Episode 21: Iowa Caucus Boricua Breakdown + Oscar López Rivera Goes on Tour
Joshua Smyser-DeLeon Joshua Smyser-DeLeon

Episode 21: Iowa Caucus Boricua Breakdown + Oscar López Rivera Goes on Tour

Edoardo Ortiz, a graduate student at the University of Chicago School of Public Policy joins the show to share his experience at the Iowa Caucus. He went to Iowa for the caucuses as part of a Puerto Rican delegation from Chicago. If you haven’t heard already, things did not go quite as planned at the Iowa Caucus, so we took the deep dive with Edoardo on what his experience was like before, during, and after the Caucus chaos. We also welcome back to the show, Oscar López Rivera, former political prisoner and Puerto Rican activist, who is going on a North-West tour of the U.S. He and one of his tour coordinators, Margarita Gallagher Huertas, discuss what you can expect from the tour and share some perspectives on the current state of Puerto Rico.

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Episode 3: Oscar López Rivera Part 2
Joshua Smyser-DeLeon Joshua Smyser-DeLeon

Episode 3: Oscar López Rivera Part 2

The conversation with Oscar continues! We talk more about the history of US/Puerto Rico relations, the significance of Paseo Boricua & a message to Puerto Rican activists.

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Episode 2: Oscar López Rivera Part 1
Joshua Smyser-DeLeon Joshua Smyser-DeLeon

Episode 2: Oscar López Rivera Part 1

We ran into Oscar Lopez at Fiesta Boricua! He agreed to be on the podcast & we talked about his time in prison. From his treatment behind bars to losing his mother & father, he shares a side of himself that’s not often heard.

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