Americas Now Podcast

Americas Now: Inside Colombia’s largest drug cartel

May 10, 2023

Americas Now: Chocolate: A $10 billion business that begins with cacao

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Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:08 — 17.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSSMost people associate chocolate with the chocolatiers of Europe. But the main ingredient for chocolate, cacao, comes from Latin America and Africa. Director-Producer […]

April 21, 2023

Americas Now: Climate Change Threatens Marine Life in Florida

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Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:59 — 26.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSSAccording to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA, 2022 was one of the hottest years on record. Some scientists believe Florida is among […]

April 12, 2023

Americas Now: Climate Change Moves Inland

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Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:45 — 22.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSSOn this week’s Americas Now podcast, Anchor Elaine Reyes talks to Correspondent John Zarrella about the inland risk of climate change on parks […]

April 5, 2023

Getting a second chance through Rugby in Venezuela

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Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:35 — 30.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSSCrime is a significant problem in Venezuela. Politicians and experts have yet to find a solution. So when a company became the victim […]

March 29, 2023

Americas Now podcast: Legalization of Euthanasia in Colombia gives patients the right to die

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Euthanasia is the practice of intentionally ending life to avoid pain and suffering. Colombia is the only country in Latin America, and one of only several worldwide, to allow it in non-terminal cases.

July 27, 2021

Brazil’s Forever Fires

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On this episode of the Americas Now Podcast correspondent Gerry Hadden tells host Elaine Reyes about his deployment to the Pantanal which is so large it extends to other countries like Paraguay, Bolivia and Uruguay.

July 23, 2021

Mexico City’s Native Languages

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On this episode of the Americas Now Podcast correspondent Alasdair Baverstock talks with host Elaine Reyes about the importance of these native languages hidden in the heart of one of Latin America’s largest cities.

July 23, 2021

Expats in Mexico

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On this episode of the Americas Now Podcast correspondent Alasdair Baverstock explains to host Elaine Reyes how the community of expats around Mexico’s famous Lake Chapala dealt with the pandemic lockdowns.

July 23, 2021

Pandemic Photographers

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On this episode of the Americas Now Podcast correspondent Joel Richards shares with host Elaine Reyes the conversations he had with these photojournalists who live in countries ranging from Peru and Argentina to Costa Rica.

July 23, 2021

Cloned horses of Argentina

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On this episode of the Americas Now Podcast correspondent Joel Richards tells host Elaine Reyes two amazing stories he recently covered related to horses in Argentina.

July 23, 2021

Costa Rica’s Centenarians

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On this episode of the Americas Now Podcast correspondent Harris Withbeck shares with host Elaine Reyes the discoveries he made while covering the 100-year-old inhabitants of this area over the course of several years.

July 23, 2021

Protecting Water In Colombia

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The U’wa indigenous people guard the largest expanse of glaciers in Colombia. Their mission is to protect the original source of water.

July 23, 2021

Pan-American Highway

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A Colombian family of four packed their bags and placed them in their 1981 Volkswagen Westfalia to take a life-changing trip along the Pan-American Highway.

July 2, 2021

The Americas Now Podcast

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Correspondents traveling from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego deconstruct the stories that impacted them the most. Presented by Elaine Reyes, the Americas Now Podcast takes you to memorable places and introduces you to extraordinary people around the map. This is a podcast for in-depth reporting enthusiasts with a taste for Latin American affairs and human stories.