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Oye Mi Gente!

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A platform open for an all inclusive discussion.🎙This podcast was created for the sole purpose to be a conversation starter in our communities as well as being a platform for those that feel under represented.

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Episodes

Live With Purpose

November 05, 2020 13:00 - 15 minutes - 36.2 MB

YERRRR! Welcome back to another episode of Oye Mi Gente! Podcast. For this episode, I wanted to do something different. If you’ve been riding with me through my podcast journey, you've noticed how it has changed. I’ve started incorporating, affirmations, breathing exercises, and questions that provoke thought and reflection.  Everything I learned from my Therapy sessions, I try my best to incorporate it in my daily life. I’ve been on this path of healing for a couple of years now, an...

Manny Fernandez: Returning To Our Roots

October 29, 2020 14:00 - 55 minutes - 128 MB

YERRRR! Welcome back to another episode of Oye Mi Gente! Podcast. This week, our guest is mi chochera, dancer extraordinaire, Manny Fernandez. Join us on this heart to heart about our Peruvian Identity, Culture, and returning back to our roots. Manny Fernandez originally from Lima, Peru is a dancer, director, choreographer, and activist who researches, illustrates and creates Afro- Peruvian art. He has worked with many dance companies such as Lakai Dance Theater, Benkadi Drum and Dan...

Nathalie Flores: Peruvian Representation

October 15, 2020 19:51 - 1 hour - 71 MB

YERRRR! Welcome back to another episode of Oye Mi Gente! Podcast. This week, our guest is Nathalie Flores of Peruvians of USA Podcast . Join us on this heart to heart about identity and the importance of Peruvian Representation. Nathalie launched the Peruvians of USA podcast on July 28, 2020 with the goal to share the diversity of the Peruvian immigrant experience in the U.S., and explore what it means to be Peruvian in another country. She wants the podcast to serve as a collection ...

An Immigrant Journey: A talk with my mother, Monica Moran

October 08, 2020 15:53 - 51 minutes - 122 MB

YERRRR! Welcome back to a new episode of Oye Mi Gente! Podcast. This week, we’re going to be doing things a little different. A while back, I had a discussion with my mom about our own immigration story and what led us to leave everything and everyone behind for a better life. Initially, this was supposed to be put out last year, but the more I listened to the recording, the More overprotective I became, not just of my mom but of my country and my story as well. Which made me think a...

Janice Llamoca: The Archivist

October 01, 2020 12:00 - 55 minutes - 67.8 MB

Welcome back to another episode of Oye Mi Gente! Podcast. This week, our guest is Peruvian Archivist extraordinaire, Janice Llamoca. Janice Llamoca is an award-winning journalist and podcast producer at VICE News. During her time as a radio producer, she has done stories about history, language access, and culture, and humanizes her stories with compelling voices from communities of color. Her work has been featured in NPR’s Latino USA, The New York Times, NPR’s Code Switch, LA Weekly, R...

Connie Chavez: Creating Community

September 24, 2020 11:20 - 1 hour - 169 MB

YERRRRRR! Welcome back to another episode of Oye Mi Gente! Podcast. This week, our guest is mi chochera, the incomparable Connie Chavez. Join us on this heart to heart about identity, resilience and the importance archiving our stories. Connie Chavez was born in Lima, Peru but calls New York City home. She is a self-taught filmmaker and photographer with a passion for entrepreneurship, solidarity work and visual storytelling. Through her use of filmmaking and photography, her visual ...

Living with Bi-Polar 2: The Myths & Misconceptions of Bipolar Disorder

September 17, 2020 05:45 - 15 minutes - 21.5 MB

YERRRR! Last week’s Episode was all about my struggles living with Bipolar 2 disorder. On this week’s episode, I’ll be busting all the myths and misconceptions about Bipolar disorder. The reason I’m so passionate talking about this subject is because of the negativity that surrounds mental health disorder. What the media displays, the music we listen to, the movies we watch, the conversations we have. We’re so quick to call someone crazy and bipolar when they don't display the characteri...

