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From the Los Angeles Times and Sonoro comes the De Los Podcast — a weekly conversation where music, pop culture and Latinidad collide. Hosted by De Los editors Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito, the show pulls back the curtain on the stories, people and cultural moments shaping the Latino experience in the U.S. and beyond. Every episode is a front-row seat to conversations with the artists, actors, filmmakers and thinkers who are moving the culture forward — not just talking about it. Guests include Leslie Grace, Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, Xolo Maridueña, Fabrizio Guido, producer and singer Empress Of, among others. Think of it as the cultural conversation that major American media rarely makes room for — a space where Latinos get to talk, unfiltered, about what they create and who they are.
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- 4 days ago44 min
AOC Is Freezing Her Eggs — Fidel & Suzy on Family Planning, Latino Birth Rates & the Latino Sex Ed Problem
Hosts Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito dig into family planning: what it means for Latinos in 2026, why it's still taboo in our communities, and how much has changed in one generation.The conversation starts with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez openly sharing her process of freezing her eggs on Instagram, including the financial reality of paying out of pocket even as a member of Congress. Fidel and Suzy use that as a jumping-off point to break down the numbers: in 1950, the average woman in Latin America had 5.8 children. Today that number is 1.8. Meanwhile, in the US, Latinos still account for 32% of all infants born, a stat that puts the "Latinos love big families" narrative in a very different light.They also get personal. Suzy talks about growing up in a Catholic family where her mom gave her and her sister the sex ed talk, but not her brothers, because, as Fidel puts it, being a good student was apparently enough protection. She talks about what it's meant to navigate family planning as a bisexual woman in her 30s, and the specific challenge of dating straight men in Los Angeles who say they want to "build" with someone, but usually really means building their DJ career.Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro.🎙 De Los Podcast drops new episodes every week on YouTube and all major podcast platforms. Subscribe so you never miss a conversation. From the Los Angeles Times and Sonoro comes the De Los Podcast — a weekly conversation where music, pop culture and Latinidad collide. Hosted by De Los editors Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito, the show pulls back the curtain on the stories, people and cultural moments shaping the Latino experience in the U.S. and beyond. Every episode is a front-row seat to conversations with the artists, actors, filmmakers and thinkers who are moving the culture forward — not just talking about it. Guests include Leslie Grace, Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, Xolo Maridueña, Fabrizio Guido, producer and singer Empress Of, among others. Think of it as the cultural conversation that major American media rarely makes room for — a space where Latinos get to talk, unfiltered, about what they create and who they are. Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro. New episodes every week — available on YouTube and all major podcasts.
- 2 weeks ago48 min
Empress Of on Dream House, Blood Orange & Going to Her First Hardcore Festival Alone
Hosts Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito sit down with Lorely Rodriguez –aka Empress Of– indie pop singer, songwriter, and producer, for a conversation about identity, resilience, and her new album Dream House, made while simultaneously rebuilding an actual house in Altadena alongside her mom. Lorely traces her path from growing up Honduran-American in Altadena, absorbing her mom's music and community at home while privately obsessing over jazz as a teenager, to catching Lady Gaga at the Avalon before anyone knew who she was, to moving to New York and falling into the indie music scene that would define her early career. She also talks about the afternoon she met Blood Orange walking down the street and how they made Best to You, a song that now apparently plays at quinceañeras and first communions. She talks about the emotional weight behind Dream House. How she wrote a song for her mom about building her a home without ever telling her, and what happened the day her mom stood in the house and said she had finally built her dream house. She also opens up about what led her to start listening to hardcore music, going to her first Sound and Fury festival alone in LA and why Knocked Loose became an unlikely form of catharsis. Plus: Why she thinks LA is a hard place to date. Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro. 🎙 De Los Podcast drops new episodes every week on YouTube and all major podcast platforms. Subscribe so you never miss a conversation. From the Los Angeles Times and Sonoro comes the De Los Podcast — a weekly conversation where music, pop culture and Latinidad collide. Hosted by De Los editors Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito, the show pulls back the curtain on the stories, people and cultural moments shaping the Latino experience in the U.S. and beyond. Every episode is a front-row seat to conversations with the artists, actors, filmmakers and thinkers who are moving the culture forward — not just talking about it. Guests include Leslie Grace, Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, Xolo Maridueña, Fabrizio Guido, producer and singer Empress Of, among others. Think of it as the cultural conversation that major American media rarely makes room for — a space where Latinos get to talk, unfiltered, about what they create and who they are. Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro. New episodes every week — available on YouTube and all major podcasts.
