In this episode, Franki and Oscar discuss the housing crisis in the US and in Oregon. Oscar offers a solution for helping first-time homeowners with the downpayment, closing costs and other costs to buying a home.

In this episode, Oscar and Franki discuss the challenges and accomplishments faced by Latino/MesoAmerican military men and women in the past and in the present. They honor and thank all veterans who have proudly served our country.

Franki and Oscar discuss Dia de los Muertos and how they observe it, and whether anyone can celebrate, and how!

In this episode, Franki and Oscar discuss a global problem facing our world today, keeping children safe. Franki outlined children at risk in the US, at the border, in Isreal and Gaza, and at schools. Oscar talks about the times, as a teacher, he had to keep his very young students safe during active shooting episodes.

Oscar and Franki discuss White folks visiting or living in Mexico. They talk about possible harm to the Mexican economy, some Whites who demand everyone speak English, and generally taking advantage of Mexican graciousness. They aren't saying Whites shouldn't visit Mexico, they are asking them to be respectful of the norms and cultural realities of being in a foreign county.

In this episode, Franki and Oscar discuss all the reasons that Latinos/MesoAmericans aren't "in it". Meaning, why is the national narrative always focused on Black/white racism? Where are Latinos/mesoamericans in the national discussion, and why are we left out of the history books?

In this episode Franki interviews Oscar about his teaching position at OCCC and his work as the program coordinator of the Early Childhood Education Program. We discuss the program as well as the coordination between the ESL program and this one. Oscar also discusses how he's incorporated STEM into ECE, and the GED classes he teaches in Spanish.

Oscar and Franki discuss discrimination in Oregon, and specifically discrimination in education.

In this second of two parts, Oscar and Franki continue their interview with Jurgis as he describes what happened when the war ended and the Americans come to the German hard labor camp in which he and his family were detained.

In this episode, Oscar and Franki interview Holocast survivor, Jurgis Motiekaitis about his experiences as a young child living in a German hard labor camp. This is a two-part interview, and here is part 1.