Alt.Latino
The global Latinx community is evolving and growing fast. Alt.Latino is here to celebrate it and all of its nuances through music. Each episode, NPR Music's Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre sit down with a different living legend or rising star to discuss Latinx culture, heritage, and the shared borders of our experiences. Let the chisme begin!
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Latest Episode
Our Love Letter to Bob Weir (14.01.2026)
Previous Episodes
- Music as protest in Venezuela
- What We Missed In 2025
- What Were Felix and Ana's 2025 Favorites?
- Zen and the art of new music
- Roots and unity at the Latin Grammys
- Rosalía in her own words
- Portraits of Jazz and Identity in Latin America
- Salsa, bossa nova, and Argentina's next big thing
- What's in our mailbag? The beauty of simplicity
- A Tiny Desk chat with Silvana Estrada
- A conversation with Gloria Estefan
- The return of El Tiny
- Latin honky tonk and imaginary collaborations
- Bad Bunny Closes Out His Residency
- A Tribute to Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras
- Felix's healing soundtrack and new love songs
- Ecuadorian-American indie pop, 2010s Tumblr-core and bedroom pop cumbia
- Flaco Jimenez and Eddie Palmieri: Why Their Music Mattered
- Latin summer anthems
- The decline of corridos tumbados? Plus, more jazz from Felix
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