El Pochcast

El Pochcast Movie Club #2 - Zoot Suit In this episode: Zoot Suit Riots, Pulling off Drapes, Generational Gaps, In The Heights, Pedro Infante Movies, Mexicans Whistling while they work, Artisanal Churros, Takuache-Punk, Menudo Talk Here's the story Fidel mentioned on the Zoot Suit Revival: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-zoot-suit-review-20170212-story.html Roberto's Twitter: @R...

Tajin IS Candy and NY Times Recipes The New York times posted a "recipe" for Mangos with tajin and every Latino that saw it said "no mames". A little about that and then my journey damaging my stomach with something that CLAIMS it's not a candy but it totally is. Listen to your boy on NPR here: https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101883550/la-times-flamin-hot-cheetos-expose-hits-a-n...

Hot Cheetos Are Mexican Aun si el Richard los invento o no, esas cosas son Mexas. Amonos. Check out the LA Times article here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/the-man-who-didnt-invent-flamin-hot-cheetos/ar-BB1gMYd1 Follow Roberto on Twitter: @R_AndradeFranco and read him on Texas Highways. Just google his name. El Pochast is a part of The Irrelevant Podcast Network Twitter: @irreleva...

Going Back Home After COVID After a whole year of being away! How does it feel to go back and find out that a place that was supposed to not change actually did. El Pochast is a part of The Irrelevant Podcast Network Twitter: @irrelevantpods Instagram: @elpochcast Email : elpochcast@ gmail.com rapture.mp3 by Vincent Augustus is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creati...

Ivan Calderon A conversation with El Paso Artist Ivan Calderon. Follow Ivan Calderon on Instagram: @ivancalderonart El Pochast is a part of The Irrelevant Podcast Network Twitter: @irrelevantpods Instagram: @elpochcast Email : elpochcast@ gmail.com rapture.mp3 by Vincent Augustus is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support El Poch...

In Conversation with Andrew Siañez-De La O Andrew Siañez-De La O is a Boston based Mexican-American playwright and writer from El Paso, Texas. Andrew was incredibly gracious with his time and joined me to talk about his play Borderline, and his other work including his work on audio podcasts and other plays of his. We spoke about how he became a playwright, the state of mexican american theater, a...

El Pochcast Movie Club #1 - The Tax Collector This movie was bad, don't watch it. BUT DO hear us talk about it! If you want to hear more of Roberto and Fidel listen to their podcast about the Dallas Cowboys: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/puro-pinche-cowboys-podcast/id1533461011 El Pochast is a part of The Irrelevant Podcast Network Twitter: @irrelevantpods Instagram: @elpochcast Email : el...

El Osito Bimbo Won't Die Ahhh Pettiness is good for memes, but I don't think it'll solve childhood obesity. DONATE TO: OurCalling , to help out the Dallas Area Song at the end was "Bimbo bear song in the Pétalo napkins" by Oscar Cortés aka El Corrido del Osito Bimbo El Pochast is a part of The Irrelevant Podcast Network Twitter: @irrelevantpods Instagram: @elpochcast Email : elpochcast@...

In Conversation with Aaron E Sánchez Aaron E Sanchez is the author of "Homeland: Ethnic Mexican Belonging since 1900" and he joins me on this episode to talk about his book but also about what it means to belong as a whole and we go into Pocho novels, Pocho poets, The messines of terminology, The concept of history persisting and refusing to accept "it's always been this way" w...

No Se Raja Mi Trokita! First cars and the love we have for them. If you want a sticker look down there... El Pochast is a part of The Irrelevant Podcast Network Twitter: @irrelevantpods Instagram: @elpochcast Email : elpochcast@ gmail.com rapture.mp3 by Vincent Augustus is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support El Pochcast by co...

Feliz QUE Nuevo?! and "This is not who We are" El Pochcast is back! Thanks for listening! El Pochast is a part of The Irrelevant Podcast Network Twitter: @irrelevantpods Instagram: @elpochcast Email : elpochcast@ gmail.com rapture.mp3 by Vincent Augustus is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support El Pochcast by contribu...

Imagine my surprise when I ACTUALLY missed Black Friday this year. In this episode! Black Friday entries, the best purchase ever made, and el buen fin. El Pochast is a part of The Irrelevant Podcast Network Twitter: @irrelevantpods Instagram: @elpochcast Email : elpochcast@ gmail.com Support El Pochcast by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/el-pochcast

On this Episode I'm joined by Dr. José Medina to talk about all things pocho! Some bangers from the conversation: When a white person speaks Spanish it's a global skill but when a brown person speaks Spanish it's something to be remedied and fixed. There is no such thing as wrong language, just context. School administrators must see themselves as instructional leaders and not just building manage...

A celebration of Chinese buffets in El Paso (01:17 - 08:14) The scandal that rocked the borderland's biggest Chinese buffet (08:43 - 13:04) and a conversation between friends on growing up and what Chinese buffets meant, in spanish! ( 13:44 - 41:22) El Pochcast is a part of The Irrelevant Podcast Network Twitter: @irrelevantpods Support El Pochcast by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pi...

In this episode I talk about two soccer stories. The first (02:00 - 19:32) is about FC Juarez, los Bravos, the surprising team from Juarez Chihuahua that in their second tournament at the top level of Mexican soccer is succeding and beating teams way bigger than it. I'm joined by @CaballosJuarez to discuss the team's history and how they find themselves near the top of the table as well as what th...

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the First Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera fight. These fights were among the best in boxing history and represented so much about Mexican culture beyond boxing. In this episode I'm joined by Boxing expert Roberto Jose Andrade Franco, PhD candidate and Contributing Editor to D Magazine to talk about these fights, these boxers, and Mexican boxing as a wh...

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