Viv Moran: Living with BiPolar 2

September 10, 2020 10:00 - 15 minutes - 38.5 MB

YERRRR! Welcome back to the 4th season Of Oye Mi Gente! Podcast Thank you so much for sticking with us through another season. This week's episode is super personal to me.  Join me as I have this heart to heart talk with myself while at the sametime try to debunk a whole bunch of myths and misconceptions about people living with Bipolar Disorder.  Bipolar disorder is a neurobiological brain disorder that affects approximately 2.3 million Americans today, or almost 1 percent of the ...

Gabby Rivera: Joy Revolution Part 2

September 07, 2020 04:29 - 36 minutes - 86.8 MB

YERRRR! Welcome back to another episode of Oye Mi Gente! Podcast. This week's episode is Part 2 of our Interview with the amazing writer, author, butch Tia extraordinaire Gabby Rivera! Join us as we continue on this heart to heart talk about joy and the revolution of finding joy amidst all the BS that surrounds and what we carry on our shoulders. Gabby Rivera is a Bronx-born, queer Puerto Rican author on a mission to create the wildest, most fun stories ever. She’s the first Latina to ...

Gabby Rivera: Joy Revolution Part 1

April 13, 2020 19:53 - 31 minutes - 75.3 MB

YERRRR! Welcome back to another episode of Oye Mi Gente! Podcast. This week's episode features writer, author, butch Tia extraordinaire Gabby Rivera! Join us on this heart to heart talk about joy and the revolution of finding joy amidst all the BS that surrounds and what we carry on our shoulders. Gabby Rivera is a Bronx-born, queer Puerto Rican author on a mission to create the wildest, most fun stories ever. She’s the first Latina to write for Marvel Comics, penning the solo series A...

Bianca Martinez: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder

March 30, 2020 04:38 - 1 hour - 161 MB

Bianca Martinez is an extremely proud two-spirit, queer, gender nonconforming Boricua warrior, mental health advocate and self proclaimed bruja by way of New York. Bianca is a co-producer of a new media platform called eres.you and the host of its video podcast eres.Tea Talks. A creative, educator, facilitator and activist, Bianca has spent much of their years working with youth and using their online presence to share resources and intimate stories about their own experiences battling menta...

MARIA SE FUE

March 09, 2020 16:58 - 1 hour - 123 MB

In this episode, Viv sits down with brothers, Leo Claudio Jr. & Kenneth Dumeng, to talk about their documentary project, MARIA SE FUE. A documentary that gives a voice to local Boricuas to share their experience and road to recovery after the devastating Hurricane Maria in 2017. Leonardo Claudio Jr. is an entrepreneur, published photographer and videographer born from Puerto Rican parents. Kenneth Dumeng was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico and moved to Brooklyn as a young child with his m...

Carlita Lopez: Bodega Dreams

March 02, 2020 09:49 - 49 minutes - 60 MB

Carlita Lopez is a Dominican photographer/visual artist born and raised in the Bronx. Her artwork shows her love for her culture and her hometown of NYC with a pop art twist to it. Recently inducted into Swizz Beatz Dean Collection, her art speaks of the Native New Yorker/ Bronx Girl experience, with series such as “Bodega Dreams” and “Merengue”. She has had three solo exhibitions, “Bodega Dreams”,  “The Artist Formerly Known as Carla” and “La Botanica” all held in Uptown, NYC. She has parti...

Angy Rivera: No Le Digas A Nadie

February 24, 2020 05:33 - 52 minutes - 120 MB

On Today’s episode, I sat down with Angy Rivera, @askangy on Instagram, we spoke of her and her mother’s story. We touched base on the documentary called “No le digas a nadies”, Don't Tell Anyone, which navigates the difficult reality and double silence Rivera experiences as an undocumented immigrant and survivor of sexual assault. Andy Rivera, A Colombian immigrant, is the Co-Executive Director at the New York State Youth Leadership Council, an undocumented youth led organization fighti...

2020 Manisfestations

February 10, 2020 14:30 - 12 minutes - 32.7 MB

man·i·fes·ta·tion /ˌmanəfəˈstāSH(ə)n,ˌmanəˌfesˈtāSH(ə)n/ noun an event, action, or object that clearly shows or embodies something, especially a theory or an abstract idea.   A short recap of 2019. Loss, Lessons learned, and my manifestations for 2020.   How are we going to take our power back in 2020?

