17 Podcast Episodes
Héctor Tobar, "Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of 'Latino'" (MCD, 2023)
Héctor Tobar, "Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of 'Latino'" (MCD, 2023)
Writing Latinos, from Public Books, features interviews with Latino (a/x/e) authors. We discuss their books and how thei... Read more
26 Jul 2023
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47mins
Héctor Tobar, "Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of 'Latino'" (MCD, 2023)
Héctor Tobar, "Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of 'Latino'" (MCD, 2023)
Writing Latinos, from Public Books, features interviews with Latino (a/x/e) authors. We discuss their books and how thei... Read more
26 Jul 2023
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47mins
Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”Héctor Tobar
Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”Héctor Tobar
“‘Stories about empire,’ Tobar writes, ‘move us because they’re echoes of the memories that reside deep in our collectiv... Read more
16 Jun 2023
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1hr 6mins
Héctor Tobar in conversation with John McMurtrie
Héctor Tobar in conversation with John McMurtrie
LIVE! From City Lights welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist Héctor Tobar as he celebrates the release... Read more
14 Jun 2023
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44mins
Héctor Tobar on "Tavis Smiley"
Héctor Tobar on "Tavis Smiley"
Héctor Tobar - Pulitzer Prize–winning author - joins Tavis for a conversation about the twenty-first-century Latino expe... Read more
13 Jun 2023
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39mins
Poured Over Double Shot: Héctor Tobar and Jonathan Eig
Poured Over Double Shot: Héctor Tobar and Jonathan Eig
These two authors tackle important subjects with new research and keen insight. Héctor Tobar’s Our Migrant Souls delves... Read more
1 Jun 2023
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1hr 40mins
The Arts of Racial Reckoning: Oskar Eustis & Héctor Tobar
The Arts of Racial Reckoning: Oskar Eustis & Héctor Tobar
In the aftermath of the 1992 LA Uprisings, Anna Deavere Smith crafted TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, a play based on Smith’s int... Read more
9 Sep 2022
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59mins
S5 Ep. 29: ‘A War I Saw Unfolding Firsthand’: Héctor Tobar Reflects on the 30th Anniversary of the L.A. Riots
S5 Ep. 29: ‘A War I Saw Unfolding Firsthand’: Héctor Tobar Reflects on the 30th Anniversary of the L.A. Riots
Novelist and journalist Héctor Tobar joins Fiction/Non/Fiction hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to talk ab... Read more
23 Jun 2022
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51mins
30 years later: Héctor Tobar and Gil Garcetti reflect on the 1992 riots
30 years later: Héctor Tobar and Gil Garcetti reflect on the 1992 riots
On April 29, 1992, a jury in Los Angeles found four police officers not guilty of use of excessive force in the beating ... Read more
29 Apr 2022
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16mins
Héctor Tobar in Conversation with Oscar Villalon
Héctor Tobar in Conversation with Oscar Villalon
Héctor Tobar with Oscar Villalon discussing Héctor Tobar's new book "The Last Great Road Bum," published by Farrar Strau... Read more
5 Mar 2021
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1hr 5mins