Mexican author Guadalupe Nettel reads an excerpt from her novel “The Body I Was Born In.” The story begins in Mexico City in the late 70s. A family, a mother and her two children, leave Mexico City to try out a new life in the...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. Daniel Alarcón: Soy Daniel Alarcón, el productor ejecutivo de Radio Ambulante. Antes de comenzar el programa de hoy, quiero agradecerles por el apoyo que nos han dado...
Check out our latest blog post in Spanish about the story behind our latest episode Nohemí....
Night Walk Martina Castro: Bienvenidos a Radio Ambulante. Soy Martina Castro. Hoy, La Caminata Nocturna. Mateo: Hey yo, James. James. You’re under arrest, man. Come out with your hands up. Martina Castro: El hombre hablando en inglés por el parlante es mexicano, cien porciento, y está disfrazado como...
[soundcloud id='140447043'] This week we tried something new at Radio Ambulante -- we produced out first story narrated by a non-native Spanish speaker, "La Caminata Nocturna," or "Night Walk". We're very proud of the piece, and felt that this was a risk worth taking for a number...
The town of El Alberto in Hidalgo, Mexico, has only one industry: La Caminata Nocturna, a stylized simulation of a border crossing. But, can a fake trek through the desert ever feel like the real thing? You can listen to an English version of this story...
Radio Ambulante presents a conversation between Executive Producer Daniel Alarcón and the Salvadoran journalist Oscar Martínez of El Faro, one of the most important independent media outlets in Central America. Several years ago, Oscar began investigating the odyssey of Central American migrants who pass through...
The Beast: Conversation with Oscar Martínez Daniel Alarcón 15 minutes Martina Castro: Bienvenidos a Radio Ambulante, soy Martina Castro. [MÚSICA] Hoy les presentamos algo un poco diferente -- una conversación entre nuestro productor ejecutivo, Daniel Alarcón, y el periodista salvadoreño Oscar Martinez. Aquí en Radio Ambulante, siempre decimos que...
Yadira: Yo siempre le he pedido a Dios que me regrese a Javier. Que me lo regrese. Martina Castro: Yadira llevaba 10 años casada con Javier, viviendo con sus dos hijos en San Francisco, California, cuando algo cambió en su matrimonio...
San Francisco, USA -- Javier and Yadira met, fell in love, and made a life together. But sometimes relationships change in the most unexpected ways. Read the transcript in Spanish. ► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More...
► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. Daniel Alarcón: Bienvenidos al primer episodio de la tercera temporada de Radio Ambulante. Soy Daniel Alarcón. Este año les traeremos historias de Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela, Perú, Argentina,...
HOT TAPE_1 Bueno, yo soy….Primero, yo soy una persona igual que cualquiera… y tengo por suerte un poco de tiempo libre. [MÚSICA: TANGO APOCALIPSO] HOST LEDE_1 Este es Oscar Natalio Lafose, pero prefiere que le digamos...
An anonymous woman is killing bus drivers of Ciudad Juárez. Yuri Herrera went there to find out why. Special thanks to Judith Torrea, Óscar Maynez, and Lizzy Cantú. Read a Spanish transcript of the episode. An English-language version of this essay was produced for This American Life...
Postcard from Juarez Yuri Herrera Edited and Produced by Daniel Alarcón and Camila Segura 13 minutes [soundcloud id='125033066' artwork='true'] [MÚSICA: “Colors One” - Art Ensemble of Soweto] Hot Tape 1 El primer asesinato fue a las 7:45 am del 28 de agosto, en la ruta 4A. Esa mañana, una mujer le hizo...
42 years ago, on July 30, 1971, 38 political prisoners escaped from Cabildo prison in Montevideo, Uruguay. The fugitives belonged to Movimiento de Liberación Nacional Tupamaros (MLN-T), a radical leftist group. After a sophisticated plan called “Operación Estrella”, these women managed to escape through a...
In 1971, when she was only twenty-three, Gricelda Borges Saraiva began serving a term at Cabildo prison, accused of being a militant of the MLN, a radical leftist organization. She spent five months in jail, until she escaped -- which meant she could never be...