Cuban Stories on The Green Plantain

Legends are part of the imagination of a town and Santo Cristo De La Salud, known as La Salud, is no different. It is a town bursting with legends and traditions which have been passed down from gener...

25 Okt 202214min

Don Julio Villarreal was born in 1865 in the town of Quivican, part of the Havana Province and now better known as the Mayabeque province. He married Genara Milian in Santo Cristo De La Salud in 1902 ...

11 Okt 202214min

In this episode I'm sharing a conversation with my husband Jon. The conversation took place in the car as we were leaving a gas station called Marathon. What started as a comical response regarding wh...

27 Sep 20224min

Este episodio video en español nos trae una recordanza de la niñez de la anfitriona de este podcast – Susana. El cuento se desarrolla en San Felipe, Venezuela, y pinta una mañana dominical en familia,...

13 Sep 20227min

Bienvenidos al episodio 51 titulado:Sobre pollos y gallinas. Una microrafaga en español. Aqui comparto una conversación con Mary-Bertha, tan querida como una hermana, y Manuel un amigo, tan querido co...

30 Aug 202214min

El Burro Perico is a loved donkey who lived in Santa Clara, Cuba in the mid 1900s. In this episode you will hear about his debut as an actor at the Caridad theater, in Santa Clara.

16 Aug 20224min

This dual language episode brings us a 100 year old spooky Cuban legend in the form of a childhood memory, as written by Aileen Vega, producer and host of CubanFamilyRoots, a Spotify podcast. The stor...

2 Aug 202215min

This video podcast, a microburst from The Green Plantain, is published as a celebration of the second podcast anniversary. This is a true story read from the book Now I Swim, in English, a book about ...

19 Juli 20226min