Best Radio Cachimbona Podcasts (2025)

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UNLOCKED LIT REVIEW Transcendent Kingdom 38:39

4h ago38:39

38:39

On this unlocked #litreview, Yvette and Yessenia Medrano discuss Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. The praise Gyasi's empathetic storytelling around the effects of the opiate crisis, reflect on how childhood traumas are remembered, and share the ways they related to the narrator's child of immigrants experience. If you liked this episode and want …

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Changing the Narrative and Speaking Truth to Power 1:01:38

9d ago1:01:38

1:01:38

Carlos Adrian Vasquez, a formerly incarcerated and formerly detained activist, joins the podcast to discuss his leadership in organizing hunger and labor strikes in the Desert View Annex. Carlos shares about the terrible conditions that led people detained to engage in multiple hunger and labor strikes, breaks down the false distinction between civ…

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Reproductive Justice and Resistance at the US/Mexico Borderlands 1:11:39

16d ago1:11:39

1:11:39

Eloisa Lopez, Executive Director of Florecer Reproductive Justice, joins the podcast to discuss the essay "Reproductive Justice and Resistance at the US/Mexico Borderlands" in the Radical Reproductive Justice anthology. Eloisa and Yvette discuss the myths around "self deportation," how the majority of Latinas show strong support for legalized abort…

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Curiosity About Conflict 36:03

22d ago36:03

36:03

Dana Caspersen, practitioner of constructive conflict and author of Conflict Is an Opportunity: Twenty Fundamental Decisions for Navigating Difficult Times, joins the podcast to discuss her latest book. Dana and Yvette discuss why people should avoid trying to immediately find a solution to a conflict, why awareness of conflict and curiosity about …

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Let's Heal All Parts of the Mother Wound 42:03

29d ago42:03

42:03

Jessica Monge, mother wound coach, joins the podcast to discuss what "mother wounds" are, how the effects of it manifest in everyday life, and what inspired her to focus on helping others heal their mother wound. Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Support the podcast by joining the Patreon. You'll get access to the #litreview, a …

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Who Migrant Sex Workers Are And Why They Sell Sex 1:03:47

1M ago1:03:47

1:03:47

Chanelle Gallant and Elene Lam join the podcast to discuss their new book "Not Your Rescue Project: Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice." They discussed who migrant sex workers are and why they sell sex, how the carceral state attacks migrant sex workers even when it claims to help them, and how sex work provides an opportunity for migrant wor…

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What The Global Folk Music Movement Can Teach Us Now 56:39

2M ago56:39

56:39

Ericka Verba, professor and director of Latin American Studies at Cal State LA, joins the podcast to discuss her new book "Thanks to Life: A Biography of Violeta Parra." Verba shares Parra's central role in the creation of Chile's Nueva Cancion movement, breaks down the strength and resilience that allowed her to become an internationally recognize…

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No Son Nuevas Ideas 52:52

2M ago52:52

52:52

Profesora Aideé Tassinari se suma al podcast para explicar cómo la idea de "minería sostenible" es un discurso falso proporcionado por las compañías mineras, los efectos negativos que la minería trae a ecosistemas y acceso a agua limpia, y pone en contexto histórico la "fiebre de oro" del siglo 21 que ahora ha llegado a El Salvador. Lean más sobre …

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A Longstanding Tradition of Racial Violence 52:05

2M ago52:05

52:05

Cheryl Redhorse Bennett, former assistant professor in American Indian Studies and expert on hate crimes and violence against Native Americans, joins the podcast to discuss her book "Our Fight Has Just Begun: Hate Crimes and Justice in Native America." She shares about the hate crimes in Farmington, New Mexico that informed her research, how the Na…

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El Rol De Arte Y Cultura En El Trabajo Organizativo 49:49

2M ago49:49

49:49

Pablo Alvarado, director ejecutivo de La Red De Jornalero/as, se suma al podcast para hablar sobre su historia de inmigración, la historia de la red, y el rol de arte y cultura en el trabajo organizativo. Puedan apoyar el podcast y recibir acceso al #litreview, un club de libros para Cachimbonas, en el Patreon: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?u…

