Cuba & AmericaConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 609
Aug 13, 2020 • 53m
The Cubans
Guest: Anthony DePalma, author, "The Cubans: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times"
Cuba’s image is often shaped by geopolitics, and the stories of everyday life there aren't often told. DePalma brings to life a neighborhood in Old Havana that's adjusting to the Cuban government's embrace of capitalism after years of railing against it.
Lefty Alvarez
Guest: Kat D. Williams, Professor, Marshall University; President, International Women's Baseball Center; and author, "Isabel “Lefty” Alvarez: The Improbable Life of A Cuban American Baseball Star"
Isabel “Lefty” Alvarez, left Cuba as a 15-year-old to play women's baseball in America. That league folded, but she grabbed opportunity in America and made a successful life regardless.