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UCLA Latin America Institute Podcasts

Podcasts of public lectures about Latin America.

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Podcast: John Garrigus (Department of History, UT Arlington): “An epidemic that can only be stopped by the most violent remedy”: African ‘Poisons’ versus Animal Disease in Saint-Domingue, 1750-1788”

Podcast: John Garrigus (Department of History, UT Arlington): “An epidemic that can only be stopped by the most violent remedy”: African ‘Poisons’ versus Animal Disease in Saint-Domingue, 1750-1788”

John Garrigus, Dept. of History, University of Texas, Arlington, “An epidemic that can only be stopped by the most viole... Read more

29 Apr 2020

1hr 37mins

Ranked #2

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Living and Writing in Havana

Living and Writing in Havana

Cuban writer Leonardo Padura and filmmaker, scriptwriter Lucia Lopez Coll discuss contemporary ideas of writing in Havan... Read more

30 Oct 2018

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PODCAST – Can Mexico Save Itself? YoSoy132 to Ayotzinapa and Beyond!

PODCAST – Can Mexico Save Itself? YoSoy132 to Ayotzinapa and Beyond!

Listen to a lecture by novelist and journalist Francisco Goldman.

19 May 2015

1hr

Ranked #4

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Panel 2: Faculty Round Table: U.S.-Mexico Border: Migration, Transnationalism and Sovereignty

Panel 2: Faculty Round Table: U.S.-Mexico Border: Migration, Transnationalism and Sovereignty

6 May 2015

1hr 4mins

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PODCAST – Chocolate in the Americas: Kirsten Tripplett

PODCAST – Chocolate in the Americas: Kirsten Tripplett

Got Cacao? A Brief Introduction to the deep history of chocolate in Mesoamerica and Central America by Kirsten Tripplett

24 Apr 2015

40mins

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Podcast- The Use(fulness) of Nauatl Dialects Spoken Today for the Study of Written Nauatl from the 16th and 17th Centuries

Podcast- The Use(fulness) of Nauatl Dialects Spoken Today for the Study of Written Nauatl from the 16th and 17th Centuries

Listen to a lecture by Dr. Una Canger Professor Emeritus at the University of Copenhagen.

31 Mar 2015

39mins

Ranked #7

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Podcast- Human Rights in Latin America: Legal, Medical and Psychosocial Issues Forum

Podcast- Human Rights in Latin America: Legal, Medical and Psychosocial Issues Forum

Listen to a forum on Human Rights in Latin America featuring Felipe Michelini.

4 Mar 2015

1hr 51mins

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Podcast- At the Crossroads: Humanitarianism, Medicine, and Anthropology in Latin America

Podcast- At the Crossroads: Humanitarianism, Medicine, and Anthropology in Latin America

Listen to a presentation by clinicians and social scientists who explore the intersection between humanitarianism, medi... Read more

3 Jun 2014

3hr 31mins

Ranked #9

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PODCAST: At the Crossroads: Community Wellbeing and Culture in Latin America

PODCAST: At the Crossroads: Community Wellbeing and Culture in Latin America

Listen to presentations by medical and social scientists, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and attorneys on commun... Read more

29 May 2013

2hr 48mins

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PODCAST – Narcocorridos: Origins and Development of Drug-trafficking Ballads

PODCAST – Narcocorridos: Origins and Development of Drug-trafficking Ballads

Presentation by Juan Carlos Ramírez-Pimienta, professor of Spanish at San Diego State University during the teacher work... Read more

23 Apr 2013

1hr 7mins

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PODCAST- At the Crossroads: Medicine and Culture in Latin America

PODCAST- At the Crossroads: Medicine and Culture in Latin America

Listen to presentations by anthropologists and clinicians on health and culture in Latin America.

1 Apr 2013

2hr 13mins

Ranked #12

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PODCAST- Encuentro con Carla Guelfenbein: Una chilena en la republica mundial de la novela

PODCAST- Encuentro con Carla Guelfenbein: Una chilena en la republica mundial de la novela

Listen to a presentation by novelist Carla Guelfenbein

1 Feb 2013

50mins

Ranked #13

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PODCAST- Reading and QandA with Granta’s best young Brazilian novelists

PODCAST- Reading and QandA with Granta’s best young Brazilian novelists

Listen to a reading and discussion with 5 of Brazil's best young novelists

3 Dec 2012

1hr 9mins

Ranked #14

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PODCAST- 520 Years of Dictatorship: Survival, Struggle and Militancy of the Mapuche People

PODCAST- 520 Years of Dictatorship: Survival, Struggle and Militancy of the Mapuche People

Listen to presentation by poet and political activist Graciela Huinao

1 Nov 2012

43mins

Ranked #15

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Dance Practices of Latin America: Salsa as Social Resistance

Dance Practices of Latin America: Salsa as Social Resistance

Lecture by Ana Maria Alvarez, UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures

15 Aug 2011

12mins

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