III. Telegraph Ave" by Childish Gambino.

This program originally aired on May 8, 2026.

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Dr. Roberto Avant-Mier

Roberto Avant-Mier (PhD, University of Utah) is an Associate Professor and Research Fellow in the Department of Communication at The University of Texas at El Paso, and he is also affiliated faculty in Chicano Studies at UTEP. <br/>

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Ale Seanez

Ale Seanez is a graduate student and MTA who recently earned her degree in Communication. She is passionate about exploring how media, culture, border identity, and storytelling intersect, and plans to pursue a PhD after completing graduate school.

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Martin Leon

Martin Leon is a producer at KTEP, editing and assembling radio shows for the station. He engineers and records interviews, as well as being a Board Operator for Texas Standard once a week. Current shows include Jazz Night in America, The Latin Alternative, Classical Guitar Alive, From the Top, and Pipedreams.

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Daisy Morales

Daisy Morales is part of the on-air talent, and interview host, in charge of recording and producing shows such as El Paso Prime Time, Science Studio, and We Are UT El Paso; Daisy also manages the recently added Podcast division.

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