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Latinx VisionsPuertorriqueñas: Teatro y Performance con Kairiana Nuñez SantalizBienvenidas, bienvenidos, bienvenides. Welcome back everyone!
Esta temporada 10 nace de la recepción positiva que han tenido nuestros episodios de entrevistas, espacios que se han convertido en un eje central del podcast. Conversaciones que documentan trayectorias y nos permiten pensar colectivamente el presente. Desde ahí reafirmamos una de nuestras apuestas principales: amplificar voces y proyectos más allá del nuestro. Crear un espacio de diálogo y resonancia. Un espacio para escuchar cómo se está pensando y produciendo cultura hoy. En esta ocasión, decidimos articular esas entrevistas bajo una rúbrica común: la puertorr...
2026-02-041h 07Latinx VisionsLatinx Borders: Graphic Novels w/Julio Anta and Jacoby SalcedoToday we bring you a conversation with Julio Anta and Jacoby Salcedo, the duo behind the fantastic YA graphic novel, Frontera. This interview took place on October 15, 2025, via Zoom. Before we begin the interview, we share a bit of background on both Anta and Salcedo as well as about the graphic novel we are focusing on today. After the conversation with the author and artist, we share our thoughts on the conversation, the book as a whole, and our season’s broader focus on border stories.
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Website: https://www.julioanta.com/
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2025-12-031h 01Latinx VisionsBonus: Why Study BLS at Baruch, a Conversation with BLS StudentsThis month we wanted to shine a spotlight on the Black and Latino Studies Department at Baruch College! In this conversation with BLS minors Ashanti Charon and Michelle Estrada and BLS major Sam Quervalu, the students share their reasons for choosing to study in our department and encourage students who might be curious to sign up for a class and learn for themselves what it's all about!
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2025-11-0533 minLatinx VisionsLatinx Borders through Picture BooksIn this episode, we look at at children’s picture books and discuss the importance of border stories for children (and adults) of all ages. In the main section we explore two specific titles, Mama’s Nightingale, by Edwidge Danticat and Bright Star by Yuyi Morales. Both of these children’s picture books approach telling border stories in distinct ways that are age appropriate without erasing the importance of teaching children about the borderlands. And in the final section, we briefly discuss the ways in which the authors utilize intertextuality and "multi-texture-ality" to tell these stories. Then we wrap up with...
2025-10-0145 minLatinx VisionsLatinx Borders: Documentary FilmWelcome to season NINE of Latinx Visions. This season the “hilo” connecting our episodes will be The Border (or Borders, plural). We’re centering Latinx voices—artists, researchers, storytellers—who are offering counter-narratives. Perspectives that resist the flat, racist tropes dominating headlines. We’ll highlight works that humanize migrants, that complicate the story, that insist on dignity over dehumanization.
Above all, our goal this season is to remind listeners that the border is not a “problem” to be solved. It’s a human reality to be reckoned with, one shaped by histories of colonialism and one still infused with possib...
2025-09-0356 minLatinx VisionsLatinx Cultural Politics: Graphic MemoirIn this episode, we wrap up our season on Latinx Cultural Politics with a conversation by, and interview with, Cuban-American Graphic Artist, Edel Rodriguez. We are also joined by our colleague and professor of English, Dr. Jennifer Caroccio-Maldonado.
To start the episode, we provide a bit of background on Rodriguez and his career along with an overview of his graphic memoir, Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey. Then we turn to a presentation made by Rodriguez on March 27th, 2025, at Baruch College during the Harman Writer-in-Residence spring semester event. This talk was recorded in front of a...
2025-05-071h 17Latinx VisionsLatinx Cultural Politics and Community Theater w/Miguel TrellesIn this episode, we continue our focus on Latinx Cultural Politics by conversing with artist and teatrero Miguel Trelles from Teatro LATEA. This episode includes background on LATEA and Miguel as well as an interview that was recorded in front of a live audience at El Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center on March 7, 2025. After the interview, we return to share our reflections on the conversation with Miguel and his engagement with the audience who also asked him questions.
This conversation was part of "Speaking Volumes: A Symposium on Sound & Listening," hosted by two of our co...
