Historias Unknown

Carmen & Cristina
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Obscure Latin American history, capitalism and corruption. Each week, your hosts (and twins) Carmen and Cristina, will tell each other a story about Latino/Latine history, capitalism or corruption and sometimes all three. Episodes every Thursday. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

  1. 5D AGO

    Chipita Rodriguez

    For years, she was considered to be the only woman to have been legally hanged in the state of Texas, but today, this is not the case. And yes, she was Mexican. Her name was Josefa (Chipita) Rodriguez. Cristina tells Carmen about Chipita and then they do an update about El Salvador.  If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/ Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org that has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increasing ICE raids in LA county, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Historias Unknown is on YouTube now!  https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipita_Rodriguez https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/rodriguez-josefa-chipita https://www.caller.com/story/news/columnists/2017/10/16/chipita-rodriguezs-unjust-hanging-haunts-texas/769883001/ https://www.tshaonline.org/texas-day-by-day/entry/1035 https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/san-patricio-tx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean-to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuevo_Santander https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution https://www.southtexasnews.com/san_patricio_county/news/entertainment_and_society/chipita-s-ghost-lingers-on-in-san-patricio-on-156th-anniversary-of-hanging/article_82f2857c-0722-11ea-8bd4-13166f2a723d.html http://www.americancowboychronicles.com/2020/02/josefa-chipita-rodriguez-texas-bandit.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield_of_the_Americashttps://beta.elfaro.net/el-salvador/hermanos-bukele-compran-tres-nuevas-propiedades-en-el-centro-historico-por-1-25-millones Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

    45 min

  2. MAR 5

    Joe Arpaio: Behind the Bastardos

    Joe Arpaio was the Maricopa County Sheriff from 1993 to 2017. During his tenure, he enacted the worst racial profiling against Latinos, ruled over the county jails with abuse, misused funds, which led to numerous lawsuits, cost taxpayers millions of dollars and eventually led him to be convicted of criminal contempt of court. This is a behind the bastardos episode, Carmentells Cristina about her biggest opp and a true terror to the Latine community in AZ, Joe Arpaio. If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/ Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org that has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increasing ICE raids in LA county, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Historias Unknown is on YouTube now!  https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Arpaio https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-arpaio-timeline-20170801-story.html  https://web.archive.org/web/20150117161910/http://www.mcso.org/JailInformation/TentCity.aspx  https://web.archive.org/web/20121023032303/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1997-09-18/news/human-plights/2/ https://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/chain-gangs/  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Seagal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Ferrigno  https://www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/blind-refugee-abandoned-by-border-patrol-is-dead/  https://www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/26/timeline-burmese-refugees-arrest-to-death/  https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/27/nurul_amin_shah_alam  https://web.archive.org/web/20120505072757/http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/12/sheriff_arpaio_oversaw_worst_r.php  https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/348061-trump-pardons-arpaio/ https://www.aclu.org/cases/ortega-melendres-et-al-v-arpaio-et-al Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

    57 min

  3. FEB 26

    The NYC School Boycott

    One of the largest school boycotts took place in NYC on Feb 3, 1964, almost half a million participated, calling for quality schools for Black and Latino students. It was called freedom day and despite being one of the largest civil rights protests of the 1960s, it has been left out of our history books. If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/ Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org that has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increasing ICE raids in LA county, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Historias Unknown is on YouTube now!  https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg sources https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/nyc-school-children-boycott-school/ https://nyccivilrightshistory.org/topics/boycotting-ny-schools/1964-boycotts/why-the-school-boycott/ https://www.salon.com/2016/02/03/jim_crow_must_go_thousands_of_new_york_city_students_staged_a_one_day_boycott_to_protest_segregation_and_it_barely_made_the_history_books/ https://www.gilderlehrman.org/ap-african-american-studies/unit-4/black-organizing-twentieth-century/boycott-cripples-city-schools-1964 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_school_boycott https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Galamison#Activism https://observer.com/2018/06/new-york-city-public-school-segregation/ https://themetropole.blog/2017/11/29/the-new-york-times-and-the-movement-for-integrated-education-in-new-york-city/ https://www.civilrightsteaching.org/resource/1964-nyc-school-boycott https://rethinkingschools.org/articles/the-largest-civil-rights-protest-you-ve-never-heard-of/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Ricans_in_New_York_City#World_War_II_and_The_Great_Migration Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

    39 min

  4. FEB 19

    Now I Surrender With Alvaro Engrigue

    Now I Surrender radically recasts the story of how the West was “won.” In the contested borderlands between Mexico and the United States, a woman flees into the desert after a devastating raid on her dead husband’s ranch. A lieutenant colonel in service to the fledgling Republic, sent in pursuit of cattle rustlers, discovers he’s on the trail of a more dramatic abduction. Decades later, with political ambitions on the line, the American and Mexican militaries try to maneuver Geronimo, the most legendary of Apache warriors, into surrender. In our own day, a family travels through the region in search of a truer version of the past. Part epic, part alt-Western, Now I Surrender is Álvaro Enrigue’s most expansive and impassioned novel yet. It weaves past and present, myth and history into a searing elegy for a way of life that was an incarnation of true liberty—and an homage to the spark in us that still thrills to its memory. Preorder the book now, it releases March 3, 2026! Carmen and Cristina had the opportunity to read Now I Surrender by Alvaro Enrigue and talk with him about his new book.  If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/ Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org that has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increasing ICE raids in LA county, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Historias Unknown is on YouTube now!  https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

