Five podcasts to listen to in 2026
We're kicking off 2026 by sharpening our listening skills and seeking reflection. To that end, we've selected some podcasts for you to listen to during these first weeks of the new year.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina. Diversity, human rights, Indigenous peoples, and gender are some of the words that conservative and right-wing groups have misrepresented throughout 2025. After a turbulent year, we want to start 2026 by reclaiming their value. With the aim of facilitating moments of listening and reflection—to pause and think together— Presentes brings you a list of five podcasts that align with this theme to kick off the year. And, as a bonus, a special treat.
Listening to a podcast is different from listening to other cultural products. It requires paying close attention to what you're hearing, otherwise you risk getting lost in the story or conversation. It's an extra effort, considering that our attention is mostly focused on still and moving images.
Listening to podcasts often leaves no room for doing anything else at the same time, except for automated activities like driving, walking, commuting, or cleaning. Listening to them can be a way to break free from the whirlwind of dozens of things vying for our attention and the multiple tasks we juggle simultaneously. If it fits into your schedule, we encourage you to give it a try.
1-Tehuel, a banner of struggle
Through the voices of Tehuel's mother, trans and travesti activists, and lawyers, the podcast reconstructs the search for the missing trans youth . It examines the approaches taken by the justice system, contextualizes the living conditions of the trans and travesti population, and critically analyzes the lack of systematization in the search and the shortcomings of the missing persons search system in Argentina.
This project originated at a public university as a graduation project by Aldana Somoza and Giselle Schneider, students of Social Communication Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires. It was jointly published by Tiempo Argentino and Agencia Presentes .
You can listen to it on Tiempo's Spotify channel by clicking here .
2-The death flights
Based on the non-fiction book Skyvan: Planes, Pilots, and Secret Files by journalist Miriam Lewin, the podcast delves into a journalistic investigation into the so-called "death flights ." When Lewin was held captive in a concentration camp during Argentina's last military dictatorship, different prisoners were taken each week to be thrown from airplanes into the Río de la Plata, murdered, and disappeared. Thirty years later, now a journalist, she seeks to find the pilots responsible for the death flights and to seek justice.
The podcast is narrated by actor Leonardo Sbaraglia and features testimonials from key figures such as Taty Almeida, Giancarlo Ceraudo, and Enrique Piñeyro. It won the 2025 PRODU Awards in the Best Documentary Podcast category.
It is available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and on any listening platform.
3-Territories of song
Continuing the interview series begun in Copla Viva , the podcast Territorios del Canto delves deeper into questions about community spaces for singing, the transmission of Indigenous languages, and identities. It features testimonies from singers of the Qom, Diaguita Calchaquí, Mapuche, Kolla, Vilela, and Guaraní peoples. It was produced by singer Anahí Mariluan and journalist Estefanía Cajeao, who curated the show.
Participating with their testimonies: Beatriz Pichimalen, Cristina Paredes, Charo Bogarin, Carina Carriqueo, Noe Pucci, Awka Liwen, Mariana Carrizo, Ema Cuañeri, Micaela Chauque, Nadia Larcher, Casilda Chazarreta, Mariana Amaru, Anahi Mariluan and the Pocnolec group.
4-Not with my children
Narrated by actress Dolores Fonzi, "With My Children" doesn't delve into the crusade against sex education in Argentina. It recounts the formation of anti-rights groups, from their origins in Peru to their rise to positions of power. It shows how the Comprehensive Sex Education Law (ESI) was implemented, drawing on experiences from different provinces, and describes what is currently happening under the far-right government of Javier Milei.
It has three episodes: “Light Blue and Pink, Separate Matters,” “Not Everything Stays in the Family,” and “The Fear of Power.” It was produced by Parque Podcast in collaboration with Futurock.
5-Tortilleras: a lesbian memoir
The voices of five lesbians with decades of activism are featured in the podcast Tortilleras: una memoria lesbiana (Tortilleras: A Lesbian Memoir ), the first from Agencia Presentes, launched this year. Produced by Luciana Leiras and Tati Español, it seeks to tell the story of the movement from 1980 onward in the City of Buenos Aires. It's about “listening to how we got here”: who laid the first stone and who carried it on.
The podcast features psychologist and feminist Ana Rubiolo; biologist and activist María Luisa Peralta; lesbian activist, former player, and current soccer director Mónica Santino, a member of La Nuestra Futbol Feminista (Our Feminist Soccer); journalist and lesbian activist Adriana Carrasco; and lesbian activist Lucrecia Rojas, who also advocates for the recognition of care work. Production of the podcast was coordinated by Maria Eugenia Ludueña and Ana Fornaro.
It is available on Spotify .
Bonus track
The podcasts from Radio Ambulante and Las Raras tell stories from Latin America through audio chronicles. They offer diverse narratives about diversity.
In “The Rules of the Game ,” by Radio Ambulante , Gonzalo, who always wanted to be a soccer referee, must make difficult decisions when he realizes this career doesn't align with his other aspirations. “The Yellow House” tells the story of Ismael Martínez, who arranged a date through Grindr at a house in the Colonia Americana neighborhood of Guadalajara and hasn't been the same since. And “Me, Baby ” narrates the story of Luana, the first trans girl to legally change her gender on her official documents.
Meanwhile, in the "Raras" section, you'll find, among others, "Alain's Fury ," about the Mexican activist who, upon waking from a coma, decides his new mission is to defend the dignity of those living with HIV. There's also "Estrella's Journey," about a trans woman's journey from El Salvador to the United States seeking asylum.
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