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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.

In this episode I cover the lesser known underground railroad from the United States to Mexico, which runaway slaves took on their way to freedom.

References

Baumgartner, Alice L. 2020. South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the

Civil War. N.p.: Basic Books.

Burnett, John. 2021. “A Chapter In U.S. History Often Ignored: The Flight Of Runaway Slaves

To Mexico.” NPR.

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/28/971325620/a-chapter-in-u-s-history-often-ignored-the-flight-of-runaway-slaves-to-mexico.

Sieff, Kevin, and Carolyn Van Houten. 2019. “Her ancestors fled to Mexico to escape slavery 170 years ago. The matriarch of the Mascogos tribe still sings in English to this day.” The Washington Post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/world/amp-stories/descendants-of-american-slaves-fled-to-mexico-mascogos/.

In this episode I discuss the history in Cinco de Mayo and why it's not a Mexican holiday. 

References

Hayes, David E. 2014. “Cinco de Mayo -- a truly Mexican American holidayIn the first parades after the 1862 Battle of Puebla, revelers who supported freedom, racial equality and democracy carried U.S. and Mexican flags side by side.” Los Angeles Times, March 5, 2014. 

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-xpm-2014-mar-05-la-oe-hayes-bautista-cinco-de-mayo-20140305-story.html.

Hayes-Bautista, David E.. El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition. Ukraine: University of California Press, 2012.

In this episode I decipher the "genderbread person" philosophy, speak on gender identity disorder, "transkids" and provide solutions to understand the conundrum of gender identity. 

References

Meston, Cindy Gender Identity Disorder. Accessed April 26, 2022.

 https://labs.la.utexas.edu/mestonlab/gender-identity-disorder/#top.

n.d. The Genderbread Person | A free online resource for understanding gender identity, gender expression, and anatomical sex. Accessed April 26, 2022.

https://www.genderbread.org/.

Allarakha, Shaziya. 2022. “What Are the 72 Other Genders? Gender Identity List & Child Awareness.” MedicineNet. https://www.medicinenet.com/what_are_the_72_other_genders/article.htm.

Cantor, James M. 2017. “How many transgender kids grow up to stay trans?” PsyPost. 

https://www.psypost.org/2017/12/many-transgender-kids-grow-stay-trans-50499.

“Gender dysphoria - Symptoms and causes.” 2022. Mayo Clinic. 

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gender-dysphoria/symptoms-causes/syc-20475255.

Goldman, Bruce, and Gérard DuBois. 2017. “How men's and women's brains are different.” Stanford Medicine Magazine. https://stanmed.stanford.edu/2017spring/how-mens-and-womens-brains-are-different.html.

This episode features the host of Ranting with Ramos Podcast, Jose Ramos. We dive into his upbringing in the San Gabriel valley, his views on fatherhood, family structure, LBGT+ politics, conspiracy theories and the current state of his platform.

In this episode, Ruviseli Bravo (my wife) shares her story of coming of age in the Coachella Valley, moving to Los Angeles, becoming a mother, and how all of that shaped her identity.

In this episode I discuss the origins of inequality and if there are any viable solutions that can solve this problem.  

References  

Bowles, Samuel, and Jung-Kyoo Choi. 2019. “The Neolithic Agricultural Revolution and the Origins of Private Property.” Journal of Political Economy 127, no. 5 (October). https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/701789.  

Koski, Jessica E., Honglin Xie, and Ingrid R. Olson. 2015. “Understanding social hierarchies: The neural and psychological foundations of status perception.” Social Neuroscience 10, no. 5 (February): 527-550.  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17470919.2015.1013223.

In this episode I define these 3 economic philosophies in theory, practice, and  how they influence government.   

References 

Dagger, Richard. 2019. “communism | Definition, History, Varieties, & Facts | Britannica.” Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/communism.  

Dagger, Richard. 2022. “socialism | Definition, History, Types, Examples, & Facts.” Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/socialism.  

Heilbroner, Robert L. 2022. “capitalism | Definition, Characteristics, History, & Criticism | Britannica.” Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/capitalism.

This episode is intended to compare and contrast race, ethnicity, nationality and culture.    

References  

Fisher, Max. 2013. “A revealing map of the world's most and least ethnically diverse countries.” The Washington Post, May 16, 2013. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/05/16/a-revealing-map-of-the-worlds-most-and-least-ethnically-diverse-countries/.  

Pappas, Stephanie, and Callum McKelvie. 2021. “What is culture?” Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/21478-what-is-culture-definition-of-culture.html.  

Smedley, Audrey. 2020. “race | Definition, Ideologies, Constructions, & Facts | Britannica.” Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/race-human.