Latinx Visions

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A Latinx-focused podcast in which we discuss Latinx film, television, literature, the arts, and more.

  1. 4D AGO

    Puertorriqueñas: Chicago Poet Laureate Mayda del Valle

    As an ending to our season dedicated to Puertorriqueñas, we dedicate this episode to the renowned spoken word poet, bomba player, and educator, Mayda del Valle, the most recent poet laureate of Chicago, who in her work  introduces a sense of knowledge rooted in the street vernacular of Black Diasporican communities during the Hip Hop era. We first talk about del Valle’s background, who she is, the art she creates, and what it means to her to bring these two things together in her poetry. Then we dig into the role of Puerto Ricans in the hip-hop and post-soul scene of the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. This helps contextualize the work that Del Valle has created and the ways in which her generation has built new forms of expression that address the world in which they came up in. Finally, we explore and analyze a number of Del Valle’s poems considering the ways in which her poetry bridges culture, place, and generation and the role that music and food play in understanding Diasporicanness.    Follow the podcast: Bluesky and Instagram: @LatinxVisions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois Logo Design: Marcos Toledo Music: Shawn P. Russell Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois Social Media and Transcripts: Ashanti Charon

    47 min

  2. APR 1

    Bonus: Consider a Major or Minor in BLS: A Conversation with Baruch BLS Students

    As we gear up for fall registration, we wanted to highlight some of the many reasons that students at Baruch College choose to study Black and Latinx Studies. This episode is divided in two conversations: the first with BLS major Kaitlyn Moran and LTS minor Isai Ajpacaja, and the second with BLS minor Derek Fernandez. The students share what led them to taking classes in the BLS Department, some stand out moments from their favorite courses, and why they believe that other students should take a course or two (or ten!).    Follow the podcast: Bluesky and Instagram: @LatinxVisions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois Logo Design: Marcos Toledo Music: Shawn P. Russell Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois Social Media and Transcripts: Ashanti Charon

    38 min

  3. MAR 4

    Puertorriqueñas: Estudios Afro-Feministas con Bárbara Abadía Rexach

    En este episodio entrevistamos a la académica e investigadora cultural, Bárbara Abadía-Rexach. Abadía-Rexach es una mujer negra puertorriqueña, antropóloga activista, afrofeminista y líder antirracista. Recibió un bachillerato en Comunicación Pública, una maestría en Teoría e Investigación de la Comunicación de la Universidad de Puerto Rico y un doctorado en Antropología de la Universidad de Texas en Austin.  Es profesora en el Departamento de Estudios Latinos/as de la Universidad Estatal de San Francisco donde sus clases se enfocan en las afrolatinidades. Sus investigaciones académicas exploran los procesos de racialización en diferentes movimientos culturales en Puerto Rico y sus diásporas. También es autora del libro Musicalizando la raza: Racialización en Puerto Rico a través de la música (2012) y Afro Feminista: Raza y Mujer en Puerto Rico (2025). Es miembro de los colectivos Ilé y Black Latinas Know. Abadía-Rexach co-produce y co-modera el programa radial NEGRAS en la Cadena Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico.   Sigue el podcast: Bluesky y Instagram: @LatinxVisions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois Logo Design: Marcos Toledo Music: Shawn P. Russell Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois Social Media and Transcripts: Ashanti Charon

    1h 6m

  4. FEB 4

    Puertorriqueñas: Teatro y Performance con Kairiana Nuñez Santaliz

    Bienvenidas, bienvenidos, bienvenides. Welcome back everyone!   Esta temporada 10 nace de la recepción positiva que han tenido nuestros episodios de entrevistas, espacios que se han convertido en un eje central del podcast. Conversaciones que documentan trayectorias y nos permiten pensar colectivamente el presente. Desde ahí reafirmamos una de nuestras apuestas principales: amplificar voces y proyectos más allá del nuestro. Crear un espacio de diálogo y resonancia. Un espacio para escuchar cómo se está pensando y produciendo cultura hoy. En esta ocasión, decidimos articular esas entrevistas bajo una rúbrica común: la puertorriqueñidad. No como una categoría fija ni esencialista, sino como un campo en disputa, móvil y diverso. A través de estas conversaciones, buscamos mostrar la variedad de posturas, lenguajes y proyectos contemporáneos que se están gestando tanto en el archipiélago como en la diáspora. Desde prácticas artísticas y culturales hasta intervenciones comunitarias, académicas, y políticas. “Puertorriqueñas” nombra, entonces, una pluralidad: maneras distintas de habitar la isla y el afuera; de imaginar pertenencias; de resistir, crear y sostener vida en contextos marcados por el colonialismo estadounidense, el desplazamiento, la precariedad y también por una enorme potencia creativa.   Siga el podcast: Bluesky y Instagram: @LatinxVisions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois Logo Design: Marcos Toledo Music: Shawn P. Russell Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois Social Media and Transcripts: Ashanti Charon

