Our Purpose
We are a Latina-led, independent nonprofit newsroom producing Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism across audio, video, and digital platforms. Reaching over 10 million people annually, we lead in dual-language podcasting and authentic storytelling that drives narrative change. We’re home to Latino USA, the longest-running Latino news and culture program on public radio. We also produce award-winning work through Futuro Studios and Futuro Investigates. Our diverse staff reflects the communities we serve. Apple Podcasts declared our podcast series Suave one of the top twenty podcasts of the past twenty years.
Recent News
View All NewsJuly 15, 2025
Futuro Media’s ‘Latino USA’ Podcast Joins iHeartMedia’s My Cultura Podcast Network
May 29, 2025
NPR and Latino USA’s New Series ‘The Network’ Traces a Global Movement Transforming Abortion Access
April 15, 2025
Futuro Studios’ Pulitzer Prize-Winning Podcast ‘Suave’ Returns for a Gripping Season Two
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Public media is being defunded.
While, we do not receive any federal funding to produce our reporting, the threats to our reporting are still very real. There are still many uncertainties as the Trump administration continues to try to silence independent voices that inform the public.
How are we tackling this? Our reporting airs on nearly 400 public radio stations across the U.S. and Canada, and available on all major podcast platforms. We’re staying strong through new partnerships, like our recent one with @myculturapodcasts, and by continuing to report fearlessly and independently.
But we rely on our community. We rely on you.
If you value what we do:
✅ Share and download our work
✅ Join Futuro+
✅ Give a donation of any kind today
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@applepodcasts is celebrating 20 years of podcasts with a special puzzle, featuring 20 medium-defining shows, including our very own #SuavePodcast.
Can you guess the answer to the clue?
Complete the puzzle at apple.co/podcastspuzzle 🧩
Listen to Season 1 and Season 2 of Suave wherever you get your podcasts!
#ApplePodcasts20
This past year, we relaunched our award-winning politics podcast @inthethickshow for a special pop-up season, which brought you the bold, unfiltered conversations you love.
Hosted by @maria_la_hinojosa, with new co-hosts @paoramos, @itisijudyreyes1s and @dr_cmgreer, we talked about voting rights, reproductive justice, racial equity and more—just in time for a pivotal election year.
🔗 Tap the link in bio to see our full annual report!
#InTheThick #Election2024 #ReproductiveJustice #VotingRights
@applepodcasts just named the #SuavePodcast one of the 20 shows that have made a lasting impact on listeners and shaped podcasting over the past 20 years! We’re thrilled to be included in this list.
This is what Apple said about our show:
“Suave starts as a story of a wrongful conviction... but it quickly upends those expectations... The show becomes more than a story of injustice; through the production team’s mastery of craft, Suave’s humanity shines front and center.”
Congrats to @maria_la_hinojosa, @jujuxwrites, @suavegonzalez215, and the entire Suave team who through their passion, creativity and endurance managed to deliver something so powerful ❤️
Link in bio to listen to Season 1 and Season 2 of Suave!
#ApplePodcasts20 #criminaljustice
Latina-founded and women-led, @futuroinvestigates is redefining investigative journalism by centering humanity, data, and on-the-ground reporting to hold power accountable. We tackle the challenges facing communities of color across the Americas.
Here`s what our deeply reported investigations found this past year:
🏠 Latinos in NJ faced mortgage denials twice as often as white applicants and paid higher rates
🛠️ 80 of 100 Latino disaster workers reported toxic exposure, most without training or protective gear
🗳️ Spanish-language misinformation surged in 2024, fueled by AI and social media profits
🔗 Tap the link to see our full annual report!
#FuturoInvestigates #InvestigativeJournalism #LatinoVoices
@futurostudios is a Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast and original programming studio that centers Latino and Latina, Black, Indigenous, and immigrant experiences, grounded in innovative audiocraft and rigorous journalism.
🎙 From series about Juan Gabriel’s legacy to the birth charts of talented artists to the 25th anniversary of the Elián González custody battle, these are the stories that shaped our coverage this year!
🔗 Tap the link in bio to read our annual report
#FuturoStudios #PulitzerPrize #AudioStorytelling #IndependentMedia
🚨 Big year at Futuro Media! 🚨
We produced “The Latino Factor: How We Vote,” a @latinousa series about the 2024 election that delved deep into the minds and hearts of Latino voters across the country, launched new powerful and immersive podcasts at @futurostudios, continued our investigative work that holds power to account at @futuroinvestigates, and relaunched @inthethick for a pop-up 2024 election season.
🗳 16 stories in “The Latino Factor” series
🎙 New shows like Stars and Stars With Isa, My Divo, and Chess Piece
🏆 Webby + Murrow Award wins
📰 Groundbreaking investigations with real impact
💻 Tap the link in bio to read our annual report and see what we accomplished together!
To celebrate #Pride, @latinousa producer @reynaldoleanosjr and @thelifeofpanki are hosting a live virtual event to dive deeper into the story of Frank’s “doble quince.”
Don’t miss this conversation about traditions, embracing your identity, and celebrating queer joy!
Mark your calendars!
🗓️ Tuesday, June 24th
⏰ 2pm ET
To join us, become a Futuro+ member at the Campeón level.
🔗 Link in bio to sign up now.
And that’s a wrap on Suave: Season 2 🎙️
This season was a rollercoaster of emotions as Suave shared his raw and unfiltered experiences readjusting to life on the outside after incarceration. Have you listened yet?
🎧 Tap the #linkinbio to listen to all episodes on your fave podcast app!
Art by @leg8r.
#Suave #SuavePodcast
Episode 7, “Patience,” of #SuavePodcast is out now 🎧
In the final episode of Season 2, Suave and the team visit a location in the Bronx with deep significance to Suave—a place where you can say his journey towards freedom began. As Suave takes inventory of the past, and the challenges of the last couple of years in particular, he comes to terms with the weight of institutionalization. And he reveals one surprising and life-changing decision.
Tap the link in bio to listen to the season finale 🔗
Art by @leg8r.
#Suave #SuavePodcast
After following Suave’s life for several years, we’ve witnessed first-hand the weight of institutionalization.
Season 2 of #SuavePodcast has been a rollercoaster—from navigating reentry, to the challenges of living on lifetime parole, to learning how to trust and love again, all while feeling the guilt of leaving his brothers behind. This road hasn’t been an easy one.
In the season finale, we visit a place that holds special significance in Suave’s story: Orchard Beach in the Bronx. It was a place that he loved as a child, and it was also the place where his mother did everything she could so he’d one day be free.
➡️ Tap the link in bio to listen to Episode 7, “Patience.”
#Suave #SuavePodcast
On this week`s episode, a return to Puerto Rico that changed everything. Follow Suave as he reconnects with family, roots, and the island he remembers from childhood, and discover why he left with a whole new soul.
ICYMI: Catch up now on Episode 6, “A Homecoming.”
Tap the link in bio to listen 🔗
#Suave #SuavePodcast
