Recent Radio Ambulante’s Episodes for your Listening Club
Lord Alejandro
Meet the duke of Medellín.
Alejandro Estrada Cardona is a 28-year-old
Meet the duke of Medellín.
Alejandro Estrada Cardona is a 28-year-old Colombian who has a secret only a few people know about: he could soon become a member of the Spanish nobility. Kelly and Andrés knew something of that legacy, but wish they had never been involved.
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Ana Before Juanito
A trip down memory lane leads to a reunion.
After more
A trip down memory lane leads to a reunion.
After more than 40 years, he would finally understand why she raised him like her own son.
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Getting Down
If I can't twerk, it's not my revolution.
Puerto Rican Patricia
If I can\'t twerk, it\'s not my revolution.
Puerto Rican Patricia Velasquez has spent her whole life listening to reggaeton. It\'s part of her identity. But when she was questioned about the content of the songs, she began an investigation that would lead her to create something completely new about the musical genre.
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The Final Days of Franklin Masacre [Repeat]
It took only one man to wreak chaos.
As in other
It took only one man to wreak chaos.
As in other prisons in the country, inmates ruled the Penitenciaría General de Venezuela. In this episode, three inmates recount the terror they experienced inside the prison when a new leader arrived. At what moment did one of the largest prisons in Venezuela get out of control?
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My Father, My Dad
When the bubble bursts.
Tanilo and Guadalupe grew up with the
When the bubble bursts.
Tanilo and Guadalupe grew up with the best dad in the world. He was loving, fun, creative… But years later they discovered the truth about a very complex man that they used to think they knew.
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This Dog Looks Funny
The new pet wasn’t what it seemed.
Ronald Llata found a
The new pet wasn’t what it seemed.
Ronald Llata found a wounded dog in Lima’s Central Market. He bought it, took it home, and looked after it while it healed. His mum took charge of feeding it from the start, but as the days passed, they realized that something about this animal just wasn’t right.
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The Zone
One canal, two countries.
The Panama Canal Zone came into official
One canal, two countries.
The Panama Canal Zone came into official existence in 1912 upon completion of the Panama Canal. The United States was granted sovereignty over a 1,432 km² tract of Panamanian land, on which it attempted to create a utopian society. What was ideal for some was anything but for a large part of the country where it was installed.
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Versus vs. Versus
A summer hit and a dream.
In 1996, Andrés was 10
A summer hit and a dream.
In 1996, Andrés was 10 years old and had no interest in music. But he heard a song on the radio that changed something within him. For years, he chased a dream of becoming a rock star, and that path led him to his idols.
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The Memory Keeper
Her family kept a treasure that was thought to be
Her family kept a treasure that was thought to be lost.
As a child, Evangelina Jaime enjoyed spending afternoons with her paternal grandmother, watching her tend to the garden. Evangelina was still too young to understand that her grandmother was the keeper of an ancestral secret that, almost thirty years later, she and her father would be charged with bringing to light.
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Lola Pistola
A professional wrestler performs a different kind of show.
Diego’s favorite
A professional wrestler performs a different kind of show.
Diego’s favorite place was the ring. There, he became the professional wrestler Diego ‘Dos Pistolas’ Garijo. But after getting hit and almost losing his eyesight, he had to walk away from his passion. To find a new one, Diego stepped onto a different kind of stage.
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You Can’t Give Birth Here [Extra Episode]
Obstetric violence at the border.
In 2022, the Dominican Republic deported
Obstetric violence at the border.
In 2022, the Dominican Republic deported hundreds of pregnant Haitian women, a practice that had reportedly been curtailed following criticism by the government by the United Nations and other organizations.
This investigation, produced with support from the Pulitzer Center, was originally published in El hilo, a podcast that every Friday puts into context the most relevant news events in Latin America.
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From the Store to the Dump [Extra Episode]
Where do the clothes we throw away end?
A corner of
Where do the clothes we throw away end?
A corner of the Atacama Desert has become a garbage dump where tons of clothes that other countries have discarded are piling up.
This story was originally published in El hilo, a podcast co-produced by Radio Ambulante Estudios that every Friday puts into context the most relevant news events in Latin America.
Find the English translation of \"From the Store to the Dump\" here. Or check out the Spanish transcript here.
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