¡Puchica Vos!
42 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago -¡Puchica Vos! is a podcast hosted by best friends Sam and Sandra. They are two messy recent college graduates trying to navigate their journey of personal growth and a full fledged Central American identity. Topics will range from critical critiques of Central American erasure, the best soju mixed drinks in Koreatown, and accidentally swiping left.
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Episodes
Episode 38 - Pamela Chavez
January 24, 2019 06:58 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBHelllllllllllooo y'all. It's been a minute, but that's because the holidays have truly been a time to test us. We're excited to introduce the new year with an interview Sam did with Pamela Chavez, the creator of the animated short film Caracol Cruzando. Pamela is a Costa Rican mujer that has pursued animation and illustration after a few years of community organizing. Influenced by contemporary issues impacting Latinx communities Pamela hopes to highlight the resilience and beauty that rise ...
Episode 37 - Este Año Nos Jodió
December 13, 2018 05:53 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBWow has it really been one year? Thank you to everyone that has supported this little Central American Strugglepod! We are so appreciative of the amount of support we have been given and the connections we have fostered. This week we just critique and dissect ourselves and our show! We go into strengths, weaknesses, tangible goals and what inspires us. Thanks to everyone once again for being the beautiful community you are~ Links/Enlaces Intro Song & Transition Song: Greener Pastures - Sro...
Episode 36 - Karla Vasquez aka @SalviSoul
November 19, 2018 05:41 - 1 hour - 85.2 MBThis week we are proud to present Karla Vasquez, the creator of SalviSoul, an ongoing multi-media project and cooking anthology of Salvadoran food and Salvadoran womxn. Karla is a cook, food journalist, food historian and a food justice organizer. We go in to discuss Karla's new article featured in Eater about three Salvadoran restuarant owners in Los Angeles. We discuss the complex relationship women have with food, curtido, and the ways Salvadoran food is moving with its people. We are so ...
Episode 35 - Our Best Friend ft. @Myyyrthaaa
October 29, 2018 07:05 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBWe have been waiting so long for this episode. We want to introduce y'all to our mutual best friend Myrtha. Myrtha is the glue of this show and we wanted to provide a light episode that we recorded shortly before Sandra moved back to Los Angeles. With Myrtha we discuss just us and how we've grown since meeting as freshman in high school. Prepare for LOTS of laughs. Also we list out why we think our friendship has lasted nearly 10 years. Thank you so much to Myrtha for all the support she has...
Episode 34 - CA Propositions: Las Basureras Crossover
October 19, 2018 03:25 - 47 minutes - 50.2 MBWe are so excited to collaborate with our good friend @GataSalvaje415 host of the Las Basureras Podcast and the creator of Gata Salvaje Merch. Gata and us break down FOUR California propositions we feel are very important to us personally. We also want this to motivate people to engage with their local and state politics outside of major federal elections. PLEASE register to vote if you have that priviledge and also try to motivate others and provide educational resources for many people tha...
Episode 33 - Nicole Ramsey
September 30, 2018 23:22 - 1 hour - 106 MBHey everyone! This week Sandra interviews Nicole Ramsey. Nicole is a first generation PhD Candidate in African Diaspora studies doing work on Belize/Belizeans in the Diaspora, and Black Central America(ns) and the Caribbean at UC Berkeley. She is also a Music enthusiast that uses popular culture and popular music as a form of diasporic education. In the episode Nicole explains to us the history of Garveyism in Central America, her academic journey, her upbringing in LA South Central's Little...
Episode 32 - Offline Community Organizing feat. @smugmorenita
September 25, 2018 00:17 - 1 hour - 94.8 MBHey everyone! This week Sandra is joined by Gabriela Aleman, aka Salvi-Nica artist @smugmorenita, to discuss how they use online community organizing to assist their offline community organizing. Gaby is extremely active in San Francisco Mission District's local political and community organizing landscape. They both discuss the privlidges of community organizing, perfromative activism, the non-profit industrial complex, and the steps to begin working locally for you neighborhood. Please sup...
Episode 31 - Melissa Vida
September 17, 2018 20:01 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBWarning: Rough Audio Ahead! Hey everyone! Today we have a new installment in our interview series. Our guest, Melissa Vida, is a freelance journalist and the new editor in chief for the Central American Empowerment Network. On top of this, Melissa created CentAm Curator, a newsletter aimed at bringing relevant Central American news to the forefront. Join us as we discuss with Melissa her reasons for creating a newsletter, the process of obtaining Central American news from Central American s...
