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...
Spanish language instructors all over the United States and Latin America are using Radio Ambulante in their classroom. They are introducing their students to compelling, real stories told in authentic, real-world Spanish. Students are learning new vocabulary and engaging in meaningful discussions about Latin American...
[soundcloud id='186051119'] Daniel Alarcón talks to journalist Nadja Drost about her investigation of a deadly conflict between armed groups seeking to control a gold mine in a lawless Colombian town. Her investigative piece, “The Devil Underground,” was published by The Atavist late last year and is also available as...
[soundcloud id='180662774'] After graduating from University, Gabriela got her dream job. But there was one important detail: she had to work beside the most controversial political figure of her generation. Producer: Caro Rolando Editing: Silvia Viñas, Camila Segura and Daniel Alarcón Sound design: Silvia Viñas Read the complete Spanish transcript...
[soundcloud id='177865566'] Daniel Alarcón talks to producer Emily Klion, actor Homero Rosas and writer Gary Soto about ‘In and Out of Shadows’, a new musical about the lives and experiences of a group of undocumented teens from California. Interview: Daniel Alarcón Production and sound design: Silvia Viñas Assistant producer:...
[soundcloud id='177498606'] In the 1980s, if there was one San Francisco neighborhood that recalled the noise and excitement of Barranquilla, Colombia, it was the Castro -- until everything changed. Deldep Medina presented this story during our live show, Outsiders, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts...
Daniel Alacón: Hi, I'm Daniel Alarcón, Radio Ambulante's Executive Producer. Before we start, I'd like to thank our sponsors. First, Mail Chimp. Over seven million people and businesses around the world use MailChimp to send email and newsletters. If you receive Radio Ambulante's emails, well, you've received...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. I arrived in London in October 1996, without speaking a word of English, with a letter that said I was enrolled in the Hempstead School of English. I...
Today we're releasing a special episode with two stories from our live show, Outsiders, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California on November 2, 2014. The first story is called 'Fear', and it's by Hernando Álvarez, Director of BBC Mundo. We...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. It hadn’t even been two weeks since I’d arrived in Mexico City, when a classmate from the Political Science Department organized a party. I didn’t know much...
[soundcloud id='172466444'] How hard is it for Latinos to get inside the writer's room of a television hit show like HBO's Girls? Just how hard is it to get Hollywood to step beyond the usual Latino stereotypes? We were curious, so Daniel Alarcón talked to someone...
[soundcloud id='171350539'] Daniel Alarcón talks to filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes, the director and producer behind the documentary 'Purgatorio: A Journey Into the Heart of the Border.' Interview: Daniel Alarcón Production and sound design: Silvia Viñas Assistant producer: Diana Buendía...
If you follow us on Twitter or Facebook then you've probably already heard the news: we won the Innovation category in the Gabriel García Márquez Journalism Prize, organized by the FNPI (Gabriel García Márquez Foundation for New Iberoamerican Journalism). For us it is an honor to...
When Felipe Montes was deported in 2010, he lost everything, and watched from a distance as the life he'd made fell apart. His American-born sons were sent to foster care, and his parental rights were on the verge of being revoked. This is the unlikely...