In The Thick

Join host Xorje Andrés Olivares and guests to explore what it means to live within a hyphenation. Each week we bring together a couple of hyphenated Latinos to have easy conversations about hard things: family, careers, relationships, belonging … everything is on the table. Hyphenación—where conversation and cultura meet!Follow Hyphenación for more episodes. 

The Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast from Futuro Studios returns for its second season.“Suave” Gonzalez was one of thousands of juvenile lifers granted a second chance at life. Season 2 is his story about life after incarceration—and the search for the true meaning of freedomSuave: Season 2 is out everywhere on 4/15. New episodes every Tuesday.

We’re doing something different! Today, Maria Hinojosa joins listeners for a special message announcing something new from Futuro. Been dreaming of immediate full season access, and behind the scenes chisme from your favorite shows at Futuro? We have too! Listen to hear more about what’s next for Futuro. To help us grow the future of journalism go to: futuromediagroup.org/joinplusThe Futuro Plus team includes producer Sam J Leeds, production managers Francis Poon and Jessica Ellis, marketing manager Luis Luna, development manager Danetsy Len, and engineers Gabriela Baez and Stephanie Lebow.

Kat Torres shows an Instagram-perfect life to her large following. She’s a supermodel turned life coach who seems harmless but is hiding a secret. And when one of her followers goes missing, one woman sets out to bring her best friend. Paty won’t stop until she finds her friend who has fallen under Kat’s spell of this modern-day guru.You can listen to more episodes of Don't Cross Kat here. 

This week, on a special In The Thick and Latino USA collaboration, we hear directly from individuals most affected by President Trump’s first actions in office. Host Maria Hinojosa is also joined by author and professor of African American studies Dr. Eddie Glaude and senior political reporter at Vox, Nicole Narea. The three discuss where we go from here and what we can expect in the coming months of Trump’s return to the White House. Follow us on TikTok and Instagram.  Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

Maria Hinojosa is joined by two trailblazers in the fight for trans rights: Chase Strangio, co-director of the ACLU’s LGBT and HIV Project, and Raquel Willis, journalist and co-founder of the Gender Liberation Movement. Chase recently made history as the first openly trans attorney to argue before the Supreme Court, challenging Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Raquel was recently arrested after staging a sit-in in a Capitol Hill bathroom to protest a bill aimed at banning trans people from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity. Together, they discuss the fight for trans rights in the face of escalating attacks by the right, the powerful history of trans resistance, and what a future of gender liberation could look like.Follow us on TikTok and Instagram.  Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

ITT hosts Maria Hinojosa and Paola Ramos are joined by NBC News correspondent Jacob Soboroff for a deep dive into the devastating consequences of Donald Trump’s first term immigration policy. They discuss the upcoming film “Separated,” based on Soboroff’s 2020 book by the same name, Trump’s child separation policy, and what a repeat of one of the darkest chapters in U.S. immigration history could look like.Follow us on TikTok and Instagram.  Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

Maria Hinojosa is joined by investigative journalist Peniley Ramírez and Producer Tasha Sandoval as they commemorate the 25 year anniversary of the case of Elián González — the six-year-old boy found floating in an inner tube off the coast of Florida after his mother died attempting to flee from Cuba. The custody battle that ensued led to a media firestorm and an international controversy that changed the course of history. Maria, Peniley and Tasha talk about what this case can teach us about today’s political landscape, the rightward shift in Miami-Dade, and the Republican party’s strategy to pull Latinos to the right.Follow us on TikTok and Instagram.  Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

ITT co-hosts Maria Hinojosa and Dr. Christina Greer are joined by the renowned environmental justice lawyer and executive director of UPROSE, Elizabeth Yeampierre. They dig into the future of the environmental justice movement, Trump’s cabinet picks and the global implications of a deregulated fossil fuel industry.Follow us on TikTok and Instagram.  Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

A week after the re-election of Donald Trump, Maria Hinojosa is joined by ITT all-stars Imara Jones, journalist and founder of Translash Media, and Karen Attiah, Washington Post Opinion columnist. They dive into the far-reaching implications of Trump’s victory for our communities and what it means for the future of American democracy.Follow us on TikTok and Instagram.  Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

