Hispanic and Latina/o/e/x Guide

Connect to yourself and the land you stand on in under 10 minutes with this grounding practice led by Indigenous scholar Yuria Celidwen.

Is there someone important you've never properly thanked? Hear how award-winning children's book author Yuyi Morales discovered the power of writing a "gratitude letter" to the librarian who changed her life.

High expectations can lead to disappointment, but expecting the worst doesn't feel great. This week we are exploring how to find the balance.

How can we feel connected to the world around us? Singer Diana Gameros tries to cultivate a sense of awe in the most unlikely of places.

· Your love and compassion are incomplete if it does not involve you: Favorite Quotes from Latinx celebrities, familia, or friends.

· Example: Walter Mercado – “Con mucho, mucho, Amor” and then we can chat about the stars-astrology and if they listen to the podcast “Stars and Stars with Isa”

WNYC Studios and Futuro Studios present “La Brega: Stories of the Puerto Rican Experience,” a seven-part podcast series that uses narrative storytelling and investigative journalism to reflect and reveal how la Berga has defined so many aspects of life in Puerto Rico. Available in English and Spanish. Season TWO expands season one’s exploration into the island's culture, history, and soul, this time through one of its most cherished exports: music. Hosted by Alana Casanova-Burgess, this season of "La Brega" looks at the Puerto Rican experience through eight iconic songs—taking us from the lyrical baristas of the 1930s to the electric salseros of the '70s to the reggaetoneros of today who have taken music from the margins and made it a global sensation. Available in English and Spanish. This season of "La Brega" was made possible by the Mellon Foundation.

Todo Sports-Futbol (soccer or other favorite sports) What is it like to be among the world’s biggest soccer stars and doubted by many in your home country? That is the question Lionel Messi faces in The Last Cup/La última copa. Not only is this year’s World Cup his last chance to bring home the coveted trophy—it is his last chance for vindication. Hosted by Argentine journalist Jasmine Garsd, The Last Cup/La última copa is much more than a sports story. It is a tale of immigration and race, capitalism and class, belonging and identity—a story for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider in their home.

On the heels of her bestselling book, Heather McGhee embarks on a road trip across Covid-era America, unearthing stories of American solidarity and hope in a time of great division and peril for our democracy. Join Heather as she travels from rural Maine to the California coast and everywhere in between, meeting extraordinary Americans crossing demographic, cultural, and political lines to build a better future for all of us.

Sonoro and Futuro Studios introduce “Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez,” an 8-episode podcast that examines the extraordinary life of the Mexican singer-songwriter and attempts to unravel the mystery of his unsolved murder. Hosted by Erick Galindo in English and Alejandro Mendoza in Spanish

Reggaeton started the way most great movements start, en las calles. Introducing LOUD: The History of Reggaeton, hosted by Ivy Queen. We take you from Panamanian buses to the shores of Puerto Rico to the loud streets of New York City. Tune in on Wednesdays to hear the true story.

Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting. The U.S (United States). It is the only country in the world that allows minors to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Approximately 2,500 juveniles have been effectively sentenced to die in prison—considered “irredeemable” by the state for crimes committed when they were just teenagers. One of them was David Luis “Suave” Gonzalez, who entered prison at 17 expecting to leave in a coffin. Suave tells what happens when your entire world is a prison cell and you suddenly get a second chance at life. It is the story of one man’s incarceration and redemption and an unusual relationship between a journalist and a source.

Maria Garcia was nine years old and living on the U.S.-Mexico border when Selena was murdered. Twenty-five years later, Maria is on a quest to understand what it means to love, mourn, and remember Selena. In this intimate journey, Maria explores what Selena’s legacy shows us about belonging in America from WBUR and Futuro Studios.

In May of 1980, the sleepy streets of Norco, California, were turned into an all-out war zone in what is one of the most violent bank robberies in American history. From LAist Studios, in collaboration with Futuro Studios, comes the new podcast—Norco ’80, based on the book by Peter Houlahan. Listen as host and producer Antonia Cereijido tells the unbelievable true story about God, guns, survivalism, and the bank robbery that changed policing in America forever. Using

eyewitness testimony and never-before-heard police tapes, Norco ’80 takes listeners on a wild ride. It is a cautionary tale in America immersed in an economic crisis, revamped end-of-the-world paranoia, and a complex conversation about policing.

Racism, toxic inequality, persistent poverty, climate change: these are big, serious problems, and if you believe they require extensive, audacious solutions, then this is the podcast for you. Hosted by Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder-in-Residence at Policy Link, Radical Imagination focuses on radical solutions to our society’s most pressing problems. It features conversations with thinkers and changemakers from multiple fields working to deliver equity wins on a scale. Tune in to Radical Imagination for stories and solutions fueling change.

Drawn out from the fictional world of the series Gentefied and brought into the Netflix universe, Brown Love is a weekly show that celebrates the multi-faceted US (United States) Latinx experience. Each week, host Dascha Polanco talks to Latinxs in Hollywood who are making space for Latinx communities to see themselves and get real on topics like machismo, Afro-Latinidad, self-care, comedy, and the first-generation experience.

In 1994, an anti-immigrant ballot initiative rocked the state of California. It turned the state into the progressive beacon it is today but also paved the way for Donald Trump to be elected president. Award-winning reporter Gustavo Arellano hosts the Battle of 187, a collaboration between the Los Angeles Times and Futuro Studios. This is California features thought-provoking, sound-rich stories about California and the West.

Break the stigma of mental health as it relates to the Latinx community. Learn self-help techniques, how to support ourselves or those around us who struggle with mental illnesses and create cultural competency for other providers working with the Latinx population.