2025-04-021h 07Latinx VisionsLatinx Cultural Politics: Visual ArtsBienvenidas, bienvenidos, bienvenides! Welcome to season 8 of Latinx Visions. Our theme for this semester is Latinx Cultural Politics and we will be bringing you three episodes in which we will be in conversation with academics, visual artists, and authors to discuss the many ways in which they engage in cultural politics.
Cultural politics examines how power, identity, and social struggles are negotiated through cultural expressions, including art, media, language, and everyday practices. It explores how representation shapes social realities, how dominant ideologies maintain hegemony, and how marginalized communities resist through alternative narratives and artistic forms. Cultural politics i...
2025-03-051h 06Latinx VisionsCaribbean Music (Student Episode)Bienvenidos, bienvenidas, bienvenides. If you have been listening for a while, you might know that we usually release student work between semesters. We released three episodes during January and the final two will be released in February.
These episodes were fully created by the students in Rebecca's fall 2024 Survey of Caribbean Literature course. The students worked together in groups throughout the semester to create podcast episodes that reflected the literature, themes, and concepts we covered in the class. They researched the ideas that interested them the most and analyzed different forms of literature from the Caribbean i...
2025-02-1249 minLatinx VisionsWomen in the Caribbean (Student Episode)Bienvenidos, bienvenidas, bienvenides. If you have been listening for a while, you might know that we usually release student work between semesters. We released three episodes during January and the final two will be released in February.
These episodes were fully created by the students in Rebecca's fall 2024 Survey of Caribbean Literature course. The students worked together in groups throughout the semester to create podcast episodes that reflected the literature, themes, and concepts we covered in the class. They researched the ideas that interested them the most and analyzed different forms of literature from the Caribbean i...
2025-02-0551 minLatinx VisionsCaribbean Heritage: Parent/Child Relationships (Student Episode)Bienvenidos, bienvenidas, bienvenides. If you have been listening for a while, you might know that we usually release student work between semesters. This time we will be releasing one episode a week throughout January.
These episodes were fully created by the students in Rebecca's fall 2024 Survey of Caribbean Literature course. The students worked together in groups throughout the semester to create podcast episodes that reflected the literature, themes, and concepts we covered in the class. They researched the ideas that interested them the most and analyzed different forms of literature from the Caribbean including novels, short s...
2025-01-151h 02Latinx VisionsBaddies Who Read (Student Episode)Bienvenidos, bienvenidas, bienvenides. If you have been listening for a while, you might know that we usually release student work between semesters. This time we will be releasing one episode a week throughout January.
These episodes were fully created by the students in Rebecca's fall 2024 Survey of Caribbean Literature course. The students worked together in groups throughout the semester to create podcast episodes that reflected the literature, themes, and concepts we covered in the class. They researched the ideas that interested them the most and analyzed different forms of literature from the Caribbean including novels, short s...
2025-01-0849 minLatinx VisionsSanky Panky and Other Literature (Student Episode)Bienvenidos, bienvenidas, bienvenides. If you have been listening for a while, you might know that we usually release student work between semesters. This time we will be releasing one episode a week throughout January.
These episodes were fully created by the students in Rebecca's fall 2024 Survey of Caribbean Literature course. The students worked together in groups throughout the semester to create podcast episodes that reflected the literature, themes, and concepts we covered in the class. They researched the ideas that interested them the most and analyzed different forms of literature from the Caribbean including novels, short s...
2025-01-0146 minLatinx VisionsNarrativas Especulativas Latinas: Cine (Sleep Dealer w/Enrique González Conty)Para este episodio que cierra nuestra temporada número 7 sobre narrativas especulativas hemos invitado a Dr. Enrique González Conty. Enrique es profesor de español y cine en Ithaca College y buen amigo de Rojo.
En este episodio abordaremos la película del 2008 Sleep Dealer dirigida por Alex Rivera con las actuaciones de Luis Fernando Peña como Memo Cruz, Leonor Varela como Luz Martinez, y Jacob Vargas como Rudy Ramirez.
Enrique hablará sobre la militarización de la frontera y el uso de la tecnología para ello. Rebecca examinará el trabajo virtual d...
