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. 1d ago

    When Futbol Got Political Part 2

    "Keep politics out of sports" is something heard a little too often, but these two have never really been separate. To further show that, Cristina tells Carmen about another very political football match, Argentina vs England, 1986. What made it political? The short but devastating war between the two countries just four years before this historic match. Las Malvinas were brought up once again as the two national teams faced each other in the 2026 World Cup. 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 mutual aid. Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/14/england-argentina-world-cup-2026-rivalry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War#Casualties https://www.npr.org/2026/07/15/nx-s1-5893686/old-rivals-new-battle-argentina-and-england-clash-in-world-cup-semifinal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_v_England_(1986_FIFA_World_Cup) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da_CDPRG2j0 https://talksport.com/football/world-cup/559182/argentina-legend-diego-maradona-says-hand-of-god-goal-against-england-revenge-falklands-war/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18425572 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands#Sovereignty_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Vernet#Falkland_Islands_venture Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

  2. Jul 31 ·  Bonus

    We have an announcement

    Carmen and Cristina are taking a summer break! They will be back with a new episode on the first Thursday of September. 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 mutual aid. Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

  3. Jul 9

    When Futbol Got Political

    "Keep politics out of sports", is something heard very often, especially right now as the world cup is taking place. These two, especially futbol and politics, have never really been seperate and to show that, Cristina tells Carmen about two of the most political football matches in history. Argentina vs Peru during the 1978 World Cup, hosted in Argentina during the dictatorship, in which at least 30,000 were disappeared. As well as Chile vs the Soviet Union in 1974, the second leg was set to take place in el Estadio Nacional, which had been converted to a concentration camp during the dictatorship. The Soviet Union asked for a venue change, as it was already known that prisoners were being held captive there.  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 mutual aid. Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup Smith, B. L. (2002). The Argentinian Junta and the Press in the Run-up to the 1978 World Cup. Soccer & Society, 3(1), 69–78. https://doi.org/10.1080/714004869  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/dec/06/argentina.usa https://www.theguardian.com/football/in-bed-with-maradona/2017/jul/05/1978-world-cup-argentina-political-protest-goalposts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA%E2%80%93CONMEBOL_play-off) https://www.marca.com/2013/11/21/futbol/futbol_internacional/chile/1385026960.html https://www.bbc.com/mundo/deportes-40301910 https://pca.st/hg41k09e Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

  4. Jun 25

    Guadalupe Briseño and the Unionization of Chicana Carnation Workers

    Guadalupe "Lupe" Villalobos Briseño was a civil rights activist who led the Kitayama Carnation Strike in 1968-1969, at the height of the Chicano movement. 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 mutual aid. Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Sources:  https://www.historycolorado.org/es/node/8155 https://www.historycolorado.org/story/2025/03/07/strike-national-florist-workers-vs-kitayama https://www.westword.com/news/the-chicano-movement-powered-up-nationally-in-1969-with-two-denver-protests-11255549/   https://youtu.be/2ozBYkeuYzo?si=PyZs04fjpuKATghU https://history.denverlibrary.org/colorado-biographies/guadalupe-villalobos-brise%C3%B1o-1933-2024 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalupe_Brise%C3%B1o  Lupe talking about the strike:  https://vimeo.com/315250649 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

  5. Jun 11

    What They Stole with Paige Towers

    What They Stole by Paige Towers blends together a true crime case from her hometown, a familicide, geopolitics, history, and so much more. The synopsis: In 1955, following the devastation of the Korean War, Bertha and Harry Holt made headlines for adopting eight Korean children. Driven by evangelical convictions and emboldened by a special act of Congress, the couple founded the Holt Adoption Program, which would facilitate the migration of tens of thousands of Korean children to the United States over the following decades. The Sueppels were among the families profoundly shaped by the legacy of the Holt Adoption Program. To their suburban Iowa City community, Steven and Sheryl Sueppel were kind and charitable, humble yet magnetic—seemingly ideal candidates to adopt. But in 2008, when Steven found himself facing federal embezzlement and money laundering charges, he murdered Sheryl and their adopted children before ending his own life. Paige Towers traces the interwoven histories of the Holts and the Sueppels, exploring the deeper, often hidden complexities of intercountry adoption: the ethical gray zones, the influences of religion and race, and the global inequalities that made such large—scale child migration possible. Meticulously researched and sensitive with its storytelling. Carmen and Cristina were joined by Paige to talk about her new book.  Follow her work here https://www.paigetowers.com/ Get the book from the University of Iowa Press or wherever you get books Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

