When Gabriela Wiener left Peru for Spain, ten years ago, living in Europe was the dream of many. Now, in the midst of an economic crisis, that dream has begun to unravel. Gabriela tells us the story of her best friend, Micaela, who finally decides...
The Mexican state of Tamaulipas has become the epicenter of the Narco War. In this bloody conflict, it has become difficult to name the antagonists, or demand explanations for so much blood. In the face such horror, how do you live in silence? You can read...
The coup which ended the presidency of Manuel Zelaya in 2009 made headlines all over the world, but his personal story is far less known. Annie Murphy traveled to Honduras to speak with Zelaya himself, and hear his version of the story we all think...
Miguel and Alfredo cross the US-Mexico border and arrive in New York City, where they meet, and build a friendship based on a love of punk music. ► Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories. More info at lupa.app. ...
On February 5th, the Cervantes Institute of New York and Riverhead Books presented Radio Ambulante: An evening of Latin American Storytelling in New York featuring live radio performances and a conversation with novelists Junot Diaz, Francisco Goldman and Radio Ambulante Executive Producer Daniel Alarcón. The...
A Radio Ambulante le complace anunciar una alianza con BBC Mundo. Desde hoy, nuestras historias aparecerán en el website de BBC Mundo, llevando nuestro sonido distintivo a una audiencia nueva y global. Es un gran honor colaborar con una de las mejores instituciones de periodismo.Lea...
Radio Ambulante · N.N. Colombia's rivers have long been a dumping ground for bodies. In one town, people pull them from the water and give them a proper burial. But the story doesn't end there. Nadja Drost traveled to Puerto Berrios to investigate the town's strange...
Since its founding more than 100 years ago, River Plate has been one of the premiere soccer clubs in all of Latin America. Many stars of Argentine soccer got their start with the team, and went on to play on some of the best teams...
In February of this year, we put on a live show in NY, featuring some of our best stories from our pilot season in both English and Spanish. But we kicked off the evening with something a little different: a conversation between novelists Junot Díaz...
[soundcloud id='84858467'] On March 25th, Radio Ambulante aired our first English-language special "Radio Ambulante en inglés" on our home station KALW 91.7FM San Francisco. This hour-long special will feature some of our most compelling stories: • In Tamaulipas, Mexico, Lizzy Cantú describes how the drug war has changed...
In this fragment of his novel "Noise" (Ruido in Spanish), Álvaro Bisama portrays German Villa, a Chilean town where he grew up during the difficult decade of the 80s in that country. ...
In 1994, in the midst of a poisonous political debate about immigration in California, cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz made up a name and a character: Daniel D. Portado. Twenty years later, D. Portado is back, and sadly, as relevant as ever. ► Lupa is our app for Spanish...
“All of us have someone out there who has our exact same name”. So begins "The Other, the Same," the fascinating story produced by Camila Segura for our second episode: Names. Although we all share our name with someone, not all of us have parallel...
Mexican fiction writer Yuri Herrera reads an excerpt from his acclaimed novel, and introduces us to Makina, a young woman looking for her brother in the US. It’s a dangerous trip, all the more so for a woman traveling alone. In this excerpt, Makina deals...
Mayer and Mario grew up in Callao, Peru, cleaning fishing boats and working hard to avoid hunger--until 1959, when they decided to sneak onto a ship that was headed to New York. This voyage, filled with challenges they couldn’t have foreseen, would mark their lives...