I'll never forget a comment we received in the first months of our first season. We had just released Radio Ambulante, which was a huge feat for our small team. We had to train journalists to make audio stories, raise funds, and forge partnerships, among...
The Copa America is one of the most watched sporting events in the world. The BBC estimated that the 2011 Copa América was seen by more than five billion people worldwide. Its market value has increased immensely, especially in the last three decades, just like...
The 2015 Copa América in Chile is only two days away. Our executive producer Daniel Alarcón sat down to talk about the tournament with three friends and football experts: Chilean journalist Juan Pablo Meneses, author of Niños Futbolistas; Colombian journalist Hernando Álvarez, director of BBC Mundo;...
The world has recently turned its attention to Honduras because of its multiple crises. The world wants to understand why children and young people are leaving Honduras. Why risk so much to migrate to the United States? Carlos has many answers to this, in fact...
[soundcloud id='207752551'] Carlos makes a living by taking migrants from Central America to the Mexican border with the United States. He's what's called a "coyote". From Honduras, Carlos spoke to journalists Iolany Pérez and Jennifer Avila. This is his testimony. Editing: Camila Segura Sound design: Camila Segura and...
Daniel Alarcón: Before we start, I want to thank two foundations whose support has been fundamental: the Sara & Evan Williams foundation and the Panta Rhea foundation. And our sponsor, MailChimp. Over 7 million people and businesses worldwide use Mailchimp to send emails and newsletters. Radio Ambulante...
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As part of our third anniversary we return to our roots—our first episode of our pilot season, Moving, originally released in 2012. These are five stories about migration, journeys, and everything you learn along the way. One of these is Stowaways, produced by Nancy López,...
Everyone Returns, the story of my friend Micaela’s return to Peru, produced for Radio Ambulante, is the story of a failure. The failure, of course, is not my friend Micaela’s but of the welfare state, of globalized capitalism, the vaunted first world. Forced to return...
[soundcloud id='205550222'] This year, for our third anniversary, we're going back to our roots -- to our first ever episode, from our pilot season. Here, with all its imperfections, is Mudanzas, originally released in 2012, five stories about people shuttling between places, finding new definitions of home,...
This upcoming Friday is our anniversary. We have accomplished so much that we have decided to put together a timeline with events and relevant moments for each season. We also created a photo album with some of those important events and moments. Tell your friends about the...
En el último episodio contamos la casi inverosímil historia de dos personas, un colombiano y el otro argentino, con el mismo nombre, similares inquietudes y un parecido físico poco convencional por no tener un vínculo biológico. ¿Qué vínculo los une entonces? Eduardo Bechara argentino charlaba con Camila...
[soundcloud id='192173460'] Silvia Viñas, sitting in for Daniel Alarcón, talks to producer Dennis Maxwell about his latest story for Radio Ambulante, where he chronicles the arrest of his brother Laurence during a peaceful demonstration in solidarity with the 43 missing students of Ayotzinapa. After his arrest in...
Primer Beso / First Kiss from Radio Ambulante on Vimeo. Happy Valentine's Day! To celebrate the holiday, we thought we'd share with you this short audio collage from our live show, Outsiders. María Rivera, a student at a local high school here in San Francisco, California, asked her...
Laurence Maxwell: I’ve been arrested at protests before here in Chile. And the police, well they take you to the station, you stay there around three hours and then they let you go. Daniel Alarcón: That’s Laurence Maxwell. And this arrest wasn’t in Chile, but in...
[soundcloud id='190546834'] One night, last November, Laurence Maxwell went to central Mexico City for a peaceful protest in solidarity with the 43 missing students of Ayotzinapa, and came face to face with the violence of Mexico's justice system. Read the English subtitles for this story in the...