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As we add to our "Great Americas Songbook," TPR's James Baker listens to the music of Consuelo Velasquez and María Grever. Listen to KPAC 88.3 FM each weekday at 2:00 p.m. for Momentos Musicales, during Hispanic Heritage Month.

Texas has been named the best state for barbecue, as part of a new report on the country’s best barbecue scenes. San Antonio came in third place.

After briefly ceding to Sabrina Carpenter, “I Had Some Help" is back on top of the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department is still No. 1 over on the Billboard 200 albums chart — she’s holding strong at ten weeks.

The IOC has condemned Indian police for their treatment of the country's top wrestlers, who accuse a lawmaker of sexual harassment. (Story aired on All Things Considered on 6/7/23.)

Jimmie Johnson has won the Daytona 500, one day after crash during a race there injured fans. Danica Patrick, who was hoping to make history, finished eighth. Jacki Lyden gets the latest from NPR's Mike Pesca.

The Bucks won their first NBA title in 50 years — beating the Phoenix Suns 105-98 in Game 6. After being down two games to none, the Bucks stormed back to take the next four straight.

The Amazon rainforest is known as the “lungs of planet Earth,” but what happens when deforestation in Brazil continues? One journalist tried to alert the world to this coming crisis. Dom Phillips was writing the book “How to Save The Amazon” when he was murdered. His colleagues refused to let Phillips' work die—and they completed his book.

Dr. Peter Hotez has become one of the faces of the pandemic. The bow-tied Texas scientist has been all over radio and television — and on this podcast, too — explaining viruses generally and COVID-19 specifically. Now Hotez and his partner, PhD scientist Maria Elena Bottazzi, have developed a vaccine that would be cheap and easy to produce.

TPR Noticias al Día–Martes, 27 de diciembre de 2022

David Martin Davies reports there are more election deniers on the ballot in Texas than any other state, and one group of Republicans is pushing back.When it comes to how hard it is to vote, Texas has gone from bad to worse.And will young people turn out to vote this election?