Latino USA

Futuro Media and PRX

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SOCIETY & CULTURE
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Latino USA offers insight into the lived experiences of Latino communities and is a window on the current and merging cultural, political and social ideas impacting Latinos and the nation.

4 DAYS AGO

Reservations

The Yakama Indian Reservation in Eastern Washington is home to 11,000 Native Americans and almost three times as many Latinos. Over recent decades, the reservation has attracted Mexican farmworkers and their families who made the valley their home. Despite shared indigenous roots, living side by side hasn't been easy, and tensions between the two groups are high. On this collaboration with Northwest Public Radio, Latino USA dives into the dynamics of the reservation, exploring how two communities living side by side try to learn to get along. This episode originally aired in November 2015. Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage.

51 min
6 DAYS AGO

The Return

Javier Zamora was nine years-old when he made the journey from El Salvador to the U.S.-Mexico border. Last year, nearly 20 years later, he returned to the country where he was born, to apply for a visa that will allow him to continue to live in the U.S. In this award-winning episode from our vault, we follow Javier's return in his own words: through audio diaries, archival family tape, and interviews. "The Return" is an intimate portrait of what gets left behind when we immigrate and what we can gain when we return. This story originally aired in December of 2018. Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage.

34 min
DEC 15

Natasha Alford on Growing Up 'American Negra'

Natasha S. Alford has always been three things: Black, Latina and an overachiever. Weeks after a historic presidential election, Maria Hinojosa and Natasha —a political analyst, journalist, and media executive— sit down to talk about solidarity between Black and Latinx communities and Natasha’s latest achievement, her debut memoir American Negra. Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage.

37 min
DEC 13

An All-American Tragedy

This week Latino USA brings you an episode of the In The Thick podcast. ITT hosts Maria Hinojosa and Paola Ramos are joined by NBC News correspondent Jacob Soboroff for a deep dive into the devastating consequences of Donald Trump’s first term immigration policy. They discuss the upcoming film “Separated,” based on Soboroff’s 2020 book by the same name, Trump’s child separation policy, and what a repeat of one of the darkest chapters in U.S. immigration history could look like. Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage.

31 min
DEC 8

The Border Has Eyes

The “virtual wall” across the U.S.-Mexico border is made up of things like drones, sensors, cameras and… surveillance towers. Both Democrats and Republicans have supported border technology through the years, but advocates and researchers argue that a virtual wall can be as controversial, and deadly, as a physical wall. On this episode, producer Reynaldo Leaños Jr. travels to southern Arizona where one of the first major concentrations of surveillance towers on the southern border were built, and he looks at what these towers mean today, and for the future of those crossing, and living, there. Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage.

55 min
DEC 6

The Burden: Avenger

This week Latino USA brings you an episode of the The Burden: Avengers podcast. Miriam Lewin is one of Argentina’s leading journalists today. At age 19, she was kidnapped for her political activism and thrown into a concentration camp. Thousands of her fellow inmates were executed, tossed alive from cargo planes into the ocean. Miriam survived. Then as a journalist, she waged a campaign to bring her tormentors to justice. Avenger is a podcast series produced by Orbit Media that tells the story of one woman’s triumphant battle against unbelievable odds to survive torture, claim justice for the crimes done against her and others like her, and change the future of her country. Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage.

32 min
DEC 1

Portrait Of: Immortal Technique

Felipe Coronel, aka Immortal Technique, is a legendary underground hip-hop artist known for his skills on the mic and his raw, highly political lyrics. The Peruvian-American rapper became well-known for his first album in 2001, "Revolutionary Vol. 1" and particularly for his infamously brutal song "Dance With the Devil." Tech says growing up in Harlem during the 80's and 90's caused him to harbor a lot of rage—much of his music discusses colonialism, poverty, and corruption. We sit down with Immortal Technique to get a deeper sense of what it was like growing up in Harlem and how his rage has played into his successful music career. This episode originally aired in 2019. Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage.

23 min
NOV 29

Portrait Of: ‘Taina’ and the Love of Nostalgia TV

In 2001, Nickelodeon started airing "Taina," a show about a Latina teen who attends a performing arts high school in NYC and daydreams of being a star. While the show only lasted two seasons, "Taina" is seared into the memories of many who grew up watching it, because at the time it was rare to see an authentic portrayal of what it was like to be a Nuyorican teen in the early 2000s. In this episode from our vault, Maria Hinojosa talks to the show’s award-winning creator Maria Perez-Brown, who is Nuyorican herself, about jumping into the world of children's television after being a tax lawyer, and the surprisingly long legacy of “Taina.” This episode originally aired in 2019. Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage.

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Maria Hinojosa

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Muy informativo

Dec 15

Indyeche

La película sobre la separación de los indocumentados fue muy triste, dura de ver. Ojalá hubiera más personas con moral en la nueva administración. Ojalá la vieran más personas que tienen tantos perjuicios sobre los emigrantes
I love In The Thick!

Dec 15

Livermoron expat

So glad this is back, thank you thank you It’s about time.
Incredibly good

Nov 15

L&L Cult Jam

Unpacking American Extremism did an excellent job of doing just that. I cried for the first time in the election and felt every emotion. This is the 1st time I’ve listened to this podcast but will be back for more.
A wonderful show

Sep 29

jmrsf

I always look forward to episodes of this show!!!

Latino USA offers insight into the lived experiences of Latino communities and is a window on the current and merging cultural, political and social ideas impacting Latinos and the nation.