Alt.Latino: The return of El Tiny

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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It's that time of year again: NPR's Tiny Desk becomes El Tiny, featuring concerts from some of the most exciting and legendary Latin artists around. So, this week Felix and Ana run through this year's El Tiny lineup and listen to performances from Fito Paez, Carlos Vives, Chuwi and more. Plus, a conversation about the news that Bad Bunny will perform at next year's Super Bowl LX.

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0:00.0	On Fridays, the 1A podcast is all about helping you cut through the info fog and get to what's important in the news.
0:07.6	Close out the week with us on our Friday News Roundup.
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0:22.1	Okay, Felix, so before we get into it, this is a really important day.
0:26.4	October 1st is historic.
0:28.4	It's the first day in over half a century that NPR and its stations operate without federal support.
0:34.1	And it may feel uncertain, but here's what is certain.
0:37.0	Public media endures.
0:38.7	Independent. Resilient. People power.
0:40.8	Whatever the moment, you'll find us here telling stories that matter. Okay, Felix. Let's get into it.
0:49.6	From NPR music, this is Alt Latino. I'm Felix Contreras. And I'm Anna Maria Sayer. Let the Chisme begin.
0:59.6	The Chiseme is all about Bad Bunny and Super Bowl. And I'm kind of tired of talking about
1:04.3	Bad Bunny, Felix. I'm not going to lie. I'm not looking forward to this. Okay, so before we
1:08.5	get into what we have scheduled for the show, let's do a little bit of
1:12.3	this because it's all over the place.
1:14.7	People are talking about it in a lot of interesting ways and some of it's kind of harsh and mean
1:19.6	and kind of ugly.
1:21.0	It is.
1:21.7	It is.
1:22.3	I think this is one of those moments.
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