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How Schools Make Race 34:13

3M ago34:13

34:13

Laura Chávez-Moreno, award-winning researcher, qualitative social scientist, and assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the Departments of Chicana/o and Central American Studies and Education, joins the podcast to discuss her new book How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America. Laura explains why s…

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Era Una Prisión Antes 37:19

4M ago37:19

37:19

Jose Ruben, activista espiritual con El Movimiento de Integridad Humana, viene al podcast para discutir sus experiencias de detención en Mesa Verde y el Golden State Annex y porque se sumó a las huelgas de hambre y labor con otra gente detenida. Jose comparte como COVID-19 se desarrolló en los centros de detención, como ICE los forzó a trabajar par…

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Standing Up To Our Oppressors 35:41

4M ago35:41

35:41

Gustavo, a Salvadoran-American organizer and leader of the hunger and labor strikes occurring in the Mesa Verde and Golden State Annex immigration detention facilities since 2022, joins the podcast to discuss the terrible conditions that led to these efforts. Gustavo shares the myriad ways ICE regularly violates its own detention standards, what gi…

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Dismantling Carceral Debt and Building Debtor Power 31:12

5M ago31:12

31:12

Tiera Rainey, Executive Director of the Tucson Bail Fund, joins Yvette Borja to discuss a resource document that the Bail Fund co-authored with the Milwaukee Freedom Fund, Community Justice Exchange, Free Hearts, and Montgomery Bail Out: Dismantling Carceral Debt: A Manifesto on Building Debtor Power. Rainey breaks down the devastating impact of ca…

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Don't Sell The Land 1:07:39

5M ago1:07:39

1:07:39

Brea Baker, freedom fighter and author, joins the podcast to discuss her new book "Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement For Black Land Ownership." Yvette and Brea discuss how the U.S. arrived at a place where only 1% of rural land is owned by Black people, how Brea and her family's legacy of land ownership inspired the …

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Unaccompanied and Coming of Age 1:01:26

5M ago1:01:26

1:01:26

Yvette Borja interviews Stephanie Canizales, professor and Faculty Director of the UC Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative, about her new book Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United States. They discuss who is left out of the DACA/Dreamer narrative and the socioeconomic obstacles this population f…

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That Little Courtroom in Sensuntepeque 1:27:24

5M ago1:27:24

1:27:24

Yvette Borja and Jorge Cuéllar discuss their experience as international observers for the Santa Marta 5 trial. They break down the audacity and offensive nature of a unit dedicated to prosecuting war crimes bringing the Santa Marta case forward as its inaugural effort, share their impressions of the deep power of the organized pueblo in Santa Mart…

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Private Violence: Latin American Women And The Struggle For Asylum 48:10

5M ago48:10

48:10

Yvette Borja interviews Carol Cleaveland and Michele Waslin, authors of Private Violence: Latin American Women And The Struggle for Asylum. They explain why calling the gender-based violence that Mexican and Central American women are fleeing "private" is inaccurate, break down how navigating the asylum system is hardest for poor migrants, and emph…

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No Me Gusta La Picosa 32:21

6M ago32:21

32:21

Yvette Borja interviews Chelsea Guevara, the first Salvadoran Womxn of the World Poetry Slam Champion. They discussed how Chelsea got started with Slam Poetry, the connections between her scholarly research and her poetry, and her upcoming chapbook Cipota. Support the podcast by becoming a monthly subscriber on Patreon for as little as $3 a month. …

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Unbuilding Walls in the Immigrant Justice Movement 39:04

6M ago39:04

39:04

Yvette Borja interviews Silky Shah, Executive Director of Detention Watch Network. They discuss why the immigrant justice movement needs abolition, the importance of transforming the economic infrastructures of local governments dependent on carceral systems, and how the growth of immigration detention and deportation was and is a critical part of …

