{"podcast":{"title":"Alt.Latino","slug":"alt-latino-951419","podcast_index_feed_id":951419,"rss_url":"https://feeds.npr.org/510305/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510305/alt-latino","image_url":"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2022/09/20/alt-latino_podcasttile_npr-network-01-copy_sq-6e0cb86a3ebf2d22a44a42e6a9acf6b0cdbe38b3.jpg?s=1400&c=66&f=jpg","author":"NPR (podcasts@npr.org)","episode_count":150,"summary":"The global Latinx community is evolving and growing fast. Alt.Latino is here to celebrate it and all of its nuances through music. Each episode, NPR Music's Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre sit down with a different living legend or rising star to discuss Latinx culture, heritage, and the shared borders of our experiences. Let the chisme begin! Support NPR and get your music exploration sponsor-free with Alt.Latino+. Learn more at plus.npr.org/nprmusic","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alt-latino-951419"},"episode":{"title":"Rawayana on their new album and a changing Venezuela","slug":"rawayana-on-their-new-album-and-a-changing-venezuela","published_at":"2026-01-21T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alt-latino-951419/rawayana-on-their-new-album-and-a-changing-venezuela","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alt-latino-951419","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/01/21/nx-s1-5683361/rawayana-on-their-new-album-and-a-changing-venezuela","audio_url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510305/npr.simplecastaudio.com/4949c892-bd02-40e5-8178-06ec0e17f58e/episodes/ccf2d9ba-fc16-4fde-bc6b-96d2668bc65f/audio/256/default.mp3?awCollectionId=4949c892-bd02-40e5-8178-06ec0e17f58e&awEpisodeId=ccf2d9ba-fc16-4fde-bc6b-96d2668bc65f&t=podcast&e=nx-s1-5683361&p=510305&d=1579&size=50537997","summary":"Sometimes life imitates art - or at least the two can seem eerily connected. On Jan. 1, the Venezuelan band Rawayana released a new album, '¿Dónde Es El After?,' which began with a lyric that many interpreted as a wish for their country's leadership to be gone. A few days later, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was ousted from power and seized by American forces. For this week's episode, we chat with Fofo Story and Beto Montenegro of Rawayana to hear how the album came together, where its sonic influences lie, and how they're reflecting on the seismic changes underway in their home country. (00:00) Intro (01:54) How they decided to open the album (06:26) On the song 'Qué Rico PR!' (09:36) Caribbean influences growing up (13:41) Childhood love for merenhouse (16:13) Adapting tonada folk music (21:58) Reflections on Venezuela in this moment This podcast episode was produced by Noah Caldwell. The executive producer of NPR Music is Suraya Mohamed. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy","meta_description":"Sometimes life imitates art - or at least the two can seem eerily connected. On Jan. 1, the Venezuelan band Rawayana released a new album, '¿Dónde Es El A…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1579,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/alt-latino-951419/episodes/rawayana-on-their-new-album-and-a-changing-venezuela/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alt-latino-951419/rawayana-on-their-new-album-and-a-changing-venezuela.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}