In The Thick teamed up with Futuro Media’s Latino USA to bring you a special episode, as part of its ongoing 2024 election coverage “The Latino Factor: How We Vote” series. In the election that many Americans said was “the most important of their lifetimes,” Maria Hinojosa spends the day speaking to voters, students, journalists and movement leaders across the country. Later Maria is joined by journalists Paola Ramos, Jean Guerrero and Jamil Smith to unpack key updates and trends in the election. Later Maria is joined by journalists Paola Ramos, Jean Guerrero and Jamil Smith to unpack why Trump won the elections—including the popular vote—with increased support from Latinos.Follow us on TikTok and Instagram.  Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

With less than a week until Election Day, ITT hosts Maria Hinojosa, Judy Reyes, Paola Ramos and Dr. Christina Greer analyze everything from the Trump rally at Madison Square Garden that drew comparisons to an American Nazi Party rally, to the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post's refusal to endorse a Presidential candidate for the first time in decades. They talk about the Latino community’s response to Puerto Rico being called “a floating island of garbage” at the Trump rally, the meaning behind the poll numbers, and what’s at stake for democracy.Follow us on TikTok and Instagram.  Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

This week In The Thick shares an episode of Latino USA.The 2024 presidential election has seen a rise in Spanish-language misinformation and in the content creators making a living by pushing out false content. For months, Futuro Investigates in collaboration with Latino USA, tracked how lies and conspiracies about the election and the candidates that originated in English soon found their way to Spanish-speaking audiences, amid the expanded monetization of tech platforms and the rise of technologies like AI. We meet face to face with social media influencers pushing out misinformation in Spanish, and with the experts combating it.This story is part of our ongoing election coverage “The Latino Factor: How We Vote.”Follow us on TikTok and Instagram.  Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

ITT hosts Maria Hinojosa and Judy Reyes are tacking the critical issue of abortion and how it’s shaping the 2024 election. They are joined by Imani Gandy of Rewire News Group and Monica Simpson of SisterSong to discuss the future of the reproductive justice movement and the fight for bodily autonomy.Follow us on TikTok and Instagram.  Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

ITT hosts Maria Hinojosa and Paola Ramos are joined by LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter and Frankie Miranda, president and CEO of the Hispanic Federation to discuss voter suppression in Black and Latino communities. They break down the legal, social and political methods being used by the far-right and reveal how these misunderstood voting blocs could decide the outcome of the 2024 election.Follow us on TikTok and Instagram.  Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

Introducing a new series that we think you'll love: "Chess Piece: The Elián González Story," from Futuro Studios, in collaboration with iHeartRadio's My Cultura Podcast Network.In 1999, two Florida fishermen found a cherub of a boy named Elián González in the sea on Thanksgiving. The boy had floated alone for days. His mother managed to save her son’s life by strapping him to an inner tube before she drowned. Elián's father in Cuba desperately tried to get his son back.Our host, investigative journalist Peniley Ramírez, was also separated from her family by the Florida Straits. When Peni was 11 years old her dad told her a dangerous secret before he left on an official trip on behalf of the Cuban government — he would not be returning.Relating to Elián in many ways, Peniley seeks to unearth his story with the clarity of history, nearly a quarter century later. Looking beyond the mythology around Elián saga, from the miracle rescue to dolphins, Peni uncovers a more layered story, even dark at times. This season on Chess Piece, we tell you the Elián story unlike you've heard before.You can find and subscribe to "Chess Piece" on the iHeartRadio App, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. You can also follow it on Instagram and Tiktok.

A year after Oct 7, 2023, Maria is joined by Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour and Rabbi Alissa Wise to talk about what this past year of unimaginable loss, rage, and resistance has meant for their communities, and how they are building towards a future of solidarity. They discuss the election, the mobilizing power of grief, and what it looks like to create a world in which every life is treated as sacred.Follow us on TikTok and Instagram.  Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

ITT Co-hosts Judy Reyes, Maria Hinojosa, Christina Greer and Paola Ramos dig into the first and only VP debate before the election. While mainstream media has praised both men for their “civil” performance, we go beyond the Midwest niceties to unpack the authoritarian policies being talked about on the debate stage, and what both candidates really mean when they talk about their abortion and immigration plans.Follow us on TikTok and Instagram.  Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

Maria is joined by Paola Ramos, co-host and author of “Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America” to examine the growing support for extremism in America and why Latinos can be especially susceptible to far-right ideologies.Follow us on TikTok and Instagram.  Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

Maria and co-host Dr. Christina Greer are joined by Mother Jones Editorial Director Jamilah King for a deep dive into how Vice President Kamala Harris is being portrayed by the right and the left, and what it tells us about our country’s understanding of race.Follow us on TikTok and Instagram.  Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage.