Luis Gallo

journalist, producer, storyteller & artist. @spotify, @futurostudios, @audible_com, @npr, @99piorg, @prx, @storycorps, @queensmuseum

[Luis Gallo @Luisssimo]

So happy to share the project I've been co-writing and producing on for the last year.

The History of Reggaeton, hosted by la potra, la caballota, and now friend, Ivy Queen.

Episodes out next week!

https://t.co/Ea5UNu6Fxg

[Luis Gallo @Luisssimo]

@Margaritarosadf se tenía que decir y se dijo

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https://t.co/eP1ncLZgk4

[Luis Gallo @Luisssimo]

For the latest ep of @99piorg I investigated how Medellín’s tourism boom turned sour for most locals and how gentrification is triggering a domino effect of displacement that is rippling throughout the city— allowing criminal gangs to reap large profits from a shadow economy.

[Luis Gallo @Luisssimo]

@Helena77Hdez Y la realidad es aun más turbia de lo que crees porque los combos están detrás de toda esta explotación, en una ciudad donde la mayor parte del territorio está en poder de estas bandas (los mismos que crecieron con el dinero de Pablo y los paramilitares)

[Luis Gallo @Luisssimo]

As a Latin American journalist have you asked yourself:
"who am I doing all this explaining for? Or have been asked “to get stories from people or communities to explain themselves or their existence?"
We explored these ideas in our latest episode ⬇️

[𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚛𝚊. @palabranahj]

In Ep7 of #palabraAsíFue “Live Your Truth”
@futuromedia editorial director @ByFernandaS and independent journalist @pistoleraprod confront the forces that dehumanize and rewrite the narrative.

🎧Listen & subscribe➡️https://t.co/rfXB5YAjGL

[Luis Gallo @Luisssimo]

@manurestreposs Hola Manuela yo soy un periodista de @DeutscheWelle haciendo una investigación cobre la gentrificación en medelllin y me gustaría hablar contigo, como te puedo contactar? Gracias y saludos!

[Adriana Gallardo @otraletra]

because we were the nosy kids on the block, @Luisssimo and I pause to talk journalism and friendship in this episode of @palabranahj's podcast, Así Fue: https://t.co/wOp4TP0BmN

[Luis Gallo @Luisssimo]

@GoodpodsHQ https://t.co/tUxwDARZZb ☺️

[Luis Gallo @Luisssimo]

@SaninPazC señora ya, ese espiral en el que decidió enterrarse se le ha ido bastante profundo. Y deje de referirse a ellas como ellos, también son mujeres. Viva y deje vivir!

[Catherine Osborn @cculbertosborn]

Thank you @Luisssimo for your insights about the relationship between Colombia’s reggaeton boom and the period of social urbanism policies in Medellin. People can hear more about it on Luis’s fantastic @99piorg episode: https://t.co/GJdAirtyU9

[Luis Gallo @Luisssimo]

I spoke to @ForeignPolicy about 2 of my favorite topics: music history and urbanism. The piece profiles LOUD and how our show centers Reggaeton as the product of migration, resistance, rebirth, and the struggle to be heard. Bc perreo is political @MarloniousThunk @futurostudios

[Catherine Osborn @cculbertosborn]

This week’s @ForeignPolicy Latin America Brief is about how the history of reggaeton intertwines with political history across the Americas, and how the masterful podcast LOUD brings those details and nuances to the fore.

https://t.co/t50ioPWBSq

[Luis Gallo @Luisssimo]

@IriartePhoto Yo vi el live solo para creerme critico musical e indignarme porque no sonó tropipop rolo del 2005 que realmente es música y debería representar a las víctimas. El resto de la transmisión o de lo que se presentó no importa y solo voy a dar lora to el día por esa musica e’ pueblo

[Luis Gallo @Luisssimo]

@IriartePhoto @SaninPazC que le ponemos al gomelo? House y techo entonces? — buena esa criticando algo tan absurdo y pedante — perdiendo el real significado de lo que realmente significa un día como hoy para el país.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Francia Márquez, an environmental activist, became a phenomenon in Colombia, mobilizing decades of voter frustration. She became the country’s first Black vice president on Sunday.

Photo: Federico Rios for The New York Times
https://t.co/KbxQ2O87Wp

[Luis Gallo @Luisssimo]

@Suntuosa 😱 donde es estoooo?

[Luis Gallo @Luisssimo]

@Suntuosa Noticia que venía la minga, ya con Belalcazar en el suelo, y los caleños nos preparábamos, aún sin saberlo, para ser el epicentro de la resistencia de las más grandes desmostraciones en la historia reciente de Colombia.✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼 ♡

[Luis Gallo @Luisssimo]

Went to cover @Festereopicnic_ and hours before their headlining performance, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins was found dead on the floor of his hotel room at Bogotá’s Four Seasons. Read more below:

[REMEZCLA @REMEZCLA]

Estéreo Picnic Festival-goers learned of Taylor Hawkins' death just hours before the Foo Fighters were set to play for them in Bogota. Our writer was there experiencing it all firsthand: Watch it for yourself here:

https://t.co/8oBMN9XSKo

[Secretary Antony Blinken @SecBlinken]

Remarkable to listen to young leaders in Colombia discuss the imperative of working together to tackle global challenges, including the climate crisis. It is imperative we listen to them and involve them in building a better future for all.

[Luis Gallo @Luisssimo]

Moderated a conversation with U.S. Sec of State @SecBlinken and young, mostly AfroColombian and indigenous leaders discussing peace, climate, migration, lgbtq issues and democracy on his first official visit to Colombia and South America

[Andrew Chow @andrewrchow]

Loud is far and away my favorite podcast this year. I wrote about its biggest revelations and what makes it so special @ivyqueendiva https://t.co/PCi1ekH4HL