Lowriders Built By The Border
Podcast |
Port of Entry
Publisher |
KPBS
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
San Diego
Society & Culture
Categories Via RSS |
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Aug 11, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:29:32
- This episode first aired in October of 2019. - Lowriders are big in Japan. These days, the customized, slow and low to the ground cars and bikes can be found almost anywhere. Lowriding is a culture created by Chicanos and exported all over the world. But at the border, the lowrider scene is a lifeline. For lots of people here, lowriders are much more than just a hobby. The culture that’s coalesced around lowriders on both sides of the border has offered some people here salvation. It’s given new meaning and purpose to peoples’ lives — from deportees in Tijuana to military veterans struggling with PTSD in San Diego. In this episode of "Only Here," a KPBS podcast about art, culture and life at the Western Hemisphere’s busiest border crossing, we bring you a story about lowriders as life rafts.

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