Anything For Selena podcast

Anything For Selena

On the podcast Anything for Selena, Apple Podcasts’ Show of the Year of 2021, Maria García combines rigorous reporting with impassioned storytelling to honor Selena's legacy. She also explores the indelible mark she left on Latino identity and belonging, whether it’s fatherhood, big-butt politics, and the fraught relationship with whiteness and language.

On the podcast Anything for Selena, Apple Podcasts’ Show of the Year of 2021, Maria García combines rigorous reporting with impassioned storytelling to honor Selena's legacy. She also explores the indelible mark she left on Latino identity and belonging, whether it’s fatherhood, big-butt politics, and the fraught relationship with whiteness and language.

 

#27

Introducing Anything for Selena host Maria Garcia's new podcast, "My Divo"

Host Maria Garcia is back to introduce the spiritual sequel to Anything For Selena — a pod... more

02 Jul 2024

28 MINS

28:31

02 Jul 2024


#26

Anything for Selena Presents: "Beyond All Repair," a new podcast about an unsolved murder and a woma...

Introducing Beyond All Repair, a new WBUR podcast hosted by Amory Sivertson. This series t... more

13 Mar 2024

25 MINS

25:28

13 Mar 2024


#25

Introducing ‘The Gun Machine’, a podcast about how America was forged by the gun industry

Produced by WBUR, Boston’s NPR, in partnership with The Trace, The Gun Machine looks into ... more

06 Oct 2023

03 MINS

03:00

06 Oct 2023


#24

Anything For Selena introduces Violation, a new podcast about who pulls the levers of power in the j...

We want to share a first listen of a new podcast we're working on at WBUR. Violation tells... more

15 Mar 2023

03 MINS

03:36

15 Mar 2023


#23

The Last Cup: Messi’s Final Shot

NPR and Futuro Studios present The Last Cup, a limited series about soccer and the immigra... more

21 Nov 2022

40 MINS

40:44

21 Nov 2022


#22

Presenting 'Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez'

Imagine if Frank Sinatra went on stage every night with a gun in his waistband, or if Tupa... more

08 Feb 2022

26 MINS

26:57

08 Feb 2022


#21

Selena y nosotros

En el final de la serie Anything for Selena, Maria reflexiona sobre lo que su año de análi... more

13 Mar 2021

37 MINS

37:37

13 Mar 2021


#20

Selena y raza

Tras el debut de la serie Selena en Netflix, algunos fans señalaron que la cantante había ... more

12 Mar 2021

35 MINS

35:00

12 Mar 2021


#19

Selena y la Internet

Un cuarto de siglo después de su muerte, Selena está arrasando en internet. En línea, la i... more

11 Mar 2021

29 MINS

29:48

11 Mar 2021


#18

Spanglish

Puede ser que Selena haya hecho una carrera cantando temas en español, pero no se crió hab... more

10 Mar 2021

30 MINS

30:02

10 Mar 2021


#17

Tensión tejana

Selena es usualmente descrita como la "reina de la música tejana". En la década de 1990, f... more

09 Mar 2021

33 MINS

33:43

09 Mar 2021


#16

La política de las pompis

En los noventa, "Baby Got Back (I Like Big Butts)" de Sir Mix-A-Lot debutó en la radio. Ho... more

08 Mar 2021

34 MINS

34:13

08 Mar 2021


#15

Nace un símbolo

En el transcurso de su vida, Selena se convirtió en un símbolo de esperanza. Se transformó... more

07 Mar 2021

34 MINS

34:02

07 Mar 2021


#14

Selena y Abraham

María sabe que para entender verdaderamente a Selena no solo como un ícono, sino también c... more

06 Mar 2021

37 MINS

37:28

06 Mar 2021


#13

Selena y yo

Durante su niñez, mientras crecía en una ciudad en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y Méxi... more

05 Mar 2021

38 MINS

38:12

05 Mar 2021


#12

BONUS: Selena and Chris

Maria heads to Joshua Tree, California for an intimate interview with Selena's widower, Ch... more

05 Mar 2021

44 MINS

44:49

05 Mar 2021


#11

BONUS: Anything for Selena Live!

In this intimate Q&A, host Maria Garcia and producers Antonia Cereijido and Kristin Torres... more

04 Mar 2021

45 MINS

45:00

04 Mar 2021


#10

Selena and Us

In the series finale of Anything for Selena, Maria reflects on what her year-long examinat... more

02 Mar 2021

35 MINS

35:18

02 Mar 2021


#9

Selena and Race

After the premiere of Selena: The Series on Netflix, some fans claimed Selena had been "wh... more

23 Feb 2021

45 MINS

45:09

23 Feb 2021


#8

Selena and the Internet

A quarter century after her death, Selena is breaking the internet. Online, Selena’s image... more

16 Feb 2021

42 MINS

42:18

16 Feb 2021


#7

Spanglish

Selena Quintanilla may have built her career singing Spanish songs, but she didn’t grow up... more

09 Feb 2021

43 MINS

43:04

09 Feb 2021


#6

Tejano Tension

Episode 5. Selena is often called the "Queen of Tejano music." In the 1990s, she brought t... more

02 Feb 2021

38 MINS

38:34

02 Feb 2021


#5

Big Butt Politics

Nearly 30 years ago, Sir-Mix-A-Lot’s “Baby Got Back (I Like Big Butts)” hit the airwaves t... more

26 Jan 2021

44 MINS

44:35

26 Jan 2021


#4

Birth of a Symbol

In her life, Selena was a symbol of hope. She became a role model for how Latinos could ac... more

19 Jan 2021

41 MINS

41:54

19 Jan 2021


#3

Selena and Abraham

Maria knows that to truly understand Selena as a person and not just an icon, she needs to... more

12 Jan 2021

43 MINS

43:37

12 Jan 2021


#2

Selena and Me

Growing up along the US-Mexico border, Maria Garcia felt torn between her two identities a... more

12 Jan 2021

29 MINS

29:58

12 Jan 2021


#1

A Podcast About Belonging

Maria Garcia was 9 years old and living on the U.S.-Mexico border when Selena was murdered... more

09 Oct 2020

04 MINS

04:22

09 Oct 2020