Latino Rebels Radio

As you may or may not know, Latino Rebels is part of Futuro Media, and recently Futuro celebrated its first Community Podcast Lab out of Boston. For this special episode of Latino Rebels Radio, we are honored to present the Community Podcast Lab's third production, DISTORY: A PODCAST ABOUT LIFE WITH DISABILITIES by Maria Cristina Del Valle. "I didn't get to learn Spanish because the school system didn't recognize my dyslexia and that made me feel disconnected," Maria Cristina says about why she decided to produce this podcast.  The Community Podcast Lab is a collaboration between Futuro Media, MassCreative and WBUR. Special thanks to the PRX Podcast Garage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our friends at the Latinos Out Loud podcast are celebrating their 100th episode at The Greene Space this Monday night with guests Lin-Manuel Miranda, Luis Miranda Jr. and SNL director Oz Rodriguez. One of the show's hosts, the fabulous Rachel La Loca, joins us to talk the event and the success of Latinos Out Loud. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this Cinco De Mayo for 2019, we welcome back Gregorio Pedroza to review what he found during the annual Cinco De Fallo quest to find all the desmadre and inherent racism brought found through social media during one of the United States' most exploited holidays.Featured image of two people celebrating a Cinco De Mayo wedding with a donkey. Yeah, we didn't make that one up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Julián Castro is the only Latino presidential candidate running during this election cycle, and on Monday, the Texas Democrat was in Boston and spoke with Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela about his campaign.Featured image of Julián Castro speaking at the Heartland Forum in Storm Lake, Iowa (Photo by Lorie Shaull/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We took the weekend off, but don't worry—we still have a show, thanks to our dear friends at the Latino Media Collective. In this recent LMC episode, host Oscar Fernández talks with Cecilia Baeza, a lecturer at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, about the complicated and complex history of the estimated half-million people of Palestinian descent living throughout Latin America, making them the largest Palestinian diaspora population outside the Arab world.The Latino Media Collective is a grassroots Latino public affairs program that airs on Pacifica station WPFW 89.3 FM, Fridays at 1pm EST from Washington DC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Thursday press call about the Latino Vote Project did a deep dive into Latino voter turnout of the last three election cycles: 2014, 2016 and 2018. Listen to what the project discovered and the recommendations it made. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As you may or may not know, Latino Rebels is part of Futuro Media, and recently Futuro celebrated its first Community Podcast Lab out of Boston. For this special episode of Latino Rebels Radio, we are honored to present the Community Podcast Lab's second production: FROM LOVERS TO HOMES by Vilma Uribe. Vilma's podcast explores the journeys of love in the LGBT community.  The Community Podcast Lab is a collaboration between Futuro Media, MassCreative and WBUR. Special thanks to the PRX Podcast Garage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a post-María, post-PROMESA world, we ask the question: what is the state of Puerto Rico's independence movement? We welcome Andrés González Berdecía of Radio Independencia to talk about it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The recent decision by Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán ( MEChA) to drop the word “Chicano” and “Aztlán” from its name has lead to a vigorous discussion in the community. We talk with Mexican American writer Brandon Loran Maxwell about the debate and his latest piece, "The 'Woke' Police Raid Chicano History."Featured image by AmaWikiWinner24/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As you may or may not know, Latino Rebels is part of Futuro Media, and recently Futuro celebrated its first Community Podcast Lab out of Boston. For this special episode of Latino Rebels Radio, we are honored to present the Community Podcast Lab's first production: BREAKING THE SILENCE by Bernadine Desanges. Bernadine's podcast looks into how survivors are breaking the silence about sexual assault in the #MeToo movement. The Community Podcast Lab is a collaboration between Futuro Media, MassCreative and WBUR. Special thanks to the PRX Podcast Garage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unless you literally did not have the Internet last November, you must know about the Idaho elementary school teachers who decided that a Halloween costume of a border wall would make a great idea. Of course, it wasn't. We catch up on the story with reporter Nicole Foy of The Idaho Press to find out what has happened since this story went global and viral. Well, for one, a Latino astronaut visited the school last week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latino Rebels Radio is proud to cross-post the latest episode from Tamarindo Podcast!On this episode of Tamarindo, our very own wellbeing-enthusiast Ana Sheila kicks off our new segment on personal challenges or #retos that push us to take note of our habits, identify what's harming vs. helping, and helps us live more intentionally.Next, we delve into a discussion on #identity as we reflect on I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, the young adult novel by Erika L. Sanchez. Our chat is light on spoilers, so even if you haven't read this story of a #FirstGen Mexican teen named Julia who is grappling with the recent death of her older sister Olga, you'll connect with the themes we discuss. We reflect on labels like #Chicano, #Latina, #Latinx and other terms that we have connected to at different points in our lives. We know #MEChA has made the news recently and both of us talk a bit about our days as part of MEChA in high school and college. We can't wait to hear your thought on this as well! Finally, we give

Earlier this month, Latino Rebels Radio was in Houston, where we got to met up with Tony Diaz, el Librotraficante. Over some very delicious food, Tony shared the latest about Nuestra Palabra's 21st anniversary celebration, why Houston continues to be the next great Latino city and what does he mean by the term "cultural capital."Special thanks to Cuchara Restaurant for letting us record at their space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Thursday, Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL) led the introduction of the Puerto Rico Admission Act of 2019, a bill calling for Puerto Rico to become the 51st state of the Union. We spoke to him on Friday morning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Wednesday night, Latino Rebels Radio was in San Diego. Contributor Sara Gurling spoke with Mitra Ebadolahi of the ACLU spoke about what rights journalists, activists and lawyers have if they are targeted on the border by the government. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here's another Latino Rebels Radio special: the March installment of the INTELATIN podcast with Sergio Muñoz. In this episode, Sergio talks about the film LAS HEREDERAS and has a conversation with Argentina's La Yegros.Music featured by Montoya, Quantic, La Yegros and Dandy Warhols. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are thrilled to share this latest interview with Amanda Alcántara, digital media editor at Futuro Media, about her debut book, Chula. For more about Amanda's first book and its initial reception, follow #ChulaTheBook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Democrat Rep. Raúl Grijalva, the new Chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources, just came back from a committee visit to Puerto Rico last week. He talks with Latino Rebels about what the committee will do in the next few months to address the issues surrounding the island-colony. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gabe Pacheco's debut comedy album, RISKY BEHAVIOR, premiered earlier this month, so we invited him on the show to talk about his work, what inspired him and the time he broke his parents' record player after listening to a Cheech and Chong record. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This past weekend, Latino Rebels was in Austin for SXSW and visited the #AbolishICEBox art exhibit, organized by RAICES. We talk with Jerry Silguero, one of the artists behind the installation, as well as with Barbara Peña of RAICES. We also record from inside the installation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.