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Uvalde Rising (A Latino USA Podcast)

In this episode, a collaboration with Futuro Investigates, Latino USA’s Maria Hinojosa follows this young survivor and her family in their journey to healing.

  • Jun 3, 2023
  • 12:05 PM

Boycotting DeSantis

With Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launching his presidential campaign this week after passing a slew of anti-immigrant measures, Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes freelance writer and LR contributor Arturo Domínguez to discuss how some Latino truckers are pushing back with a proposed boycott of the Sunshine State.

  • May 25, 2023
  • 5:22 PM

30 Años: An Oral History of Latino USA

On May 5, 1993, the first episode of Latino USA aired on more than 50 public radio stations across the country. Today, we are celebrating 30 years of Latino USA with something we’ve never done before: an oral history of the show.

  • May 5, 2023
  • 4:05 PM

Chief Drug Smuggler

Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes investigative journalist Jonah Owen Lamb from the San Francisco Standard to discuss a wild story out of San Jose, California, where the head of the police union was charged with smuggling fentanyl into the country.

  • Apr 27, 2023
  • 5:10 PM

Head Down: Part II (A Latino USA Podcast)

In the second and last episode of “Head Down,” a two-part special from Futuro Investigates and Latino USA, in collaboration with Prism, we shift the focus to look at the systems put in place by the U.S. government and why they’re constantly failing workers in the H-2A visa program, even when they speak up.

  • Apr 21, 2023
  • 1:25 PM

Leguizamo Does Latino Rebels

Entertainment correspondent Cristina Escobar steps into the host seat for a conversation with actor and comedian John Leguizamo to discuss his passion and activism in Hollywood as well as his new show on MSNBC, ‘Leguizamo Does America.’

  • Apr 20, 2023
  • 5:06 PM

Latino Rebels Sports Special

On a special episode of Latino Rebels Radio, sports correspondent Bryan Fonseca turns the tables on host Julio Ricardo Varela as they discuss the impact of this year’s World Baseball Classic, the controversy around Twitter Blue, and more.

  • Apr 13, 2023
  • 6:37 PM

Labor Victory in L.A. Schools

Host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Roosevelt High School teacher Jason Torres-Rangel to explain the plight of service workers in L.A. schools that led them to strike last month and why educators followed their lead.

  • Apr 6, 2023
  • 5:05 PM

Protect Children, Not Guns

Julio welcomes Oscar Juarez-Luna, the communications manager for Movimiento Poder in Denver —where earlier this year a high school experienced two shootings in two months— to discuss preventative measures and the importance of protecting kids, not guns.

  • Mar 30, 2023
  • 5:26 PM

Quiara Alegría Hudes on Writing Through Grief and Joy (A Latino USA POdcast

In this episode of Latino USA, playwright and author Quiara Alegría Hudes talks about her memoir ‘My Broken Language,’ adapting it for the stage, and how joy and grief intertwine in the stories she tells.

  • Mar 29, 2023
  • 12:42 PM

‘Argentina, 1985’: History And Memory (A Latino USA Podcast)

Antonia Cereijido interviews former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno Ocampo about his real-life experience that inspired the Oscar-nominated film ‘Argentina, 1985.’

  • Mar 24, 2023
  • 10:36 AM

Migrant Child Labor Exposed

Following a series of reports on migrant children being exploited in the meatpacking industry, Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Rose Godinez, legal and policy counsel for the Nebraska chapter of the ACLU and the child of meatpacking workers herself, to break down an industry rife with exploitation and retaliation under unsafe conditions.

  • Mar 16, 2023
  • 5:08 PM

‘Suavemente’: The Merengue War (A Latino USA Podcast)

Reporter Ezequiel Rodríguez Andino tells the story of merengue’s rise in Puerto Rico, the ripple effects of this “musical war,” and what it all tells us about the relationship between Puerto Rico and the people from its sister island, the Dominican Republic.

  • Mar 10, 2023
  • 12:54 PM

Haitian Women Make Soccer History

Now that Haiti’s national women’s soccer team has qualified for the Women’s World Cup, Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Brenda Elsey, a professor at Hofstra University, to discuss and celebrate this exciting moment in Haitian sports history.

  • Mar 9, 2023
  • 5:09 PM

Miss Coppin State Speaks

On this episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Keylin Perez, the first Latina to be named Miss Coppin State at the historically Black university in Baltimore, Maryland, to discuss the backlash she has received online versus the supportive and inclusive environment at the school itself.

  • Mar 2, 2023
  • 5:47 PM

Crabs in a Bucket

Latino Rebels’ senior editor Hector Luis Alamo steps in as guest host this week to break down the George Lopez-Ralph Barbosa controversy with entertainment correspondent Cristina Escobar and L.A. Times columnist Fidel Martinez.

  • Feb 23, 2023
  • 10:25 PM

Digging Into Mexican Food With Chef Margarita Carrillo (A Latino USA Podcast)

On this episode of Latino USA, Mexican chef and cookbook author Margarita Carrillo Arronte talks with host Maria Hinojosa about the rich history of her home country’s cuisine, debunking misconceptions about it, and spending a lifetime cooking, eating, and loving Mexican food. 

  • Feb 21, 2023
  • 12:12 PM

Portrait Of: Jorge Drexler (A Latino USA Podcast)

Shortly before his huge success at the Latin Grammy last November, Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler stopped by Latino USA’s studios in Harlem to talk about some key moments in his life and career—and the unexpected turns that have come along with it.

  • Feb 17, 2023
  • 12:22 PM

‘La Lucha Sigue’: Chicano Teachers Now and Then (A Latino USA Podcast)

In this episode of Latino USA, we present a conversation between Nadine Córdova and Tim Hernández, two teachers who —almost three decades and more than 400 miles apart— faced the same consequences for teaching Chicano history.

  • Feb 10, 2023
  • 10:31 AM

Cecilia Gentili’s Revolutionary Ask (A Latino USA Podcast)

On this episode of Latino USA, trans activist, actress, and author Cecilia Gentili talks about the process of writing her memoir ‘Faltas’ and why she feels telling her story is a revolutionary cry to support trans youth.

  • Jan 24, 2023
  • 2:53 PM

Into Natalia Lafourcade’s Inner Garden (A Latino USA Podcast)

In this episode, recorded just days before her Carnegie Hall performance, Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa sits down with Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade to talk about her inspirations and evolution as an artist, and reflect on the value of tending to one’s inner garden.

  • Jan 20, 2023
  • 12:33 PM

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