MOLLY PETERSON: From Northern California Public Media and Mensch Media, this is Living Downstream, the environmental justice podcast. I’m guest host Molly Peterson.This time, from the Coachella Valley east of Los Angeles, we’re talking about the biggest lake in California — now starved of water — and the…
Liz Alarcón: So here’s a topic that comes up. Well, literally, anytime a group of Latinos get together. I’m talking about the ever present questions about how we communicate. How should we talk to each other, to both be ourselves while preserving our roots in English, in Spanglish,…
Liz Alarcón: Hola Maribel. How are you? Maribel Quezada Smith: Hola Liz, I’m doing great. And I’m so glad to be back with another episode and excited about the topic that we’re going to be hitting on. Liz Alarcón: Before we get started, we actually have some company…
Liz Alarcón: Hey Pulso fam, it’s Liz here. Since we recorded this episode about Maria and I sharing our mom and future mom plans for our kids. I actually became a mom. My daughter, Eva came into the world a little earlier than expected, and it’s been a…
The 2022 midterms are coming up. At stake are the balance of power in Congress, in addition to how states are governed and what laws get passed, both nationally and locally. Key decisions that will affect Latinos now and for future generations — including reproductive justice, gun safety,…
Octavio Solis: Every time we remember something, we remember it less clearly. We’re a different person. You never cross into the same stream twice. So every time you go and revisit that memory, something else jumps out at you that you hadn’t seen before, and you don’t know…
While queer Latinxs have been at the forefront of fighting for equality, they often go unrecognized in history. From José Julio Sarria, who became the first openly gay person to run for office in the U.S., to Jennicet Gutiérrez, a transgender immigrant who’s calling out injustices suffered by…
More than half a century after the social justice movements of the 1960s, the fight for civil rights and social justice continues to this day. Still, the grassroots movements of that era brought about sweeping changes across the U.S., and Latinos contributed on the front-line at marches, teach-ins,…
On June 15, 2012, President Barack Obama stood in the White House Rose Garden and announced a new program that would transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. The program was called the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals…
Liz Alarcón: Welcome Pulso fam, back to the Pulso podcast. It’s been a while since you’ve heard from us. And since our last season, we have been stepping back, thinking back to the episodes that we ran, and really reflecting on what do we want this third season…
