Podcast Episodes

This Giving Tuesday, Futuro reflects back on 2025

It’s been quite the year, for the United States and for Futuro Media. At Latino USA, we’re bringing you in-depth reporting from the front lines. At Futuro Studios, we’re developing ground-breaking sh…

Published on 1 month ago

Mezcal: From Farms to Bars and the Unseen Consequences of Its Popularity

For some years now, mezcal, Mexico’s other national spirit, has been in a cultural spotlight in and out of Mexico—especially here in the U.S. But the unseen devastating consequences of that demand ha…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Get to Know Adelita Grijalva: She Wants the Epstein Files Out and a Progressive Democratic Party In

Adelita Grijalva, the first Latina –and first Chicana– to represent Arizona in Congress was sworn into office… finally. She was the deciding vote pushing for the release of the Epstein files. The Tuc…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Selena Documentary Reveals the Daughter, Sister and Wife Behind the Queen of Tex-Mex

In this episode, Latino USA’s “Selena expert” Maria Garcia sits down with Selena Quintanilla’s sister, Suzette and filmmaker Isabel Castro, to talk about the new Netflix documentary, Selena y Los Din…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nathy Peluso: Rapper, Salsera, and The Art of Misbehaving

Nathy Peluso is an Argentinean-born singer, rapper and poet and she’s looking to chart new territory on who gets to choose how women behave.

She grew up in Spain where she learned to express herself …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Actor Raúl Castillo Talks HBO’s Task, Staying Grounded in Hollywood, and His Respect for Matriarchs

Actor Raúl Castillo joins us at the kitchen table. Literally. He goes to Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa’s home to share chips and homemade guacamole. Since his last visit on the show five years ago, …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

After Election Wins for Democrats, Are They Connecting More With Latinos?

It’s been a year since Donald Trump won the elections. And last week, voters elected candidates that are far from what Trump represents. Democrats made history in New York City, and they won big in p…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Monsters and Secrets: Oscar Isaac on Embodying the Most Telenovela Version of Frankenstein

There is a mysticism that covers Latin America. Stories of monsters, spirits, and tales of dark family secrets. Sure, it sounds like a telenovela, but literature calls it Gothic: tales that frighten …

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Unlawfully Deported: Orgullosa's Story of Family Separation, ICE’s Harassment and Returning Home

Orgullosa and her daughter, Estrella, began to rebuild their lives after they were separated in the U.S.-Mexico border under the first Trump administration in 2018. Seven years later, Trump was re-el…

Published on 2 months ago

Taken: The Agents Raiding Communities and the People Trying to Stop Them

“The hunting of Latinos.” That’s how the mayor of Los Angeles described the last few months of increasingly violent immigration raids. They’re the brainchild of a Border Patrol chief who went rogue.

Published on 2 months ago