LibGuides: Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month: Videos and Podcasts

Online Videos

Streaming Media in the RTC Library

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The Graduates/Los Graduados
Two video series: Episode 1: Boys; Episode 2: Girls.
Publication date: 2014
Latinos Beyond Reel - Challenging a Media Stereotype
Publication date: 2012
My Name Is Pedro
Publication date: 2021
This award-winning film explores the impossible journey of South Bronx Latino educator and maverick, Pedro Santana, a former "special ed" student, whose mantra is - every kid can learn despite their circumstances.
Willie Velasquez: Your Vote is Your Voice - Fighting for Political Empowerment for Latinos in the U.S.
Publication date: 2016

Podcasts

Latino Rebels Radio
Humor, commentary and analysis of the US Latino world. Engaging traviesos. A 2019 iHeart Radio Podcast Awards nominee for Best Multicultural Podcast.
In The Thick
Journalists of color tell you what you’re missing from the mainstream news. Co-hosted by award-winning journalists Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela, IN THE THICK has the conversations about race, identity and politics few people are discussing or want to discuss.
Latina to Latina
In this interview series, host Alicia Menendez talks to remarkable Latinas about making it, faking it, and everything in between. In often-hilarious and always-revealing episodes, Alicia and her guests take on the challenges of existing, and then thriving, as women of color.
Radio Ambulante
Radio Ambulante es un podcast pionero en español que cuenta crónicas latinoamericanas en audio, celebrando la diversidad y complejidad de la región. / Radio Ambulante is an award-winning Spanish language podcast that uses long-form audio journalism to tell neglected and under-reported Latin American and Latino stories.
Cafe con Pam Podcast
Cafe con Pam is the weekly podcast featuring fearless Latinx and People of Color that break barriers, change lives and make the world a better place while living in the US.

Cafe con Pam is the platform where Latinx are able to share their stories and inspire one another through conversation of course while enjoying a fabulous cup of coffee.
Tres Cuentos Literary Podcast
Tres Cuentos is a bilingual seasonal podcast dedicated to Latin America's narratives. Each episode is in Spanish and English. The podcast narrates all types of literature and later reflects on different cultural and historical aspects. Our goal is to bring attention and appreciation of Latin America's diverse history and works of literature.
Latino USA
Latino USA offers insight into the lived experiences of Latino communities and is a window on the current and merging cultural, political and social ideas impacting Latinos and the nation.
Alt.Latino
Alt.Latino is a spotlight on the world of Latinx arts and culture through music, stories and conversation.
Latinx Therapy
Break the stigma of mental health as it relates to the Latinx community. Learn self-help techniques, how to support ourselves or those around us that struggle with mental illnesses and create cultural competency for other providers working with the Latinx population.

Videos available at RTC Library

A history of Hispanic achievement in America by Mark Reeder, film producer.
Call Number: MEDIA 973.0468 HISPANI 2006a
Publication Date: 2006
Vol. 1. Spain comes to the new world, (1492-1538). Spanish American exploration and colonization, (1539-1719) -- Vol. 2. Spanish Americans move toward independence, (1720-1818). A new Hispanic identity emerges, (1819-1847) -- Vol. 3. Hispanics become United States citizens, (1848-1897). Hispanics become an American minority, (1898-1958) -- Vol. 4. Emergence of a unique Hispanic culture, (1959-1968). Era of the Hispanic American hero begins, (1969-2007).