  6. May 28

    He Was Imprisoned in the National Stadium for Eleven Days with Dr. Joseph Doherty

    Joseph Doherty fulfilled a childhood dream when, after graduating high school and joining Maryknoll, a Catholic missionary society, he was assigned to work in Chile. He was present for the coup, in 1973, when the military overthrew the government of President Salvador Allende. Arrested by DINA, the secret police, he was imprisoned in the National Stadium for eleven days before being expelled from the country. CHILE: EMBERS OF THE PAST is the story of what took place before and during his expulsion as well as his time in El Salvador, where he was reassigned. His book also recounts, how in 2001 he accompanied Joyce Horman, widow of Charles Horman, whom the Chilean military executed, and returned to Chile to testify against various military officials. Leaving Maryknoll in 1975 he obtained his doctorate in psychology. He returns to visit his friends in Chile as often as he can. Carmen and Cristina were joined by Dr. Joseph Doherty. He discussed his book, as well as what it was like to live through the coup and the National Stadium. Get the book here:  https://a.co/d/09FtCrDQ 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 mutual aid.  Follow on social media: Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown Substack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknown Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

  7. May 14

    The Other Side of the Bracero Story with Irvin Ibargüen

    Caught in the Current: Mexico's Struggle to Regulate Emigration, 1940–1980 is a pioneering analysis of Mexico’s efforts to curb the outflow of its citizens to the United States. It spotlights the miscalculation of Mexican authorities, who believed they could restrain migration at will—particularly when it provoked social chaos, drained the domestic labor pool, or produced egregious cases of migrant abuse. Mexico’s counter-migratory policies, both those based on coercion and incentives, repeatedly collapsed. Mexican migrants resisted restrictions, U.S. authorities refused to cooperate, and Mexican officials ultimately lacked resolve. As the migration swelled, it slipped beyond Mexico’s control. What was once seen as a looming source of disorder, depletion, and disgrace became naturalized as an irreversible fact of national life. Follow Irvin Ibarguen's work and get his book here: https://www.irvinibarguen.com/ 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. 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.

  8. Apr 30

    Berta Caceres Part 4

    Berta Cáceres was a Lenca indigenous leader, an environmental activist, and a human rights defender. But she was also so much more than that: a beauty pageant queen, a revolutionary, and a mother. In part 4, Cristina tells Carmen about the harassment and constant surveillance Berta faced before her murder, her murder, the trial and what the latest GIEI report on her case revealed.  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 Who Killed Berta Caceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet by Nina Lakhani https://archive.ph/BsiZB#selection-3399.94-3399.248 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_C%C3%A1ceres https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-02/berta-caceres-and-the-resistance-that-was-born-under-an-oak-tree.html https://elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/04/planeta_futuro/1457113234_162700.html https://www.gaipe.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Represa-de-Violencia-ES-FINAL-.pdf https://www.internationalrivers.org/news/remembering-river-defender-berta-caceres/ https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/honduras-berta-caceres-killed https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/21/berta-caceres-name-honduran-military-hitlist-former-soldier Berta Caceres Goldman acceptance speech, 2015 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2016/03/honduras-deep-failures-in-investigation-into-activist-s-killing-put-many-at-risk/ https://www.oas.org/en/IACHR/ https://www.law.berkeley.edu/experiential/clinics/human-rights-clinic/projects-and-cases/featured-reports-and-projects/the-giei-honduras-report-on-the-murder-of-berta-caceres/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

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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
    164
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Lumague Media
  • Show Website
    Historias Unknown

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