Emmanuel Peña

The Between Two Worlds Podcast

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Between Two Worlds, hosted by Manny Peña, is a podcast for people navigating culture, faith, family, money, politics, health, relationships, identity, and real life. Through honest conversations with guests, family, experts, and everyday voices, Manny explores the tension of being first-generation, Dominican-American, millennial, faith-rooted, ambitious, and still figuring life out. This is where hard questions meet real stories—and where different worlds sit at the same table.

Author

Emmanuel Peña

Episodes

I Never Left God… I Just Stopped Going to Church | Between Two Worlds Ep. 5 04.07.2026 2:19:28

In Episode 5 of Between Two Worlds, Manny sits down with longtime friend Abraham Ovalles for a deeply personal conversation about growing up Seventh-day Adventist in Harlem, being raised between church culture and neighborhood life, and what it means to still believe in God even after stepping away from church. Manny, Abraham, and Kady reflect on Sabbath rules, religious upbringing, fear-based fai...

Why Healthcare Feels Broken: Follow the Money | Part 2 27.06.2026 2:01:35

Healthcare feels broken because every part of the system has a different incentive — and the patient is stuck in the middle trying to understand who is paying, who is profiting, and who is making the decisions. In Part 2, Manny and Kady continue the conversation with Clinical Pharmacist Nicole Caffiero to follow the money through healthcare. They break down FDA approval, drug safety, pharmacist re...

Why Healthcare Feels Broken — A Pharmacist Explains: Part 1 | Between Two Worlds 23.06.2026 1:35:12

Why does healthcare feel so confusing, expensive, and hard to trust — even when patients are trying to do the right thing? In this episode of Between Two Worlds, Manny and Kady sit down with Clinical Pharmacist Nicole Caffiero for an honest conversation about what patients often do not see inside the healthcare system. They discuss patient trust, immigrant and first-generation healthcare experienc...

The Knicks Are One Win Away… and New York Doesn’t Know How to Act | Between Two Worlds 22.06.2026 40:41

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: The Knicks are one win away from an NBA championship, and New York City is losing its mind. In this special episode of Between Two Worlds, Manny sits down with Kady to talk about why this moment means more than basketball. They get into 53 years of Knicks loyalty, New York sports identity, José Alvarado’s energy, Jalen Brunson’s leadership, the Game 4 comeback after being down...

Charlie Kirk, Latino Voters & The Culture War | Between Two Worlds Ep. 1 21.06.2026 1:20:46

In the first episode of Between Two Worlds, Manny Peña opens up the conversation around Charlie Kirk, Latino voters, politics, faith, identity, and the culture war. This episode explores why Latino voters are often misunderstood, why many families hold conservative values at home but vote differently at the polls, and how media clips, labels, and political tribalism shape the way people react befo...