Episode 30 - Pollo Campero
September 10, 2018 13:00 - 46 minutes - 48.4 MBHey everyone! Today we have a very special episode! Sandra was able to interview Federico Valiente, the Senior Director of Marketing for Pollo Campero while on her family trip to Nashville! Pollo Campero is expanding to Nashville and celebrated their grand opening a few weeks ago. We discuss the prevalence of Pollo Campero in our lives, especially as children of Central Americans. We also discuss the importance and relevance of a Central American buying force as well as other businesses asso...
Episode 29 - Central American Art as Resistance Roundtable (Part 2 of 2)
August 27, 2018 15:35 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBThis is part 2 of a roundatable discussion we had at Sandra's pad in Oakland! We gathered 5 Central American Bay Area artists and curators to discuss with each other their art, identity, and navigating the Bay art world. We have Marabet Morales, a Chapina from East Oakland that started the Bay Area Central American Writers Group. Gabriela Alemán, San Francisco Mission-born Nica/Salvi visual artist and local Mission community organizer. Plinio Hernández, born in El Salvador then migrated to N...
Episode 28 - Central American Art as Resistance Roundtable (Part 1 of 2)
August 20, 2018 03:17 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBThis is an episode going down in ¡Puchica Vos! Podcast history. We gathered 5 Central American Bay Area artists and curators to discuss with each other their art, identity, and navigating the Bay art world. We have Marabet Morales, a Chapina from East Oakland that started the Bay Area Central American Writers Group. Gabriela Alemán, San Francisco Mission-born Nica/Salvi visual artist and local Mission community organizer. Plinio Hernández, born in El Salvador then migrated to North Oakland a...
Episode 27 - FM4 Paso Libre (En Español)
August 13, 2018 04:09 - 1 hour - 64.9 MB¡Ya ha pasado un tiempo! Sandra estaba en México visitando a su familia y pudo entrevistar a Luis Enrique González Araiza, abogado de FM4 Paso Libre, que es un refugio para migrantes en Guadalajara, Jalisco. FM4 sirve en gran medida a los migrantes centroamericanos en su viaje a través de México. Discuten las políticas que afectan la migración en México y la información sobre los patrones de quienes cruzan el país. Esta entrevista es en español, mientras que la introducción es en inglés. ¡Ap...
Episode 26 - Jeevs
June 25, 2018 08:01 - 1 hour - 72 MBThis week Sandra interviews Jeevs for our Central American Diaspora series. Jeevs grew up in Belize City, but is currently studying Film in Jamaica. He has an amazing webseries called, "Homegrown Belize", on Belizean cuisine, artists, and businesses that give a local perspective. Jeevs discusses Kriol idenitity and his firm Carib and Central American identity. They also discuss environmentalism and its importance to Central America and the Caribbean. This is one of our best interviews yet! ...
Episode 25 - Intergenerational Trauma is Real
June 22, 2018 04:21 - 57 minutes - 60.5 MBWe both feel hurt because of child separation, ICE, our own family immigration situations, and the disregard for the lives of people wanting to survive. Links Intro Song & Transition Song: Greener Pastures - Sro Jesse Baez ft. Fuego - "Grasa" CNN: There are 2,300 migrant kids spread across the US. What happens to them next? NPR: Drumpf's Executive Order On Family Separation: What It Does And Doesn't Do Our Listener Survey
Episode 24 - mellamoyanna
June 12, 2018 03:18 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBWe have a feature interview with Yanna, aka @mellamoyanna, the CEO of Brown Sugar and Canela. Yanna is a proud Garifuna woman from North Carolina with Honduran heritage. Brown Sugar and Canela is an apparel company for strong women with a strong heritage based around Afro-Latinidad and Central American-ness. Sandra met up with Yanna on a trip to North Carolina to discuss her apparel company, #CentralAmericanTwitter, Garifuna identity, Leo men, and misogynoir in the Latinx community. Thanks s...
Episode 23 - We're Growing Up
June 04, 2018 08:01 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBJust updates on where we've been, twitter tings, the value of mistakes, and loving people that are assiting you in your growth.
Episode 22 - Stephanie
May 02, 2018 06:13 - 50 minutes - 55.6 MBHIIII this week we're returning with our Central American Diaspora series! Our guest this week is Stephanie, a PhD canidate in Psychology currently in Michican. However, Stephanie was raised in Utah in a 95+% Mormon community. She unpacks her experience understanding the whiteness that affected how she saw herself for many years. Sam and her go into the effects of pop culture on self esteem and wokeness as a commodity.
Cachito 3 - Belize and Nicaragua
April 25, 2018 04:33 - 19 minutes - 19 MBHello everyone were bring back the cachitos to talk about the ongoing situations in Belize and Nicaragua. We discuss at lengths the neo-colonial fight between Guatemala and Belize which is heavily racialized. Also we discuss the government suppression and murders of activists protesting the Nicaraguan Social Security reform. We hope for the safety of those in Nicaragua and those with loved ones there as well.
