Latino USA
NPR’s only national Latino news and cultural weekly radio program.
Episodes
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Episode #1902
After a fiery plane crash in 1948, all 32 people onboard died—but they weren't all treated the same after death. Also the Latinas of Brooklyn 99.
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Episode #1901
Latino USA's traditional episode for the new year is a remix of our favorite music pieces of 2018.
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Episode #1852
In this special holiday rebroadcast, Latino USA explores the special bond between Latinos and their grandparents
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Episode #1851
Poet Javier Zamora is forced to return to El Salvador to apply for a visa, his first trip back in nearly 20 years. Also, an interview with Alfonso Cuarón about "Roma."
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How I Made It: The Professor From the Pueblo, Rodrigo Bañuelos
Latino USA catches up with Rodrigo Bañuelos at the Latinx in the Mathematical Sciences Conference at UCLA's Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics.
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Episode #1850
Our broadcast show for December 7, 2018.
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Episode #1849
The story of Angelica, a Mexican woman living in New York City who had her five children removed from her home by the city's Administration for Children's Services. Also, The Moth and La Bamba.
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Episode #1848
Latino USA tells the story of Richard Oakes, a Native leader in the Red Power Movement of the 1960s, starting with his childhood in a Mohawk neighborhood in Brooklyn.
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Episode #1847
The Latino USA broadcast for November 16, 2018
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Episode #1846
Latino USA shadows Kevin de León's long-shot campaign to become California's first Latino senator. Also, a conversation with Dolores Huerta and her daughter, and singer/songwriter Draco Rosa.
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How I Made It: Draco Rosa
Listen to multiple Grammy Award winner Draco Rosa speak about his career, his 1990s concept album Vagabundo and his new album Monte Sagrado, which comes after he beat his battle with cancer.
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What the Wage Gap Costs Latinas
Latinas currently make about 54 cents on the dollar paid to every white non-Hispanic man, according to a new NYC Comptroller report. That is the lowest pay out of all races and ethnicities.