So, what is this?
Good question, one whose answer for sure will evolve during the next coming weeks, months and years. What I can answer is the vision for this space at the time I am writing in July, 2022.
I am not aware of a single place in English that curates news regarding the podcasting industry in Spanish, Spanglish, or in English around Latinos. This aims to be The Place.
This newsletter is international, which is a very important aspect of it all. Why? The short answer is two-fold: Latinos in the US consume content created all over the Spanish-speaking world, in the other hand it seems podcasters and podcast producers in other countries might be setting trends for both Latino podcasters and Hispanic audiences in the US as well as for brands that want to target this market.
This newsletter aims to be delivered at the end of every week and will have three main sections (later it will most probably expand): news, events, and a mini-section with either my take on what some big development in the podcasting industry might mean for Latinos or an expert´s take on something podcast-related. Plain and simple.
In the news section you will be able to read some sentences and a link to a story, some will be in English and some might be in Spanish. If the latter is the case you will have the option to see a Google translated version.
The events section will have links to happenings around the Latino podcasting world, some in English, most in Spanish. Sometime in the future I plan on posting an English recap of the most important events.
Also, whenever I feel appropriate I will write a disclaimer stating if I have a relationship with a news story; I can tell you up the gate that I have some ventures in the podcasting world, so this might happen.
Be aware everything I share I have first seen through my own lenses and then digested through my own experiences and point of view. I am biased, I am subjective, I am a human…
That´s why I curate the news I believe will be the most useful and interesting to you, but remember: I didn´t write them.
Also, I am not a native English speaker, so in advance, I apologize for anything weird on my writing.
Week by week, this is going to get better and better, if you have ideas or tips let me know so we can build this together!
¡GRACIAS!
PS: Why the green cactus you may ask? As you know, the cactus receives close to zero love, much like Latino podcasts have in the past. But as the cactus, the Latino podcast scene has grown strong even without much water and care. Despite this, you can see the fruits!