The Millennial Mija Podcast

My homegirl Karina Luna is an LA based actress, comedian, hustler, CEO, and a fellow queen of keeping it real. Listen in as we catch up and check in about the ups and downs of our mental health during quarantine, gratitude as a practice, healing as a foundation, dealing with disappointment + so much more.  Keep up with Karina by following her on Instagram @Iamkarinaluna 

In this episode we introduce the topic of how we can turn pain into power. We discuss the roller coaster that has been our mental health during this quarantine. We discuss and acknowledge the pain we are collectively (yet uniquely) experiencing as a result of the loss of the year we expected + planned to have. We are grieving  as well as the loss of the world we thought we understood. We go deep i...

Wyann was the most PERFECT guest to help me co-host the first of many UNITY episodes to come on The Millennial Mija Podcast. These episodes will highlight + celebrate dope ass black women of the past, present, and future. Wyann and I have the most honest + uplifting conversation about black + brown unity, spirituality, her impactful work with youth + the fact that she just be kicking it with Dr. D...

Please enjoy this meditation created just for you by Dr. Cruz of Homies Empowerment. For more meditations as well as talks on mental illness and ethnic studies for kids visit the Homies Empowerment YouTube Channel HERE .

In this episode we come at you LIVE FROM QUARANTINE with a short update + some of the resources I am using to keep myself calm in this very weird time.  This episode features a beautiful interview with Annie Gonzalez, one of the brightest stars on the the new Netflix series GENTEFIED After the interview, you’ll get a COMPREHENSIVE (lol) list of my personal Netflix recommendations to get you throug...

Welcome to The Millennial Mija Podcast and the first in-studio interview at Pasadena Media. This episode features an interview with poetry legend Shihan Van Clief + artivist and scholar, Brenda Perez. Together, we discuss the messiness that is the American Dirt controversy + the personal effects of the gentrification of Highland Park + my high reactions to Felicia making me take a "Which dog are y...

A look back on my first book, Confessions of a Firework . I talk about who I was and what was going on in my life that inspired me to write each poem. I talk about the ways I've evolved since. I talk about mistakes I've made as both a writer and person. I talk about the pain it took to learn these lessons and my hope for you as the reader. As always, I appreciate each of you for listening and for...

Confessions of a Firework An interactive book of poetry + prompts Read by Angela Aguirre + Forward by Natalie Patterson  Confessions of a Firework was published in 2016 by World Stage Press. It is a wound I willingly re-open, page after page. The work found here is broken into sections that cluster together the poems in each category: Identity, love, heartbreak, death, growth, and womanhood. In ea...

Welcome to The Social Media episode! In this episode we discuss the social implications of millennials growing up with social media + the internet, generational creativity + trauma, the chola aesthetic + the Becky G x Colourpop collab, breakdowns of the Netflix originals YOU and Don’t F*** with Cats.  I also announce a special FREE gift from ME to all of YOU! In the first episode of 2020, and we’r...

Starting this podcast project has shown me what I’m truly made of and honestly kept me going on days when I simply did not want to be here anymore. The truth is, I created this podcast for me. I created it as a place to learn, grow, and heal myself. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF IT!  XOXO,  Millennial Mija  For more, visit millennialmija.com or follow @millennialmija on Instagram and Twitter

In this episode, Millennial Mija and Ashley Marie Garcia discuss the origin of her powerful brand and movement: Brown Girl Travels . Topics include: becoming an entrepreneur, gentrification in Highland Park, visualization + manifestation, the power of zines, traveling with anxiety and so much more. Y'all def don't want to miss this magical conversation

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Produced by DEON BROWN.  All music featured in this podcast is not owned or affiliated by The Millennial Mija Podcast.  Follow @millennialmija on all social platforms. 

In this episode of The Millennial Mija Podcast, healer and energy worker Jennifer Escalera drops some MAJOR spiritual keys for the Mijas in this discussion about finding ancestry, taking an unconventional career path, and motherfucking Donald Trump. This episode is not something you want to miss.  Produced by DEON BROWN. 

In this episode of the Millennial Mija Podcast, producer and friend DEON BROWN., and Angela reconnect in his apartment in San Francisco. The two gut bustingly make their way through topics of the racism exhibited in Bring It On, spiritual cleansing and the Millennial Mija’s recent speaking engagements.

In this episode of Millennial Mija: The Podcast, Angela invites her listeners into her relationship as her and her partner Chris show love to Jherrel Jerome and the Emmy Winning Netflix series “When They See Us." The conversation naturally develops into an honest discussion about their experiences with anxiety and how it can manifest in your relationship. Chris opens up about how becoming a father...

In this episode, Millennial Mija and El Mas Chingon de Oakland Dr. Cruz share a raw and powerful uncut conversation about first impressions, ancestry, family, and their divine connection to each other as friends. This episode features a bonus recording of Angela reading her poem of affirmations titled "Dear Angela". Produced By DEON BROWN 

Being yourself is an act of bravery. My whole life I was told I was too much. Too loud. Too hyper. Too extra. But what does authenticity really look like? How do we express our most authentic selves in a world that is constantly telling us to be otherwise? The road to authenticity is not easy; but if you are ready this episode is your permission slip. Produced by DÊON BROWN.

PLEASE EXCUSE THE AUDIO. Welcome to the first episode of Millennial Mija: The Podcast. In this episode, music artist and activist DÊON BROWN. shares an intimate introductory interview with host Angela Aguirre aka Millennial Mija. Laughing all the way to the end, the two who grew up in the same neighborhood, cover topics ranging from straws to spirituality in times of depression.  Warning: the soun...