A plane ticket and a job promise would change Alika's life forever. Alika was 17 when she was left alone to care for her 11-year-old sister. Desperate for money, she abandoned her small town to look for work. And she found it where she least expected...
In December 2012, Benjamín González broke all the rules during his graduation speech. He criticized his school, one of the most prestigious in Chile, el Instituto Nacional. His controversial speech went viral on social networks, and soon Benjamín found himself at the center of a...
Sometimes, just doing your job can get you in trouble. Diego, a renowned doctor, participated in a health brigade in the Colombian jungle in 2003. It was only two days, but would cost him years of his life. You can read a Spanish transcript of this episode here. ► Lupa...
Mario knew his family had secrets. Mario began to wonder about his origins when he was a teenager. He’d always sensed he was adopted, but his parents never talked about it and he never asked either. His wife Maru helped him enter the maze of his...
Pigs on the walls and panic in the streets. In 2004, pigs of various colors started appearing on the walls of the city of Guayaquil, in Ecuador. No one knew who had painted them or why. Then, the panic started. You can read a Spanish transcript of the episode or...
Juan Pablo Culasso was born blind, but he sees things others never would. Read the Spanish transcript here.or read an English translation. ► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app....
Tell us about yourself: My name is Gretchan Frederick and I am an Upper School Spanish teacher at Charlotte Latin School, an independent TK-12 school in Charlotte, NC. I teach AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP Spanish Literature and Culture, and Spanish IV Honors, which is...
Anything for a rating point. In 1964, at the height of Beatlemania, an announcement shook Argentina: The Beatles would travel to Buenos Aires to appear in a local television program. And of course, nobody wanted to miss the show. You can read a Spanish transcript of the episode or an...
What would you do to reclaim a place where you were happy? Marino Morikawa lived some of his best childhood moments in El Cascajo, a wetland located to the north of Lima. He stopped going there for years and, when he returned as a grown man,...
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...
When she was a child, Rosa Julia Leyva played among the poppy fields, a plant that her mother called the "devil's flower." Years later, when drug trafficking invaded her town in Guerrero, Mexico, Rosa Julia finally understood what her mother meant. You can read a Spanish transcript of the...
After fainting, Lucia woke up in the past When Lucía opened her eyes, she didn’t recognize her husband, her kids, or her house. She found herself trapped in a life that was completely foreign to her. You can read a Spanish transcript of the episode or an English translation. ► Lupa is...
► 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 get started, a warning: in this episode, there are intense scenes that aren't suitable for all listeners. Discretion is advised. Welcome to Radio Ambulante...
Marta didn't want preferential treatment, just one that was fair. Marta never imagined she would end up in jail. But when it happened, she wasn’t willing to lose her identity or her dignity. She designed a strategy from inside her cell to defend and demand the...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. [Eliezer Budasoff]: There’s only one week to go before the elections in the United States. At El hilo — Radio Ambulante's sibling podcast — we have an...
A full moon, a bloodcurdling howl and a town that can't sleep. For the people in Coita, Mexico, coronavirus wasn't the only threat of 2020. In April, they started to hear howling around midnight, and what began as a rumor around town quickly turned into a...