ReCurrent

This episode is an invitation to slow down, find meaning in the quiet moments, and celebrate the fullness of our identities. To learn more about Immigrantly, visit our website http://immigrantlypod.com and follow the host Saadia Khan @itssaadiak You can also subscribe to the Immigrantly Channel on Apple at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/immigrantly/id6473736795?hasPaidContent=true

In this episode, we go back to 1980s Los Angeles, when civil wars in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua sent hundreds of thousands of people north and helped turn LA into “Little Central America.” With professor and longtime participant Rubén Martínez as our guide—someone who lived through this moment firsthand—we follow the Sanctuary Movement as churches quietly, and then publicly, open their...

Before the Supremes, before Berry Gordy, a Los Angeles record label run out of a garage was shaping the future of American music. Founded by Dootsie Williams in the early 1950s, Dootone Records became a hub of innovation—recording doo-wop, jazz, and the first Black comedy albums that would influence generations. But while the physical site of Dootone has nearly vanished, its intangible heritage—th...

Jaime Roque follows a lost concert that almost never happened—and the homemade tape that kept it alive. The story begins in 1968 with a teenager who can’t get into jazz clubs and decides to bring Thelonious Monk to his public-school auditorium instead. Tickets lag in mostly-white Palo Alto, so he turns to nearby East Palo Alto and invites neighbors who actually know the music. On a rainy Sunday, a...

A community photo classroom opens the door to a different way of entering a museum. Inside Las Fotos Project—part classroom, part studio, all community—young photographers use images to say who they are. A new collaboration connects their voices to a landmark exhibition on migration, memory, and identity. The takeaway isn’t a style—it’s a method: meaning first, then the vessel. Back in the studio,...

Jaime Roque follows photographer George Rodriguez through two LAs at once—red carpets and street marches. Hollywood assignments put him beside movie stars and musicians; lunch breaks send him to East LA walkouts, the Chicano Moratorium, and UFW marches. One camera, two worlds.  Jaime meets the people and places keeping that record alive. At the Getty Research Institute, curator Idurre Alonso opens...

Jaime Roque follows the life of a familiar image across LA, beginning with the 2001 backlash to Alma López’s digital artwork Our Lady. What looked like a small museum fight opens a bigger story about who gets to remake a figure many people call sacred—and why that matters in everyday neighborhoods, not just in galleries. Jaime meets the people keeping the image alive in different ways. In downtown...

In season two of ReCurrent: Stories about What We Gain by Keeping the Past Present, host Jaime Roque explores how culture builds community—how a camera passed from mentor to student, a long-lost record, or a familiar icon screen printed onto a jersey can bind people across time. In each episode, Jaime delves into the collaborations, memories, and reimaginings that shape who we are. He shows how so...

Check out the newest season of Recording Artists, hosted by actor, artist, and futurist Ahmed Best. Explore the Getty archives and learn about the innovative art-science group Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) in season three, out now.

Jaime dives into the compelling story of Julius Eastman, a Black, openly gay composer who revolutionized minimalist music in the 1970s and ’80s.

This episode highlights the ongoing efforts to protect Wupatki National Monument's legacy, ensuring that the stories, traditions, and spiritual connections of this remarkable place continue to inspire future generations.

This episode illustrates the vital role barbershops play in maintaining cultural continuity and supporting community identity.

On this episode of ReCurrent, Jaime Roque explores the music and instruments of the Florentine Codex, a 16th-century manuscript that recorded the life and culture of Mesoamerica at the time.

On this episode of Recurrent, Jaime Roque explores the hidden story of América Tropical, a mural painted by Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros in 1932 on Olvera Street in Los Angeles. Commissioned to depict an idyllic tropical scene, Siqueiros inst

In this inaugural episode of ReCurrent, host and producer Jaime Roque shares a heartfelt journey through his family's history and the role of food in preserving cultural heritage.

Join Jaime Roque as he uncovers the profound impact of keeping the past alive in the present, and discovers the treasures of our heritage. ReCurrent is available now wherever you get your podcasts.