Kat Lazo

December 02, 2019 18:41 - 1 hour - 170 MB

Kat Lazo is a director, producer and host. The half Colombian – half Peruvian New Yorker has made a name for herself for being a no nonsense Latina who tells it how it is. Her work behind and in front of the camera has been featured by Buzzfeed, Upworthy, Daily News, Latina Mag and HuffPost to name a few. And she’s collaborated on projects with MTV Decoded, Bustle and UbyKotex.  Kat was a video producer for the Latino digital platform Mitú, where she’s most known for her series – “The Ka...

Bianca Giovanna: Peruvian Durags

November 25, 2019 06:21 - 54 minutes - 129 MB

Mixed Media Artist, Bianca Giovanna professionally known as “PeruvianDurags” is a native of Los Angeles. PeruvianDurags recently moved onto her family’s farm in the mountain region of the desert where her family have been landowners for nearly a century. As a mixed media artist this move was necessary in order to further her exploration of her Blackfoot and Peruvian Andean ancestry. PeruvianDurags creates artwork to heal the tattered aspects of her people. Her clothing, paintings, photograph...

Whitney Dobladillo: I’m not your perfect Peruvian Daughter.

November 20, 2019 04:39 - 55 minutes - 130 MB

Whitney is a Brooklyn-based Graphic Designer, Type Artist and Community Builder. When designing her goal is to always give the best representation of her clients vision. Her close attention to detail, strong communication and time management skills helps facilitate this. Along with designing full-time at Scholastic Whitney is also the Ambassador of TypeThursday, a monthly meet up for designers who are interested in letterforms. TypeThursday events have attracted 4,000+ letterform lovers al...

Marggie Ponce: Soy Afro Peruana

November 12, 2019 03:10 - 55 minutes - 132 MB

Marggie Ponce Valencia was born in New Jersey. She’s the creative director and founder of Bloom NJ.  Bloom NJ is a media platform spotlighting the artistic culture in New Jersey. Their goal is to inspire young minds to get to know their community and be more involved with the underground music scene around them. Margie’s parents are Peruvians from Lima! Her mom is from Chacra Rios and her dad from Barrios Altos. Her parents came here together in 1995. Although her dad had already been in...

Justino Mora - No Human is Illegal!

October 28, 2019 17:31 - 34 minutes - 82.5 MB

We spoke about his immigration story. His family and how the journey affected him as a child. He was already older than most kids who migrate. His mom risked it all to save their lives. She left everything behind to fight for a better life and the future of her and her 3 kids. A single mother who worked multiple jobs to put food on the table and made sure they had the basics to do well in school and succeed in life. We discussed how the media plays a part in spreading the narrative of the ty...

Natalie Torres-Haddad: A Savvy Latina

October 21, 2019 16:29 - 23 minutes - 56.7 MB

A two time TEDX Speaker An international Award Winning Author from her 2012 book, a bilingual podcast host of Financially Savvy in 20 minutes, international keynote speaker and educator. Her activities have been featured in the Huffington Post, LA Times, 60 second docs and a Honda commercial as herself a Financial Expert, both have gotten over 2 Million views since it was published. A first generation College Graduate in Finance and International Business with a Masters in Public Administrat...

The Quechua Collective

October 16, 2019 02:20 - 1 hour - 172 MB

The Quechua Collective of New York was created by a committee of like-minded individuals comprised of native Quechua speakers, heritage speakers, and students from the New York area. Their mission is to preserve and diffuse Quechua languages through workshops, cultural events, and educational programming. Millions of people continue to speak this 1000-year-old indigenous language in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile and Colombia – and the United States. Some say that Quechua language ...

Recap of the week!

September 30, 2019 16:16 - 13 minutes - 34.7 MB

Touching base on the last two episodes and the direction of this season and the podcast in general. As well as the monumental things that have happen to me this week.

The Social Changer!