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UNLOCKED LIT REVIEW Who We All Are As Latina Women 1:09:42

6M ago1:09:42

1:09:42

Yvette Borja and Ronnie Wollenzier discuss Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez's second book "Tias and Primas: On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us." They praise how the book feels like a hug for their inner child, celebrate how Prisca's works widen the reach of academic literature, and share which tia and prima archetypes they identify with. Th…

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A Love Letter To The Tias and Primas Who Raised Us 42:32

6M ago42:32

42:32

Yvette Borja interviews Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez's second book “Tias and Primas: On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us.” They discuss why Prisca prioritizes democratizing critical theory in her writings, she breaks down why she chose to focus on Tias and Primas but not mothers, and which archetypes she decided to leave out of the book …

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UNLOCKED LIT REVIEW The Aftermath of Deportation 51:30

6M ago51:30

51:30

On this #litreview, Yvette interviews reproductive justice and immigrants' rights organizer Ale Pablos about the first few chapters of Beth Caldwell's book Deported Americans. They discuss the differences between legal definitions of citizenship and undocumented people's lived experiences in the US, critique the ways that the US legal system robs m…

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¿Cómo está la gente? 42:02

7M ago42:02

42:02

Yvette Borja interviews Maria Hinojosa, award-winning journalist, about her keynote address at the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, a rarity for her as a journalist, and her trajectory in media. Maria shared that philanthropic funds need to support independent BIPOC-led media, broke down why Futuro Media covered the death of Jose De Jesus i…

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UNLOCKED LIT REVIEW How White Supremacy Mostly Exists In Our Nervous Systems 1:01:36

8M ago1:01:36

1:01:36

On this #litreview, Yvette Borja and Denise Rebeil discuss "My Grandmother's Hands" by Resmaa Menakem. They breakdown Menakem's contention that white supremacy lives mostly in our nervous systems, what role our lizard brain plays in how we interact with the world, and why collective healing from trauma is necessary to avoid generational "traumatic …

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Organizacizón, Educación, y Movilización 24:18

8M ago24:18

24:18

Yvette Borja entrevista a Pacheco, un organizador y educador popular Salvadoreño que ha dedicado su vida al trabajo de justicia social en El Salvador y los Estados Unidos. Hablaron sobre la importancia de la formación de comités de base/barrio/colonia y su historia en El Salvador durante la guerra civil, como el y la organización NDLON transmitiero…

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The Power of Being Organized As Day Laborers 27:33

8M ago27:33

27:33

Yvette Borja interviews Mala and Diosa of Locatora Radio about their experiences at NDLON's 9th asamblea popular: Sómos Más in Union, New Jersey. They discuss the importance of Latinx and migrant-led independent media, the necessity of including sex workers in day laborers' rights conversations, and the beauty of putting art at the forefront of soc…

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Las Fronteras No Estan Abiertas 32:15

9M ago32:15

32:15

Yvette Borja entrevista a Nicole Ramos, directora del proyecto de derechos fronterizos para la organización sin fines de lucro Al Otro Lado, sobre la situación actual en la frontera entre EEUU y Mexico en San Diego/Tijuana, como los migrantes extranjeros buscando asilo y esperando en México sufren por falta de cuidado de salud, y como el crimen org…

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Pro All People Liberated 59:35

9M ago59:35

59:35

Yvette Borja interviews reproductive justice and abolitionist organizer Ale Pablos about the ongoing genocide in Palestine, the call from Democratic Senators for Biden to phase out private detention centers and close four of the most problematic ones, and Biden's recent proposed rules that would make it harder for asylum seekers to gain protection.…

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UNLOCKED LIT REVIEW What Is Urban Renewal? 47:00

10M ago47:00

47:00

On this #litreview, Yvette Borja and Ronnie, a Tucson mutual aid organizer, discuss "La Calle: Spatial Conflicts and Urban Renewal in a Southwest City" by Lydia Otero. They discuss how urban renewal is a euphemism for gentrification, break down how Tucson elites attempted to whiten the city's history, and emphasize the deep history of racial segreg…

