16 Best Latino Storytelling Podcasts

1. Radio Ambulante

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Radio Ambulante es un podcast pionero en español que cuenta crónicas latinoamericanas en audio, celebrando la diversidad y complejidad de la región. / Radio Ambulante is an award-winning Spanish language podcast that uses long-form audio journalism to tell neglected and under-reported Latin American and Latino stories.more Host Daniel Alarcón
Producer/Network My Cultura Network
Email ****@columbia.edu
Estimated Monthly Listeners 250k-1M
Recent Guests Daniella Tobar, Lorena Borjas +15 more
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 8.1KFacebook 55KTwitter 341.2KInstagram 135.6K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Latino USA

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Latino USA is the longest-running news and culture radio program in the U.S. centering Latino stories, hosted by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Maria Hinojosa Every week, the Peabody winning team brings you revealing, in-depth stories about what's in the hearts and minds of Latinos and their impact on the world. Want to support our independent journalism? Join Futuro+ for exclusive episodes, sneak peaks and behind-the-scenes chisme on Latino USA and all our podcasts. www.futuromediagroup.org/joinplusmore Host Maria Hinojosa
Producer/Network Futuro Media
Email ****@futuromediagroup.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 250k-1M
Recent Guests Cecilia Gentili, Julieta Venegas +39 more
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 4KFacebook 81.5KTwitter 76.2KInstagram 52K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. Anything For Selena

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Maria García combines rigorous reporting with impassioned storytelling to honor Selena Quintanilla's life and legacy. She also explores the indelible mark she left on Latino identity and belonging, whether it's fatherhood, big-butt politics, and the fraught relationship with whiteness and language. Anything for Selena has been named an Apple Podcasts Series Essential. more Host Maria García
Producer/Network WBUR
Email ****@bu.edu
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Recent Guest Maya Murillo
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 1.6KFacebook 102.3KInstagram 66.9K Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. La Brega

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La Brega tells stories of the Puerto Rican experience. In Season 3 of La Brega, we're bringing you stories of Puerto Rico's champions. We're going to go to the ballfields and cultural battlegrounds where carrying the flag takes on even more meaning. We'll meet fighters who have represented us in courtrooms and in boxing rings, and icons who have worn Puerto Rico on their sashes and their jerseys. We're going to ask: what do we learn about Puerto Ricanness by spending time with our champions? La Brega cuenta las historias de la experiencia boricua...more Host Alana Casanova-Burgess
Producer/Network Futuro Media
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Recent Guests Iris Morales, Alberto Mercado +1 more
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 1.2K Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez

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(English, Español) Imagine if Frank Sinatra went on stage every night with a gun in his waistband. Or if Tupac got into a shootout on stage at a rodeo. Well, Chalino Sánchez did just that. In this podcast, we examine the extraordinary life of the 'King of Corridos,' and attempt to unravel the mystery of his death. Chalino's story, his own narcocorrido, is the ultimate ride through the drug cartel world, the underbelly of the Mexican-American music industry and a murder mystery for the ages. Imagínate que Juan Gabriel se subiera al escenario cada noche con una pistola en la cintura...more Host Erick Galindo
Producer/Network Sonoro | Futuro Studios
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Recent Guests Liliana Olivares, Coco Selis +8 more
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 878 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

6. Espooky Tales

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Latin American folklore, myths, legends, haunted places,true crime and espooky cuentos del rancho. Hear the stories you grew up with like La Llorona, as well as true stories from listeners and guests. Join twins, Cristina & Carmen (formerly MJ), every other Friday as they share these tales and have a few laughs. Stay espooky!more Hosts Cristina Lumague, Carmen
Producer/Network Cristina & Carmen
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 222Instagram 11.3K Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. Port of Entry

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These are cross-border stories that connect us. Border people often inhabit this in-between place. From KPBS 'Port of Entry' tells personal stories from this place — stories of love, hope, struggle, and survival from border crossers, fronterizxs, and other people whose lives are shaped around the wall. Rooted in San Diego and Tijuana, we are a transborder podcast for transborder people. We live life on la linea. Hosted by Alan Lilienthal and Natalie Gonzalez, written and produced by Julio C. Ortiz Franco, mixed and sound designed by Adrian Villalobos.more Hosts Alan Lilienthal, Natalie Gonzalez
Producer/Network KPBS
Email ****@kpbs.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Jorge Meraz, Joel Pilco +8 more
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 112Facebook 77.5KTwitter 60.8KInstagram 95.8K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. Historias Unknown

