In this episode I dive into the reasons why many Latinos/Hispanics are not aware of their native and Black ancestry.    

References 

Bennett, Herman L. 2010. Colonial Blackness: A History of Afro-Mexico. N.p.: Indiana University Press.  

Diaz del Castillo, Bernal. 2020. The Conquest of New Spain. Translated by John M. Cohen. N.p.: Martino Fine Books. 

 Greenleaf, Richard E. 1965. “The Inquisition and the Indians of New Spain: A Study in Jurisdictional Confusion.” The Americas 22, no. 2 (October): 138-166. https://www.jstor.org/stable/979238.  

Lokken, Paul. 2001. “Marriage as Slave Emancipation in Seventeenth-Century Rural Guatemala.” The Americas 58, no. 2 (October): 175-200. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1007964.  

Martinez, Maria E. 2004. “The Black Blood of New Spain: Limpieza de Sangre, Racial Violence, and Gendered Power in Early Colonial Mexico.” The William and Mary Quarterly 61, no. 3 (July): 479-520. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3491806.  

Yeagar, Timothy J. 1995. “Encomienda or Slavery? The Spanish Crown's Choice of Labor Organization in Sixteenth-Century Spanish America.” The Journal of Economic History 55, no. 4 (December): 842-859. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2123819.

In this episode I dive into the early history of Los Angeles, its founders, the motivation behind their colonization, how they lived and how they survived the Anglo-American period.    

References 

Hackel, Steven W. 1997. “Land, Labor, and Production: The Colonial Economy of Spanish and Mexican California.” California History 76, no. 2/3 (Summer-Fall): 111-146. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161664.  

Mason, William M. 1998. The Census of 1790: A Demographic History of Colonial California. N.p.: Ballena Press. 

 Meier, Matt S., Carey McWilliams, and Alma M. García. 2016. North from Mexico: The Spanish-speaking People of the United States. Edited by Matt S. Meier and Alma M. García. N.p.: ABC-CLIO, LLC.  

Pierce, Charles C. n.d. “Original Settlers of Los Angeles.” Los Angeles Almanac. Accessed July 30, 2022. http://www.laalmanac.com/history/hi03c.php.  

Voss, Barbara L. 2005. “From Casta to Californio: Social Identity and the Archaeology of Culture Contact.” Wiley 107, no. 3 (September): 461-474.  https://www.jstor.org/stable/3567030.

In this episode I speak on the anxieties, uncertainties and opportunities presented to me by covid-19. 

In this episode Midnight speaks on his upbringing, creating music with Flow, learning Chicano history and advancing his career in computer science.

In this episode Stephen Martinez, the host of The Megaman Podcast,  joins me to discuss the transition from Raza Stand to Flow, the death of Megaman, balancing family time & podcasts, building relationships with followers/content creators, community involvement, adapting a healthy lifestyle, conspiracies & sports. 

In this episode I analyze the treaty that halted the Mexican American War and determine if the United States honored or violated the treaty. #chicano #history #mexico #usa #sessionswithflow  

References  

n.d. A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875. Accessed July 19, 2022. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=009/llsl009.db&recNum=982.  

Griswold del Castillo, Richard. 1990. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: A Legacy of Conflict. N.p.: University of Oklahoma Press.

In this episode I reflect on the joys and struggles of becoming a brand new father and how they impacted the relationship with my wife. 

In this episode I explain how a group of African slaves in New Spain not only escaped slavery, but successfully created a free independent village prior to any nation in the Americas. #slavery #colonialhistory #afrolatino    

References  

Carrillo, Karen J. 2021. “Mexico’s First Liberated City Commemorates Its Founding.” Daily JSTOR. https://daily.jstor.org/mexicos-yanga-commenorates-founding/.  

Multiple, Authors. 2008. “The First Liberator of the Americas: The Editor's Notes.” Callaloo 31, no. 1 (Winter): 1-11. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27654749.

In this episode I go into the details of how I met my wife. I discuss the ups and downs of a relationship and ultimately how I define love. 

In this episode I speak on what it has been like living with a chronic illness, its origins, and how I have learned how to thrive despite it.