2024-12-0458 minLatinx VisionsLatinx Speculative Narratives: Graphic NovelIn this episode we discuss the graphic novel Low, Low Woods. First, we provide a synopsis of the book along with brief introductions of its authors: Carmen Maria Machado and artist Dani. In the context of this graphic novel, Rojo conducts an ecological and feminist analysis of body horror, with particular attention to the different meanings and representations of sinkholes. Rebecca then focuses on gaslighting as a form of psychological abuse and considers how one of the protagonists, Vee, engages in what might be considered self-gaslighting, as a form of self-preservation, but also how water serves as a symbol f...
2024-11-0642 minLatinx VisionsLatinx Speculative Narratives: Podcast - La Brega w/Alana Casanova-BurgessToday, we are in conversation with Alana Casanova-Burgess, co-creator, host, and producer of WNYC Studios’ La Brega: Stories from the Puerto Rican Experience.
This conversation was recorded on May 2nd, 2024 in front of a live audience of our students and colleagues and it was sponsored by The Harman Program at Baruch College. Special thanks to Esther Allen and Elena Martínez for organizing the event and inviting us to participate.
At the beginning, the conversation focuses on Casanova-Burguess’s podcast. Then, it explores the speculative sci-fi episode “The Moon’s Distance/La Distancia de la Luna” from...
2024-10-0252 minLatinx VisionsLatinx Speculative Narratives: Short StoriesBienvenidas, bienvenidos, bienvenides! Welcome back to season 7 of the podcast! This season our focus is on speculative narratives.
In this episode, we start by defining speculative fiction and speculative narratives. Then, we share some background information on each of the authors and collections of short stories we are analyzing today. During the main segment of the episode, Rojo explores how Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño uses the speculative genre to unpack and critique the influence of fascism en las Américas and Rebecca considers the ways in which monster stories can be re-written as a tool for wom...
2024-09-0449 minLatinx VisionsBonus: New York Comic Con - 2023Bienvenidas, bienvenidos, bienvenides! Welcome back everyone. As mentioned in the previous student episode from July, today we will be sharing a bonus episode from New York Comic Con in 2023.
The panel took place on Thursday, October 12th, 2023 and was titled, “Comics in College, Pop-Culture Pedagogy, and Fandom Final Projects.” Participants included professors Asif Saddiqi, Jennifer Caroccio Maldonado, Michelle Crowley, and your Latinx Visions co-host, Rebecca Salois.
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2024-08-0751 minLatinx VisionsGender, Folklore & U.S.–Cuba Relations - (Student episode)In this episode we feature student projects by LTS 1003 students Jasmin Reyes and Jose Perez, and LTS 3012 student Ashanti Charon.
First is Jasmin’s episode on Gender-based violence in Haiti. She sheds light on some of the different forms of gender based violence in the country and addresses topics including intimate partner violence, violence after the 2010 earthquake and more.
Next, Ashanti discusses the prevalence of sexism within Hispanic folklore and the role of women in Latinx monster stories. She considers why women are more frequently portrayed as monstrous in these stories then are the...
2024-07-0336 minLatinx VisionsLatinx Climate Activism: Public Lands and Water Equity w/GreenLatinosBienvenidas, bienvenidos, bienvenides. Welcome back, everyone! Today, we are in conversation with Olivia Juarez and Val Z. Schull from GreenLatinos. GreenLatinos is a national non-profit organization that brings together Latine leaders committed to addressing environmental and conservation issues that affect the well-being of Latine communities in the US. This interview was recorded on Friday, April 5th, via Zoom. Before the interview, we will share some background information on GreenLatinos, including the organization’s vision and mission, and brief bios on our two guests. After the interview, we will return to share our thoughts and key takeaways from the conversation.
2024-05-0147 minLatinx VisionsLatinx Climate Activism, Farm Workers and COVID-19 w/Jennifer Martinez-MedinaIn this episode, we are joined by scholar and activist, Dr. Jennifer Martinez-Medina. We recorded this conversation on Friday March 22nd, 2024 over Zoom. Dr. Martinez-Medina is an Assistant Professor of Politics, Policy, Law and Ethics at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. Our discussion touches on various aspects of her research and work, with a focus on the effects of the climate crisis on farm workers in Oregon. Before the interview, we will share a bit of background on Dr. Martinez-Medina, her research, her public works, and the ways in which she engages in both simultaneously. After the interview has c...
