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Latinx Thought and Culture: The NPR Archive, 1979–1990 showcases two radio programs available in audio with transcripts: the weekly Spanish-language Enfoque Nacional and the Daily English-language Latin File. This archive includes 500 episodes (30 minutes each) of Enfoque Nacional with coverage from 1979 to 1988 and 414 episodes (15 minutes each) of Latin File from 1988 to 1990. These episodes focus on Latinx issues related to politics, sociology, human rights, the arts and more including interviews and coverage of historical events.