EPISODE · Apr 23, 2026 · 20 MIN
The changing economics of swap meets
from In The Hyphen · host Fernando Hurtado
Want to understand U.S. Latino culture and trends better than anybody else? Sign up for my free newsletter: https://inthehyphen.co/subscribe In this episode of In The Hyphen, Fernando Hurtado goes to a swap meet in Los Angeles to see how the industry has changed. The advent of online shopping, the pandemic and immigration enforcement operations have dealt a heavy blow to foot traffic, but there's a bigger factor affecting this specific swap meet, organizers of the marketplace say. Want to understand U.S. Latino culture and trends better than anybody else? Sign up for the free In The Hyphen newsletter: https://inthehyphen.co/subscribe Find Fernando Hurtado on: Instagram TikTok YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Want to understand U.S. Latino culture and trends better than anybody else? Sign up for my free newsletter: https://inthehyphen.co/subscribe In this episode of In The Hyphen, Fernando Hurtado goes to a swap meet in Los Angeles to see how the industry has changed. The advent of online shopping, the pandemic and immigration enforcement operations have dealt a heavy blow to foot traffic, but there's a bigger factor affecting this specific swap meet, organizers of the marketplace say. Want to understand U.S. Latino culture and trends better than anybody else? Sign up for the free In The Hyphen newsletter: https://inthehyphen.co/subscribe Find Fernando Hurtado on: Instagram TikTok YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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