2024-04-0357 minLatinx VisionsActivismo climático latino y literatura con Xavier ValcárcelBienvenidas, bienvenidos, bienvenides, al segundo episodio de la sexta temporada centrada en el activismo climático. Hoy presentamos otro episodio en español, esta vez con un enfoque en la literatura y poéticas que se concentran en temas climáticos. Iniciaremos el episodio introduciendo a nuestro invitado, Xavier Valcarcel. Compartiremos algunos datos biográficos para darles una idea de su trabajo. Después daremos paso a la entrevista que tuvo lugar el 9 de febrero de este año, 2024, por Zoom. Terminaremos, como siempre, con nuestras reflexiones sobre la conversación.
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2024-03-0644 minLatinx VisionsLatinx Climate Activism and Comics with Anthony OteroToday we begin our sixth season of Latinx Visions. This semester we are considering Latinx Climate Activism and are speaking with different individuals and organizations about the connections between culture, community, and climate. We are speaking with writers, creators, and activists on how they engage with and bring attention to the climate crisis.
In this episode, we share a conversation we had with Afro-Latino writer and podcaster, Anthony Otero on Friday, February 2nd, 2024. Otero joined us at Baruch for an in-person conversation about his short-form comic publications and how they connect to the concept of c...
2024-02-0857 minLatinx VisionsLatinx Identity Labels & Education in Mexico - (Student episode)In this special student episode, we feature projects by LTS 1003 students Samantha Lopez, Zittlali Tepezila Bonilla, and Fareha Othiye. First we hear from Samantha who considers the many different labels used by people of Latin American descent in the United States. She discusses the popularity of these terms, the generational expectations surrounding these terms, and the general awareness of words like Latinx within Latin American communities recognizing that there is no “one-size-fits-all” label. This is followed by Zittlali and Fareha’s conversation about the Mexican education system. In particular, they look at the overall structure of education in Mexico compare...
2024-01-2434 minLatinx VisionsAmplifying Latinx Voices: Cultural Activism with Dr. Lizbeth De La Cruz SantanaToday we have a conversation with scholar and cultural activist, Dr. Lizbeth De la Cruz Santana, who also just happens to be our newest Baruch College, Black and Latino Studies colleague. We recorded this interview in person on October 28th, 2023 at Baruch College. In previous seasons we have spoken with Dr. Keisha Allan and PhD Candidate Joseph Caceres, who are also BLS colleagues, and we hope to be able to speak with other colleagues going forward.
Before diving into the interview itself, we provide information on De la Cruz Santana’s scholarship, activism, and other projects broadly spea...
2023-12-061h 01Latinx VisionsAmplifying Latinx Voices - Poetry with Roberto Carlos GarciaToday we have a conversation with poet, storyteller, and essayist Roberto Carlos Garcia that we are excited to share with you. This interview took place on October 7, 2023, via Zoom.
In a sense, this is a follow up to the season 2 episode, Afro-Latinidad and Literature: Afro-Latinx Poetry in which, along with We Are Owed by Ariana Brown and Love is Hard Work by Miguel Algarín, we discussed García’s poetry collection black/Maybe: An Afro Lyric. If you haven’t had a chance to listen to that episode yet, we recommend going and checking it out after...
2023-11-011h 01Latinx VisionsAmplificando Voces Latines - Artes Audiovisuales con Natalia Lassalle-MorilloHoy presentamos otro episodio en español tal como hicimos en la temporada pasada. Nuestro plan es seguir produciendo, por lo menos, un episodio en español cada semestre. Iniciamos el episodio introduciendo a nuestra invitada, Natalia Lassalle-Morillo. Compartimos algunos datos sobre ella como contexto, incluyendo sus intereses particulares y metodologías artísticas. Después damos paso a la entrevista con ella que tuvo lugar el 25 de septiembre de este año, 2023, por Zoom. Terminamos con nuestros pensamientos sobre la conversación.
Se puede encontrar información sobre Lasalle-Morillo en su sitio web: http://natalialass...
2023-10-041h 03Latinx VisionsAmplifying Latinx Voices - Literature with Dr. Amina GautierBienvenidas, Bienvenidos, Bienvenides!
