In this episode, we continue with the story of Ximena López. Unhappy with her body, Ximena, 21, decides to undergo an aesthetic procedure to have a more curvaceous figure. However, the procedure does not work out well. Here is how the story unfolds. Read the Spanish...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. Translated by Patrick Moseley Daniel Alarcón: Thanks for listening to Radio Ambulante. I want to tell you about a new show on NPR, a new way to keep up...
In Medellín, as in many places in Latin América, female beauty is almost a competitive sport. Since her adolescence, Ximena always felt that something was wrong with her body. So, at age 21, she decided to undergo an aesthetic procedure. But sometimes the search for...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. Translated by: Patrick Moseley Daniel Alarcón: Thanks for listening to Radio Ambulante. I want to tell you about a new NPR show, a new way to stay 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 podcast is...
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...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. Translated by Patrick Moseley Daniel Alarcón: Welcome to Radio Ambulante, from NPR. I'm Daniel Alarcón. Since we're now part of NPR, we want to go back to some of...
Nélida Silva left her hometown of Llamellín, high in the Andes, when she was only eleven years old. When she returned three decades later, she didn’t like what she saw, and embarked on a quixotic run for mayor. What happens when an outsider tries to...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. Translated by Patrick Moseley Daniel Alarcón: Now you can take Radio Ambulante with you wherever you go with the NPR One app. NPR One offers the best from...
Mauricio Hernández left Mexico in search of the American Dream –and he found it on the most unexpected side of the border. 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....
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. Daniel Alarcón: Earlier this month, Twitter user @susisusan wrote “After having heard that multiple podcasts recommended to download the NPR One app, I finally did. And I...