NPR: Latino USA
Latino USA, the radio journal of news and culture, is the only national, English-language radio program produced from a Latino perspective.
Visit Show Website http://www.latinousa.org/program...Recently Aired
-
HD
#1520 - Take Care
A dangerous fungus lurks in the dirt of California's Central ...
A dangerous fungus lurks in the dirt of California's Central Valley. But there's little funding for research to combat it. We'll learn what some people are doing to educate local people, and about the ways Latinos get medical care.
-
HD
#1519 - Palabras
What's in a word? Find out with Latino USA as ...
What's in a word? Find out with Latino USA as we talk about Spanglish and its implications, how to interpret the made up language of some popular movie characters, and living as a deaf Latino.
-
HD
#1518 - Gangs, Murder and Migration in Honduras (Rebroadcast)
From poverty to gangs, this episode of Latino USA takes ...
From poverty to gangs, this episode of Latino USA takes a deep dive into the root causes of why people leave Honduras to travel through Mexico and to the U.S.
-
HD
#1517 - Returning
This episode of Latino USA is all about going back. ...
This episode of Latino USA is all about going back. Whether it's returning to a home country or revisting an inspiration, we look at the various ways people return. We hear from two adoptees reconnecting to their roots, what immigrant workers are doing with remmitance money and talk to Jose James about his new album of Billie Holiday covers.
-
HD
#1516 - Reprise
Latino USA focuses this week on the idea of the ...
Latino USA focuses this week on the idea of the reprise: a repeated but changed passage of music. Maria Hinojosa talks to Lin-Manuel Miranda about his upcoming Broadway musical Hamilton, composer Tania León, and an up and coming band called Ibeyi.
-
HD
#1515 - Survivor
This week we hear stories of surviving tough times, whether ...
This week we hear stories of surviving tough times, whether it's street vendors in Chicago trying stay afloat, college students working through financial hardship and sexual assault, or the Fast & the Furious franchise somehow surviving fourteen years later.
-
HD
#1514 - Chuy and the Battle for Chicago
What does it look like when a Latino runs for ...
What does it look like when a Latino runs for the highest office in Chicago? Latino USA finds out as we go inside the mayoral campaign of Jesus "Chuy" Garcia. Editor's note: NPR has determined that this episode did not meet all its editorial standards. Latino USA has acknowledged those concerns.
-
HD
#1513 - El Teléfono
Seventy-two percent of Latinos over eighteen own smartphones – almost ...
Seventy-two percent of Latinos over eighteen own smartphones – almost ten percent more than the national average. We try to answer why Latinos use phones at higher rates and what mobile technology could mean for health, finances, and democracy.
-
HD
#1512 - A Latino History of Hip Hop Part 1
For the first part of a two-part series on how ...
For the first part of a two-part series on how Latinos have influenced hip-hop Latino USA producers Daisy Rosario and Marlon Bishop learn about the early years by talking to legends like Devastating Tito, Lee Quiñones, and Charlie Chase. They break down the four elements of hip-hop: MCing, DJing, graffitti, and break dancing and explore how New York City made it all possible.
-
HD
#1511 - Getting There
We take a bus to New York's prisons and look ...
We take a bus to New York's prisons and look at how young people can wind up there. We hear how a cabbie made a big difference in one cancer patient's life. And: it's the biggest transportation story you probably hadn't heard of: a canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic in Nicaragua.
