Latinas and The Ancient Power of Intuition
Latino USA
My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Light your candles and schedule your limpia because today's episode is all about the power of intuition. First, we talk to scientist Galang Lufityanto about his research into intuitive decision-making. Then, we head to the Brooklyn Brujería festival and learn about how intuition has been part of a growing Latina feminist movement. Finally, we learn about Reporter Cindy Rodriguez’s journey to embracing her intuition through her relationship with her mother.
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| 0:00.0 | Dear Latino |
| 0:02.3 | Dear Latino USA listener, |
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| 0:39.2 | And after you do that, then click play. Let's go to the show. |
| 0:51.1 | Dear Latino USA listener, today we're going to dig into our archives to bring you an episode about intuition. We're going to look at exactly what intuition is while |
| 0:55.9 | we ask, is it real? Do we all have it? Okay, I know you're going to enjoy this episode. |
| 1:06.0 | I'm sitting in the studio with writer-producer and storyteller, Cindy Rodriguez. Hey, Cindy. Hello. |
| 1:12.1 | So Cindy, all I know is that Latino USA has been working on a story around intuition. It's been up on |
| 1:17.5 | our whiteboard. And I know that you're here to talk about it with me. And that's it. |
| 1:22.5 | It's all you need to know. I'm going to take you right through it. Okay. |
| 1:29.1 | So it pretty much starts with, I think, my inkling, my obsession with intuition ever since I was a teenager. |
| 1:37.2 | I didn't really believe in intuition until high school. |
| 1:42.3 | There was a weekend I really wanted to go down the shore with friends. |
| 1:45.5 | Four or five of us were going to the beach, |
| 1:47.7 | but my mom's super strict, super Peruana. |
| 1:50.2 | Wants to know everywhere, like where I'm going with friends. |
| 1:53.4 | And she, the minute I asked her, she was like, no. |
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