831 Comadres

Love is in the air for Dia de San Valentin and since we know better we DO better! This Valentine's the Comadres, Frenchy and Sam have some tips and tricks on how we can support our community and gente without contributing to waste and consumerism. Also, it's 2022 and Biden/Harris administration is still trash 🗑 for not having passed comprehensive immigration reform. In response "A Day Without An Immigrant" will be observed this Valentine's Day 2022. Remember this doesn't mean we shouldn't still support our hard-working street vendor community hustling them flowers 💐. But we should steer clear of chain restaurants, and non-BIPOC businesses most especially the corporate ones!

New Year, New Episode! Your favorite Comadres welcome friend of the show Horacio Davila back with a new title, President and Founder of La Cantina Brewing Company! The homie was on the cusp of opening up his flagship brewery in our beloved Old Town Salinas when he visited The Comadres! As usual, he came bearing gifts of new craft brew con Cultura and brought along business partner Adrian Lopez and brewer Tito Hernandez to tell us the story of how this new brewery came to have their brick and mortar. Grab the new Horchata Stout and listen up to how important it is to surround yourself with people who believe in you and will speak your name into a room full of opportunities. Salud 🍻

Your favorite Comadres, Frenchy, and Sam are all about comunidad, and if we can have a good time while building community, then we are all in!! Esté episodio features Sonia Villalobos from Ballet Folclórico Aguila Real. 💃 A dance group with a rich 30-year history on the Central Coast that's main aim is to keep kids off the streets. Through the power of baile, Sonia, a second-generation dancer continues the legado que su mami comenzó en 1990!! Listen up as she shares her very personal story and those of some of the kids she's helped along the way. Es el tiempo del frío so grab a warm drink and enjoy this weeks episode.

The Comadres Frenchy and Sam could not believe the amount of gente who didn't know that Día de Muertos isn't Mexican Halloween!! Like serio?!? 🤨 The confusion that exists around the origin stories doesn't help either. So Las Comadres did a little research and found that Halloween has its roots in Celtic traditions. In comparison, Día de Muertos is believed to pre-date even the Aztec Empire. But as the episode will help clear up, there is one significant difference between the holidays, Día de Muertos is a day of celebrations, and Halloween is a day of mourning. Grab yourself una bebida calientita y listen to this week's episode.

Are you afraid of the dark? Your Favorite Comadres, Frenchy, and Sam continue the October vibes with scary stories and Urban legends 👻 And you can't talk urban legends to Mexicanos without mentioning La Llorona! It seems every Latin American country has its version of the story, and the Comadres share the versions they heard growing up. They also discuss local legends like that of the Old Stage Road haunting and the haunting of James Deans infamous Porsha Spyder 550 that has some spooky ties to Salinas. La Comadre Frenchy shares one of her personal paranormal experiences that had Comadre Sam in full-body goosebumps. Turn on the lights o una vela 🕯 and listen up to this week's episode.

It's officially Autumn. The leaves turn, and all things witchy, spooky, and pumpkin spice are on full display. Your favorite Comadres, Frenchy, and Sam are sharing their Día de Muertos Altar making knowledge. Listen up for all the details on the significance of the levels, the items that should always be present on your altar, and the representation of the four cardinal elements. Siempre vemos altares pero hoy se aprende cómo y porque se hacen. Grab a pumpkin spice latte and listen up!

It's officially Autumn. The leaves turn, and all things witchy, spooky, and pumpkin spice are on full display. Your favorite Comadres, Frenchy, and Sam are sharing their Día de Muertos Altar making knowledge. Listen up for all the details on the significance of the levels, the items that should always be present on your altar, and the representation of the four cardinal elements. Siempre vemos altares pero hoy se aprende cómo y porque se hacen. Grab a pumpkin spice latte and listen up!

The 831 Comadres Frenchy and Sam continue to keep busy scheduled both on and off the mic. And with such a positive listener reaction to the last "Comadres Catch Up," we decided to make it a thing. Join us as the Comadres Sam shares a small piece of her very personal journey con medicina de sapo 🐸 Y la comadre Frenchy is big flexing with news of her second promotion in under a year!! 💪🏽 Eso y más on this episode so grab your cafecito or una chela 🍺 y catch up con tus favorite Comadres.

The National spotlight has been cast on our beloved City once again. This time for Salinas High school student AND staff participation in a blatant act of racism, anti-blackness, and white supremacy! Join the Comadres Frenchy and Sam as we share space with two beautiful and eloquent black community leaders. Tamisha Smith, a local educator, activist, and proud mother of black daughters, brings poignant and thought-provoking discussion. Charles Sanders, a father and religious leader, helps to dispel the absence black father myth. Let's open our ears to listen with compassion porque no nomas fueron blancos que participaron 😔. Grab that drink and listen up cause anti-blackness ain't it, mi gente! Ya saben Raza Brown Pride ✊🏾 Black Power ✊🏿

This week's episode of 831 Comadres features a hometown Mujer putting in work!! Airam Coronado is a Program Leadership Assistant and trained Xinatchtli facilitator for MILPA collective in Salinas, Ca. She joins the Comadres Frenchy and Sam to talk about her very personal journey of being system impacted and how that lead to her work in the community. We also touch on the devastating loss of a community member, Gerardo Martinez Chaves. Who's life was taken by the hands of the Salinas Police Department on 7/16. Que descanse en paz siempre.