Our fifth season is dedicated to celebrating the voices, stories, and experiences of Latinx people. Our aim is to offer space for conversation, to register the nuances and complexities within the Latinx overlapping diasporas, recognizing that there is no singular narrative but instead an array of voices that deserve to be heard.
In this episoe we discuss with author and scholar Dr. Amina Gautier from our Afro-Latinidades series at Baruch. This conversation was recorded on November 30, 2022, with support from the Black and Latino Studies Department and BRESI (the Black, Race, an...
2023-09-0658 minLatinx VisionsBonus: NYCC 2022 - Pop-Culture, Fandom, and Comics in the College ClassroomBonus Episode: Audio from the 2022 New York Comic Con panel, "Pop-Culture, Fandom, and Comics in the College Classroom" featuring Heidi Bollinger, Jennifer Caroccio Maldonado, Tanya Cook, Rebecca L. Salois, and Asif Siddiqi.
In this panel, we shared how we incorporate pop-culture into our own courses and how you might do the same - whether you are a professor or a student! From Taylor Swift to Game of Thrones, Supernatural, Marvel, DC, and more we discussed the validity of pop-culture in the college classroom.
2023-08-0256 minLatinx VisionsLatinx Representation, Identity & Entrepreneurship - (Student episode)In this episode, we feature projects by LTS 1003 students Leah Garcia and Kevin Lopez, LTS 3100 student Nelson Tavares, and LTS 3012 Student Tatiana Perez.
First up will be Leah and Kevin’s episode which considers Latino representation in television and film. They argue that the Latino stereotypes we see on TV misrepresent the community as a whole by perpetuating harmful and inaccurate generalizations, which lead to discriminatory treatment of them in society.
This will be followed by Nelson Tavares’s interview with his wife, Sabrina about her experiences with cultural assimilation as a Dominican American woman. He d...
2023-07-0549 minLatinx VisionsLatinx NYC: The Archives with Joseph CaceresWelcome to the finale of season 4! This week we speak with writer, scholar, and PhD candidate Joseph Caceres about his work with archives of the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe's last surviving founders, Lois Elaine Griffith. After our interview, stay tuned for a brief discussion about our own experiences with conducting archival research and recommendations for New York City archives and online digital archives.
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2023-06-0757 minLatinx VisionsLatinx NYC: Entrevista con Helen Ceballos**This episode is part of the Black and Latinx Studies Department 2022-2023 Afro-Latinidades Series sponsored by BRESI.**
Este episodio es completamente en español./This episode is completely in Spanish.
En este episodio hablamos con Helen Ceballos. Helen es una artista multi-trans-inter-disciplinaria nacida en la República Dominicana que estudió en la Universidad de Puerto Rico y la Universidad Nacional de las Artes en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ella estableció “Mezcolanza” en 2013, una plataforma cultural para artistas estadounidenses, latinoamericanos y caribeños, y es la directora de Plataforma Eje, una organización que promueve proyectos c...
2023-05-031h 11Latinx VisionsLatinx NYC: Theater by Dolores PridaIn this episode we discuss two plays written by Dolores Prida, Coser y Cantar and Botánica. We provide some background on the author and how her works embody many of the themes and concepts we see in other Latinx playwrights from New York City. Rojo looks at Coser y Cantar and the role of NYC as an interior scape and a bilingual city, as well as through the lens of media and culture. Then Rebecca considers the "transcultural pendulum" that the the main character Milagros experiences in Botánica along with the symbolism of the buffalos in this pla...
2023-04-0554 minLatinx VisionsLatinx NYC: Literature - Bodega DreamsWelcome to episode two of our fourth seasons of Latinx Visions. In this episode we discuss the novel Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quiñonez, which was published in 2000. Rojo proposes three entryways into Bodega Dreams, a novel that goes deep into the idea of Nuyorican empowerment highlighting the importance of personal determination, cultural pride, and political engagement in creating a just and equitable society. And Rebecca discusses neoliberalism and its effects on the character of Willie Bodega and on El Barrio as a whole. Finally, we wrap up our episode with a couple of recommendations for novels by Latinx au...
