Cuba is an Onion: Conversations in Havana and Beyond

Cuba is an Onion: Conversations in Havana and Beyond

Author Ken Foster has been traveling to Cuba for twenty years. In this podcast series, he shares conversations with some of the people he’s met along the way: Cuban artists, animal protectors, journalists and entrepreneurs share their joys and concerns about life today in Cuba.

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August 12, 2023 42 mins

In a small coastal fishing town in Cuba, I speak with an animal protector about animal welfare in Cuba and the role that donated supplies play in helping owned pets and those strays that live among people in the community.    

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In this episode, Ken Foster sits down with Samuel Riera and Derbis Campos to discuss the life of Cuban artists.  We begin by discussing the system that recognizes “official” artists in Cuba, which requires formal training and a license.  But Samuel and Derbis work with people outside the system: adults with disabilities who work entirely on their own.  Samuel and Derbis started the Art Brut Cuba Project in 2013 and have now found r...

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January 15, 2023 60 mins

In this debut episode, we start our podcast journey with an expat.  Conner Gorry is a journalist from the USA who has been working and living in Havana for the past twenty years.  She also is part of the Cuba Libro English language bookstore cafe in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana.  She talks about why she loves Cuba, what challenges Cubans face, things that might be getting better, and what it means to be a Yuma.  

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