Chancleta Generation

A very personal and emotional episode for both of us, as we still grieve over the Uvalde, Buffalo, and the countless other mass shootings that have plagued our country. The odds of gun violence are not in our favor as Latinx, and we have much to lose. Here we'll discuss the many aspects of this very divisive subject, and what can we as regular citizens do to protect our communities.

Texas brings lots of stereotypes to people's minds, and in this episode, we'll be breaking some of them. Angelia Razo, the Texas State Director for Mi Familia Vota, a political action committee, will be bringing some facts about how Latinx live in Texas - from border towns to no-man lands, to legislation that affects them.

Roll call for all progressive Latinx! Every election is important, but this one - where the house is hanging by a thread is specially important. In this episode Maria Martinez, who has dedicated her life to Latinx organizing at state and national level. She brings us her point of view of why we have historically been sitting out elections,  what is the work that has been done on the ground, and wh...

Women across the US are coming out of the pandemic burnt out and exhausted, but most concerning - worried about the future. Executive Director of the Barbara Lee Foundation is back with us to talk about how these issues may affect women's turnout on the polls, their civic engagement, and even running for office. 

In our 3rd installment of our Women's History Month series - after hearing the stories, let's look at the big data. The Barbara Lee Foundation has done a nationwide research on how voters see women, and for our purposes - Latinas. The results of the study are hard to hear, but our special guest Amanda gives us the goods on what they, and we can do to help bring more representation to Lat...

In the second episode of our Women's History Month series we're talking about breaking glass ceilings, walls, floor, and everything in between. Councilmember Esmeralda did not believe when they told her "You can't be what you can't see" and became the only Latina on the Fresno city council. She's here to tell what inspired her to be where she is, how not going fi...

We're starting our Women's History Month series strong! Susana Mendoza, the comptroller for the state of Illinois joins us to talk about something so important and at the same time so left by the wayside - how to have it all and stay happy and sane. Being a mom, a wife, a high ranking person in office, and having her long list of achievements takes certain things, and she's happy to...

There's a lot of talk coming from the private and public sector about diversity and inclusion, question is if they're actually working for us. Are companies seeing the value we bring to the table, and are our unique skillsets compensated enough - we'll analyze these and more angles in this episode.

Joe Biden's Build Back Better Plan has been all over the news, but for the wrong reasons. In this episode we invited Nery Espinoza from NEWCO Strategies over, she has been working for over a year in creating pathways and grassroots initiatives to build excitement among latinos for this plan. So she knows for sure, why we need to care about it, the challenges the plan has had, and what we can...

It's apparent that the media and the entertainment industry has been trying to show more Latinos in their content. Question is - are they representing us? and is this a fair representation? We discuss how we currently see ourselves portrayed, as well as how misrepresentation can perpetuate the issues Latinx have had to endure for years.

Let's face the cold hard facts, Biden is not doing well among Latinos - why is that? We have lots of thoughts of course, and some of them are maybe not what you may think. As we say, listen, and then chime in! Tell us what, why and how.

Oh yeah, we went there. The controversial topic of whether we should be called "Latinos", "Hispanics", or "Latinx" has been making the rounds in the news, and study after study comes out on what people think about it. Well, here's what we think about it, as well as some insight into the name of our podcast - plus we'll be reacting to some of the comments we&...

Sad but true... studies have shown that non-profit organizations that are founded and/or led by Latinx get significantly less funding than ones led by anglos. Why is that? We have Beatriz back in this episode to share with us her theories, and what we as a community can do to change this.

So many organizations and even we have said it so many times - Latinx need to be more civically active in the issues that are affecting our communities. But how? How does that look like, and how can we motivate ourselves? Today we have Beatriz Abascal with us, she’s been involved in organizing and activism in the Latinx non-profit space for over 20 years, and she’s going to give us her take on why...

Good, frustrating, hopeful... so many feels when it comes to this year in politics. We'll be going through some of the most important things that happened and that will transpire into 2022, and of course, what we can do as a community for it to be our best year yet.

This episode picks up right from the end of part 1, as this was such an interesting and in-depth conversation, we went over our time. In this episode we talk about what all of us as consumers can do to improve the checks and balances of online information, how to spot and fact check something that looks fishy, and how the future looks like for how we Latinx consume and divulge media.

Fringe news, bots, trolls and strategic data leaks are some of the ways in which public opinion is being manipulated. And the lack of transparency on how social media platforms operate is making it very difficult to battle misleading communications. We have Adrian Reyna, who's been leading digital campaigns for Latinx for the past 10 years, back again to talk about the psychology and mechanic...

Climate change, political unrest, war. There are many reasons why people move all over the world. Immigration has a bad, outdated reputation in many countries, but today we're challenging this paradigm. We'll be exploring new and updated ways to look into the future with immigration as a fact of life, as something that is embedded in the day to day. We've invited Adrian Reyna, who h...

Oh yeah, we went there. This topic may be taboo in our community, but we can't help but wonder why is it that the racial issues that have plagued this country in the past few years have not engaged the Latinx community. Could it be colorism? We'll take a deep dive into this uncomfortable truth.

Grassroots is a word that gets thrown around a lot, and Karina has many thoughts about what it really means and the challenges she sees on the ground with the people she works with every day. She’ll also be dropping many truth bombs about dismantling white supremacy, how to claim our power and break the oppression cycle we’ve been stuck in for so long.

There’s a battle going on at national and state levels on women’s reproductive rights. But what does a change in legislation mean for Latina women? Certainly if you’ve listened to this podcast you’ll know we Latinx have a whole different set of challenges and needs in pretty much any topic, and so we’re going to take a deeper look at it. From religious beliefs to cultural factors, Latinas have muc...

In this second part Victoria, the Executive Director of BOLD PAC, the campaign arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus is back to talk to us about how communications with Latinx have evolved, what is being done about misinformation campaigns, and what the future looks like for progressive Latinx.

Victoria is the Executive Director of BOLD PAC, the campaign arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. BOLD has been working to elect Latinx candidates for the past 20 years - we love that! In this first part we’ll be talking about the technical and political side of what the PAC does and how the challenges and situations we face have changed from 20 years ago to now.

The million dollar question for people in communications right? Us Latinx are so diverse and our stories and backgrounds so varied that the answer is never straightforward. We have Rafael Ulloa, director of national newspaper El Tiempo Latino and El Planeta in Boston back again to explore many of the facets and the pros and cons that drive the decision to use one language or another, as well as wh...

Our very special guest Rafael Ulloa is the executive director of national newspaper El Tiempo Latino and El Planeta in Boston. He’ll be giving us insight into how communicating with Latinx has evolved over time, what has or has not worked, how misinformation campaigns have wreaked havoc in the communities, and what are the channels that are up and coming when reaching out to the Latino community.