In Conversation with Andrew Siañez-De La O: Borderline, The Monstrosity of The Desert, Playwrighting, Time Storm, and Who is at The Center of Our Stories

In Conversation with Andrew Siañez-De La O

Andrew Siañez-De La O is a Boston based Mexican-American playwright and writer from El Paso, Texas. Andrew was incredibly gracious with his time and joined me to talk about his play Borderline, and his other work including his work on audio podcasts and other plays of his. We spoke about how he became a playwright, the state of mexican american theater, about leaving El Paso to go to college, about the importance of who is at the center of the stories we tell and so much more. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I hope you do too

Listen to an abbreviated version of Borderline HERE: https://www.ktep.org/post/state-arts-borderline

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El Pochcast Movie Club #1 - The Tax Collector

We watched this movie so one else ever has to

El Pochcast Movie Club #1 - The Tax Collector

This movie was bad, don't watch it. BUT DO hear us talk about it! If you want to hear more of Roberto and Fidel listen to their podcast about the Dallas Cowboys: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/puro-pinche-cowboys-podcast/id1533461011

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El Osito Bimbo Won't Die

El Osito Bimbo Won't Die

Ahhh Pettiness is good for memes, but I don't think it'll solve childhood obesity.

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Song at the end was "Bimbo bear song in the Pétalo napkins" by Oscar Cortés aka El Corrido del Osito Bimbo

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In Conversation with Aaron E Sánchez: Homeland, The Messiness of Terminology, Rethinking the Mexican Revolution and The New Deal, History Persists, and Pocho Novels

Pocholandia to Aztlán!

In Conversation with Aaron E Sánchez

Aaron E Sanchez is the author of "Homeland: Ethnic Mexican Belonging since 1900" and he joins me on this episode to talk about his book but also about what it means to belong as a whole and we go into Pocho novels, Pocho poets, The messines of terminology, The concept of history persisting and refusing to accept "it's always been this way" when it comes to understanding the world around us.

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No Se Raja Mi Trokita, First Car Stories

No Se Raja Mi Trokita!

First cars and the love we have for them. If you want a sticker look down there...

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Feliz QUE Nuevo?! and "This is not who we are."

Feliz QUE Nuevo?! and "This is not who We are"

El Pochcast is back! Thanks for listening!

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The Black Friday That Changed My Life and All The Other Ones

Imagine my surprise when I ACTUALLY missed Black Friday this year. In this episode! Black Friday entries, the best purchase ever made, and el buen fin.

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In Conversation with Dr. José Medina: Pochismo, Dual Language Education, Tik Tok Translanguaging, Cultural Oppression, and Being from the Border

On this Episode I'm joined by Dr. José Medina to talk about all things pocho! Some bangers from the conversation:

  • When a white person speaks Spanish it's a global skill but when a brown person speaks Spanish it's something to be remedied and fixed.
  • There is no such thing as wrong language, just context.
  • School administrators must see themselves as instructional leaders and not just building managers.

Find more of Dr. Medina at: DrJoseMedina.com

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Vamos al Buffet Chino

A celebration of Chinese buffets in El Paso (01:17 - 08:14) The scandal that rocked the borderland's biggest Chinese buffet (08:43 - 13:04) and a conversation between friends on growing up and what Chinese buffets meant, in spanish! ( 13:44 - 41:22)


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Soccer: A conversation with @CaballosJuarez about FC Juarez and A remembrance of Mexico vs Germany in Russia 2018

In this episode I talk about two soccer stories. The first (02:00 - 19:32) is about FC Juarez, los Bravos, the surprising team from Juarez Chihuahua that in their second tournament at the top level of Mexican soccer is succeding and beating teams way bigger than it. I'm joined by @CaballosJuarez to discuss the team's history and how they find themselves near the top of the table as well as what they mean for the region. Then I read an article written right after Mexico defeated Germany in the 2018 World Cup (20:35 - 29:02) to highlight what a victory like that meant to me.

Hope you enjoy!


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