Episodios

  • Welcome to Mariachi University, USA
    Apr 9 2026
    Would you get a master's in mariachi? In this episode of In The Hyphen, journalist Fernando Hurtado explores what's behind the mariachi ensembles at U.S. colleges and universities. Special thanks to all the interviewees for this piece: University of Texas at Austin: Prof. Greg Cavazos, Nathanael Lim, Emma Adams, Sydney Bejarano, Elián Villareal, Michael Edward Diaz-Santos UCLA: Jesús "Chuy" Guzmán, Enrique Rodriguez Gonzalez, Sarah Ward, Angie Trujillo, Andrew David Dela Peña Want to understand U.S. Latino culture and trends better than anybody else? Sign up for the free In The Hyphen newsletter: https://inthehyphen.co/subscribe Find Fernando Hurtado on: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠
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    20 m
  • Why Turkish telenovelas are so popular with Latinos
    Apr 2 2026
    Want to understand U.S. Latino culture and trends better than anybody else? Sign up for my free newsletter: https://inthehyphen.co/subscribe In this episode of In The Hyphen, journalist Fernando Hurtado explains why Turkish telenovelas are so popular with U.S. Latinos, and why TV giants like Univision and Telemundo keep buying them. Thank you to these restaurants for allowing me to interview them: ⁠Amor A Mí⁠ ⁠Evil Cooks⁠ Find Fernando Hurtado on: ⁠Instagram⁠⁠TikTok⁠ ⁠YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    18 m
  • Why you're seeing more Mexican-Asian fusion food in the U.S.
    Mar 31 2026
    Want to understand U.S. Latino culture and trends better than anybody else? Sign up for my free newsletter: https://inthehyphen.co/subscribe In this episode of In The Hyphen, journalist Fernando Hurtado explains why you're seeing things like "birria ramen" and "birria pho" around the U.S. Thank you to these restaurants for allowing me to interview them: Amor A Mí Evil Cooks Find Fernando Hurtado on: Instagram TikTok YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 m
  • The "No Sabo" parents raising kids fluent in Spanish
    Mar 31 2026
    Want to understand U.S. Latino culture and trends better than anybody else? Sign up for my free newsletter: https://inthehyphen.co/subscribe In this episode of In The Hyphen, journalist Fernando Hurtado explains what Chicano English is and why many people in the United States speak it. Find Fernando Hurtado on: ⁠Instagram⁠⁠ TikTok⁠ ⁠YouTube⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    18 m
  • Why so many Americans speak Chicano English
    Mar 31 2026
    Want to understand U.S. Latino culture and trends better than anybody else? Sign up for my free newsletter: https://inthehyphen.co/subscribe In this episode of In The Hyphen, journalist Fernando Hurtado explains what Chicano English is and why many people in the United States speak it. Find Fernando Hurtado on: ⁠Instagram ⁠⁠TikTok⁠ ⁠YouTube⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 m