Latino Rebels Radio

While Futuro Media remains on holiday break, Latino Rebels Radio producer Oscar Fernández steps in once again for another episode of the Latino Media Collective.Oscar spends the hour with Professor Tanya Katerí Hernández to discuss her recent book, “Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality,” and the inconvenient truth of anti-Black bias within the Latino community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s time for the annual holiday break at Futuro Media, which means it’s also time for our producer Oscar Fernández to step in with another episode of the Latino Media Collective.In this episode, Oscar welcomes visual artist and longtime friend of Latino Rebels, Julio Salgado, in another installment of the LMC’s “Undocumented and LGBTQ” series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why is military-grade spyware being used against journalists? Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela searches for answers by speaking with El Faro reporter Nelson Rauda to discuss the use of Pegasus spyware in El Salvador and why it should matter to journalists in the United States. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Following the huge success of “Wednesday” on Netflix, Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes entertainment correspondent Cristina Escobar to look back on an outstanding year for Latino representation in Hollywood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Futuro Media senior producers Julieta Martinelli and Roxanne Scott to discuss the debut Futuro Investigates story about the dangers migrants face in the Arizona desert.“Death by Policy: Crisis in the Arizona Desert” premieres December 2 on Latino USA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latino Rebels Senior Editor Hector Luis Alamo returns as guest host and welcomes Rhonda LeValdo to break away from romanticized narratives of Thanksgiving and deconstruct the facade of turkey day. LeValdo is a citizen of Acoma Pueblo and a professor at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Following a midterm election cycle that defied predictions of a red wave, Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Chuck Rocha —president of Solidarity Strategies and co-host of The Latino Vote podcast— to break down the complexity of Latino voters from region to region. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just days before the start of the 2022 World Cup, Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Jasmine Garsd, host of the new podcast The Last Cup, to discuss how the journey of Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi runs parallel to the issues of migration, neoliberalism, and hanging on to your roots.The Last Cup is a joint production from NPR and Futuro Studios. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amid a sense of apprehension over the future of Brazilian democracy, Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Roberta Braga, director of counter-disinformation strategies at Equis, to break down the contentious and highly competitive second round of Brazil's presidential election and weigh it against the destabilizing threat of disinformation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the lead-up to the November midterm elections, Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Gustavo Sánchez of IZQ Strategies to talk about Futuro Media's first poll of Latino voters and what it could mean for key races in three battleground states. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Danielle Elliott, a civil rights attorney based in Sacramento, California, and Celina Avalos Jaramillo, a graduate student at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC-Berkeley. Danielle and Celina will tell us about their investigation on Spanish-language disinformation and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, part of a project by the Berkeley School of Journalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latino Rebel's Senior Editor Hector Luis Alamo, our guest host this week, welcomes Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano to discuss the leaked audio of racist comments made by three L.A. City Council members and its aftermath. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Latino Rebels Radio, Senior Editor Hector Luis Alamo steps in as guest host to welcome Michael Fox, host of the Brazil On Fire podcast, to discuss the elections in Brazil this month and the dark history of the Brazilian right wing movement.Brazil On Fire is a podcast produced by Michael Fox in collaboration with NACLA and the Real News Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lies. False promises. Migrants left high and dry. Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela speaks with breaking news reporter Raquel Torres from the San Antonio Report about her firsthand conversations with local migrants on how the political stunt by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this month originated in Texas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Five years almost to the day after the devastation of Hurricane María, Puerto Rico was hit by another devastating hurricane—Fiona. Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Luis Herrero, co-host of the podcast Puestos Pa'l Problema, to give us an eyewitness account of the storm and the long-term recovery ahead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Five years ago on September 20, 2017, Hurricane María devastated the island of Puerto Rico, exposing a colonial reality with deep repercussions. Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Casa Pueblo executive director Arturo Massol-Deyá for a conversation about perseverance and the importance of self-reliance after a natural disaster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While Latino Rebels Radio takes a break, producer Oscar Fernandez steps up once again with a new episode from the Latino Media Collective.On this episode, Salvadoran professor Jorge Cuellar returns for part two of a special conversation about the legacy of former assemblyman Roberto D'Aubuisson, the godfather of El Salvador's death squads. Jorge Cuellar is an assistant professor of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean studies at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Latino Rebels Radio is proud to present three podcasts from Futuro Media’s Detroit Community Podcast Lab. Partnering with WDET, Futuro brought its Community Podcast Lab to Detroit, helping to capture the untold stories from the neighborhoods of the city.These are the three podcasts featured in this episode:“Detroit Hustle” by Catalina Rios A podcast where we honor the stories of hustle by uplifting the culture, creativity, and ingenuity of Detroit and its people! This is a show about putting respect on the hustle by listening to stories from hustlers themselves and their loved ones.“Hidden in Plain (Site)” by Saundra LittleIn a city that is 80 percent Black, we lack the history and storytelling of Detroit Black architects. As a practicing African American architect, I am in disbelief by the large number of Detroit architecture lovers that do not know the significant body of work that is designed by Black architects in our great city. We will take a storytelling journey of hidden in plain sight gems

Futuro Media founder Maria Hinojosa returns to Latino Rebels Radio to talk to host Julio Ricardo Varela about the upcoming release of the young reader version of her book, “Once I Was You: Finding My Voice and Passing The Mic.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes back Capitol Hill correspondent Pablo Manríquez to discuss the latest on the Inflation Reduction Act, the lack of progress in immigration reform, the stalling of the Puerto Rico Status Act and Democrats voting in favor of Title 42. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.