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15/07/2025

Latino USA has joined iHeartRadio's MCPN: My Cultura Podcast Network! 🎉

This means our stories will reach even more listeners across the country. Same powerful stories, same truth-driven journalism. But still rooted in public radio. And still led by Maria L Hinojosa.

Thank you for listening and growing with us! 💛

🎧 Find Latino USA on iHeartRadio and wherever you get your podcasts.

Read more here ➡️ futuromediagroup.org/latinousamycultura/

02/07/2025

Apple Podcasts is celebrating 20 years of podcasts with a special puzzle, featuring 20 medium-defining shows, including our very own .

Can you guess the answer to the clue?

Complete the puzzle at apple.co/podcastspuzzle 🧩

Listen to Season 1 and Season 2 of Suave wherever you get your podcasts!

26/06/2025

Apple Podcasts just named the one of the 20 shows that have made a lasting impact on listeners and shaped podcasting over the past 20 years! We're thrilled to be included in this list.

This is what Apple said about our show:

"Suave starts as a story of a wrongful conviction, a premise popularized by Serial, but it quickly upends those expectations. Luis “Suave” Gonzalez develops a friendship with journalist Maria Hinojosa while he’s behind bars for a crime we are unsure he really committed. From there on, the show becomes more than a story of injustice; through the production team’s mastery of craft, Suave’s humanity shines front and center.

Maria Hinojosa’s friendship with Suave also adds a layer of tension, and the show lets us experience that tension in all its complexity. This series is a reflection on the criminal justice system, true crime podcasts, and journalism as a vehicle for storytelling."

Congrats to Maria L Hinojosa, Host and Senior Producer Julieta Martinelli, Luis “Suave” Gonzalez, and the entire Suave team!

See the full list here ↘️
apple.co/20podcasts

25/06/2025

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18/06/2025

🚨 Big year at Futuro Media! 🚨

We produced "The Latino Factor: How We Vote," a Latino USA series about the 2024 election that delved deep into the minds and hearts of Latino voters across the country, launched new powerful and immersive podcasts at Futuro Studios, continued our investigative work that holds power to account at Futuro Investigates, and relaunched In The Thick for a pop-up 2024 election season.

🗳 16 stories in “The Latino Factor” series
🎙 New shows like Stars and Stars With Isa, My Divo, and Chess Piece
🏆 Webby + Murrow Award wins
🕵️‍♀️ Groundbreaking investigations with real impact

💻 Read our annual report here ➡️ bit.ly/futuromediareport

18/06/2025

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11/06/2025

a new Latino USA podcast!

On June 6, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents began a series of raids in Los Angeles, and their actions were the boiling point after months of violent apprehensions.

Protests grew and the federal government sent unsolicited troops as a response, which only heightened tensions. Maria L Hinojosa speaks with CalMatters.org reporter Sergio Olmos about the administration’s excessive crackdown, how we got here, and why this is happening in the Sanctuary city of LA.

“Los Angeles is a very diverse place,” and going after people in low-paying jobs with assault rifles “is not a very popular thing here," Olmos said.

🎙️LISTEN HERE ➡️ bit.ly/lusalaprotest

11/06/2025

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03/06/2025

And that's a wrap on Suave: Season 2 🎙️

This season was a rollercoaster of emotions as Suave shared his raw and unfiltered experiences readjusting to life on the outside after incarceration. Have you listened yet?

You can listen & follow Suave on your fave podcast app!

🎧Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/suaveapple
🎧Spotify: bit.ly/suavepodspotify
🎧Amazon Music: bit.ly/suaveamazon

02/06/2025

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30/05/2025

After an emotional rollercoaster ride of the past few years, Suave takes inventory of the challenges he’s faced, and makes plans for the future. And he reveals one more surprising and life-changing decision.

LISTEN TO THE SEASON FINALE ↘️

🎧Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/suaveapple
🎧Spotify: bit.ly/suavepodspotify
🎧Amazon Music: bit.ly/suaveamazon

29/05/2025

As Suave takes inventory of past challenges, he comes to terms with the weight of institutionalization and makes plans for the future. And he reveals one more surprising and life-changing decision.

LISTEN TO THE SEASON FINALE ↘️

In the final episode of Season 2, Suave and the team visit a location in the Bronx with deep significance to Suave— a place where you can say his journey towards freedom began. As Suave takes inventory of the past, and the challenges of the la...