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Oct 31, 2021 • 16min

Honor the Departed in Our Annual Sonic Altar

In what's become an annual Día de los Muertos tradition, we play music and personal dedications honoring the departed.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Oct 24, 2021 • 35min

Presenting 'It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders': Pop music's 'Latin Explosion'

This week on Alt.Latino, we're featuring a special episode from our friends at It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders. From the three-part series exploring crossover in pop music, the podcast takes a look at the "Latin Explosion" of the late 1990s and early 2000s.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Oct 17, 2021 • 34min

Alt.Latino And NPR News: Musical Profiles From Mexico, Cuba and Peru

This week we share music stories from NPR News that you should know about, featuring Cimafunk, Susana Baca and 'El Charro de Mexico' Vicente Fernandez.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Oct 10, 2021 • 36min

Alt.Latino Unpacks the Latest Music News, Including Latin Grammy Drama

An eclectic round-up of all the current happenings across the Latin Music world. Listen to conversations with Juanes, José González, Yosmel Montejo, as well as a run-down of the Latin Grammy nominations drama. This kind of chisme you don't want to miss.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Oct 3, 2021 • 38min

Humanity Has No Border on La Frontera

We bring you three stories from the U.S.-Mexico border: an unlikely music festival, musician/activist La Muna, and a bullfighting training center in Texas.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Sep 26, 2021 • 38min

It's Lit! Latina Novelists On Living With (And Writing In) Two Languages

Isabel Allende (The Soul of a Woman) and Sandra Cisneros (Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo) tell Alt.Latino about the role of women in Latino cultures, and why you kill off the handsome male character by page 112.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Sep 19, 2021 • 28min

Elvis En Español: 'This Year's Model' Reimagined

A score of Latin artists reimagine Elvis Costello's 1978 classic album, This Year's Model, completely in Spanish.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Sep 12, 2021 • 34min

Alt. Latino's Fall Music Preview

Our digital mail bag overflows with great new music to head into the last part of 2021. Songs heard on this episode:• Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble, "Dreaming in Lions"• Meridian Brothers and Conjunto Media Luna, "La Secta"• Dos Santos, "A Shot in the Dark"• ÌFÉ, "Fake Blood"• Cimafunk (Feat. George Clinton), "Funk Aspirin"• Helado Negro, "Outside the Outside"• Alejandro Escovedo, "La Cruzada"• Orquesta Akokán, "El Inflador"• Liniker, "Clau"All these tracks can be found in Alt.Latino's weekly playlist on Spotify and Apple Music.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Sep 5, 2021 • 29min

End Of Summer Rooftop Listening Party

What better way to end the summer than with friends, a little vino, music and former Alt.Latino co-host Jasmine Garsd?Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Aug 15, 2021 • 30min

Gina Chavez Picks Her 5 Favorite Tiny Desk Contest Entries

With Tio Felix on vacation, our guest host illustrates the width and breadth of Latinx musical expression through Tiny Desk Contest submissions.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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