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UNLOCKED LIT REVIEW Theft Is Property! 56:16

10M ago56:16

56:16

Yvette Borja and guest Meghna Sridhar discuss Theft is Property! by Robert Nichols. They discuss how and why land can't be neatly divided as US property law suggests, the usefulness of understanding racism as long-standing patterns of group-differentiated vulnerability, and the links between the Black radical tradition and indigenous relationships …

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UNLOCKED LIT REVIEW Reveling in Marginality 57:04

10M ago57:04

57:04

Yvette Borja discusses "Black and Blur" by Fred Moten with art history PhD student Jasmine Magaña. They break down Fred Moten's focus on Blackness as "fugitivity," track the humanities' shift from a postcolonial to a decolonial framework, and share the importance of sitting with the "not in between." Read "The Undercommons" by Fred Moten here: http…

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We Are Here Because You Were There 54:20

11M ago54:20

54:20

Yvette Borja interviews Tucson mutual aid organizer Ronnie about Laura Gomez's book Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism. They discuss the malleability of Latinx identity and the privileges that has afforded them in the U.S., share what the Latinx community can learn about the limitations of citizenship from the Black community, and br…

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Unlocked Lit Review Abolishing The Family In Its Current Capitalist Formation 58:58

11M ago58:58

58:58

Yvette Borja discusses "Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care" by M.E. O'Brien author, scholar, and preacher Dr. Courtney Bryant. They work through the connections between prison and police abolition and the capitalist nuclear family unit, note how communities of color have always operated outside of this nuclear family unit idea…

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UNLOCKED Lit Review Holding War Criminals To Account 53:44

12M ago53:44

53:44

Yvette Borja and Adriana Obols, PhD student of modern art in Latin America, discuss the book "Paper Cadavers: The Archives of Dictatorship" by Kirsten Weld. They discuss how archival practices were central to post-war Guatemalan civil society's attempts to hold war criminals to account while also being indispensable to the nation-state's targeting …

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Prejuicios contra nacientes naciones 44:45

1y ago44:45

44:45

Yvette Borja entrevista al profesor Miguel Angel Diaz Perera sobre la historia de Máximo y Bartola, dos niños Centroamericanos quienes fueron traficados para participar en las exhibiciones de "freak show de Barnum and Bailey" en el siglo 19. Discutan cómo el racismo científico contribuyó a la opresión de Máximo y Bartola, como las percepciones de l…

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How San Francisco Failed Sito 29:49

1y ago29:49

29:49

Yvette Borja interviews professor and author Laurence Ralph about his upcoming book "Sito: An American Teenager and the City That Failed Him." They discuss how the juvenile justice system traumatizes youth, lament the criminal legal system's failure to provide healing for victim's family members, and envision accountability without punishment. To s…

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Unafraid And With Dreams 58:03

1y ago58:03

58:03

Yvette Borja interviews Belén Sisa, creator and host of the Pretty Serious Podcast and former National Latino Press Secretary for Senator Sanders' presidential campaign. They discuss the history of the DACA movement and Belén's participation in it, the importance of voting in local elections, and why it's important to vote Kyrsten Sinema out of off…

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In Defense Of The Criminal Alien 50:46

1y ago50:46

50:46

Yvette Borja interviews professor and author Cesar Cuauhtémoc García Hernández about his upcoming book Welcome The Wretched: In Defense of the Criminal Alien. They discuss how migration is an example of decolonial resistance, the importance of celebrating the "ordinariness" of migrants, and why Hernandéz wants the privileges that a US passport brin…

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UNLOCKED #LitReview Trying and Trying Again, Never Stopping 1:03:58

1y ago1:03:58

1:03:58

On this #litreview, Yvette Borja brings back Salvi lawyer Yessenia Medrano to discuss Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis. They share what leftist movements can use the hopeful spark that Davis inspires, why global solidarity is necessary for liberation, and why freeing Palestine needs to be on every United Statesian leftist's agenda. To…

