Episode 18: Early Childhood Education + The PR Agenda with Cristina Pacione-Zayas
On this week’s episode, Cristina Pacione-Zayas, Associate Vice President of Policy at the Erikson Institute and Co-chair of the Puerto Rican Agenda here in Chicago joins the show. We’re going to talk about her work in early childhood development and with the PR Agenda as well as community organizing and the Presidential Candidates' Puerto Rico policy.
Episode 17: IL Legal Weed with Che.dibles Founder
In honor of Weed being legal now in Illinois, Michelle Vazquez from Che.dibles joins the Paseo Podcast to discuss her cannabis-infused treats. Che.dibles is Puerto Rican owned, latina owned, a small business, and Chicago made.
BONUS: Puerto Rican Agenda's 3Rs Campaign for Earthquake Relief Efforts (Press Conference)
This bonus episode is a recording of a Puerto Rican Agenda press conference Friday, January 10, in Chicago. We also have a video of the press conference on our Facebook page, if you would like to see that version instead.
The press conference was to announce the relaunch of the successful 3Rs Campaign the PR Agenda used to raise money and send supplies to the hardest-hit areas of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. In fact, this campaign made Chicago the first in the U.S. to send a cargo plane with supplies to la isla after Maria. Now the PR Agenda is working again to help people in Puerto Rico after a series of earthquakes have hit the island, including 5.8 and 6.4 magnitude quakes.
Episode 16: 25 Years of Chicago's Puerto Rican Flags
The Puerto Rican Flags here in Chicago turn 25! Located in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, they act as gateways to Puerto Rican culture on Paseo Boricua. They're huge too! These two 59-foot banderas have won countless architectural awards and are the world's largest monument to a flag. Our guest on today's episode, CEO of the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture and former Alderman at the time, Billy Ocasio, played a key role in getting the flags built along with former Congressman Luis Gutiérrez and former Mayor Richard M. Daley. Billy takes us back in time to January 6, 1995 to understand how these flags came to be and shares what he thinks they represent for the future.
BONUS: Aftershocks of Disaster with Dr. Yarimar Bonilla & Ald. Rosanna Rodriguez
It's a special bonus episode of the Paseo Podcast! Joshua attended an event at the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture on October 24, 2019 to listen in on a conversation between Dr. Yarimar Bonilla & Ald. Rosanna Rodriguez (33rd Ward, Chicago).
Episode 15: The Harvard & Yale Game Protest
Yale students, Adriana Colón Adorno & Gabriela Morales Nieves, from the Yale Endowment Justice Coalition join the show to talk about Puerto Rico’s debt, divestment, what the day of the Harvard/Yale game protest was like, & how they were able to mobilize & organize so many different people to protest in solidarity for the same cause. Their student organization along with many others were responsible for organizing a protest during the historic rivalry football game between Harvard & Yale in order to bring attention to & demand the cancelling of Harvard's & Yale’s holdings in Puerto Rico’s debt & divestment from fossil fuels. The audio is a bit different than you may be used to since we spoke to Adriana & Gabriela via Zoom video conferencing.
Episode 14: An Urban Pilón Thanksgiving
Urban Pilón founder, Chef Roberto Pérez, joins the podcast just in time for the holidays. We talk cooking dos & don'ts, recipe suggestions for beginners & pros, & creating a Puerto Rican Thanksgiving...we don't always have to have a Turkey - baked pasteles anyone?
Episode 13: Un Monólogo Sobre Lolita Lebrón
Actors Viviana Torres, Nore Feliciano & Efraín Rosa visit the show. They are part of the play, Un monólogo sobre la vida de Lolita Lebrón. ICYMI, last week we shared a clip of our interview with them, but now you get to hear the full thing!
Episode 12: 100 Years of Lolita Lebrón
Lolita Lebrón's name elicits strong responses from many within & outside of the Puerto Rican community. Let's find out why.
Guests on today's show include the Executive Director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center here in Chicago, Jose Lopez, activist and artist Michael Reyes, whose song Lolita You May Cry Now you will hear later in the episode, Former political prisoner, Oscar Lopez, Co-Jefas of Lolita Productions, Brianna Ramirez-Smith and Marisa Diaz-Arce, and a part of my interview that will drop next week with actors Viviana Torres, Nore Feliciano, Efraine Rosa from the play, Un monólogo sobre la vida de Lolita Lebrón. But first, we’re going to take a trip back in time and get some context from Jose Lopez.
Episode 11: The 3rd Annual Boricua Film Festival
Puerto Rican film maker, author, & activist, Carlos Jiménez Flores, joins the podcast. We talk Latino Hollywood, POC representation in film & The 3rd Annual Boricua Film Festival.
Episode 10: Top 10 (Soft Of) Puerto Rican Comic Book Characters
Puerto Rican culture & investigative journalist, Isabel Dieppa, joins the podcast. We talk POC representation in media & our Top 10...soft of...list of Puerto Rican comic book characters.
Episode 9: A Journalist Perspective with Manny Ramos
Puerto Rican Journalist, Manny Ramos, from the Chicago Sun-Times joins the podcast. We talk journalism, a little baseball, and what too much Adobo looks like in a story.
Episode 8: Latinxs & Education in American History
Puerto Rican author, Abdin Noboa Rios, joins the podcast to talk about his new book, The Story of Latinos and Education in American History.
Episode 7: The Urban Theater Company
Puerto Rican actor, producer, & co-founder of the Urban Theater Company, Ivan Vega, joins the show! We talk UTC & the Chicago theater scene.
Episode 6: A Muralist Perspective with Cristian Roldan
Puerto Rican Muralist, Cristian Roldan, joins the show to talk about his art, his start as a muralist, & the importance of using public art to share our stories.
Episode 5: Hurricane Maria 2 Years Later & The 3Rs Campaign
2 years after Hurricane Maria. PR Agenda Co-Chair, Jessie Fuentes, explains how the PR Agenda took action to aid Puerto Rico after the 2017 tragedy. Local photographer, Lauren Herrmann, shares how she's lending a hand to help PR.
Episode 4: PR Agenda + The Day of Action
Co-Chair of the Puerto Rican Agenda, Jessie Fuentes, discusses the PROMESA Act & National Day of Action in Washington D.C. to advocate for a resolution of Puerto Rico's debt.
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.
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.
Pilot Episode: Paseo Boricua + Fiesta Boricua
Highlighting stories by, from, & about the Puerto Rican community. On this episode we learn more about Paseo Boricua and Fiesta Boricua. Guests are Jose Lopez and Luis Rosa Perez.