Living in Latin America, you'll hear the following nostalgic phrase at least once in your lifetime (especially if somebody is complaining about laziness or bad habits): "If only we had been colonized by the Brits..." This belief, shared by a certain portion of the Latin American region and often used when looking north at the vastly superior technological ... Show More
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Music Without Translation: The Bad Bunny Phenomenon (Música Sin Traducción, El Fenómeno Bad Bunny)
Bad Bunny. A name, a personality, a legend (maybe)? Everyone knows him, everybody feels something towards him, whether it's love, admiration, or pure rejection. He's the face for Latin American music right now, and he seems to be skyrocketing towards more and more success as the ... Show More
29m 26s
Apr 28
How Latin America Has Changed the World (Cómo América Latina Ha Cambiado el Mundo)
Let's do an exercise - since we've already explored how Latin America has been changed by Spanish colonization, by the influence of the United States, and other nations... why don't we spin it around for once, and ask how Latin America has influenced the rest of the world?After a ... Show More
32m 20s
Apr 21
Venezuela and the Fall of a Dictatorship (Venezuela y la Caída de una Dictadura)
On January 3, 2026, Venezuela's dictator, Nicolás Maduro, was removed from power. Plenty of us already know this headline, and many are already aware of how this looked from the outside - Donald Trump's government prepared the attack meticulously before executing, and Maduro ende ... Show More
33m 4s
Nov 2024
Mayan Wisdom Tradition Practices with Solveig Barrios
In today’s episode, I’ll be speaking with Solveig Barrios, the co-founder of The Mayan Wisdom Project, a Guatemala-based Indigenous education platform and marketplace bringing ancient Maya teachings, culture, and wisdom to the modern world. Driven by concern over the misappropria ... Show More
55m 17s
Sep 2024
Les Mayas #1 : les Origines - 6/6 et fin
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<p>La civilisation maya est née sur les terres du Honduras, vers le IIIe millénaire av. J.-C., et ... Show More
8m 44s
Aug 2025
The Olmec: Mother of Mesoamerican Civilisations
Iconic monumental stone heads, the intriguing Lord of Las Limas, the enigmatic 'were-jaguar' figures, so much survives from the ancient Olmec civilisation.Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr. Jillian Mollenhauer to unravel the Olmec's sophisticated artistry, the symbolic significance ... Show More
1h 8m
Sep 2024
#446 – Ed Barnhart: Maya, Aztec, Inca, and Lost Civilizations of South America
Ed Barnhart is an archaeologist and explorer specializing in ancient civilizations of the Americas. He is the Director of the Maya Exploration Center, host of the ArchaeoEd Podcast, and lecturer on the ancient history of North, Central, and South America. Ed is in part known for ... Show More
3h 36m