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Obscure Latin American history, capitalism and corruption. Each week, your hosts (and twins) Carmen and Cristina, will tell each other a story about Latino/Latine history, capitalism or corruption and sometimes all three. Episodes every Thursday. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support .more Hosts Cristina Lumague, Carmen
Producer/Network Carmen & Cristina
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Cillian Dunne, Haley Cohen Gilliland
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 30Twitter 107Instagram 25.1K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

9. El Mesteño Podcast

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El Mesteño is dedicated to documenting and preserving the history of Mexican-Americans in South Texas and Northern Mexico. When you subscribe, you gain access to stories that explore the rich heritage of the region, ranging from early settlers to contemporary history.more Producer/Network Homero S. Vera - D.A. Flores
Email ****@mestenomedia.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 13 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

10. Desconocido: Strange Stories from Latin America

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Desconocido is a podcast where we feature stories of the mysterious and unexplained centered on Latin America: told in a narrative-documentary style! Tune in for fascinating folklore, alien abductions, elusive cryptids, and little pieces of bizarre history! I'm not a reporter or journalist, just a second-generation Hispanic American trying to share what they find and maybe learn a little more about their roots in the meantime...more Producer/Network Orlando Correa
Email ****@live.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

11. In The Hyphen

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Deeply researched, visually rich stories about U.S. Latinos from award-winning journalist Fernando Hurtado.
Producer/Network Fernando Hurtado
Email ****@companionarts.com
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

12. Patriots from the Barrio

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Historian, writer and author Dave Gutierrez shares the stories of Latino Americans who have served this nation. Stories of patriotic men and women who came from Latino communities of this country to defend America in a time of war. In each episode Gutierrez shines a light on stories that have remained in the shadows of history. Each story takes us on a historical journey of discovery on heroic Latino Americans in defense of their country...more Host Dave Gutierrez
Email ****@authordavegutierrez.com
Recent Guests Yvette Benavidez Garcia, Henry Ozuna +2 more
Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

13. Timestorm

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The Ventura twins are yanked into another dimension where they meet a distant cousin who gives them an extraordinary mission: travel through time to witness their culture's true history. Alexa and Beni visit three continents across the span of five centuries, meeting people who have left their mark on Puerto Rican heritage. In the twenty-first century, the twins navigate school, friendship, and family while keeping their time-traveling quests a secret.Timestorm is produced by Cocotazo Media and is a proud member of TRAX from PRX...more Host Dania Ramos
Producer/Network Cocotazo Media and TRAX from PRX
Email ****@prx.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 338Facebook 16.8KTwitter 408Instagram 8.6K Avg Length 15 min Format Short form Since Jun 2019 Get Email Contact

14. ¿Quién Are We?

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¿Quién Are We? is a podcast from Colorado Public Radio exploring what it means to be Latino, Hispanic or Chicana ... or however you identify. Host and journalist May Ortega shares stories about our wide-ranging identities and the beautiful things that make us who we are.more Producer/Network Colorado Public Radio
Email ****@cpr.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 92 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

15. ¿Qué Me Cuentas?: Latinx Storytelling

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¿Que Me Cuentas?: a mostly Latinx Storytelling Podcast y mas. This podcast tries to celebrate and honor the beautifully diverse and rich voices of gente Latina in themed episodes that feature a handful of storytellers/cuentistas all with varying degrees of experience. The way stories are shared ranges from more modern 'storytelling', to poetry, personal essay, prose.... etc.more Producer/Network a Latinx Storytelling Podcast
Email ****@yahoo.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 70 Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

16. Mija Podcast (Spanish)

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Mija es una joven latina, hija de inmigrantes, que cuenta la historia de su familia. Cada episodio relata la vida de una persona, y cómo la experiencia de viajar de Colombia a los Estados Unidos la ha afectado. Mija Podcast está disponible en tres versiones: inglés, francés y español, y es una producción original de Studio Ochenta, una empresa de producción de podcasts multilingüe. Para más información sobre Ochenta y Mija Podcast, síguenos @ochentapodcasts & @mijapodcast. Música original por Gabriel Dalmasso. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.more Host Lory Martinez
Producer/Network Studio Ochenta
Email ****@ochentastudio.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 3.4/5Apple Reviews 192Twitter 760Instagram 1.4K Avg Length 12 min Format Short form Get Email Contact