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Teaching Central America May 19, 2025

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Jonathan Peraza Campos joins the podcast to discuss Teaching for Change's Teaching Central America program. Yvette and Jonathan discuss the linkages between Latinx communities in the U.S. South and the Global South, the importance of integrating Central American history into K-12 education, and why ethnic studies of and in the U.S. South matters.

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The Poetic Practices of Exiled Nicaraguans in Costa Rica May 08, 2025

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Thelma Dietrich Rivera joins the podcast to discuss her recent article discussing the poetic practices of exiled Nicaraguans in Costa Rica. Thelma and Yvette discussed the history of the FSLN and the authoritarian turn of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, how the women Thelma writes about are examples of "existing otherwise," and the events of 2018 that led to the mass exile of thousands of Nicaraguans.

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Sesiones de Sanación Apr 29, 2025

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Dr. Tanya Erazo, award-winning psychologist and adjunct professor, joins the podcast to discuss how indigenous healing modalities helped ease her anxiety around an upcoming open-heart surgery procedure. She shares her experience with a sesión de sanación led by Nahuat Pipil elders and how it brought her peace when Western medical advice couldn't, why she believes that indigenous healing modalities can complement psychological treatment, and the importance of psychologists not co-opting indigenous traditions.

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*UNLOCKED LIT REVIEW* What integrationism and colorblindness really mean Apr 23, 2025

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On this *UNLOCKED* #litreview, Yvette and Tiera Rainey of the Tucson Second Chance Bail Fund discuss the book Critical Race Consciousness by Gary Peller. They break down the pitfalls of integrationist and colorblind ideology, explain the power of all-Black spaces, and discuss how integrationist ideology led to the current failures of affirmative action programs.

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An Open And Honest Conversation About What's Happening in El Salvador Apr 08, 2025

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This episode is a recording of the live Radio Cachimbona podcast show "No a La Mineria, Si a La Vida" co-hosted by Yvette Borja and Jorge Cuéllar. Jasmine Tobar of CISPES LA shares about the organization's history of transnational solidarity and how it has transformed into a diaspora-led organization. Cynthia Guardado reads her poetry and reflects on the connections between the Salvadoran Civil War and the ongoing genocide of Palestinians. Borja and Cuéllar share why they went on the International Allies Against Mining in El Salvador delegation to witness the Santa Marta 5 trial, why they want to make visible what's happening in El Salvador in the context of rampant misinformation and propaganda, and why the Santa Marta model of transnational organizing with local focus and leadership is effective and transformative.

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*UNLOCKED LIT REVIEW* Transcendent Kingdom Mar 17, 2025

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On this unlocked #litreview, Yvette and Yessenia Medrano discuss Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. The praise Gyasi's empathetic storytelling around the effects of the opiate crisis, reflect on how childhood traumas are remembered, and share the ways they related to the narrator's child of immigrants experience.

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Changing the Narrative and Speaking Truth to Power Mar 03, 2025

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Carlos Adrian Vasquez, a formerly incarcerated and formerly detained activist, joins the podcast to discuss his leadership in organizing hunger and labor strikes in the Desert View Annex. Carlos shares about the terrible conditions that led people detained to engage in multiple hunger and labor strikes, breaks down the false distinction between civil and criminal custody, and explains how ICE and CoreCivic point fingers at each other to avoid taking accountability for the deplorable experiences of people in their custody.

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Reproductive Justice and Resistance at the US/Mexico Borderlands Feb 24, 2025

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Eloisa Lopez, Executive Director of Florecer Reproductive Justice, joins the podcast to discuss the essay "Reproductive Justice and Resistance at the US/Mexico Borderlands" in the Radical Reproductive Justice anthology. Eloisa and Yvette discuss the myths around "self deportation," how the majority of Latinas show strong support for legalized abortion, and the interlocking web of oppression that migrant women face when crossing the border.

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Curiosity About Conflict Feb 17, 2025

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Dana Caspersen, practitioner of constructive conflict and author of Conflict Is an Opportunity: Twenty Fundamental Decisions for Navigating Difficult Times, joins the podcast to discuss her latest book. Dana and Yvette discuss why people should avoid trying to immediately find a solution to a conflict, why awareness of conflict and curiosity about it is important to cultivate, and concrete ways people can decrease stress associated with conflict.

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Let's Heal All Parts of the Mother Wound Feb 10, 2025

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Jessica Monge, mother wound coach, joins the podcast to discuss what "mother wounds" are, how the effects of it manifest in everyday life, and what inspired her to focus on helping others heal their mother wound.

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