September 23, 2019 14:37 - 27 minutes - 66.1 MB

Alejandra Cortez, is an LA native. After graduating college she moved to Chicago and volunteered for a year with a program called City Year. There she discovered her calling to Social Work and uplifting communities. She came back to USC for the MSW program. During her Masters Program, she became involved with the Latino Social Work Caucus, USC Graduate Student Government, and serving on the Greater Cypress Park Neighborhood Council. After graduation, she started her journey as a Clinical Soc...

From Durango to Amigapreneur

September 16, 2019 17:46 - 55 minutes - 130 MB

Jacqueline is the founder and host of the Amigapreneur podcast. A podcast that features WOC who are entrepreneurs & creatives. The podcast focuses on life transition, from that place of feeling stuck to taking actions on your dreams. Jacqueline is all about growing the numbers of WOC being represented in all media platforms. Her passion is to help WOC share their stories and take action on their dreams. She recently launched her Awkward Goddess series where she speaks on healing and diff...

UNDOCUBOUGIE

July 25, 2019 06:28 - 46 minutes - 107 MB

Diana Chacon also known as DJ Undocubougie shares her story of how she navigates through society being undocumented and unafraid all while living unapologetically in 2019.

Andres

July 11, 2019 03:42 - 32 minutes - 73.7 MB

June 2019 marked the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, it also marked the first time WorldPride, the global queer pride event, was held in the US. Andres 'Chulisi' Rodriguez shares his story of how he navigated through society in the 80s and of living unapologetically in 2019.

BookCon 2019 Recap

June 21, 2019 04:41 - 15 minutes - 39.9 MB

Our journey to our first Bookcon.

Rebranding, Consistency & Accountability!

April 16, 2019 17:12 - 12 minutes - 29.5 MB

This is the reason why we've been away for so long. One Mi Gente! Podcast has been working on Rebranding itself. New Logo as well as new content. We also touch based on Consistency and Accountability and how they go hand and hand.

Hot Tea Spilling'!

February 25, 2019 09:02 - 51 minutes - 59 MB

Join us in our discussion about Jussie Smolette, Tekashi 69, and R.Kelly's indictment.

21 Savage, ICE, and Immigration

February 15, 2019 09:49 - 56 minutes - 64.2 MB

Happy Valentine's Day!!! On today's episode we start our discussion on Immigration with what happen to the Atlanta based rapper 21 Savage. After his arrest at the hands on ICE, the rapper faces a complex and punitive series of challenges.  Today, our immigration system is broken, and everybody knows it. Families who enter our country the right way and play by the rules watch others flout the rules. Business owners who offer their workers good wages benefits see the competition exploit un...

Interview with the cast of SHE HATES COFFEE & writer A.R Garcia

February 01, 2019 06:47 - 1 hour - 71.4 MB

On this Episode we are interviewing the main cast members of the play "She Hates Coffee" written by A.R Garcia. "She Hates Coffee is a 21st century romantic comedy that explores our deepest feelings, the complexity of friendship, relationships and decisions and thats just the guys talking. After being jolted at the altar JADEN is left to figure out love, life and romance again with support of his college buddies Tony and Maurice. Only to discover that the more you try to control life's cir...

Misogyny, Toxic Masculinity, #MenAintShit, & R.Kelly. Part-2

January 25, 2019 19:47 - 1 hour - 77.1 MB

As we continue from where we left off on Part-1, we go deeper in conversation on how to present better teaching moments for those who want to actively learn and grow. We also touched base on the recent Ozuna controversy and how misogyny and toxic masculinity plays a huge part in the events that have transpired.

Misogyny, Toxic Masculinity, #MenAintShit, & R.Kelly. Part-1

January 18, 2019 17:45 - 1 hour - 92.8 MB

Our first meet-up since 2019!  Catching up with each other and discussing future events, We're also getting into a heavy discussion on Misogyny, Toxic Masculinity, #MenAintShit, and R.Kelly. 

2018: Leaving the trash behind !

January 12, 2019 06:26 - 1 hour - 107 MB

In this episode we recap all the weird moments of 2018, like Kanye West, the death of XXX tentacion, rape apologist, fake activist and fake "wokeness", clout chasing and getting stopped by the cops.