    1h 8m

  5. 12/03/2025

    Latinx Borders: Graphic Novels w/Julio Anta and Jacoby Salcedo

    Today we bring you a conversation with Julio Anta and Jacoby Salcedo, the duo behind the fantastic YA graphic novel, Frontera. This interview took place on October 15, 2025, via Zoom. Before we begin the interview, we share a bit of background on both Anta and Salcedo as well as about the graphic novel we are focusing on today. After the conversation with the author and artist, we share our thoughts on the conversation, the book as a whole, and our season’s broader focus on border stories. Julio's Information: Website: https://www.julioanta.com/ Instagram: @julioanta Jacoby's Information: Website: https://www.jacobysalcedoart.com/ Instagram: @jacobysalcedo Transcript Follow the podcast: Bluesky and Instagram: @LatinxVisions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois Logo Design: Marcos Toledo Music: Shawn P. Russell Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois Social Media and Transcripts: Ashanti Charon

    1h 2m

  6. 11/05/2025 ·  BONUS

    Bonus: Why Study BLS at Baruch, a Conversation with BLS Students

    This month we wanted to shine a spotlight on the Black and Latino Studies Department at Baruch College! In this conversation with BLS minors Ashanti Charon and Michelle Estrada and BLS major Sam Quervalu, the students share their reasons for choosing to study in our department and encourage students who might be curious to sign up for a class and learn for themselves what it's all about!   Follow the podcast: Bluesky and Instagram: @LatinxVisions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois Logo Design: Marcos Toledo Music: Shawn P. Russell Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois Social Media and Transcripts: Ashanti Charon   Transcript

    34 min

  7. 10/01/2025

    Latinx Borders through Picture Books

    In this episode, we look at at children’s picture books and discuss the importance of border stories for children (and adults) of all ages. In the main section we explore two specific titles, Mama’s Nightingale, by Edwidge Danticat and Bright Star by Yuyi Morales. Both of these children’s picture books approach telling border stories in distinct ways that are age appropriate without erasing the importance of teaching children about the borderlands. And in the final section, we briefly discuss the ways in which the authors utilize intertextuality and "multi-texture-ality" to tell these stories. Then we wrap up with some additional recommendations. Transcript Follow the podcast: Bluesky and Instagram: @LatinxVisions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois Logo Design: Marcos Toledo Music: Shawn P. Russell Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois Social Media and Transcripts: Ashanti Charon

    45 min

  8. 09/03/2025

    Latinx Borders: Documentary Film

    Welcome to season NINE of Latinx Visions. This season the “hilo” connecting our episodes will be The Border (or Borders, plural).  We’re centering Latinx voices—artists, researchers, storytellers—who are offering counter-narratives. Perspectives that resist the flat, racist tropes dominating headlines. We’ll highlight works that humanize migrants, that complicate the story, that insist on dignity over dehumanization. Above all, our goal this season is to remind listeners that the border is not a “problem” to be solved. It’s a human reality to be reckoned with, one shaped by histories of colonialism and one still infused with possibility—stories of survival, resistance, and creativity that deserve to be heard. In our first episode, we provide you with some background information on the film Who’s Dayani Cristal?  including who made it, what the goal of the film is, and how it approaches telling the story of one man who can no longer speak for himself.  Then we dive into our main topics: Rojo starts off by exploring the parallels between the film and Francisco Cantú’s memoir The Line Becomes a River and Rebecca discusses whose story gets told and how it gets told. In our connections segment, Rojo considers the music in the film and Rebecca talks about other migration narratives and how they approach telling these border stories. In this episode we mentioned a number of books, songs, and videos. If you're interested in learning more check out any of the sources listed below:  Books The Line Becomes a River, Francisco Cantú   A People’s History of Latin America, Hernan Horna Solito, Javier Zamora Unaccompanied, by Javier Zamora The Devil’s Highway, by Luis Alberto Urrea Harvest of Empire, by Juan Gonzalez (also a documentary film) Songs Calle 13’s “Latinoamérica Yasiin Bey—Mos Def—with “No hay nada más Leonard Cohen’s “The Partisan" Videos on YouTube “Who Is Dayani Cristal?: Gael Garcia Bernal Traces Path of Migrant Worker Who Died in Arizona Desert,” - Democracy Now “Gael Garcia Bernal on 'Who is Dayani Cristal?': Sundance Film Festival” - Los Angeles Times   Transcript   Follow the podcast: Bluesky and Instagram: @LatinxVisions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois Logo Design: Marcos Toledo Music: Shawn P. Russell Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois Social Media and Transcripts: Ashanti Charon

    57 min
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A Latinx-focused podcast in which we discuss Latinx film, television, literature, the arts, and more.

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  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
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