101 episodes
Tales From Aztlantis Kurly Tlapoyawa & Ruben Arellano Tlakatekatl
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4.6 • 66 Ratings
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This podcast explores Mesoamerican and Southwest pseudohistory, new-age nonsense, archaeological misconceptions, and other tales of adventure! In each episode, we investigate how these very topics have helped inform Chicano/Chicana/Chicanx identity and have resulted in a distorted view of our collective Indigenous past. Your hosts Kurly Tlapoyawa and Ruben Arellano Tlakatekatl invite you to join them on a fascinating journey through Mesoamerica's past, present, and future!
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Episode 61: News From Aztlantis!
listener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text!In this episode we take a look at recent news concerning the Chicano community, and take a little trip down to Belize with Kurly!Your hosts: Kurly Tlapoyawa is an archaeologist, ethnohistorian, and filmmaker. His research covers Mesoamerica, the American Southwest, and the historical connections between the two regions. He is the author of numerous books and has presented lectures at the University of ...
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UNLOCKED BONUS: Burning Paradise Ep. 6 "The Wanderers"
listener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text!My name is Kurly Tlapoyawa, and I LOVE movies. I spent a good chunk of my childhood being snuck into the drive-in by my parents, where I took in double and triple features of cinematic greatness. And when movies became available on home video in the 1980s, all bets were off. It’s no exaggeration to say that my life was shaped by movies. In 2004 I opened Burning Paradise Video, where I offered a carefully curated selection of independent, foreign, u...
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Throwback Thursday: Acequias - a Forgotten History!
listener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text!Welcome to another Throwback Thursday! In this episode we take a look back at one of Kurly's favorites.Acequias - A Forgotten History! The Acequia is a communal irrigation ditch, and its continued use is a testament to the cultural resiliency of the New Mexican people. But where does this tradition come from? Sadly, most New Mexicans have a distorted understanding of Acequia history and credit its creation solely to Moors and Spaniards. In this epi...
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Episode 60: Borderland Indigeneity w/Carlos Aceves!
listener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text!In this special episode, Tlakatekatl shares an interview he conducted with Carlos Aceves Yolohuitzcalotl back in 2019. Carlos has devoted his life to advancing Chicano/Mexicano Indigeneity in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands and developing the “Xinachtli Project” which incorporates indigenous pedagogy in childhood education. They also talk about his path to “la tradicion” known as Mexikayotl, and his involvement in founding the first Chicana/o/x indigen...
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Dispatches From Aztlantis! An Olmec Update
listener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text!In this dispatch, we take a look at Skepticamp New Mexico, and get an Olmec Update from Kurly!Kurly Tlapoyawa is an archaeologist, ethnohistorian, and filmmaker. His research covers Mesoamerica, the American Southwest, and the historical connections between the two regions. He is the author of numerous books and has presented lectures at the University of New Mexico, Yale University, San Diego State University, and numerous others. @kurlytlapo...
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UNLOCKED BONUS: Burning Paradise Ep. 5 "Class of 1984"
listener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text!My name is Kurly Tlapoyawa, and I LOVE movies. I spent a good chunk of my childhood being snuck into the drive-in by my parents, where I took in double and triple features of cinematic greatness. And when movies became available on home video in the 1980s, all bets were off. It’s no exaggeration to say that my life was shaped by movies. In 2004 I opened Burning Paradise Video, where I offered a carefully curated selection of independent, foreign, u...
Customer Reviews
Love it!
So excited for more new episodes!! I love learning more and I always find their explanations thoroughly entertaining and informative!!
Medicine for My Mind & Spirit
Well researched and discussed, these guys have forced me to re-examine and critically consider so many “traditions” I once held as ancestral truths. Thank you Kurly & Tlacatekatl for giving voice to the honest truths about our country that indigenous Xican@ roots. Tlazocomati.
A relatable podcast
I find this podcast station relatable. Many of us are trying to know more about our ancestors and just more about us as a people.
I love that the hosts are educated and will speak up when something isn’t right even if they may be called names because our culture needs defending from those who seek to claim it for themselves. As Kurly says, “The truth is like medicine, it doesn’t always take good, but it’s good for you!”