    48 min

  5. FEB 12

    Marcos Xiorro

    Marcos Xiorro was an enslaved Black man who led an uprising against sugarcane plantation owners in 1821 Puerto Rico. Cristina tells Carmen about Marcos Xiorro and a brief history of slavery in PR. Then, they do Latin American news segment, with news about El Salvador, Chile and Costa Rica.  If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/ Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org that has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increasing ICE raids in LA county, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Historias Unknown is on YouTube now!  https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg Sources for this episode:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_Xiorro https://web.archive.org/web/20141228151319/ http://slaverebellion.org/index.php?page=slave-resistances-in-latin-america https://guides.loc.gov/world-of-1898/abolition-slavery-puerto-rico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_plantations_in_the_Caribbean https://talkafricana.com/marcos-xiorro-the-african-slave-who-led-an-unsuccessful-revolt-in-puerto-rico-in-1821/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro%E2%80%93Puerto_Ricans#First_Africans_in_Puerto_Ricohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_settlement_of_Puerto_Rico#Landing_and_first_settlement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Garrido Sources for news segment: https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-chile-cecot-bukele-kast-3bbd44ff2c51ec0d54c8315e07e88cf0 https://apnews.com/article/election-chile-kast-jara-boric-trump-05f915fd5eda909c13fd283f90f8d8e5 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/15/who-is-jose-antonio-kast-chiles-newly-elected-far-right-leader https://www.c-span.org/clip/white-house-event/el-salvador-president-speaks-at-national-prayer-breakfast-about-crackdown-on-gangs/5191994 https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-02-09/el-salvadors-attorney-general-freezes-a-moneylaundering-investigation-into-venezuelan-oil-funds-that-implicates-nayib-bukele.html Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

    40 min

  6. FEB 5

    Xica Manicongo

    Xica Manicongo was one of the first to be targeted by the Brazilian inquisition and a trans woman. At least, today she is seen as a trans woman. She’s also known as Franscisco or Fransisca . She was kidnaped from Congo in the 16th century and trafficked to Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/ Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org that has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increasing ICE raids in LA county, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Historias Unknown is on YouTube now!  https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg Sources for this episode:  https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/slavery-brazil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism_in_Brazil#Abolitionist_campaignhttps://library.brown.edu/create/fivecenturiesofchange/chapters/chapter-2/african-slavery/ https://www.casaum.org/quem-foi-xica-manicongo-considerada-primeira-travesti-brasileira/ https://biblioteca.fflch.usp.br/xicamanicongohttps://35.bienal.org.br/en/participante/xica-manicongo/ https://capiremov.org/en/experience/xica-manicongo-transness-takes-the-floor/ https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majorie Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

    20 min

  7. JAN 29

    Protests Against Nixon In Latin America

    The 1950s were a time of turmoil all over Latin America, mostly because of the US. Let’s remember that during the 50's the US intervened all over Latin America; thus, it was no surprise when there were mass protests against Nixon when Eisenhower sent him on a goodwill tour of Latin America. If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/ Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org that has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increasing ICE raids in LA county, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Historias Unknown is on YouTube now!  https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg Sources for this episode:  https://delanceyplace.com/view-archives.php?p=2098https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/theasa/theasa20/online_program_direct_link/view_paper/1647627/ https://youtu.be/EHR1dBTJrRA?si=Y-QNXfQEd6lsC2UK  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Richard_Nixon%27s_motorcade#cite_note-pathe-2  https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/just-why-did-nixon-go-to-venezuela-in-1958-anyway https://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/vice-president-nixons-motorcade-attacked-in-venezuela-may-13-1958-106584  https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-13/vice-president-nixon-is-attacked  https://www.nytimes.com/1958/05/09/archives/nixon-is-stoned-by-peru-rioters-headed-by-reds-braves-student.html  https://www.thefreelibrary.com/%22They+aren%27t+friendly%2C+Mr.+Vice+President%22%3A+the+Eisenhower...-a0315921747  https://www.berkshireeagle.com/nixon-riot-venezuela-1958/image_f781d32c-d211-11ec-a498-5310731e4f98.html Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

    21 min

  8. JAN 22

    El Linchamiento De Josefa

    El linchamiento de Josefa tuvo lugar el 5 de julio de 1851 en Downieville, California, en el condado de Sierra. A lo largo de la historia, su nombre ha permanecido en el anonimato, se ha modificado o solo se ha mencionado su nombre de pila. Su nombre era Josefa Loaiza, pero con el tiempo se la conoció simplemente como Juanita. Fue la primera y única mujer mexicana linchada en California. If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/ Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org that has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increasing ICE raids in LA county, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Sources The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas by Monica Munoz Martinez Unspeakable Violence: Remapping U.S. and Mexican National Imaginaries (Latin America Otherwise) Forgotten Dead: Mob Violence against Mexicans in the United States, 1848-1928 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

    33 min
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Obscure Latin American history, capitalism and corruption. Each week, your hosts (and twins) Carmen and Cristina, will tell each other a story about Latino/Latine history, capitalism or corruption and sometimes all three. Episodes every Thursday. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

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  • Creator
    Carmen & Cristina
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    152
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Lumague Media
  • Show Website
    Historias Unknown

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