Two urban tribes. A public square. Only one winner. In 2008 the streets of Mexico were full of teenagers with long bangs, skinny jeans and black clothes adorned with little skulls. The emos, these eternally melancholy kids, seemed to have multiplied and nobody knew where they’d...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. ► You can read "Emos vs. Punks" Spanish transcript here. ► Click here to return to the episode official page, or here to see all the episodes [Daniel Alarcón]:...
How Edith found herself again… through a screen. When tragedy struck Edith’s life, it felt like the end of the world. She disconnected from everything that gave her joy. But then, almost by accident, she found her way back, out of that dark place. Find the English...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. ► You can read "After Victor" Spanish transcript here. [Daniel Alarcón]: This is Radio Ambulante, from NPR. I'm Daniel Alarcón. Today, we're going back to our archives, to...
Mayra was willing to do anything to keep going to school. When she started school, Mayra Pop felt she had found her place in the world: she liked being in the classroom with her classmates and listening to the teacher, and above all she liked studying,...
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...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. ► You can read The wristwatch and the flashlight Spanish's transcript here. [Daniel Alarcón]: This is Radio Ambulante from NPR. I’m Daniel Alarcón. Buenos Aires. Monday, July 18, 1994....
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. [Daniel Alarcón]: This is Radio Ambulante from NPR. I’m Daniel Alarcón. Today we bring you a tasty chapter, served in two courses. We’re going to be listening to...
[Daniel Alarcón]: This is Radio Ambulante from NPR. I’m Daniel Alarcón. Today we bring you a tasty chapter, served in two courses. We’re going to be listening to two stories about food. Two things that unite us and separate us when we sit at the table....
Food can bring us closer… but also push us apart. What would you be willing to do to eat your favorite meal again? That was the question Peruvian Fidel Dolorier asked himself when he realized that, in his new home in California, his favorite dish was,...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. [Daniel Alarcón]: This is Radio Ambulante, from NPR. I’m Daniel Alarcón. (ARCHIVE SOUND BITE) Children: The hippopotamus… hippopotamus, the hippopotamus. [Daniel]: This is a video published in May 2019. (ARCHIVE SOUND...
At first there were only four … Now, there are many, many more. In the 80s, Pablo Escobar brought four hippopotamuses to Colombia. These African giants were just one of the many whims of the man who was at the time the most powerful drug dealer...
Radio Ambulante's season 11 comes with stories about wild animals, unlikely romances, incredible ways to perceive reality, and a whole lot more...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. [Daniel Alarcón]: Welcome to Radio Ambulante from NPR. I'm Daniel Alarcón. Sometime in October of 2019, in Colombia, Camilo Rozo was moving to a different house, and as...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. [Daniel Alarcón]: Before we begin, a word of warning, in this episode there are scenes of violence that may not be suitable for all of our listeners....