Brown Genius is a Podcast in Full Color Spectrum, dedicated to providing a platform for underrepresented voices. While the white vs. black dichotomy dominates our nation’s media and politics, we seek to bring gray areas into focus. We highlight the rich diversity of the Americas. Beginning with our Mestizo, Latino, and Indigenous communities, we host conversations with brilliant folks of all races, cultures and backgrounds. We invite our listeners to see themselves and their world in new ways. Brown Genius is hosted by Molina Speaks and Sheree Lovemestiza Brown, produced by Rodney Sino-Cruz.
Brown Genius 1.9 - The Mestiza Project | Denver
Nov 15, 2019
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The Mestiza Project was created in the spring of 2017. Artists who identity with Mestiza/o, LatinX, Latina/o, Chicana/o, XicanX, Indigenous, and mixed races and cultures were invited to co-create the Mestiza Project. We did not know who would show up, what would unfold, or what the end result would be. Writers, poets, musicians, drummers, and interested community members gathered for a day of improvisational readings, jam sessions, drum circles and collaborations. The Mestiza Project features Zay Rios, Ric Urrutia, Yuzo Nieto, Yaneis Autumn, Kimberly Ming, Yasmin Mercedes, Bianca Mikahn, Joshua Abeyta, Diego Florez, Molina Speaks, Sheree “lovemestiza Brown, and more. The Project was recorded by Jesus Rodriguez and Sly “SG” Guevara, and produced by Rodney Sino-Cruz. The Mestiza Project - Denver was arranged by Molina Speaks to reflect a stream-of-consciousness journey through Mestiza/o time and space.
Brown Genius 1.8 - The Mestiza Futures Symposium
Nov 07, 2019
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Brown Genius hosts professors Santiago Guerra, Ph.D. and Karen Roybal, Ph.D. Both professors teach for the Department of Southwest Studies at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO. Dr. Roybal and Dr. Guerra co-planned a Mestiza Futures Symposium with Molina Speaks and Sheree Brown in the fall of 2018.
Brown Genius 1.7 - Black and Brown Aesthetics Within Constructs of Color
Jul 07, 2017
Show notesAfrofuturist, hip-hop artist and community educator Ill Se7en joins us to talk about the roots of culture, black and brown aesthetics, and constructs of race and color. This discussion stretches across personal, intercultural, and cross-cultural dimensions. https://soundcloud.com/ill-seven
Brown Genius 1.6 - Be Creative, Find God
Jun 06, 2017
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Brown Genius hosts master artist Stevon Lucero for a conversation about God, Art, Time, Dreams, and Life's Purpose. Stevon Lucero has been painting for over 50 years. He is a Chicano Meta-Realist who is recognized internationally for his contributions to Surrealism, Indigenous art, and cultural art of the American Southwest. https://www.stevonlucero.com
Brown Genius 1.5 - How to Create Your Own Reality
May 05, 2017
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Candi CdeBaca, Executive Director of Project VOYCE, joins Brown Genius for a conversation about youth advocacy, community development, institutions, and the non-profit industrial complex. We conclude with a focus on the power we have to create alternative realities.
Brown Genius 1.4 - Los Mocochetes | Latino Music for the Soul
Apr 04, 2017
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Brown Genius features Los Mocochetes band in studio, with original live music recordings and perspectives on culture, humanity, Chicanismo and Indigenous roots.
Brown Genius 1.3 - Race, Justice and Ethics in the Post-Obama Era
Mar 03, 2017
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Professor, Criminal Justice Reform Advocate, and Social Justice Activist Lisa Calderon joins Brown Genius to discuss her work, and the future of activism in America.
Brown Genius 1.2 - Mestizaje, Muse and Medicine Pt. 2
Feb 02, 2017
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We conclude our two-part interview launch with artist, herbalist and healer Eutimia Cruz Montoya. In this segment we focus on ancestral medicine, self-healing, and community healing for a new era.
Brown Genius 1.1 - Mestizaje, Muse and Medicine Pt. 1
Jan 01, 2017
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Eutimia Cruz Montoya is a lineage-raised contemporary curandera, herbalist, licensed acupuncturist, Real Foods Activist, and Food Systems Educator. She joins us on Election Night 2016 for the birth of the Brown Genius Podcast.
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