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The taste of words
Aemilia is ready to learn the secrets of her brain.
Her entire life, Aemilia has perceived the world in a different way: every time she hears a word, she also tastes it. And this isn’t just her imagination: a reaction occurs in her brain that makes her perceive words that way. What she has is synesthesia, an unusual condition in which different senses are mixed up. But neither Aemelia’s friends nor her family understand what is happening to her, and no doctor has ever analyzed her brain to understand for certain what is happening. Until now.
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The wristwatch and the flashlight
Beneath the debris, they only had one another.
On the morning of July 18, 1994, Martín, Cacho and Buby, three employees of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA, a jewish community center) were in the basement when they felt the explosion. What followed were 36 hours of struggle for survival, amid the rubble and in the darkness. It was also the beginning of a case that has marked Argentinian social and political history to this day.
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Lorena, my mom, and I
Lorena’s story made headlines across the world, but the truth of what happened to her was much more complex than you may have thought.
In 1993, a young Ecuadorian immigrant became famous in the most unexpected way. Her story reached all corners of the world and many women saw themselves reflected in her. One of them was the mother of our producer, Lisette Arévalo.
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The Cassettes from Exile
A few years ago, Dennis Maxwell went to Chile to help his brother move. Among moving boxes they found around 20 cassettes where much of his childhood was recorded. His father lived in exile for a decade, and these cassettes were their main form of communication.
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The Daughters of Maria Senhorinha
In 2014, a British newspaper published an odd story: in southeastern Brazil there was a town inhabited only by women. According to the piece, the women who lived in this community, Noiva do Cordeiro, were young, beautiful and desperate to find husbands. The town and its women made headlines around the world. There was only one problem: it wasn’t entirely true. What happens to a remote town when a story goes viral? And what’s the real story of Noiva do Cordeiro?
You can read a Spanish transcript of the episode, an English translation or a Portuguese transcript.
This episode was originally in February 2018.
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Me Girl
Ever since she was very little, Luana knew: she was different.
Luana was just learning to speak when she decided to change her name. The consequences of such a personal decision would not only transform her identity and her family, but also shift the cultural discussion of an entire country.
You can read the Spanish transcript of the episode or an English translation.
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Karaoke Nights
With a mic in one hand, a diet Coke on the other, Luis Fernando is transformed.
You can read a Spanish transcript of the episode.
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The Lost Children [Part 1]
In November 1985, a volcanic eruption swept through the Colombian town of Armero and buried it under tons of rocks and mud. There were several children among the survivors but amidst the chaos, they were moved to other places and never heard from again. Three decades have passed and one question remains: What happened to those missing children?
You can read a Spanish transcript of the episode, it’s useful if you’re learning the language with this podcast.
Or you can also read this English translation.
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The Contestant
Ruth Thalía Sayas Sánchez was only 19 years old when she went on a Peruvian game show, “El valor de la verdad”, determined to tell the world who she really was. The results were unlike anything she could have imagined.
This piece was produced with the support of the Investigative Reporting Program at the UC Berkeley School of Journalism.
Read the Spanish transcript here.
Read an English translation here.
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The Survivors
In the early 90’s in Cuba, people didn’t know much about AIDS. Gerson and Yohandra remember a time when this new disease seemed, for some, an unlikely escape from hard times.
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Against Peruvian Cuisine
In Peru you can criticize anything—except the national cuisine.
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Read an English translation here.
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There Are No Thieves in This Town
Why would the theft of a single book mean so much to a country like Colombia?
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Read an English translation here.
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