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The Spanish Hour 2414: Cuba’s Classical Legacy
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Ernesto Lecuona postage stamp
Whether making their homes in Spain, the United States, or never venturing from the Pearl of the Antilles, Cuba’s best-known and best-loved compos...

Bought by WRTI, WRGY, KVNO, KRZA, KSJE and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 36
The Spanish Hour 2413: Falla and the Theater
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Pablo Picasso theater curtain for The Three-Cornered Hat, 1919
In 1904, Carlos Fernandez Shaw introduced Manuel de Falla to "The Three-cornered hat," Pedro Antonio de Alarcón’s satire of village life in Andaluc...

Bought by WRTI, WCQS, WXXI Rochester, KVNO, KRZA and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 45
The Spanish Hour 2405: Dances, Impressions & Rhapsodies
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Quena (Andean bamboo flute)
From Joaquín Rodrigo to Ernesto Lecuona to Alberto Ginastera to Gabriela Lena Frank, old and new favorites from Spain and Latin America.

Bought by KSJE, WRTI, New Hampshire Public Radio, KMUN, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 21
Anima Dreams, Personal Neurobiology, and Hispanic Identity with John Valenzuela, PhD
From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal
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An anima dream series and personal neurobiology. Also Dreams about love and, just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month, Mexican American male identi...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 51:31
The Evolution of Multicultural Education: The CUNY Brooklyn College Story
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this back to school special, we look at the grassroots movement led by student activists with the support of some faculty to establish Africana ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, WNYE and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
#22-49 Cuartetto Latinoamericano
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Cuartetto Latinoamericano plays works by Piazzolla, Ponce, Villa Lobos, and more

Bought by KMXT, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, RadioFreePalmer, WCNY and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
DJ Queen Duin Creates Community Through Music
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: DJ Queen Duin, Credit: Vanessa Hernandez
Vanessa Duina Hernandez known locally as DJ Queen Duin is a music curator and radio host who hosts residencies at the Saloon in downtown Minneapoli...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2022
  • Length: 05:55
Black, Latinx Media: Cause for Celebration & Critique
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The subversive, healing, and celebratory powers of music and media are at the heart of this week’s conversation, featuring Saida Pagán, a contribut...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Some Singers We Missed
From: Will Duchon
Series: The Night Cafe
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Catching up on current jazz vocalists.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:25
Path to Citizenship
From: Levingston Lewis
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Ears Adrift talks with Sailors about their journey in getting citizenship in the United States.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2020
  • Length: 11:38
Obrigado Brazil
From: Will Duchon
Series: The Night Cafe
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Music and artists from Brazil performing Jobim, Moraes and more.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2020
  • Length: 57:05
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
Rebeldes: A Journey through New Mexican Agriculture
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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An engaging and informative look at farmers in a desert landscape, and at how their individual farming styles reflect their personal values.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: May 11, 2016
  • Length: 24:40
  • Purchases: 1
In Music, Carlos Santana Seeks The Divine
From: NPR Music
Series: Alt.Latino
Caption: Carlos Santana uses music to reflect on his career in this week's episode of Alt.Latino. , Credit: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images
This month the Latin music legend publishes his memoirs, The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story To Light. Alt.Latino grabs him for a rare interview ...

Bought by RADIOLEX, WART FM, WKAR, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
WorldCanvass: Snapshot Brazil (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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An exploration of Brazil's diverse culture, complex past, artistic traditions, and modern aspirations.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:02
WordCanvass:Snapshot Brazil (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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An exploration of Brazil's diverse culture, complex past, artistic traditions, and modern aspirations.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2014
  • Length: 26:28
96 Acres: Cook County Jail, The Visible And Invisible by Maria Gaspar
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
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Artist and Chicago native, Maria Gaspar, interviews neighbors to uncover their opinions about what it means to live next to one of the largest pre-...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 13:37
Cristina's Coming Out Story
From: KUNM
Series: Coloring Your Story
Caption: Cristina Calvillo-Rivera
Generation Justice featured LGBTQQIA Diversity Trainer, activist and storyteller, Cristina Calvillo-Rivera, as she shares with us her own compellin...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 14:28
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: The Latino Midwest
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:54:13
WorldCanvass: Latin America
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes. This program's focus is Latin America.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:59:32
What is Love?
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by praram, Flickr
“My piece is about what kind of love there is and what love is, what mistakes I’ve done and how love is hard. It’s me expressing my feeling about w...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
The Afro Cuban Messenger: Mongo Santamaria
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: Mongo Santamaria
Mongo Santamaria was best known for "Watermelon Man" and "Afro Blue". He was a percussionist and Cuban. He will most likely be remembered as the be...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., Spokane Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, and KVMR


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 55:55
  • Purchases: 4
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
Butterfiles of Michoacan (A Postcard from Mexico)
From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen
Caption: Carmen Delzell c.2000
Carmen Delzell tells about Michoacan and the Day of the Dead and the monarch butterflies. Like all Carmen's pieces, it's very personal, but reache...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, and KUT


  • Added: Dec 23, 2010
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 3
Hotel Isabel (A Postcard from Mexico)
From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen
Caption: Carmen Delzell c. 2000
Carmen Delzell writes about her travels in Mexico and one of her favorite enchanted cheap hotels, the Hotel Isabel "on the edge of time." This pie...

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Dec 23, 2010
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 2