- 3 weeks ago48 min
Dr. Vanessa Díaz on Bad Bunny, P FKN R & Why the Latin Crossover Is Officially Dead
Hosts Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito sit down with Dr. Vanessa J. Díaz, professor of Chicano and Latino Studies at Loyola Marymount University and co-author of P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance, for a wide-ranging conversation about what Bad Bunny's ascent really means — for Puerto Rico, for Latinos in the U.S., and for the future of Latin music. They trace the through line from 2019 — when Bad Bunny abandoned his European tour to join mass protests against Puerto Rico's Governor Rosselló — to his Super Bowl halftime show, where he took the stage holding the light blue Puerto Rican independence flag, the same flag the U.S. government made illegal to own under the Gag Law of 1948. The conversation covers why the 2023 Grammys captioned Bad Bunny's performance as "singing in non-English," how that same erasure played out again during Super Bowl backlash, and why calling him a diversity hire — when he is the most-streamed artist in the world — says everything about how Latinos continue to be othered regardless of their cultural dominance. They also talk about Ricky Martin's appearance at the halftime show, why Vanessa and Suzy call that segment "Lo Que Le Pasó Ricky Martin," and what it means that he got to sing entirely in Spanish about refusing to assimilate. Plus: why Latin music generated $1.4 billion in revenue in 2024 and why the concept of a Latin crossover is not just obsolete — it never made sense. Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro. 🎙 De Los Podcast drops new episodes every week on YouTube and all major podcast platforms. Subscribe so you never miss a conversation. From the Los Angeles Times and Sonoro comes the De Los Podcast — a weekly conversation where music, pop culture and Latinidad collide. Hosted by De Los editors Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito, the show pulls back the curtain on the stories, people and cultural moments shaping the Latino experience in the U.S. and beyond. Every episode is a front-row seat to conversations with the artists, actors, filmmakers and thinkers who are moving the culture forward — not just talking about it. Guests include Leslie Grace, Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, Xolo Maridueña, Fabrizio Guido, producer and singer Empress Of, among others. Think of it as the cultural conversation that major American media rarely makes room for — a space where Latinos get to talk, unfiltered, about what they create and who they are. Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro. New episodes every week — available on YouTube and all major podcasts.
- Aug 19, 202652 min
Pedro Tovar: The Story Behind Ella Baila Sola — And Why He Bought a Golden Corral
Hosts Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito sit down with Pedro Tovar, songwriter and frontman of Eslabón Armado, fresh off the release of Nocturno — their latest album, which debuted at number six on the Billboard 200. Pedro traces everything back to a car ride to elementary school when Ariel Camacho came on the radio, a guitar his dad found in a garage, and YouTube tutorials that turned into quinceañera gigs and later turned into a band. He talks about the moment The Notebook unlocked a new lane for him as a songwriter, and how Con Tus Besos — a song he thought was too corny to release, uploaded from his school library's Wi-Fi — went viral on TikTok a month after COVID sent everyone home. He tells the full origin story of Ella Baila Sola. He also addresses the alleged beef with Peso Pluma that followed the song's success, and shares what really happened the night they reunited to record Amigos Con Derechos for Nocturno — including Peso playing the track 20 times in a row before saying yes. Plus: why Pedro chose to go independent after a difficult 2024 with his label, what his mom — who is also his manager — taught him about investing, why he bought a Golden Corral instead of a watch, and what happened in the delivery room when his 10.5-pound son was born. Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro. 🎙 De Los Podcast drops new episodes every week on YouTube and all major podcast platforms. Subscribe so you never miss a conversation. From the Los Angeles Times and Sonoro comes the De Los Podcast — a weekly conversation where music, pop culture and Latinidad collide. Hosted by De Los editors Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito, the show pulls back the curtain on the stories, people and cultural moments shaping the Latino experience in the U.S. and beyond. Every episode is a front-row seat to conversations with the artists, actors, filmmakers and thinkers who are moving the culture forward — not just talking about it. Guests include Leslie Grace, Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, Xolo Maridueña, Fabrizio Guido, producer and singer Empress Of, among others. Think of it as the cultural conversation that major American media rarely makes room for — a space where Latinos get to talk, unfiltered, about what they create and who they are. Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro. New episodes every week — available on YouTube and all major podcasts.
