What does it mean to carry a culture with you wherever you go? Brazilian singer, poet, and cultural educator Rose Moraes has spent decades doing exactly that, introducing the richness of Brazilian music to audiences far from where it was born, from bossa nova and forró to samba and Afro-Brazilian rhythms.

In this episode of Talk Latin America, Rose joins hosts Diego Laje and Michelle Marinho for a conversation about the soul of Brazil, the music the world isn't hearing enough of, and the one word that captures it all, saudade. That particular mix of longing, memory, and bittersweet joy that has no real equivalent in any other language.

Colombian filmmaker John Martin has spent 25 years traveling to more than 50 countries, documenting what we stand to lose, not with alarm but with beauty. In this episode of Talk Latin America, John, Conservation International's Director of Production & Visual Storytelling, joins host Diego Laje to discuss the art and challenge of translating dense scientific research into stories that move people to act. From navigating uncharted territory in the Amazon to filming 360 VR inside one of the most impenetrable rainforests on Earth, John shares what it truly takes to capture nature on camera and why giving indigenous communities their own voice is the most powerful conservation tool of all.

She left immigration policy behind to pick up a guitar, but the issue never let her go. In this episode of Talk Latin America, singer-songwriter Elena La Fulana sits down with Diego Laje and Michelle Marinho to talk about what it means to make music in two languages, what Latino identity really looks like in the United States, and why her most powerful songs are the ones that never go out of style — even when she wishes they would.