2023-03-0852 minLatinx VisionsLatinx NYC: Television and Film - Ugly Betty and Raising Victor VargasBienvenidos, Bienvenidas, Bienvenides. Welcome to season 4 of Latinx Visions. This season we will be focusing on Latinx New York City. New York City has a significant Latinx population, with over 2.2 million people identifying as Hispanic or Latino in the city as of 2020. This diverse group is made up of migrants, immigrants, and descendants from a variety of countries, including the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Ecuador to name just the biggest groups in terms of population. The Latinx community in NYC is concentrated in boroughs like The Bronx and in neighborhoods, such as Washington Heights, El Barrio or E...
2023-02-0150 minLatinx VisionsLatina Identity, Mental Health & Cultural Expectations - (Student episode)In this episode we feature projects by LTS 3012 students Edith Valerio, Roxanna Escamilla, and Nina Rodas and LTS 1003 student Michelle Kozinets.
First we will hear from Edith who speaks about the struggles of being both a full time student and a full time worker. Edith herself identifies as both of these things and wanted to explore the effects of doing both on the mental, emotional, and physical health of students who are also full time employees.
This will be followed by Michelle’s exploration of mental health awareness and treatment for women in Latin America. She...
2023-01-2550 minLatinx VisionsRepresentation, Labor & Climate Justice - (Student episode)In this episode we feature projects by LTS 3059 student John Avila, LTS 1003 students Daisy Ho and Jaydin Mohan, and LTS 3012 student Kevin Calixto.
John’s research focuses on family building and economic stability for Latinx workers. He uses the novel Chingada by Rigoberto Gonzalez and Estamos Aqui: Poems by Migrant Farm Workers to guide his discussion.
Daisy takes a different approach to her project and considers the implementation of the carbon tax in Chile. She discusses the effects of climate change in Latin America and the response to Chile being the first country in Latin Ameri...
2023-01-2500 minLatinx VisionsQueer Latinidades, Theater, and Community - Interview with two Latinx PlaywrightsIn this episode we introduce you to two fantastic New York-based Puerto Rican playwrights who are at different stages of their careers: Javier Antonio González and Daniela Gonzalez y Perez. We were able to sit down with them and discuss their experiences as queer Boricua-Latinx creators and will be sharing our full conversation with them in this episode. After the conversation concludes, we will come back and provide you with a couple of queer Latinx plays or playwrights that you might wish to check out after you have looked into Javier and Daniela’s works.
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My Streaming BubbleBad Sisters S1 with BexBecause this show deals with some heavy themes, content warning for all the things.
In today’s Bubble I’m excited to welcome half of the podcast, Big Reputations, Bex! And we’re here because Bex recommended the new Apple TV+ original series, Bad Sisters that stars Sharon Horgan, Claes Bang, Eve Hewson, Sarah Greene, Ann-Marie Davis, Eva Birthistle and many more.
Major spoilers as we discuss everything about this amazing new show, from our favorite Garvey Girl to the beautiful houses and everything in between. And of course we play the 6 Degre...
2022-12-041h 50Latinx VisionsQueer Latinidades and Literature - Interview with Carmen Maria MachadoOn Thursday October 20th, the Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence Program held a reading and conversation with best-selling and award winning author Carmen Maria Machado and invited us to interview her as part of that event.
This episode includes a brief background Machado, the author of In the Dream House, The Low, Low Woods, and Her Body and Other Stories along with numerous essays and short stories. Then we include an abridged version of the reading that Machado shared that evening called “The Tour.” This was recently published in McSweeney’s Magazine and will be included in Machado’s upcoming...
2022-11-021h 01Latinx VisionsQueer Latinidades in Art - Jean-Michel BasquiatIn this episode, featuring Dr. Keisha Allan, we discuss Jean-Michel Baquiat, a Black American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican ancestry who grew up in New York. We provide background on the artist and discuss a current (as of 2022) exhibition of his art, King Pleasure. Then we look at some of the connections he had with other artists and some of the theories related to his art. Most importantly, to the theme of our season on queer latinidades, we consider Basquiat through a queer lens. Finally we wrap up with some recommendations of other LGBTQIA+ Latinx artists.
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2022-09-281h 02Latinx VisionsQueer Latinidades, Television, and Film - Love, Victor and The Garden Left BehindIn this episode, Rebecca discusses the ways in which Love, Victor (2020-2022) provides a necessary and relatively positive (but sometimes overly safe) coming out/coming of age story for a gay Latino teen.
