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Chef, entrepreneur, designer, public speaker — Manolo López is all those things. But this 30-year-old Puerto Rican describes himself as an unofficial ambassador for his island, a role he embodied as …

What if your mother was buried in a mass grave and the government did not allow you to rebury her? Or the infamous torturer who beat you lived down the street, a free man? Victims and survivors of Sp…

Engineer Ricardo Chicharro is leading a driverless bus project that aims to transport tourists to see the otherworldly Mountains of Fire in Timanfaya National Park on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.…

Marcelo Hernández, the Ecuadorian bartender at Grand Central Station's legendary Oyster Bar, shares a few secrets about New York City, the lost art of listening, and a tip or two about mixing the per…

We speak with Puerto Rican journalist Luis Trelles about his deep investigation into the discrepancies in the official death count in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, and the underreported reality o…

Jackie Hernández is a leader and a fighter, jumping from the top ranks of Spanish language media and landing in the mixed martial arts (MMA) arena. In this episode, we learn how she busted the glass …

Why is cellist Yo-Yo Ma playing Bach on the banks of the Rio Grande-Rio Bravo along the U.S.-Mexico border, and why are poets and environmentalists talking about it? We speak with Tricia Cortez, exec…

Artificial intelligence isn't replacing anyone's job in education just yet, says Santiago Iñiguez, president of IE University, one of Europe's most high-profile schools. Iñiguez helped organize a gat…

Children, some as young as 5 years old, live at a garbage dumpsite on the Philippine island of Mindanao. When the rooster crows, they show up at the dump to work, gathering items to sell. But they're…

Spain plans to remove the remains of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco from the Valley of the Fallen (a controversial memorial site) and rebury them elsewhere. We talk with Stanley G. Payne, recent r…

Latinos make up roughly 18 percent of the U.S. population, yet remain marginalized in many ways. We speak to media change makers Maria Hinojosa and Guy Garcia to explore how their work has broadened …

Are we in a golden age for Latinx superheroes and comics? Ricardo Padilla thinks so, and he should know–he co-founded the annual Latino Comics Expo. He expects this year's event (March 15-16) to attr…

Artists Manuel Oliver and Julia Santos Solomon are using their work to spur change. Manuel is the father of Joaquin “Guac” Oliver, one of 17 people murdered in the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Dougl…

Cristina Pato is a master gaita player and classical pianist from Galicia, Spain, who has been bringing cultures together with her music for two decades. She’s toured the world with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkro…

Many foreign students who remain stateside after graduating from U.S. universities make incalculable contributions to the economy, says Ángel Cabrera, president of George Mason University. While the …

Turns out artists and magicians can teach scientists more than a thing or two about perception and cognition. We chat with Susana Martínez-Conde, an award-winning neuroscientist and science writer wh…

Alba Flores brings the badass bank robber character Nairobi to life in "Money Heist," a Netflix blockbuster that’s been earning international acclaim. After winning an Emmy in 2018, it’s now shooting…

Families fleeing gang violence and death threats in Central America are seeking asylum in the United States. One of the people helping them is Minneapolis-based lawyer Veronica Walther, who has been …

We journey to the frontier of brain science with Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, M.D., a leading brain researcher and chair of neurologic surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Best known as…

The push to make the criminal justice system fairer is gaining speed at the federal and state levels. Dr. Carlos Valle, a psychiatrist who works at Dutchess County Jail in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., joins u…