About Kenneth Sanchez

My name is Kenneth Sanchez. I'm a 23-year-old Peruvian journalist with a master's degree in Latin American politics from UCL and an interest in memory studies. I work for an independent media outlet based in Peru called Comité de Lectura, where I create, produce and edit cultural and current affairs podcasts. I do a lot of stuff but my favourite task is producing a special podcast once a week where I interview an academic, journalist or specialist to talk about an important topic for that week. In my free time, I host a film podcast with a friend of mine called Segundo Plano, where we discuss movies and interview people from the movie industry. My interests are Latin American studies, memory studies (I wrote my dissertation on this topic), journalism, and film. As a journalist, I love podcasting and working with radio but I am also happy working on online platforms and TV.

Kenneth Sanchez is a Peruvian journalist that currently works as a freelance journalist and as a multi-platform content curator for the Peruvian media outlet Comité de Lectura.

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NBN Episodes hosted by Kenneth:

Francesca Lessa, "The Condor Trials: Transnational Repression and Human Rights in South America" (Yale UP, 2022)

June 24, 2022

The Condor Trials

Francesca Lessa
Hosted by Kenneth Sanchez

In this episode of the New Books in Latin America Studies podcast, Kenneth Sánchez spoke with Dr Francesca Lessa about her interesting new book The Co…

Lorena Cuya Gavilano, "Fictions of Migration: Narratives of Displacement in Peru and Bolivia" (Ohio State UP, 2021)

May 10, 2022

Fictions of Migration

Lorena Cuya Gavilano
Hosted by Kenneth Sanchez

In this episode of the New Books in Latin America podcast, Kenneth Sánchez spoke with Lorena Cuya Gavilano about her interesting new book Fictions of …

María Elena García, "Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race: Stories of Capital, Culture, and Coloniality in Peru" (U California Press, 2021)

April 15, 2022

Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race

María Elena García
Hosted by Kenneth Sanchez

In this episode of the New Books in Latin America Podcast, Kenneth Sánchez spoke with Maria Elena García about her wonderful new book Gastropolitics a…

Anna Cant, "Land Without Masters: Agrarian Reform and Political Change Under Peru's Military Government" (U Texas Press, 2021)

December 15, 2021

Land Without Masters

Anna Cant
Hosted by Kenneth Sanchez

In this episode of the New Books in Latin America Podcast, Kenneth Sánchez spoke with Dr Anna Cant about her very interesting book Land without Master…

Joseph P. Feldman, "Memories Before the State: Postwar Peru and the Place of Memory, Tolerance, and Social Inclusion" (Rutgers UP, 2021)

November 8, 2021

Memories Before the State

Joseph P. Feldman
Hosted by Kenneth Sanchez

In this episode of the New Books in Latin America Podcast, Kenneth Sánchez talked to Joe Feldman about his wonderful book Memories before the State: P…