Radio Menea

This week we're welcoming a very special guest. You probably know Favy Fav from his stellar podcast Latinos Who Lunch, but get ready to get to know him in a whole different way! From Guatemalan Christian Rock to Cypress Hill, we learn the most about one of our favorite Latino podcasters as he walks through the story of his life in music.  Featuring music by Los Voceros de Cristo, Antonio Aguilar,...

On this week's Meneito we're bringing you three of our favorite songs that dropped in the last few weeks. We also share the surprising news of who is the most followed person on instagram (spoiler alert: it's not Beyonce or any of the Kardashians) and talk about what it was like to record live with Bembona! Featuring music by Cardi B., Selena Gomez, DJ Snake, Ozuna, CLUBZ, Ela Minus, Will Smith, M...

We are SO! HYPE! to bring you our very first live taping! Last weekend we had the pleasure of interviewing Puerto Rican-Panamanian DJ, multi-platform artist, and activist Bembona at the New Latin Wave festival. Born & raised in Brooklyn, NY, Bembona's work bridges the gap between POC communities, generations, activist work & beyond. She goes deep on Afrolatinidad and the artists who have inspired...

What a fucking shitshow week, y'all! Pero look at us: we're still here, you're still here. De una manera u otra, pero seguimos. Today we've got some jams to soothe your weary souls, and we chat about some of the stuff we've been watching lately.  Featuring music by Kelela ft Princess Nokia, JUNGLEPUSSY, Cupcakke & Ms. Boogie; Reik; and Omar Apollo ft Teo Halm. Also! Don't forget to join us THIS WE...

This week we're taking a tour around Latin America through one of our favorite genres--cumbia! We start with Colombia but journey through time and geography tracing some of the ways cumbia has evolved and been adopted by other Latin American countries.  Featuring music by Sonora Dinamita, Los Ángeles Azules, Natalia LaFourcade, La Yegros, Monsieur Perine, Vicentico, Los Hermanos Flores and Nicola...

Did you miss us? After a lovely verano break we are baaack! In this week's meneito we share a few of the songs we were listening to while we were gone. We also update you on our adventures while we were away, including how Pérez spent their time in Mexico, and Vero's run-in with sea creatures at the queer beach. We also announce a very exciting event coming up at the end of this month! Feauturing...

Estamos de vacaciones! So we're bringing you some our fave episodes from the archive. We'll be back with a new episode on September 14. This week, we’ve relied on you – our queridísimxs listeners – to make the playlist. We asked, and you CAME THRU! Turns out y’all are mad cool, and have fire taste – nada de sorpresas here. Gracias for your suggestions, your voice memos, and your overwhelming amor...

Estamos de vacaciones! To keep you company while we are gone we're bringing you some of our favorite episodes from the archive. New epi coming to you on September 14! Están redi? We got to meet (IRL!) with the chamacos over at Latinos Who Lunch and it was F-U-N. So today, with the fab Babelito and FavyFav, we bring you an episode full de música about food, obvio! Show notes: https://wp.me/p78d4C-8...

Estamos de vacaciones! To keep you company while we are gone we're bringing you some of our favorite episodes from the archive. New epi coming to you on September 14! We're not going to lie. We have a serious soft spot for the few but amazing women who are rocking the reggaeton genre, so this week we have an episode all about these mujeres. A dembow beat and a female artist? Yasss! ¿Que más se le...

We're about to take our first break EVER pero no se preocupen! We wouldn't leave you without plenty of música for these critical verano months, and we made you a Summer Mixtape. We included our current summery faves in today's epi to get you in the mood. Make sure to hydrate while we're gone, amores - we'll be back on September 14th! Our tiendita will still be open, so order any cositas you like!...

On this week's episode we POR FIN tell ya'll all about our new tiendita, which is open. We're obsessed with our merch, and we hope you are too. Check it out below. We also share a few songs we are loving right now, including two artists we got to see live recently. And we talk about Vero's summer anxiety and the super sweet thing Pérez witnessed at a show this past weekend. Featuring music by Kafu...

On this week's episode it's all about FANIA! We're taking a deep dive into the history of salsa by exploring some of the incredible folks who were involved in FANIA and FANIA All Stars. Latinx music today would not be the same without the innovation and expertise of these incredible musicians. Listen in to learn more about how New York City made this collaboration possible and to enjoy some amazin...

This week we share a few of the songs we've currently got on repeat: Latinx folk, cushy synths and high energy jams about quedándose en la casa. We also chat about our relationship to accents, how we feel about personality typing and bachata's brothel roots. Featuring music by Gina Chavez, Balún and Andre Veloz.  Join our email list to be the first to learn about new episodes and our soon to be la...

