Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel is Netflix's brand new docu-series centered around Elisa Lam's death. In this episode, I dig into the full story behind Elisa Lam's disappearance, the famous elevator video that shook the nation, different conspiracy theories surrounding the story, and my overall take on the series' portrayal of Elisa. *There will be spoiler alerts so proceed at your own risk*

Guest Spotlight: Me, Myself, and I <3

Disclaimer: We understand that the immigration process is by no means linear and looks different for every person. With this episode, we hope to open an important conversation about our personal immigration journey, including talks of the ups and downs of growing up as immigrants, the American Dream, and our future moving forward in the United States. 

Guest Spotlight: Lyon Lee is a junior Biomedical Engineering student at The University of Texas at Austin with his sights set on medical school. He is a first-generation Asian American born in South Korea. He drinks almost exclusively black coffee and will take mountains over the beach any day.

Tune in as we talk about our love for High School Musical the Musical the Series and as we take a deep dive into the tragic truth behind Driver’s License, including the infamous love triangle gone viral on Tik Tok.

Guest Spotlight: 

Stephanie Moreno is still my bff AND roommate, a junior at UT Austin, and studying Biomedical Engineering with her career goals set on medical school. Originally from Miami, FL, she loves a sunny beach day while vibing to some Taylor Swift. Yes...she's back and what about it. We stan our girl, Steph. 

Tune in as I talk with AJ Abdullah about his music career as an independent artist, some of his Spotify hits about to reach a million listens, his musical inspirations and influences, and his future musical ambitions, including an exciting EP in the works. 

Guest Spotlight: 

AJ Abdullah is a senior Advertising student at The University of Texas at Austin as well as an upcoming independent artist. He makes indie-leaning tunes and lives exclusively off a diet of various teas and soups.

Join me and my favorite movie reviewing aficionado, Jacob Smith, as we talk about our watchlisted movies, my Wes Anderson obsession, our hidden gems which may or may not include a black & white Iranian movie featuring a vampire girl riding a skateboard, and why Catching Fire is the best sequel of all time. 

Guest Spotlight: 

Jacob Smith is a film major at UT, a friend to Oriana, and an enemy to all coffee-related podcasts. He likes to watch and review movies, write, edit fun videos and make drinking games out of literally anything. 

Tune in as we take a deep dive into the latest season of the Bachelor: talks of the Sarah show, the toxicity of Queen Victoria,  and our first impressions of Matt James as the leading man. 

Guest Spotlight:

Stephanie Moreno (bff AND roommate) is a junior at UT Austin, studying Biomedical Engineering with her career goals set on medical school. Originally from Miami, FL, she loves a sunny beach day while vibing to some Taylor Swift.

In this week's episode, I am joined by one of my closest college friends, Ale Roman. We are starting off the year strong with vision boards, talking about our 2020 experience, relationships, our failed 21st, losing & gaining friendships, sorority life scaries, and our plans for tackling 2021. 

Check out our 2021 vision boards on my Instagram account, @ oriana_garcia31 

Guest Spotlight: 

Ale Roman is a junior at UT Austin, studying Mexican American & Latino Studies, Women & Gender Studies, and Government. From San Antonio, TX (count down city bby), she’s a proud Chicana/Latina, a master in the art of crafting catchphrases, cracking jokes, and being a mover and shaker for her community. 

Welcome to Brewing with Ori (not a coffee podcast), my brand new podcast! I'm so excited to start this new journey with y'all, have fun, explore new topics, and share a little bit of my life with you. In this debut episode, I am joined by my dear friend, Erik Martinez, a long time pal and an absolute STAR.

Get ready for some unwarranted college advice, talks about the importance of the masterpieces that are the Theory of Everything, Jojo Rabbit and Easy A, why Erik's favorite artist is Harry Styles, a look into our 2021 aspirations, among a fun game of question and answer! Thank you for supporting this initiative, I am always so appreciative!