Anything For Selena
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Anything For Selena

WBUR & Futuro Studios

English United States Society & Culture
Recently Active · Publishes every few days

Key Metrics

Episodes
14
In catalog
Apple Rating
4.7 / 5
1,430 Apple ratings
Cadence
Every Few Days
~every 3 days
Avg Length
40m
Per episode
Latest
Feb 11, 2026
Recently Active

About the Show

Maria García combines rigorous reporting with impassioned storytelling to honor Selena Quintanilla's life and legacy. She also explores the indelible mark she left on Latino identity and belonging, whether it’s fatherhood, big-butt politics, and the fraught relationship with whiteness and language. Anything for Selena has been named an Apple Podcasts Series Essential.

Production & Distribution

Active Since
Oct 09, 2020
Format
Serial
Hosting
rss.wbur.org

Recent Episodes

Introducing – La Brega: Season Three

Feb 11, 2026 35m

The Futuro Studios podcast, La Brega, returns for its third season. In Season 3, La Brega shares stories of Puerto Rico’s champions. They take us to the ballfields and cultural battlegrounds where…

Bonus: Host Maria Garcia and artist Maya Murillio celebrate Selena [LIVE in LA]

May 09, 2025 40m

In this special bonus episode of Anything for Selena, host Maria Garcia and artist Maya Murillo come together in front of a live audience at the Apple Store at The Grove in Los Angeles to celebrate…

BONUS: Selena and Chris

Mar 05, 2021 44m Bonus

Maria heads to Joshua Tree, California for an intimate interview with Selena's widower, Chris Perez. Chris shares a side of Selena we rarely get to see, and Maria learns about how romantic love was…

BONUS: Anything for Selena Live!

Mar 04, 2021 45m Bonus

In this intimate Q&A, host Maria Garcia and producers Antonia Cereijido and Kristin Torres take listeners behind the scenes for a look at the making of Anything for Selena. This episode was…

Selena and Us

Mar 02, 2021 35m

In the series finale of Anything for Selena, Maria reflects on what her year-long examination into Selena’s legacy reveals about La Reina’s humanity.

Selena and Race

Feb 23, 2021 45m

After the premiere of Selena: The Series on Netflix, some fans claimed Selena had been "whitewashed" in the show. In this episode, Maria analyzes why Selena's brownness is an essential part of her…

Selena and the Internet

Feb 16, 2021 42m

A quarter century after her death, Selena is breaking the internet. Online, Selena’s image and music have taken on new life on social media and platforms that weren’t even imaginable when she was…

Spanglish

Feb 09, 2021 43m

Selena Quintanilla may have built her career singing Spanish songs, but she didn’t grow up speaking Spanish at home. She learned Spanish in the public eye, and her mistakes became some of her most…

Tejano Tension

Feb 02, 2021 38m

Selena is often called the "Queen of Tejano music." In the 1990s, she brought this underdog genre to international heights. Tejano award shows were glitzy affairs and Tejano radio DJs were like rock…

Big Butt Politics

Jan 26, 2021 44m

Nearly 30 years ago, Sir-Mix-A-Lot’s “Baby Got Back (I Like Big Butts)” hit the airwaves to the delight and shock of listeners. Today, the obsession with big butts is still strong with idols like…

Birth of a Symbol

Jan 19, 2021 41m

In her life, Selena was a symbol of hope. She became a role model for how Latinos could achieve the American dream and find acceptance. But a forgotten culture war following her death painted a…

Selena and Abraham

Jan 12, 2021 43m

Maria knows that to truly understand Selena as a person and not just an icon, she needs to go to Corpus Christi. Maria’s quest takes her to Abraham Quintanilla, Selena Quintanilla’s notoriously…

Selena and Me

Jan 12, 2021 29m

Growing up along the US-Mexico border, Maria Garcia felt torn between her two identities as Mexican and American. But then, something changed her life. She discovered Selena Quintanilla—the…

Anything for Selena: A Podcast About Belonging

Oct 09, 2020 4m Trailer

Maria Garcia was nine years old and living on the U.S.-Mexico border when Selena was murdered. 25 years later, Maria is on a quest to understand what it means to love, mourn and celebrate Selena. In…

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