Podcast (English) | david sasaki

[Podcast] Reno to Albuquerque

by David Sasaki | May 15, 2010 | English, Podcast, Podcast (English)

Alejandro Nothing defines a road trip like its soundtrack. Tomorrow Alejandro is driving from Reno to Albuquerque and was in the market for some musical accompaniment. There are different types of road trip mixes, of course. Some are meant to wake you up, to inspire...

[Podcast] A Latin Indie Techno Hipster at Heart

by David Sasaki | Jun 9, 2009 | English, Podcast (English), Podcast (Spanish)

The writing on the wall across the street reads: Ni indigenismo, ni oligarquía Viva la revolución obrera The main thoroughfare of wrinkled, potholed pavement branches out into a vast labyrinthine lattice of cobble-stoned alleys named after Latin American...

[Podcast] Spring Forward, Fall Back

by David Sasaki | May 21, 2009 | English, Music, Podcast (English)

Despite my love of the tropics, I’ve come to appreciate some of the wonders that come with distancing oneself from the equator. Seasons, for example, and their undeniable sway over a city’s mood. In the weeks leading up to my departure from the United...

[Podcast] G5 Summit Mexico

by David Sasaki | Apr 23, 2009 | English, Podcast (English)

Even something like that, just the sun setting behind a hill, that’s something you never see in the city. – Revaz The Western side of the DF-to-Queretaro highway fell in perfect gradient from a light blue overhead into a deep magenta, and then ended...

The Hip-Hop Aesthetic

by David Sasaki | Mar 2, 2009 | English, Podcast (English)

I’m getting ready to write my review of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ The Beautiful Struggle. In the same way that Kwame Dawes describes his style of writing as having a “reggae aesthetic”, it’s clear that Coates is trying to craft a hip-hop...

Global Voices House Party

by David Sasaki | Feb 10, 2009 | English, Podcast (English)

There are many ways to get know another culture. My favorite? The house party. Even the seemingly most conservative of cultures transform into festive affairs of dance, drink, and drums when a house party is declared. There is something irresistibly human about...