Episode 21 - ICE is a Modern Day Secret Police
April 24, 2018 05:03 - 53 minutes - 55.2 MBuhhh we hate ICE, Border Patrol, Detention Centers and the Department of Homeland Security. We go in deep as to why there are countless incididents that the US is using all four agencies to commit human rights abuses. We also go into ways to help fight DHS and support the undocumented community. FUCK ICE.
Episode 20 - Casey Parris-Daley
April 16, 2018 14:27 - 58 minutes - 55.2 MBFirstly, we apologize for the sound in this ep, but don't let that take anything away from our marvelous guest Casey Parris-Daley aka @MyDaleyVibes on Twitter. Casey is from Atlanta, but also lived several years in both Jamaica and Panama, where his parents are from. Casey speaks about coming to his own queerness while living in both Panama and Jamaica and his life growing up in the South. Sam asks a spicy question on what is genuine allyship in a time where identity is now a commodity.
Episode 19 - Cyber Stockholm Syndrome
April 09, 2018 08:01 - 54 minutes - 58.2 MBWhy is it important to protect yourself online? Sam and Sandra discuss the recent scrutiny on data obtained through social media like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. There has been a large history of surveillance on communities of color and technology only makes it easier. Prepare your fave tinfoil hat for this episode!
Episode 18 - Lucía
March 26, 2018 08:01 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBAre we going to play Korean-Pop two weeks in a row? We sure are! This week Sandra interviews Lucía from Tampa, Florida. Sandra connected to Lucía because of K-Pop, but learned so much more about growing up Guatemalan in Florida, her conversion to Islam and opening up over Caso Cerrado. Get ready for a lengthyyyyy discussion over K-Pop stan accounts, fan culture, and the K-Pop industrial complex.
Episode 17 - Q&A
March 19, 2018 08:01 - 49 minutes - 54 MBHello~ This week we're answering q's we were sent! We talk about fake stanning, getting into a fight, books we want to read. Its great to just chill and be a bit more open about ourselves. Lol.
Episode 16 - Internet Fueled Identities
March 05, 2018 08:01 - 54 minutes - 57.2 MBWe're speaking off the dome! Sam and Sandra have been real busy and they just wanted to relax and talk about multiple identities or personas that we hold. The conversation goes many directions especially in how the internet has allowed us to live an additional life.
Episode 15 - Tenants Rights & Gentrification ft. @osothebosso
February 26, 2018 08:01 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBThis week we are so honored to have Sophia, the creator of the @osothebosso Instagram bi-lingual tenants rights novela, to educate us on tenants rights in Los Angeles. We also have long discussions surrounding grassroots organizing, gentrification, gentefication, homeownership, and homeslessness. Sophia is so amazing and y'all should keep up with her!
Episode 14 - Olivia Kugler-Umaña
February 20, 2018 07:59 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBWe have the 2nd installment of our mini-series featuring Central Americans from non-Central American hubs. Oliva is a PhD Immunology candidate at UMass Medical. Olivia has a full Massuchusetts identity and we use her amazing achievements to discuss misogyny in post-graduate education, the best affordable pallette, and the Salvadoran Seventh Day Adventist identity.
Episode 13 - Toxic Masculinity
February 13, 2018 08:10 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBThis is another hot take. We relate Naruto to Toxic Masculinity, but we also go into the real effects it has on our personal lives and the world around us. CW: Conversations about sexual trauma, violence, and extremism.
Episode 12 - Patrick Mullen-Coyoy aka @aguacatemalteco
February 05, 2018 08:01 - 58 minutes - 60.2 MBHi y'all we're starting a new series on our show based on the diaspora outside of typical Central American hubs like California, Houston, or Washington D.C. We will be interviewing and getting to just hang out with Central Americans all over to establish relationships and friendships. However, the interviews will be one on one with either Sam or Sandra each episode. The first person we're hanging out with is Patrick Mullen-Coyoy! He is a poet and is often on #CentralAmericanTwitter and beaut...
Episode 11 - You Better Werk
January 30, 2018 22:00 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBSam and Sandra are SOOOOO excited to start their engines for the new season of Rupaul's Drag Race All Stars. Before Sam and Sandra toot and boot the entrance looks or go into show predictions, they talk about the herstory of drag. They go into the important role of trans folx of color and the legacy Rupaul has left on drag.
Episode 10 - Spilling College Tea
January 22, 2018 08:01 - 1 hour - 95.8 MBWe love our long episodes so were giving you more! We both just graduated from college and now being out for 6 months into the "working world", we look back. Drugs, sex, love, yt experimentation, and how univesities fail students of color.