Rojo considers the 2019 independent film The Garden Left Behind. This film follows Tina, a Mexican trans woman who moved to New York City when she was a child and as an adult lives with her grandmother, Eliana.
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2022-09-071h 00Latinx VisionsLatinx Identity, Gentrification & Migration - (Student Special)In this week's Student Special we feature projects by LTS 1003 student Roxanna Escamilla, LTS 3100 student Diego Gonzalez, LTS 3085 students Matthew Queme and Emma Rose, and IDC 3001 students Tasia Muskan and Allyson Triana.
Roxanna’s research focuses on Latinx identities, in particular that feeling of living in between cultures and not feeling as though you truly belong as an American or as a Latino. She uses the character of Chris from the Netflix series Gentefied to expand on this concept.
Diego Gonzalez’s work considers the changes that have taken place over the last several decades to the...
2022-07-2750 minLatinx VisionsAfro-Diasporic Thought & Representations of Santería - (Student Special)Over the next two weeks we will be sharing podcast episodes that feature recordings our students created over the past year.
In this episode we feature projects by LTS 3110 student Jacqueline Ortiz and LTS 1003 students Abigail Garcia Vazquez, Arleth Robles, and Nina Rodas
First up is Jacqueline’s episode which considers, in her words, “blackness and whiteness and their role in creating and permeating through the Afro-diasporic ecology.” She analyzes Achille Membe’s book Critique of Black Reason and Arecelis Girmay’s essay “From Woe to Wonder” as part of her project.
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2022-07-2047 minLatinx VisionsAfro-Latinidad, Culture, and Community - Black Latinas Know Collective with Omaris ZamoraIn this episode we bring you an interview we recorded with Black Latinas Know Collective scholar and member, Dr. Omaris Zamora. We provide a bit of background on the Collective and Dr. Zamora before we get into the interview itself. You will then hear our previously recorded interview with Omaris where we ask about her research and publications, her experiences with the Collective, and how the organization came to be. Finally, we wrap up with a few additional Afro-Latinx-centric groups and organizations that you might reach out to if you are looking for other ways in which to be i...
2022-05-041h 04Latinx VisionsAfro-Latinidad and Art - Miles Morales: Spider-ManIn this episode we discuss Latinx and, more specifically, Afro-Latinx representation in comic books in general, share some examples of Afro-Latinx superheroes, and introduce the hero of this episode: Miles Morales, Spider-Man.
Since this episode focuses on Afro-Latinx art, we then discuss the creation of Miles Morales as Spider-Man as a comic book figure as well as the storifying and geometrizing of his Afro-Latinidad. We’ll further the conversation with a brief discussion of the novelization of his story and an essay written about the importance of his Afro-Latinidad. Next we move on to the animated film fea...
2022-04-0659 minLatinx VisionsAfro-Latinidad and Literature - Afro-Latinx PoetryIn This Episode we introduce you to three poetry collections: Love Is Hard Work: Memorias de Loisaida, by Miguel Algarín, black/Maybe by Roberto Carlos Garcia, and We Are Owed., by Ariana Brown. In the main segment of our episode today we share a little bit of the history of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and discuss Algarín’s role as one of its founding poets. Then we analyze Brown’s inclusion of Gaspar Yanga as a subject of some of her poems. After that we move on to discuss the Spanish casta system as seen by Garcia and sy...
2022-03-0250 minLatinx VisionsAfro-Latinidad, Television and Film - POSE and I Like It Like ThatIn the first episode of season two, we discuss both film and television. In particular we consider Afro-Latinx representation in the 1994 film, I Like It Like That and the 2018 television series, POSE. There are a number of themes that overlap between the two works, but for this episode, we focus on trans lives in Latinx communities, chosen family vs. biological family, queer activism, and the fluidity of Afro-Latinx Culture. Finally, we wrap up with a few additional recommendations for television and film that highlight the Afro-Latinx experience.
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2022-02-0256 minLatinx VisionsLatina Identity, Stereotypes & Resistance - (Student episode)In this week's Student Special we share projects by LTS 3012 students Maritza Cintron and Kelly Heeralall and LTS 1003 students Karla Alberto and Genesis Ramos.
