# Outspoken: America's deep Latin roots are connected to Spanish support Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gaggle-an-arizona-politics-podcast-1119050/outspoken-america-s-deep-latin-roots-are-connected-to-spanish-support Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gaggle-an-arizona-politics-podcast-1119050/outspoken-america-s-deep-latin-roots-are-connected-to-spanish-support.md Podcast: [The Gaggle: An Arizona politics podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gaggle-an-arizona-politics-podcast-1119050) Published: 2026-06-09T12:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AZUSA6725539553.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AZUSA6725539553.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-gaggle-an-arizona-politics-podcast-1119050/episodes/outspoken-america-s-deep-latin-roots-are-connected-to-spanish-support Duration seconds: 1001 ## Resource Few of us ask what the words of the Declaration of Independence actually meant to the men who wrote them — or how much help they had from places like Havana and Madrid. Renowned author and historian Felipe Fernández‑Armesto has spent his career studying colonialism, empire and the Hispanic roots of the Americas. In this Outspoken conversation, he helps us see the Declaration through 18th‑century eyes and reminds us that the United States has always been more Latin American than we tend to admit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-gaggle-an-arizona-politics-podcast-1119050/episodes/outspoken-america-s-deep-latin-roots-are-connected-to-spanish-support/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gaggle-an-arizona-politics-podcast-1119050/outspoken-america-s-deep-latin-roots-are-connected-to-spanish-support.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.