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For Students With Mental Health Issues, Transition To College Is Complicated
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Songs We Love: N.A.S.A. feat. Lizzo, 'Iko (Tropkillaz Remix)'
Friday, September 04, 2015
There are as many versions of the New Orleans standard "Iko Iko" as there are arguments about what it means exactly. A traditional Mardi Gras Indian call-and-response, it was recorded as "Jock-A-Mo" by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford and the Cane Cutters in 1953. A decade later, the Dixie Cups, ...
For Inca Road Builders, Extreme Terrain Was No Obstacle
Saturday, August 29, 2015
One of history's greatest engineering feats is one you rarely hear of. It's the Inca Road, parts of which still exist today across much of South America.
Back in the day — more than 500 years ago — commoners like me wouldn't have been able to walk on the Inca ...
Silk-Robe Songs: A Decadent Alt.Latino Playlist
Thursday, August 13, 2015
I was recently on assignment in Los Angeles, where I was fortunate to stay at a nice, classic old Hollywood hotel. It sure beat the assignment where I had to stay at the "Banana Motel" in a border town in Central America, but that's another story.
So I did what ...
Tijuana's Daughter: Guest DJ Ceci Bastida
Thursday, August 06, 2015
Faithful listeners of Alt.Latino will recognize Ceci Bastida her unique musical style. The Mexican singer became famous in the ska-punk band Tijuana No! She then joined pop icon Julieta Venegas, and in recent years has embarked on a stellar solo career. Bastida, who combines elements of nortena with ...
Narcocorridos: Telling Truths, Or Glorifying An Escaped Drug Lord?
Thursday, July 16, 2015
It took only a few minutes for Mexican drug kingpin El Chapo to escape from a maximum-security prison in Mexico earlier this week. It took only a few hours for musicians to start uploading songs, mostly corridos, about that escape.
Corridos are a narrative style of Mexican music that ...
Keep It Moving: New Dance Music From Latin America
Thursday, July 09, 2015
Summer is here, which means it's time to shed clothing, shed inhibitions and start dancing. To set us off, we invited two of our favorite NPR people, Sami Yenigun and Otis Hart. Both are experts on dance music, and both have a soft spot for beats from Africa and Latin ...
One Teacher's Quest To Build Language Skills ... And Self-Confidence
Thursday, June 18, 2015
In The Name Of Love: A Mixtape For LGBT Pride Month
Thursday, June 18, 2015
DJ Oscar Nñ is one of Alt.Latino's favorite guest DJs: We love the music he spins so much that we invite him to hang out at every opportunity. We're right in the middle of LGBT Pride Month, so we invited Nñ to assemble a mixtape of songs; in addition to ...
Learning To Fly: A Mixtape For The Airplane-Averse
Thursday, June 11, 2015
I'm not going to lie: One of the worst things that can happen to you on your vacation is sitting next to me on an airplane. There is nothing I hate more than flying, and as Alt.Latino co-host Felix Contreras can attest, I sometimes take out my anxiety on whoever's ...
Songs We Love: Bomba Estereo, 'Mar (Lo Que Siento)'
Tuesday, June 09, 2015
Bomba Estéreo has always been associated with fiery, trance-inducing dance songs like "Fuego." But one of their lesser-known sweet spots is in the more mellow, breezy songs, the kind you want to listen to after a full night of hard-partying, while recovering on a beach, watching ...
'Louisa Meets Bear' Is More Than The Sum Of Its Parts
Tuesday, June 09, 2015
Early in Lisa Gornick's Louisa Meets Bear, not long after the title characters run into each other at a Princeton University library in 1975, Louisa tries to explain her father's job to her schoolmate. She can't quite articulate what it means to be a geneticist: "I can't explain what it ...
Dreaming En Español: Latin Music To Soothe Your Summertime Soul
Thursday, June 04, 2015
Summer is finally here, at least in spirit, so Alt.Latino returns with a cool mix engineered for maximum soothing. We've got Cuban soul remixed, some fluffy Mexican pop and a great little song about an Argentine who falls asleep in the Paraguayan jungle.
So tune in — and, as always, ...
Introducing The First Non-Medical Intern Union In The U.S.
Wednesday, June 03, 2015
Updated June 4 at 11:30 a.m. ET
Nobody expects an internship to make one rich — but for many, the entire experience has become simply unattainable.
Reynaldo Leal tells NPR doing an internship was impossible. "I was going to school on the GI Bill, and when it came time to ...
Beyond The Birds And The Bees: Surviving Sex Ed Today
Monday, June 01, 2015
So The Punk Says To The Ranchero, 'You Should Listen To Piñata Protest'
Thursday, May 28, 2015
On Alt.Latino, Felix Contreras and I often discuss how much we love celebrating things that mix the old with the new. As Latinos, we constantly receive marketing messages from Hispanic and non-Hispanic entertainment industries alike, each desperate to tap into our ever-growing population. As a result, there's a lot of ...
NYU Changes Its Policy On Reviewing Applicants' Criminal Background
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Take It Outside: Teaching Sex Ed On The Streets Of New York
Saturday, May 23, 2015
On a gusty Friday evening in Manhattan's Union Square Park, Francisco Ramirez is setting up his chairs and a big sign that yells, "FREE ADVICE."
The park is packed with street musicians, chain-smoking chess players and preachers yelling predictions
Ramirez just wants to talk.
This seems like an unusual place ...
The Pachanga Files: Rockanroleando In Austin
Friday, May 22, 2015
We are exhausted, but it's the good kind of exhaustion — the kind that comes from singing along with live bands, dancing and laughing hard with friends. And, if your name is Felix Contreras, it's the kind of exhaustion that comes from getting on stage and killing it on the ...