Xicana Tiahui Podcast

Tune into this episode where XT co-host kim and Black education historian, Michael @findyourrhythmm discuss wellness and practicing solidarity through radical grace 

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Tune in to learn about how mysticism, art, and intergenerational wisdom inspires Brujita artist, Ren Conde!    

In this episode, Dr. Ceci Caballero shares her writing practice and the importance of spirituality for intuitive growth. Tune in to learn about Ceci’s writing workshops for BIPOC spaces. Follow Ceci's work on Instagram: @writingourwellness

Kim checks in with a brief update on the Wellness Segment. What themes around wellness, community care, and politics are you interested in hearing more about? Write to us and let us know!

In this episode, the Xicana Tiahui crew was joined by Dr. Pablo Gonzales, a distinguished continuing lecturer at UC Berkely in the Department of Ethnic Studies, to discuss Zapatismo and the Zapatista experience with its influence on the Chicana/o/x struggles at the turn of the twenty-first century. Pablo shares his personal history of his experiences seeing and practicing the bridges forming betwe...

Joined by Em and Zacarías, Maritza and Kristian from the Xicana Tiahui crew reflect on their experiences at the 2022 Revolutionary Organizing Against Racism (ROAR) conference that took place on Ohlone lands (Oakland) alongside the Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair. We explore the topics of whiteness, radical organizing, and how Zapatismo thinks through some of these issues in the United States.

In this episode, Gina Hong (she/her), community rights lawyer, discusses her personal practice with permaculture, intergenerational connection through seedlings, and call to action in regenerating the land.

In this episode, we share an audio recording of a roundtable presentation that the co-hosts of Xicana Tiahui gave at the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies 2022 conference that was held virtually. This roundtable was a collective reflection of the last five years of Xicana Tiahui's existence and the speculative power of thinking with each other about the future of the Chicanx Wor...

In this episode, the Xicada Tiahui compas check in with each other and share exciting updates about our upcoming personal/collective projects!

In this first episode of the Wellness segment, Kim checks in with artist Maritza Torres about her upcoming sola art show, Respawn. They both discuss Maritza's process and inspiration behind her new work with natural earth materials, working through imposter syndrome, and planting seeds. Follow Maritza on IG: @maritzatorresart TUNE IN TO OUR WELLNESS SEGMENT AND STAY CONNECTED TO LEARN HOW FOLX ARE...

On April 30th, las Zapatistas boarded La Montaña, a boat headed towards Europe to commence their planetary tour, La Gira Por La Vida: European Chapter. As is their custom, the delegation received the mandate to carry Zapatista thought far and wide. Most importantly the Zapatistas' journey to Europe aimed to embrace La Otra Europa and those in struggle and rebellion; to learn from the histories, ge...

Check out our new episode with Dra’s Maria E. Cotera and Linda Garcia Merchant. They share with us their collaborative archival, memory and community work being done for Chicana For Mi Raza. Summer of 2021, Natalia Toscano and Gustavo Garcia were part of a UNM Chicana/o Studies field school in Taos, New Mexico with Dr. Theresa J. Cordova. As part of the class, they learned about archival practices...

In this *special* episode, we talk with Linda Quiquivix, a political educator and organizer from Oxnard, California, to discuss the recent arrival of the 421 Escuadrón, a contingent of seven Zapatistas from autonomous territories of Chiapas, México, to the geographies of Spain to encounter those from below. In our dialogue, we discuss the nuances of the misconceptions of the Zapatistas, the reason...

Acompañados con las compas Inés y Rocío, dos defensoras de la vida en la lucha contra los megaproyectos in Mexico, exploramos los movimientos de los pueblos indígenas que siguen luchando contra el estado colonial de México y contra las empresas extractivas. Rocío, concejala para el Concejo Indígena de Gobierno (CIG) de la comunidad de Mezcala, Jalisco, nos platíca de los esfuerzos del pueblo Coca...

As the environmental crisis continues, struggles for resources and life continue to persist.  In this episode, we are joined by Alejandria Lyons, a Nueva Mexicana water activist and the coordinator for environmental justice at the Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP) in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Alejandria shares with us the historical struggle for water rights in New Mexico, commencing with acequi...

In this special episode, the Tierra y Libertad Press zine collective discusses the inspiration for the recently published zine "Xicanista Radicalisms: Bridging Together Multiple Worlds" that was released in April 2021. Tierra y Libertad Press is an autonomous, self-managed, and member-organized zine press that publishes zines connected to Chicanx/Xican@, Latinx/Latin American, Black/Afro-descent,...

How do we know in Chicanx Studies? In this episode, we are joined by Dra. Irene Vasquez, Chair of the Department of Chicana/o Studies at the University of New Mexico (UNM), to discuss Chicana/o/x Studies. The Xicana Tiahui crew learns about Irene’s educational journey and the origins of her commitment to Chicana/o Studies. From UCLA’s Hunger Strike to the departmentalization of Chicana/o Studies a...

In this episode, we are joined by compa Targol Mesbah, current Anthropology and Social Change professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies and activist-organizer. Targol reflects on the influences and experiences that guided her interest in photography, Third World Cinema, Post-Colonial Theory, and Critical Inquiry. We learn about Targol’s intellectual trajectory and its critical inte...

En este episodio, la Dra. Doris Careaga-Coleman de la Universidad de Nuevo México (UNM), nos acompaña para platicar sobre el movimiento de los pueblos Afro-Mejicanos. Brevemente exploramos la presencia histórica y la fundación de la cultura Negra en la tela de la Mexicanidad. Doris nos comparte sobre los esfuerzos contemporáneos que se han manifestado en varias partes de México. Nos cuenta sobre s...

After the white supremacist seizure of the capital in January, the Xicana Tiahui crew alongside the compa NM, reflect on the bubbling white supremacist actions erupting around us. We take a deep dive into the various organizations that promote white supremacy and who have taken a stance that is rooted in politics “from below and to the right”. We ponder on what it means for subversive white suprem...

In this steamy episode, the Xicana Tiahui crew “chap it up” with Claudia Rodriguez as she returns on this special Valentine's Day episode. Sharing her erotic poetry, Claudia creates the space for us to explore the need for pleasure and vulnerability in our sexual encounters and the importance of creating sex-positivity dialogues in our homes and community. Check out more of Claudia’s writing at: h...

In this episode the Xicana Tiahui crew hangouts with Claudia Rodriguez, scholar, writer, and teatrista. Claudia reflects on her journey as a Queer Chicana writer and her role in creating Butchalis de Panochtitlan, which functioned as space for Chicanas to own, claim, and celebrate their Butch identities. We talk about why theater and Queer theater specifically is overlooked in the field of Chicana...

In this episode, Xicana Tiahui sits down with Dr. Daphne V. Taylor-Garcia, professor of Ethnic Studies at UC San Diego, to discuss her book, The Existence of the Mixed Race Damnes: Decolonialism, Class, Gender, Race (2018). Centering her mixed background as critical to informing her work, Dr. Taylor-Garcia shares with us her familial background, growing up in Toronto, Canada, and the experiences s...

In this episode, the compas of Xicana Tiahui are in conversation with Chicanx Studies professor Susy J. Zepeda from UC Davis. We engage various topics, ideas, and directions that start from the intellectual and activist thrust of Dr. Zepeda's journey through academia that leads us to questions of worldmaking as La Xicanada in the United States.