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Singer/songwriter/promoter Eme Alfonso on old and new challenges for Cuban musicians
Eme Alfonso on Cuban music education, new challenges for Cuban musicians, and growing up as the daughter of Cuban rock…
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Afro-Cuban artist, cook, and queer activist Nancy Cepero on questioning everything
Nancy Cepero, vegan chef, queer anti-racist activist and artist, on trying to change Cuba’s food culture, self-care, and queer activism…
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Raiding the wine cellar with Billy Wagner
Drinking unique wines in Kreuzberg at the home of Billy Wagner, sommelier and proprietor of Berlin’s Michelin-starred Nobelhart & Schmutzig….
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A Culinary Travel Guide – Uncornered Market
What is Oaxaca food? Which Oaxacan dishes should you seek out and what sort of flavors and spices might you…
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Mónica Baró on committing independent journalism in Cuba
Cuban independent journalist and Nathan Thornburgh talk about their respective arrests in Cuba, and about why she does what she…
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Ailed Duarte on the unique pressures and pleasures of tattooing in Cuba
Ailed Duarte is co-founder of La Marca studio, which has helped bring tattoo art, once illegal throughout Cuba, into the…
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Haitian Food: A Culinary Travel Guide
What is Haitian food? Which Haitian dishes should you seek out and what sort of flavors and spices might you…
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