Maritza and Kelly’s project considers Latina stereotypes, especially those around the hyper-sexualization of Latinas, dual identities, and machismo. As part of their episode, they referenced some of the works of literature we read in class during the semester including Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo, Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From by Jennifer De Leon, “How to Leave Hialeah” by Jennine Capó Crucet, and Once I Was You by Maria Hinojo...
2022-01-2646 minLatinx VisionsStudent Voices on Latinx Identity, Media & Culture - (Student episode)This week and next, we will be bringing you podcasts that were created by our students in LTS 1003, LTS 3012, and LTS 3085.
In This Episode we feature projects by Emily Giler, Jalen Bailey and Naomi Ortiz, and Paulina Asuncion, Alexis Baker, and Katelin Caraballo
First up is Emily’s project, which focuses on the representation of responsibility vs. happiness for Latinas in entertainment. Throughout her segment, she talks about the value of honest Latina representation in movies, books, and comics.
Next, Jalen and Naomi speak on the film Gun Hill Road and the effects of L...
2022-01-1942 minLatinx VisionsLatinas, Culture, and Community - Mixteca Org with Lorena KourousaisWelcome to our season one finale episode! For this episode we wanted to go beyond Latinx creative media and look to our community. In this episode we bring you another interview. We recently had the opportunity to sit down and speak with Lorena Kourousais, Executive Director at Mixteca, a community organization located in Brooklyn, NY. Before the interview, we give a little bit of background on the organization and their mission statement. And at the end of the episode, we recap our thoughts on the interview, and include a list of recommendations of how you can support Mixteca.
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2021-12-011h 00Latinx VisionsLatinas and Art - Creative Non-Fiction with Karla Cornejo VillavicencioIn this episode, we present to you something a little bit different. Rather than go into our own analysis of the work in question, we are going to let the author speak for herself. On October 21st, 2021, we had the opportunity to speak with author Karla Cornejo Villavicencio about her book, The Undocumented Americans. With this episode, we are sharing our interview with from the Harman Writer-In-Residence talk that took place at Baruch College, CUNY.
Before we get to that interview, we will provide a brief biographical introduction of the author and share a reading that she...
2021-11-101h 00Latinx VisionsLatina Literature - Clap When You LandIn This Episode of the podcast, we consider Elizabeth Acevedo’s 2020 novel in verse, Clap When You Land. We provide a brief background on the author as well as the historical event that inspired parts of this book.
This is followed by a discussion of the art of storytelling through verse. Then we talk about some of the family relationship dynamics that are addressed in the book, including those between parent and child, and those between siblings. And finally we look at Acevedo's exploration of the theme of neo-colonialism and its relationship to tourism.
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2021-10-2053 minLatinx VisionsLatinas in Film - Mosquita Y MariIn this episode we will be discussing the 2012 film Mosquita y Mari written and directed by Aurora Guerrero. Apart from unpacking the movie and its themes, we will look at how founding Chicana feminism can offer a frame to critically engage with it.
As part of our discussion we will be taking a look at current Latinx debates that are connected to the show including queer Latinas, LGBTQIA+ Latinas and religion, and machismo.
Finally, we’ll wrap up with a few recommendations of other Latinx films that highlight female characters.
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2021-09-2945 minLatinx VisionsLatinas on Television - One Day at a TimeIn this episode of Latinx Visions, we will be discussing the female representation in the Netflix-turned-PopTV (and then CBS) television series, One Day at a Time. As part of that discussion we will be taking a look at current Latinx debates that are connected to the show. We will then analyze the three central female characters in the show: Lydia, Penelope, and Elena, as well as consider the importance of female, Cuban-American showrunner Gloria Calderón-Kellett on the creation and execution of this show. Finally, we’ll wrap up with a few recommendations of other Latinx television shows that highl...
2021-09-081h 22Latinx VisionsIntroductionWelcome to the introductory episode of Latinx Visions. This episode will serve as an introduction to who we are and a trailer for the upcoming season.
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Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca Salois
Logo Design: Marcos Toledo
Music: Shawn P. Russell
Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell
Recording and Editing: Rebecca Salois
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