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Cafe Latino Christmas Special
From: Tony Vasquez
Series: Cafe Latino
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An all music Cafe Latino special featuring renditions of Christmas Classics performed by Latino Artists.

Bought by WHYY and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 2
Music of Venezuela
From: Tony Vasquez
Series: Cafe Latino
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A 1 hour show featuring the music of Venezuela and the musicians from the past and present who have played major roles in this rich musical tradition.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:03
Growing Latinx Farm Workers to Farm Owners
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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As a generation of white family farmers ages out of the business of farming, a rising cohort of Latinx workers stands ready to take up the slack.

Bought by KFCF FM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 09, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Election 2020 Special: More Than a Vote
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Voting in one of the most momentous presidential elections in the nation’s history is over. The morning after polls closed nearly 136 million ballo...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KWMR


  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Environment Injustice As Usual During Pandemic
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this episode, Laura speaks with grassroots environmental organizers Cindy Donis and Laura Cortez from East Yard Communities for Environmental Ju...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Latin Jazz Christmas Experience
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
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"Ho ho ho," A mixture of Mambo, Rhumba, Latin Jazz and fun in this blend of "Christmas Season" arrangements all in this musical presentation.

Bought by KSFR, KPSQ-LP, WNMU-FM, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WCVE and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2019
  • Length: 58:33
  • Purchases: 17
Canción Mixteca
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Singer Yesenia Mejia of Artisanas Mexicanas

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
The Mexican Chefs at Zorba's Greek Restaurant
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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It's hard to come here as an immigrant. You leave everything behind.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 07, 2018
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
El Merengue Restaurant
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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I started cooking at 9 years old for my mother, my father, and 9 brothers and sisters.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 07, 2018
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Episode #4: "A Vandalized Voice"
From: Marcos Nájera
Series: ZETA PODCAST SERIES
Caption: Rolling Stone book publisher Alan Rinzler at home in Berkeley., Credit: Marcos Nájera
The men in Zeta’s life. From family to friends to former lovers? You never know—some say Zeta was a constant chameleon in life, love, and the law. ...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 16:59
Episode #3: "The Ladies in His Life"
From: Marcos Nájera
Series: ZETA PODCAST SERIES
Caption: Betty Dowd, Marco Acosta & Anita Acosta at the SF Latino Film Festival , Credit: Marcos Nájera
The women in Zeta’s life. From family to friends to former lovers. The ladies speak up and out about Oscar Zeta Acosta. From his spark-light sister...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 31:40
Episode #2: "Hunting for Buffalo in Arizona"
From: Marcos Nájera
Series: ZETA PODCAST SERIES
Caption: ASU Professor Luis Mendoza holds up an original copy of Acosta's book., Credit: Marcos Nájera
Nájera travels home to the Southwest to visit Latino scholars from ASU’s Transborder Studies department. The first of its kind in the nation. Chica...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 22:40
Episode #1: "Who the F is that?"
From: Marcos Nájera
Series: ZETA PODCAST SERIES
Caption: Anita Acosta & daughter Stephanie at home in Northern California., Credit: Marcos Nájera
Host Marcos Nájera introduces us to the Zeta podcast series. Who is Oscar Zeta Acosta? If you know, you are way ahead of Nájera who admits the US p...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 13:29
Panquetzaliztli: An Aztec Celebration Of The Season
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Panquetzalitlzli Performance , Credit: Alden Bruce
Experience Panquetzaliztli, a traditional Mesoamerican winter solstice performance by the Ehecatl Aztec Dancers, through their drums and the tellin...

  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 43:39
The Life and Times of Saxophonist Chico Freeman
From: Reese Erlich
Caption: Chico Freeman
Jazz saxophonist Chico Freeman talks about his famous father, Von Freeman, and about his experiences living in Europe. Freeman has now returned to ...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
Music from the Pyrennees to the Mediterranian
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: Silvia & Raul
Not just great music -- Silvia Pérez Cruz & Raúl Fernández Miró (Refree) — with their tour "Cruzmiró" unlocks some reflections by Dave Ellwand

  • Added: Mar 14, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Mexico Uncovered
From: Round Earth Media
Caption: Host, Daniel Hernandez
One hour special, taking listeners to the Mexico they don't know, untold stories rich in sound, place and humanity, with host Daniel Hernandez. Th...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KGOU, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Sep 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 36
Woodburn, The Most Diverse Town In Oregon
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Caption: Luis & Luisa Quintero of Luis' Tacqueria in Woodburn, OR, Credit: Photo by Richard Jensen
Throughout the West, historic discriminatory laws have excluded people of color from settling and owning property. Because of that, many Western st...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 2
Jazz-O-Rama #27: "The 78 Records of Tito Puente"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Remastered Tito Puente 78s on Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Early Latin Jazz fills the air when the remastered 78 RPM records of Tito Puente are heard on the 27th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 57:54
  • Purchases: 2
Latin Perspective - Latin Jazz Xmas Edition
From: Tony Vasquez
Series: Latin Perspective - Special Editions
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Latin Perspective - Latin Jazz Xmas features renditions of Xmas classics in a Latin Jazz format.

Bought by WICR, WJAB, WICR, WJAB, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba Comes to America
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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The National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba comes to America for the first time in a concert at Mechanics Hall in Worcester, MA.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
Louis Reyes Rivera: The People's Poet
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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In this Cutting Edge Special, some of the work of late poet Louis Reyes is highlighted through live performances at WBAI and his show "Perspective"

  • Added: Apr 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:03
Latin Love Songs
From: WFIU
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An hour-long program of Latin love songs and commentary, hosted by Grammy-winning soprano Sylvia McNair.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
The Mikie Show #46, Wake
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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It’s episode forty-six! Fresh on the heels of episode forty-five. Maybe not so fresh, it’s been a while, but what matters is, you’re here! Yes, thi...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
Rising by Degrees
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Students on their graduation day from Montgomery College, a community college in Maryland. Most young Latinos looking for a way up through higher education choose community college, but a lot of them never make it to graduation day. , Credit: Emily Hanford
Young Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and they are among the least likely to graduate from college. (11/5/2009)

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, KPIP-LP, KQED, KZYX, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7