You know those songs--that are just so EXTRA?!? This week we're bringing you some of our faves that are just the most exageradas. Over the top love metaphors, literal long hair bangers, love triangles, summer jams, misogynistic and apocalyptic takes. Featuring music by Felipe Peláez, Tomasa de Real, Gloria Trevi, Alejandra Guzman, Cardi B, Bad Bunny, J Balvin, Roman el Original, Twin Shadow and HA...

Que buen vainón! We had some last-minute tech dificulties ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Soooo we're re-running this episode dedicated to las sad girls, because this week has been a shit-show and it's ok to be sad. Shoutout to you for surviving even when shit is hard. Featuring music by Lila Downs, Nina Pastori, Soledad, Noita, and Laura León Show notes: http://bit.ly/2Ao0Hy4 Follow us: facebook.com/radiomenea instag...

This week's meneito es algo diferente - we usually steer clear of themes for our smaller episodes, pero we were inspired this week to bring you some canciones that all have one thing in common: mattress squeaks. Let your inner sucia out (if she's not living in the open already!) y ponte redi to move your culo to some sexy ass squeaks. Featuring music by Fuete Billete, Karol G, and Audri Nix. Show...

Feliz pride amores! As we celebrate Pride - AKA the anniversary of Stonewall AKA a queer and trans New Yorker uprising against police violence - we're here to bring you a whole new episode celebrating the work of some really talented queer & trans Latinx artists. We've got tracks for your celebrations, your hookups, your moments of reflection. Have fun, stay hydrated, make sure your friends text w...

This week we bring you a few gems we're loving right now--a boricua bachatero, one of our favorite reggaetoneras showing off her MC skills, and a D.C. group's social justice cumbia--plus a THE MOST MIAMI WhatsApp audio message from Vero's sister, which...uncovers a possible Ivy Queen side hustle?! And because we stay doing the most, we throw in a grammar PSA about the "X" in Spanish and a rant abo...

You know the ones--those music icons whose lives (and careers) ended tragically and well before their time. On this week's episode we revisit some of our favorite Latinx artists who died young, leaving behind incredible legacies and a lot of sadness about what they could have achieved if they'd had more time. Featuring music by Selena, Big Pun, NORE, Juan Gabriel, Hector Lavoe, La Lupe and Jenni R...

We're back this week with our wild mix of música - some psychedelic experimental salsa, some saccharine pop, a goth reggaeton remix...ya tu sabes, lo de siempre.  We also chat about some of la tele that we watch and, naturally, British colonialism¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Can you believe these mofos raped and plundered across the world for spices only not to use any now? Que falta de respeto!  Featuring music by...

You asked, and we couldn't resist - this week, we bring you all our fave theme songs from telenovelas. The drama! The twists! The turns! ::Soraya Montenegro voice:: LÁRGATEEEEE!!! JK COME BAAAAACK and tune in for some mad dramática jams, as well as some twists and turns in our own conversation - because if you're not expecting a Latin Americanist critique of US Leftist spaces nestled between these...

On this week's meneito, we've got music from Puerto Rico, Brazil and Colombia--salsa, hip hop and reggaeton! We also share about the exciting trips we've got planned for this verano. Featuring music by Jerry Rivera, Karol Conká and Yandar y Yostin. Show notes: www.radiomenea.com/blog/2018/04/26/meneito-17-verano-viajes

On this week's episode we take a tour through Latin America via the sounds of the accordion. An instrument originally from Germany, it's been incorporated into so many different genres of Latin American music--vallenato, merengue típico, tango, rancheras y muchos más! This might be our most diverse episode yet. Show notes: radiomenea.com/blog/2018/04/20/episode-51-accordion

Esta semana for you we have some brand new música, some sappy bachata, and some deep deep conversation on the legacies of trauma and healing inspired by Junot Díaz's latest essay in The New Yorker. Content warning: we discuss child sexual assault -- as it pertains to Junot's essay, and our own families.  Featuring music by Cuco, Jessy Rose, and Empress Of. Show notes: www.radiomenea.com/blog/2018/...

This week we bring very special invitadx DJ Alex DB to get into some of the musical traditions of Colombia. We leave behind more well-known paisas - your J Balvins and Malumas - in favor of digging into vallenatos, sextetos, and AfroColombian musical traditions from what was probably the first free black community in the Americas. There is no way to cover the nuances and diversity of music of Colo...