- Aug 12, 202655 min
Álvaro Díaz on OMAKASE, Tainy & the Song He Finished for His Late Friend MC Milkman
Hosts Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito sit down with Puerto Rican rapper and composer Álvaro Díaz, fresh off the release of OMAKASE — his third album, a genre-defying concept record that debuted at number one globally on Spotify and is charting in 16 Latin American countries. Álvaro traces it all back to being a 12-year-old kid who fell in love with Blink-182, lied to a school band about owning a bass, got fired once they found out, and eventually stumbled onto reggaetonforums.com — where the artist he'd been following turned out to be his own cousin and became his mentor to this day. He breaks down the concept behind OMAKASE and how he built the album in four parts modeled after the stages of a kitchen: lo crudo, the seasoning, the fire, and the final plate. He also talks about his long creative partnership with Tainy, how he recorded with Latin Mafia in a restaurant in Mexico City instead of a studio, and why no one can agree on what genre he actually makes. Then the conversation turns to loss. Álvaro opens up about "PNC," a song built around a beat his close friend and collaborator MC Milkman — who passed away in February — sent him from Japan with a simple message: do whatever you want with it. A few months after they finished the song together, Milkman was gone. OMAKASE debuted at number one on Spotify with a photo of the two of them. Plus: his love for Studio Ghibli (introduced to him by Tainy), why he names songs after movie characters like Mia Wallace or Ramona Flowers and his upcoming tour. Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro. 🎙 De Los Podcast drops new episodes every week on YouTube and all major podcast platforms. Subscribe so you never miss a conversation. From the Los Angeles Times and Sonoro comes the De Los Podcast — a weekly conversation where music, pop culture and Latinidad collide. Hosted by De Los editors Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito, the show pulls back the curtain on the stories, people and cultural moments shaping the Latino experience in the U.S. and beyond. Every episode is a front-row seat to conversations with the artists, actors, filmmakers and thinkers who are moving the culture forward — not just talking about it. Guests include Leslie Grace, Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, Xolo Maridueña, Fabrizio Guido, producer and singer Empress Of, among others. Think of it as the cultural conversation that major American media rarely makes room for — a space where Latinos get to talk, unfiltered, about what they create and who they are. Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro. New episodes every week — available on YouTube and all major podcasts.
- Aug 5, 202636 min
The Latino Vibe Check: Gwenda Lupe Stefani, ICE Raids & Why They'll Never Put Out the Latino Fire
Hosts Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito run the Latino vibe check — inspired by a newsletter from their colleague Carlos Eloera asking a simple but loaded question: Is there any advantage to being Latino in the United States? They start with the data. A Pew Research Center study found that one third of Latinos surveyed say their ethnicity has been a detriment to their lives — while nearly half say they remain deeply proud of who they are despite the obstacles. Fidel and Suzy break down what those numbers actually mean against the backdrop of ICE raids, the recent killings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston and Juan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Maine at traffic stops, and a political climate that seems determined to remind Latinos that belonging here is never guaranteed. Then the conversation shifts — because culture tells a different story. Bad Bunny won a Grammy. Karol G headlined Coachella. And people have been trying to swaggerjack Latino culture for decades. Enter: Gwenda Lupe Stefani, Drake's bachata era, Lana Del Rey's cubano aspirations, and Kacey Musgraves doing it right. They also react to a congressional hearing in which a Texas representative called a Smithsonian gift shop's "Latina Power" merch "paraphernalia" — and Suzy explains, with great clarity and one reference to Michael Flatley Lord of the Dance, exactly why that comparison doesn't land. Plus: if the US Latino economy were its own country, it would be the fourth largest economy in the world. And then, because this is De Los Podcast, they end on something that can't be legislated away. Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro. 🎙 De Los Podcast drops new episodes every week on YouTube and all major podcast platforms. Subscribe so you never miss a conversation. From the Los Angeles Times and Sonoro comes the De Los Podcast — a weekly conversation where music, pop culture and Latinidad collide. Hosted by De Los editors Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito, the show pulls back the curtain on the stories, people and cultural moments shaping the Latino experience in the U.S. and beyond. Every episode is a front-row seat to conversations with the artists, actors, filmmakers and thinkers who are moving the culture forward — not just talking about it. Guests include Leslie Grace, Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, Xolo Maridueña, Fabrizio Guido, producer and singer Empress Of, among others. Think of it as the cultural conversation that major American media rarely makes room for — a space where Latinos get to talk, unfiltered, about what they create and who they are. Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro. New episodes every week — available on YouTube and all major podcasts.
