Alexis Figueroa is willing to do the unthinkable to get a celebrity’s autograph. In this episode, we follow him as he attempts to get the one autograph that got away, that of an aging rocker he’s been after for more than a decade. Will Alexis...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. [Daniel Alarcón, host]: A warning: in today’s episode you’ll hear words that aren’t suitable for children. Discretion is advised. Welcome to Radio Ambulante from NPR. I'm Daniel Alarcón. ...
Carolina had never liked soccer. She never imagined she would be in the middle of a case that shocked the sport in her country. Carolina Rozo started her work as a physical therapist in Colombia’s women’s national under-17 soccer team thinking it was the opportunity of...
Being a lucky baby was a simple matter of being born the right day, at the right time. Or at least that's how it seemed. In the early morning of September 4, 1958, in a small shack in the village of Ocú, the most eagerly awaited...
In the 70s, Lima was in a period of rapid growth: new neighborhoods would emerge overnight, and the Peruvian capital was becoming the labyrinthine city of 9 million people it is today. In the midst of development arrived Oliver Perrottet, a young Swiss, proposing an...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. [Daniel Alarcón, host]: Welcome to Radio Ambulante, from NPR. I'm Daniel Alarcón. Today we return to our archives, to a story that was first published in 2017....
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. [Daniel Alarcón]: A warning before we start: this episode contains difficult scenes that aren’t suitable for children. Discretion is advised. Welcome to Radio Ambulante from NPR. I’m Daniel...
Five years after a night that shocked Honduras, the search for answers continues. Berta Cáceres was the most recognized environmental defender in Central America. She had been fighting for more than 20 years for the rights of indigenous people in Honduras and the protection of their...
When no one told her where her children were, Pati grabbed a shovel and went out into the desert to look for them. Almost 15 years ago the Mexican State started a war against drug trafficking that has left hundreds of thousands of victims. Even today,...
Sometimes you have to return memories that aren't yours. Camilo opened a forgotten drawer and found the photo album of a family he didn't know. Someone had given it to him eleven years ago to do a project on missing persons, and he had never returned...
Introduce yourself and where you teach: My name is Katherine R. Matheson. I teach Spanish at Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, an independent boarding school for students in grades 9-12. Describe the levels you teach and with one you use RA I have taught all levels of Spanish...
A giant robot, a video game, and a conflict that spilled out of the screen. When José Rafael was little, he would spend hours and hours programming video games on sheets of paper. He was preparing for what he would do for the rest of his...
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...