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On October 29, Latino Rebels Radio went LIVE with a show about Millennials, Gen Z and the American Dream. As a bonus to our listeners, we turned the show into an audio podcast.
Hosts Julio Ricardo Varelaand Melinna Bobadilla are joined by Kristen Soltis Anderson (co-founder of Echelon Insights), Natasha S. Alford (Vice President, Digital Content & Senior Correspondent at theGrio), Antonia Cerejido (Senior Producer at Futuro Media's Futuro Studios), and Layla Zaidane (Executive Director of the Millennial Action Project).
This LIVE show was made possible through support from the Walton Family Foundation. For more about the research we discuss, see the findings here.
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With just two days before Election Day, Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes journalist and author Paola Ramos to talk about the 2020 Latino vote and her new book, FINDING LATINX: IN SEARCH OF THE VOICES REDEFINING LATINO IDENTITY.
Ramos is a host and correspondent for VICE and VICE News, as well as a contributor to Telemundo News and MSNBC. She was the deputy director of Hispanic media for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign and a political appointee during the Barack Obama administration, also serving in President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.
Featured image courtesy of Penguin Random House.
This episode was sponsored by the Spanish Aquí Presents podcast from Earwolf .
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Days before Election Day, Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Xochitl Oseguera of Moms Risingto talk about what her organization is doing to get Latina moms politically engaged and organized. Will Latinas be a key voting voice in 2020? According to Xochitl, that answer is yes.
Featured image from Mamás con poder (Art by Favianna Rodríguez)
This episode was sponsored by the Spanish Aquí Presents podcast from Earwolf .
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Before the pandemic, we made a prediction that a new documentary about the life of Walter Mercado would become "the next great thing."
We were right.
As a follow up, this latest episode of Latino Rebels Radio looks at how MUCHO MUCHO AMOR has become a global phenomenon. Host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Kareem Tabsch, one of the film's directors, to expand on all things Walter.
Featured image courtesy of Netflix
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A Latino Rebels Radio first—an interview en español. Host Julio Ricardo Varela connects with legendary musician Carlos Vives. They talk about Carlos' career, his love of Colombia (and Puerto Rico) and his latest album, _Cumbiana.
This episode of Latino Rebels Radio was produced by Jeanne Montalvo. Music and photo courtesy of Carlos Vives._
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Latino Rebels Rebels has a sneak peek for our listeners of a new podcast that Futuro Studios is producing with WBUR: Anything For Selena. Journalist Maria Garcia goes on a quest to understand the cultural impact of the one and only Selena Quintanilla.
The series weaves Maria’s personal story as a queer, first-generation Mexican immigrant with cultural analysis, history and politics to explore how, 25 years after her death, Selena remains an unparalleled vessel for understanding Latino identity and American belonging.
Anything for Selena is coming to your podcast feeds January 2021.
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For this latest episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes former Futuro Media colleague Maggie Freleng, the host of the new hit UNJUST & UNSOLVED podcast, which premiered this past September. The podcast has inspired a discussion group that seeks to help people who have been unjustly convicted, like Rosa Jiménez and JJ Velázquez.
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With less than a month until Election Day, Latino Rebels Radio checks in on a new PBS documentary called LATINO VOTE: DISPATCHES FROM THE BATTLEGROUND, which premieres October 6. LR Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Bernardo Ruiz to talk about his latest film and what he learned the past few months, even in the middle of a pandemic.
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As you may or may not know, Latino Rebels is part of Futuro Media, the independent nonprofit media company founded by award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa. Earlier this month, Maria published her book ONCE I WAS YOU, and the response has been pretty fantastic. On this latest episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Maria (also his In The Thick show co-host) to talk about her latest work.
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Our friends at the Latino Media Collective take over our feed this week with a show that looks at the Black Lives Matter movement in Belize. Guest Nicole Ramsey, a PhD candidate in African American and African Diaspora Studies at the University of California in Berkeley, speaks with the LMC to discuss how the movement challenges the conventions of Central American history and identity.
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