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Anamaria Artemisa Sayre

Host, Alt.Latino

Anamaria Artemisa Sayre is co-host of Alt.Latino and a curator and producer for Tiny Desk.

As a podcast, radio, and video host, reporter, and producer for NPR, she is focused on elevating the diversity of sounds and stories that define Latinx culture. This means curating the newest and best in Latin music weekly on the mic with her co-host Felix Contreras and doing deep-dive reported series that highlight music as an answer to some of society's biggest cultural questions.

In 2023, she traveled around the US and across the southern border to report an award-winning series that revealed how Mexican-American immigrants coming of age led to the explosion of Regional Mexican music. She's interviewed artists, from Santana to Rosalia, that span generations and the globe and is a trusted voice on one of the most genre-diverse subsets of music in the world.

Additionally, she curates Latin music at the Tiny Desk. This includes leading the annual Latin Music Month Tiny Desk takeover which she conceived of and realized within her first year at NPR. Sayre's producing credits include concerts from artists like Nicki Nicole, Ivy Queen, Karol G and Juanes.

Her hosting and reporting credits are spread across NPR stations and beyond, and include frequent hosting on NPR Music's All Songs Considered, reporting a weekly segment on NPR's Morning Edition and a regular segment on Here and Now. She's a frequently featured speaker, host, and panelist at conferences and events across the country and internationally.

She is NPR's youngest host and has been named a 30 under 30 professional by Forbes and a Major Mujer by Remezcla.

Originally from southern California, she's an avid lover of mountains, beaches and stories that pair best with a cafecito in her abuela's backyard.

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Wednesday

Bad Bunny Closes Out His Residency

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Alt.Latino: Bad Bunny Closes Out His Residency

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Wednesday

Wednesday

Alt.Latino: Tim Bernardes, Mabe Fratti, more

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Felix's healing soundtrack and new love songs

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NPR's Alt.Latino podcast celebrates 15 years

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Wednesday

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Flaco Jimenez and Eddie Palmieri: Why Their Music Mattered

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Flaco Jimenez and Eddie Palmieri: Why Their Music Mattered

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Antonio Quiroga Di Geronimo

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Bad Bunny performs onstage during Night One of Bad Bunny: "No Me Quiero Ir De Aqui" Residencia En El Choli at Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot on July 11, 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images/Getty hide caption

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It's a Bad Bunny summer in Puerto Rico: Ana recaps 2 of his Residency shows

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Bad Bunny residency prep, new guitar tracks and Latin genre benders

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Tuesday

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What makes for a summer song?

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Wednesday

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Bad Bunny gets political, Brazilian grooves from Brooklyn, Reparto Cubano and more

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Karol G goes Pan-Latin, Argentine rock reimagined, Mexico now and then

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Wednesday

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Best music of the year (so far)

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Wednesday

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New Tracks: Bruce Springsteen (yes, that Bruce Springsteen), pablopablo and more

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