Radio Cachimbona

Radio Cachimbona
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Radio Cachimbona is an abolitionist podcast that audio-archives state repression and fierce migrant resistance in the Southern Arizona borderlands and breaks down case law and politics from a leftist perspective. As a first-generation professional whose parents are Salvadoran immigrants, Yvette prioritizes uplifting the voices and histories of Central Americans.

  1. MAR 23

    Participatory Defense Is More Important Now Than Ever

    Yvette Borja interviews Sandra De Anda, the Director of Legal and Policy Strategy at the Orange County Rapid Response Network. They discuss the history of participatory defense in Orange County, explain how the organization has pivoted during the increased immigration enforcement under the second Trump administration, and share how the participatory defense model allows for the distribution of legal knowledge amongst community members who are empowered to interrupt criminalization and deportation. Support the podcast by becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Learn more about the Orange County Rapid Response Network's work here: https://ocrapidresponse.org/

    39 min

  2. MAR 16

    Advocating for a Better Quality of Life For Us

    Yvette Borja interviews Bamby Salcedo, CEO of the Trans Latin@ Coalition. Bamby shares how the death of Gwen Araujo propelled her into political advocacy for trans people, discusses the strategic plans for the future of the Trans Latin@ Coalition, and how her direct lived experience is knowledge that can be used to change oppressive systems. Support the podcast by becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Learn more about the Trans Latin@ Coalition and their work here: https://www.translatinacoalition.org/

    34 min

  3. MAR 10

    Participatory Deportation Defense: Becoming Abogades de Confianza

    This episode is a recording of a panel conversation at the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics 2026 symposium with Yvette Borja, the Laura E. Gómez Teaching Fellow at UCLA Law School, and Rachel López, the Barrack Chair in Law at Temple Law School. They discuss Yvette's forthcoming article: Participatory Deportation Defense, Becoming Abogades de Confianza, the shared tenets between participatory defense and participatory law scholarship, and what repair and redress might look like outside of a retributive/punitive frame. To support the podcast, become a patron at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow @radio.cachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

    1 hr

  4. MAR 3

    The Easy Way To Learn Your Rights

    Yvette Borja interviews lawyer and justice educator Courtney Teasley about her resource "Disrupt the Criminal Justice System of Oppression: The Easy Way to Learn Your Rights." They discuss the work of Emeffen, the organization that Courtney founded and leads, to proactively fight mass incarceration and reform the criminal justice system. Courtney shares why she calls the criminal legal system the "system of oppression" and why she appreciated working with participatory defense organizers as a practicing criminal defense lawyer. Support the podcast by becoming a patron here: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Buy the Easy Way To Learn Your Rights here: https://disruptthecjsoo.emeffen.com/#:~:text=about%20the%20book%3A,Your%20rights%20are%20your%20power. Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

    50 min

  5. FEB 17

    Courageous and Multi-Faceted Movements of Resistance

    This episode is a recording of the "Due Process, Deportation, and Human Dignity" panel at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting with Yvette Borja, Laura E. Gómez Teaching Fellow on Latinx People and the Law at UCLA Law, Evelyn Rangel-Medina, Associate Professor at Temple Law, Raquel Aldana, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis, Bamby Salcedo, CEO of the Trans Latin@ Coalition, Giselle Garcia, Project Director, NorCal Resist, Laila L. Hlass, Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic, Tulane University Law School, Cinthia A. Ibarra, former Temple law student, and Tania Wolf, Southeast Advocacy Manager, National Immigration Project. To support the podcast, become a patron at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

    1h 25m

  6. JAN 12

    Las capturas arbitrarias del régimen de excepción

    Yvette Borja entrevista al vocero de la organización MOVIR, Samuel Ramírez. Borja y Ramírez hablan de los efectos del régimen de excepción de Bukele y la nueva ley de agentes extranjeros en la sociedad Salvadoreña, Ramírez comparte como el régimen es fortalecido por el miedo del pueblo y como Bukele usa el régimen como una herramienta contra disidentes. Apoyen el podcast en Patreon: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Sigan @radiocachimbona en Instagram, X, y Facebook

    54 min

  7. JAN 11

    *PREVIEW* ASK ME ANYTHING: Unhealthy, Toxic Dynamics Within Leftist/Progressive Spaces

    To hear the rest of this episode, join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Yvette Borja and Ronnie Wollenzier discuss the article "Excommunicate Me From the Church of Social Justice," why unhealthy/toxic dynamics within leftist/progressive spaces exist, why conflict resolution skills are necessary for all those in community organizing spaces to have, and the connections between the strictures of Christian religious institutions and perfectionist expectations in social justice spaces. Read the article here: https://www.autostraddle.com/kin-aesthetics-excommunicate-me-from-the-church-of-social-justice-386640/ The book Ronnie mentioned: We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice by Adrienne Maree Brown Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

    3 min

  8. 12/15/2025

    People's University for Palestine at Stanford

    Yvette Borja interviews Germán Gonzalez, one of the Stanford 11 students criminally charged with felony vandalism and felony conspiracy to commit trespass for a pro-Palestine campus protest, the harshest charges to arise out of 2023/2024 anti-genocide campus-related political expression. They discuss what the Stanford 11 hoped to accomplish with their protest, one of the motions at trial regarding whether the word "genocide" can be used to explicate protestors' motivations, and how El Salvador's civil war inspired Germán's decision to become involved in pro-Palestine activism. Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Support the podcast via Patreon: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink You'll get access to the #litreview, a bookclub for Cachimbonas.

    47 min
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Radio Cachimbona is an abolitionist podcast that audio-archives state repression and fierce migrant resistance in the Southern Arizona borderlands and breaks down case law and politics from a leftist perspective. As a first-generation professional whose parents are Salvadoran immigrants, Yvette prioritizes uplifting the voices and histories of Central Americans.

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  • Creator
    Radio Cachimbona
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    200
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Radio Cachimbona
  • Show Website
    Radio Cachimbona

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