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Latino USA
Latino USA is the longest-running news and culture radio program in the U.S. centering Latino stories, hosted by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Maria Hinojosa Every week, the Peabody winning team brings you revealing, in-depth stories about what’s in the hearts and minds of Latinos an...
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La Brega: A 1902 Deportation Case That Reverberates Today
In 1902, Isabel González arrived in Ellis Island, pregnant, alone and with only $11.00 in her pocket. She —like others before her— was detained for be...
“It Was Time”: Dolores Huerta’s First Interview After “Devastating” Cesar Chavez Expose
For decades, Cesar Chavez's name has been synonymous with workers’ rights. School buildings and streets bear his name. Alongside Chavez always stood D...
‘Demographic Paranoia’: Jelani Cobb on ICE, Race, and the Importance of History
“We are dealing with the consequences of a demographic paranoia now.” Journalist, historian, and author Jelani Cobb often looks to the past to better...
The Tuba's Emancipation: Unknown History, Magic, and Lessons From the World of Band
Journalist and author Sam Quinones spent his career reporting on crime, drug trafficking and addiction. After his latest book on the opioid epidemic,...
Los Oscars Are Back: Sinners, Battles, and Secret Agents
The Oscars are back! The live three-hour broadcast can be a pressure cooker of high emotional stakes, with technical failures and unpredictable celebr...
Six Weeks and One Day: A Day Inside an Atlanta Abortion Clinic
In Georgia, most abortions are illegal after six weeks, which is often before most people even realize that they are pregnant. At one abortion clinic...
'Testing Grounds': How the U.S.-Mexico Border and Honduras Help Explain Immigration Enforcement Today
What started decades ago at the U.S.-Mexico border didn’t stay there.
Journalist, author, and professor Jean Guerrero speaks with Maria Hinojosa...
USA Under Trump: The Mass Detention Economy and the Fight for Democracy
After the longest State of the Union address in U.S. history this past Tuesday, we go beyond the lies and omissions to assess where our country stands...
Trump's Secretaries Go Wild + Little Marco Takes Center Stage
Introducing Bleep! with Ana Navaro, a new weekly podcast from Hyphenate Media Group and iHeart's My Cultura Podcast Network.
Maria Hinojosa, Jo...
Born in Exile: Ana Tijoux on Music and Resistance
Ana Tijoux’s decades-long career is recognized and regarded for music that disregards borders and genres. Born in France to Chilean parents who fled A...
It’s an 'Information War': A Look Behind ICE’s Viral Social Media Campaign
ICE is waging an “information war” on social media, TV, and radio. Washington Post reporters got access to thousands of chats and internal communicati...
Culture Is Freedom: Remembering Garifuna Legend Aurelio Martínez
Last year in March, Honduran composer and singer artist Aurelio Martinez died in a tragic plane crash. Aurelio was the voice of the Garifuna people an...
More Than a Friendship: An Intimate Conversation With Actors Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal
Valentine’s Day is not just about romantic love, we celebrate love and friendship in el día del amor y la amistad. So for this episode Maria Hinojosa...
La Brega: Who Are Our Puerto Rican Champions?
It was January 24, 2022. The King of Spain was coming to Puerto Rico. But everyone woke up to unexpected news: the statue of the Spanish conquistador...
Untangling the Many Meanings Behind 'La Brega' and Its Ubiquity Among Puerto Ricans
As we celebrate the release of season three of Futuro Studios’ hit-show La Brega, we take you back to where it all first started: Season 1, Episode 1....
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Inolvidable: Predictions, Politics, and NFL’s Motives
The NFL’s all-American spectacle is back with its Super Bowl halftime musical extravaganza…and it’ll be mostly en ESPAÑOL! Puerto Rico’s own Bad Bunny...
Inside 'The Rip': Three Latinas Star in Netflix’s Newest Crime Thriller
Netflix’s newest crime thriller, The Rip, brings together three Latina actresses: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Sasha Calle, and Lina Esco. The Colombian w...
One Year After the LA Fires: Recovery, Toxic Soil, and Scams
“Our government has failed us in many ways.”
A year has passed since the fires in Los Angeles devastated Altadena, CA. Who gets to rebuild? Who...
Podcast Special: “Enough is Enough”: The Fight Against ICE In Minnesota
Minnesotans say ICE agents and other federal officers have been terrorizing residents as part of “Operation Metro Surge” for nearly a month. And as IC...
