Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders.

It's been a minute.

So you may have not realized it because of all the news right now, but we are in the

midst of Hispanic Heritage Month.

It runs from September 15th through October 15th.

So to celebrate that month, we are going to share a conversation that I'm really proud

of.

A discussion with author and podcast host Danielle Alarcone.

Danielle hosts the Fantastic Podcast, Radio Amulante.

This show began its 10th season just a few weeks ago.

In case you haven't already, check out Radio Amulante.

It is a Spanish language podcast telling stories of Latin American life from all over the

world, and it is very, very good.

Now when I talked with Danielle in 2017, we actually weren't discussing his podcast.

We were talking about a book he had just released.

It's called The Kean is always above the people.

It's this collection of fictional stories.

And even though the stories are fiction, they shine a light on some very real and present

truths about the news and our politics and the Latino experience right now.

For instance, this book deals a lot with being an immigrant and what it means to move.

Probably in part because Danielle himself has bounced around a lot.

Anyway, at a time when there's still a lot of political discussion about who was able

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