Translation: The Contestant

In the 1990s, Chile confronts a slew of energy shortages. With the economic development of the country at stake, the State resolves to build several hydroelectric plants. The largest would be located in Alto Bío Bío, a natural paradise in the Andean mountains. For centuries,...

► Lupa es nuestra nueva app para estudiantes intermedios de español que quieren aprender con las historias de Radio Ambulante. Pruébala y encuentra más información en lupa.app. Translated by Patrick Moseley Daniel Alarcón: Thanks for listening to Radio Ambulante. I want to tell you about a new program on...

► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. Planet Money has a new project, and it’s called “@BOTUS.” Our friends at Planet Money always have interesting ideas. This time it’s a bot that will trade...

In 1984, in the small Chilean city of Villa Alemana, Miguel Ángel Poblete looked to the skies and saw the Virgin Mary. This is the peculiar story of a spiritual awakening that would take an entire country by storm. After Miguel Ángel Poblete's story, stick around...

Alejandra is in a brand new city, and soon realizes you don't who you're working for. Read the Spanish language transcript here. Read an English translation here. ► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. ...

► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. Daniel Alarcón: Thank you for listening to Radio Ambulante. If you are looking for another podcast, I recommend Hidden Brain, with Shankar Vedantam. Hidden Brain is a...

► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. Daniel Alarcón: For our listeners who understand English, I want to let you know that one of my favorite NPR podcasts returned on March 9. It’s called...

There’s a superhero in Argentina. His name is Menganno and his superpower is drawing attention to himself. Read the Spanish transcript here. Read an English translation here. ► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app.  ...

This is the story of two men with same first and last name, Eduardo Bechara, one from Colombia and the other from Argentina. They’re both writers, and look nearly identical, but more startling than that is the discovery that their lives were intertwined even before...