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UNLOCKED #LitReview To Rise In Darkness 1:00:30

1y ago1:00:30

1:00:30

On this *UNLOCKED* #litreview, Yvette and friend of the podcast Yessenia Medrano discuss the first three chapters of To Rise in Darkness: Revolution, Repression, and Memory 1920-1932. They discussed the Salvadoran elite’s complete disconnect from the material realities of the majority of the working class at the turn of the 20th century, the govern…

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UNLOCKED The Courts Won't Save You 36:23

1y ago36:23

36:23

On this *unlocked* Patreon episode, Yvette Borja interviews deportation defense lawyer and friend of the podcast Jehan Laner Romero to discuss the SCOTUS ruling in Sineneng v. Smith. They disagree with SCOTUS' characterization of 9th circuit "out-of-bounds" behavior, express gratitude that SCOTUS punted on the First Amendment analysis, and criticiz…

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Immigrant Solidarity and Strong Networks 39:20

1y ago39:20

39:20

Yvette Borja interviews Jasmine Rangel, policy expert, about how and why housing security is important, how the undocumented community is often overlooked in housing policy, and the results of a case study analyzing Boston and Houston-area eviction rates in immigrant-heavy neighborhoods. Support the Radio Cachimbona podcast by becoming a patreon mo…

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This Is Your Home 51:18

1y ago51:18

51:18

Yvette Borja interviews Carlos Sauceda about his campaign to return home, the deplorable conditions in ICE detention centers that cause people to self deport, and how the deportation of one person affects families and communities. The discussion is grounded in the #litreview pick Deported Americans by Beth Caldwell. To support the podcast, get earl…

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Writing About Culture As Both the Researcher and the Data Point 1:06:32

1+ y ago1:06:32

1:06:32

Yvette Borja interviews Enrique Alan Olivares-Pelayo about how his lived experience of incarceration informs his graduate research on the production and maintenance carceral landscapes of Arizona. They discuss the pandemic of deaths in the Pima County jail and Enrique shares how he became involved in the campaign to stop the creation of a new and e…

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The Real Work of Recovery 45:04

1+ y ago45:04

45:04

Yvette Borja interviews Gloria of Nalgona Positivity Pride. They discuss why Gloria has taken a harm reduction approach to eating disorder recovery, how traditional treatment options have failed many, and why "healing isn't a requirement" for Gloria's recovery approach. Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook. Follow @nalgonapositivit…

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Community Is Everything 41:26

1+ y ago41:26

41:26

Yvette Borja interviews Xavi and V of the mutual aid project Community on Wheels. They discuss the fallacies of carceral humanism, what social services could be funded with the $400 million currently proposed for a new jail, and why it's important for everyone to be trained in how to use naloxone. To support the podcast, become a patron: https://pa…

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The Aftermath of Migration 39:55

1+ y ago39:55

39:55

Yvette Borja interviews LA-based Salvi poet Yesika Salgado. They discuss how Yesika is writing into the silences of Salvadoran diaspora culture and history; Yesika shares her journey to becoming a published poet and the tensions around writing about a motherland steeped with historical trauma. To support the podcast, get first access to episodes li…

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End of a Season 27:24

1+ y ago27:24

27:24

Join Carlos and Karina one last time as they wrap up Season 3 and their time as hosts on Migrants on Air. In this final episode of the year, they look back at where the podcast started and where it is at now, share their favorite moments, and speak on what the future holds for them and the podcast.By Fuerte Network

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Abolitionist Feminist Visual Culture 51:39

1+ y ago51:39

51:39

Yvette Borja interviews Professors Gloria Negrete-Lopez and Brooke Lober about their contributions to the anthology Abolition Feminisms. They discuss why we need abolition feminisms in this moment, how aesthetics are inherently political, and how the stereotypical anarchist all-black garb erases femme abolitionist aesthetics. Buy Abolition Feminism…

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