- Jul 29, 202652 min
LA Times Food Editor Daniel Hernández on Tacos, Latino Kitchen Labor & LA's Food Identity
Hosts Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito sit down with Daniel Hernández, food editor at the Los Angeles Times and author of Down and Delirious in Mexico City, for a wide-ranging conversation about LA's culinary identity — who's cooking it, who's fighting for it, and what it says about the city's soul. Daniel traces his path from street culture journalism to food writing, starting with the story that set everything in motion: an investigation into the bacon-wrapped hot dog vendors surviving LAPD crackdowns on the streets of downtown LA. He also talks about what it means to be the first food editor at a major American paper who looks like him — and why he refuses to entertain imposter syndrome. They dig into the taco, including the heated internal debate over how to even define one for the LA Times' definitive taco list. He also breaks down who is actually cooking all the food in Los Angeles, what the ongoing ICE raids mean for the city's restaurant industry. And finally: the 2008 street battle between punks and emos in Mexico City, an event that has since become legend on the Latin internet, and the wildly unexpected way it ended. Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro. 🎙 De Los Podcast drops new episodes every week on YouTube and all major podcast platforms. Subscribe so you never miss a conversation. From the Los Angeles Times and Sonoro comes the De Los Podcast — a weekly conversation where music, pop culture and Latinidad collide. Hosted by De Los editors Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito, the show pulls back the curtain on the stories, people and cultural moments shaping the Latino experience in the U.S. and beyond. Every episode is a front-row seat to conversations with the artists, actors, filmmakers and thinkers who are moving the culture forward — not just talking about it. Guests include Leslie Grace, Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, Xolo Maridueña, Fabrizio Guido, producer and singer Empress Of, among others. Think of it as the cultural conversation that major American media rarely makes room for — a space where Latinos get to talk, unfiltered, about what they create and who they are. Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro. New episodes every week — available on YouTube and all major podcasts.
- Jul 22, 202644 min
Telemundo Won the World Cup and Why Latino Hollywood Is Still Losing
Hosts Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito go head-to-head on the state of Latino representation in Hollywood — what's winning, what's failing, and who's been getting away with both for too long. They start with the biggest media story of the summer: Telemundo's historic World Cup win, how half of all Americans chose to watch in Spanish over Fox's English-language broadcast, and what that says about who actually understands Latino audiences — and who doesn't. Then they get into the numbers: only three Latino actors received Primetime Emmy nominations this year, and at the Oscars, out of 120 nominees, only two were Latino — and neither won. Fidel and Suzy break down why those numbers won't improve, why Hollywood keeps throwing Latinos one bone at a time, and why they think the studios know exactly what they're doing — pointing to the moment every Fast and the Furious movie drops. They also highlight what's actually working: Julio Torres' Fantasmas and Problemista, the Hulu comedy This Fool, Alexa Demie's performance on Euphoria, Indi Navarrete leading the charge in horror, and why indie film is becoming the real home for Latino storytelling. Suzy also shares what she learned firsthand in the writers' room of Netflix's Neon — and the fight it took to get Puerto Ricans represented at every level of a show about reggaeton. Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro. 🎙 De Los Podcast drops new episodes every week on YouTube and all major podcast platforms. Subscribe so you never miss a conversation. From the Los Angeles Times and Sonoro comes the De Los Podcast — a weekly conversation where music, pop culture and Latinidad collide. Hosted by De Los editors Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito, the show pulls back the curtain on the stories, people and cultural moments shaping the Latino experience in the U.S. and beyond. Every episode is a front-row seat to conversations with the artists, actors, filmmakers and thinkers who are moving the culture forward — not just talking about it. Guests include Leslie Grace, Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, Xolo Maridueña, Fabrizio Guido, producer and singer Empress Of, among others. Think of it as the cultural conversation that major American media rarely makes room for — a space where Latinos get to talk, unfiltered, about what they create and who they are. Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro. New episodes every week — available on YouTube and all major podcasts.
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From the Los Angeles Times and Sonoro comes the De Los Podcast — a weekly conversation where music, pop culture and Latinidad collide. Hosted by De Los editors Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito, the show pulls back the curtain on the stories, people and cultural moments shaping the Latino experience in the U.S. and beyond. Every episode is a front-row seat to conversations with the artists, actors, filmmakers and thinkers who are moving the culture forward — not just talking about it. Guests include Leslie Grace, Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, Xolo Maridueña, Fabrizio Guido, producer and singer Empress Of, among others. Think of it as the cultural conversation that major American media rarely makes room for — a space where Latinos get to talk, unfiltered, about what they create and who they are.
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