Being Bruja: How One Journalist Tapped Into Her Ancestral Power and Became a Witch
When Journalist Zayda Rivera decided to become a witch, people in her life thought it was a joke–many did not take her seriously. Still, Zayda was con...
Mirta Ojito on Memory, Migration and the Stories the Ocean Keeps
“Suddenly, a memory assaulted me: For my own journey from Cuba four decades earlier, I had worn the red polyester bell-bottom pants my mother had made...
The World Through the Eyes of Comedian Julio Torres
Born in El Salvador, Julio Torres has become a big name in comedy. From writing for SNL and having an HBO comedy special, to making and starring in hi...
The Fall of Maduro and the Rise of an “Unconstrained” Trump
The capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro marks yet another chapter in a long history of U.S. interventionism across Latin America.
We...
Mary’s Journey: The Costs of Caring for a Loved One in Prison
One in four women in the United States has a family member in prison — and those carrying the resulting financial and emotional burden are disproporti...
Unexplainable’s “Listen to the Universe” and the Discoveries of Wanda Diáz-Merced
As you start the New Year, we wanted to bring you an episode from our friends at Vox’s podcast Unexplainable that we think you’ll like. It’s about a s...
“My Divo”: The Long-Lost Prison File
Earlier this week we brought you an episode from “My Divo” which we think you’ll enjoy as you slow down this holiday season. This is Ep. 3: “The Long-...
My Divo: A Podcast About Going Back to Your Roots, With the Life of Juan Gabriel as a Guide
As you enjoy time during this holiday slowdown, we want to share an episode of the “My Divo” podcast.
In this episode we hear how for host Maria...
Poet Ada Limón’s Instructions on Not Giving Up
Ada Limón ended her tenure as U.S. Poet Laureate this year – the first Latina to do so. Her work has been described as both tender and resounding, it...
'You Gotta Be Right Down the Middle': NBC Anchor Tom Llamas Is Not Picking Sides
Journalist Tom Llamas made history this year when he became the first Latino to anchor a major weekday evening news show in English. Every weekday, ar...
A Teen’s Detention Diary and the Man Who Helped Share It With the World
D. Esperanza is 14 years old. After traveling with his cousins from Honduras, he is held in the horrors of U.S. detention in Texas. For five months, w...
How a White House Lie About “Sex Changes” in Guatemala Helped Decimate USAID
Earlier this year, the White House falsely claimed that millions of US taxpayers' dollars were funding “sex changes” in Guatemala — a lie used to just...
How Becoming a US Citizen Just Got Harder Under the Trump Administration
This week, Latino USA shares an episode from our friends at LAist’s Imperfect Paradise about a new set of citizenship test guidelines. Recently, the f...
48 Hours at El Refugio: A Haven for Families of ICE Detainees
In a rural town in south Georgia, sits “El Refugio,” a charming white home with green shutters. For 15 years, thousands have walked through its doors...
This Giving Tuesday, Futuro reflects back on 2025
It’s been quite the year, for the United States and for Futuro Media. At Latino USA, we’re bringing you in-depth reporting from the front lines. At Fu...
Mezcal: From Farms to Bars and the Unseen Consequences of Its Popularity
For some years now, mezcal, Mexico’s other national spirit, has been in a cultural spotlight in and out of Mexico—especially here in the U.S. But the...
Get to Know Adelita Grijalva: She Wants the Epstein Files Out and a Progressive Democratic Party In
Adelita Grijalva, the first Latina –and first Chicana– to represent Arizona in Congress was sworn into office… finally. She was the deciding vote push...
Selena Documentary Reveals the Daughter, Sister and Wife Behind the Queen of Tex-Mex
In this episode, Latino USA’s “Selena expert” Maria Garcia sits down with Selena Quintanilla’s sister, Suzette and filmmaker Isabel Castro, to talk ab...
Nathy Peluso: Rapper, Salsera, and The Art of Misbehaving
Nathy Peluso is an Argentinean-born singer, rapper and poet and she’s looking to chart new territory on who gets to choose how women behave.
She...
Actor Raúl Castillo Talks HBO’s Task, Staying Grounded in Hollywood, and His Respect for Matriarchs
Actor Raúl Castillo joins us at the kitchen table. Literally. He goes to Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa’s home to share chips and homemade guacamole....
After Election Wins for Democrats, Are They Connecting More With Latinos?
It’s been a year since Donald Trump won the elections. And last week, voters elected candidates that are far from what Trump represents. Democrats mad...