Episode 9 - The Gauntlet of Performative Activism
January 16, 2018 02:27 - 1 hour - 80.2 MBWere bringing you a long and solemn episode this week on the topic of performative activism. We bring in a new segment and new Twitter hashtag.
Episode 8 - #CentralAmericanTwitter ft. @Wilfreyfrey
January 08, 2018 08:01 - 47 minutes - 46.1 MBGet ready to welcome our first guest on the podcast, Wilfredo, aka @Wilfreyfrey on Twitter. He was ahead of the times and was the first to use the #CentralAmericanTwitter hashtag, but he tells us the true tea on how the space took years to create! We also send lot's of love to other key people in creating the foundation of #CentralAmericanTwitter to become the amazing online space for Central American engagement.
Episode 7 - New Year, New Pod
January 03, 2018 01:47 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBHAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ¡PUCHICA VOS! We're reunited and laid out our goals and hopes for the podcast, ourselves, and the diaspora. We discuss our astrology predictions and what scents should be in our baño.
Episode 6 - Our Central American Womxn Playlist
December 18, 2017 08:01 - 52 minutes - 52.9 MBEsto es para todas las mujeres centroamericanas. We have another playlist for y'all! Sam and Sandra go through the 7 countries to present talented womxn and femme energyyyy. It is quite lit.
Episode 5 - The Swipe That Got Away
December 11, 2017 08:01 - 1 hour - 65 MBWe wanted to chill it out this week and talk about some random things on our mind. We have a love and hate relationship with dating apps and online dating, and affect us constantly! We discuss 5 dating apps and our experiences with each one. Topics range from automatic left swipes, ghosting, and the shrinking of queer femme spaces.
Cachito 2 - Honduras
December 09, 2017 17:15 - 16 minutes - 16.3 MBOur thoughts and prayers are with Honduras and Hondurans around the world, and so we wanted to provide some exposure by talking about what is going on in Honduras after the election held on November 26. Since the election, mass protests, a dusk to dawn curfew (which has now been lifted), and other intriguing developments have occured, but have been overlooked in mass media. Check this episode out to get some context to Honduras and Honduran elections, as well as to learn about the developing...
Episode 4 - Shitcanxs
December 05, 2017 03:30 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBGet ready to catch some HEAAAT with these new mics! Sam and Sandra discuss the blind eye Mexico and Shitcanxs turn on discrimination, crime, and hegemony enforced on Central Americans. Topics range from fútbol, Coco, and aliens. Let's get ready to rumble!
Episode 3 - Central American International Film Fest
November 28, 2017 03:14 - 46 minutes - 50 MBJoin us as we go to the 3rd Annual Central American International Film Festival at the Los Angeles Film School. First few minutes are in a vlog style format, and then we go in on our three favorite films. Huge shoutout to all the incredible artists that were showcased at the film festival! Also, we plan to regularly upload new episodes on Mondays, so start out the week with us as we talk shit on just about anything!!
Cachito 1 - The Cachito That Turned Out To Be a Cachote (Podcasterio Fest)
November 25, 2017 18:02 - 30 minutes - 29.2 MBHappy day-after-Black-Friday, or as it's known literally everywhere else in the world - Saturday. In the first ten minutes of this cachito, we talk about actually publishing the pod and the incredibly warm reception we received. We shout out a few people who shouted us out as well. <3 Sam also apologizes for his less-than-stellar research skills. Join us for our vlog-style cachito where we start out mid-lunch, empathize with our parking struggle, and listen to us as we talk about Podcasterio...
Episode 2 - Temporary Protected Status
November 22, 2017 04:02 - 39 minutes - 40.2 MBWe chat about Temporary Protected Status and the movement around #DefendTPS. Data provided by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center and Sandra's own digging around. Sam's sad voice provided by Sam. Discussion is organic, locally grown and free of GMOs. (Gross Machista Overtones)
Episode 1 - Our Salvi Playlist
November 22, 2017 03:31 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBWe grooooove to some music created by Salvadoran and Salvadoran American musicians to learn about singers and folks that made radiowave history~ Disclaimer - In this episode, Sam incorrectly says that Josue Diaz is a Salvadoran artist, when in fact he is Peruvian. Sam relied on the internet and since google said that Josue Diaz was born in San Salvador, El Salvador, Sam trusted this but he should've checked his "facts." Josue Diaz is still an artist worthy of being listened to and his music...
Episode 0 - Introductions
November 22, 2017 02:11 - 50 minutes - 42.1 MBHello~ This is our introduction to ¡Puchica Vos! Hosts Sam and Sandra talk about how they met, who they are, what puchica vos means, and their goals for growth with this podcast. Sandra displays her forever pettiness and Sam has an interesting encounter with a supply closet.