In this episode I cover the events that shaped Mexico and its people, beginning with Mexican independence and ending with the Porfiriato.  

References 

Chasteen, John C. 2016. Born in Blood & Fire: A Concise History of Latin America. N.p.: W.W. Norton.  

Scheina, Robert L. 2003. Latin America's wars: The age of the Caudillo, 1791-1899. N.p.: Brassey's, Incorporated.

In this episode I speak about my journey with college, romantic relationships and recovering from heartbreak. 

In this episode I dive into what inspired the Chicano Movement but also what caused it to suddenly fall.    

References  

Hurtado, Aída. 1998. “Sitios y Lenguas: Chicanas Theorize Feminisms.” Hypatia 13, no. 2 (Spring): 134-161. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3810642.  

Martínez, Sara E. 2017. The Chicano Movement: A Historical Exploration of Literature. N.p.: ABC-CLIO.  

Rhea, Joseph T. 1997. Race Pride and the American Identity. N.p.: Harvard University Press.  

Saldívar-Hull, Sonia. 2000. Feminism on the Border: Chicana Gender Politics and Literature. N.p.: University of California Press.

In this episode I speak on how I received my nickname, my early high school years, the obsession with hip-hop as well as gang culture. The truth behind my uncle's death, my first job, relationships with women, and the realization of becoming a role model. 

In this episode I discuss the alternative origins of the name America.    

References 

Bris, Thomas De S. 2015. Discovery of the Origin of the Name of America (Classic Reprint). N.p.: FB&C Limited.  

Lambert, T. H. 1883. “The Origin of the Name of America: From the National History of the Peruvians.” Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York 15:45-72. https://doi.org/10.2307/196537.

In this episode I recollect on my earliest childhood memories and highlight the importance of the foundation my parents provided for me to facilitate adolescence. 

In this episode, I dive into the Chichimeca Wars that ultimately changed how the Spanish would proceed with the conquest of the Americas.    

References  

Powell, Philip W. 1975. Soldiers, Indians & Silver: North America's First Frontier War. N.p.: Center for Latin American Studies, Arizona State University.  

Powell, Philip W., and Philip Wayne. 1977. Mexico's Miguel Caldera: The Taming of America's First Frontier, 1548-1597. N.p.: University of Arizona Press.

In this episode of Flow Chronicles, I speak on my origins, the uncanny marriage of my parents, tragic event that led to the birth of my older brother, and how all of these events, prior to my conception, shaped me. 

In this episode I challenge the narrative which says that Europeans single-handedly conquered the Americas. There is plenty of evidence which shows that they were aided by many different indigenous nations as well as Africans.     

References  

Matthew, Laura E., and Michel R. Oudijk, eds. 2014. Indian Conquistadors: Indigenous Allies in the Conquest of Mesoamerica. N.p.: University of Oklahoma Press.  

Restall, Matthew. 2000. “Black Conquistadors: Armed Africans in Early Spanish America.” The Americas 57, no. 2 (October): 171-205.  https://www.jstor.org/stable/1008202.

In this episode I challenge the narrative which claims that the first European arrivals intended to commit genocide. I further dive into what truly destroyed indigenous American societies.     

References Diamond, Jared M., and Professor of Geography J. Diamond. 1999. Guns, germs, and steel. N.p.: W.W. Norton.   

Guerra, Francisco. 1988. “The Earliest American Epidemic: The Influenza of 1493.” Social Science History Volume 12, no. 3 (October): 305-325.  https://doi.org/10.2307/1171451.   

Mann, Charles C. 2012. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created. N.p.: Vintage Books.   

Patterson, Kristine B. 2002. “Smallpox and the Native American.” The American Journal of Medical Sciences 323, no. 4 (April): 216-222. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0002962915344815.