Vicky Murillo, professor of Political Science and International Affairs and director of the Center for the Study of Social Difference’s (CSSD) working group Environmental Justice, Belief Systems, and Aesthetic Experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean, interviews professor and journalist, Daniel Alarcón. Alarcon shares stories about his Spanish radio program and the type of Latin American stories he's working on and more in this episode.
The interview can be found on the podcast Unpacking Latin America, hosted by Vicky Murillo, discussing major themes around Latin American history, culture, and politics.
Find the full podcast interview here.
For more on the Environmental Justice, Belief Systems, and Aesthetic Experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean working group visit their project page.
Vicky Murillo is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at Columbia University. Her work focuses on distributive politics, electoral behavior, institutional weakness, Latin American politics, agricultural and conservation policies.
Daniel Alarcon is a professor of Broadcast Journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is the creator of RADIO AMBULANTE, an award-winning Spanish-language podcast on NPR. He has also written for Harpers, The New York Magazine,The New Yorker and Etiqueta Negra and published two novels: Lost City Radio and At Night We Walk in Circles.