Hella Chingona Podcast

By Rosanna Alvarez

a podcast where chingonas thrive... more

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The podcast currently has 31 episodes available.

Hella Chingona Podcast episodes:

March 11, 2022 S02.E04. Resurgimiento
In this episode, the podcast re-emerges with the official acknowledgement of Season 2. Pandemic type is it’s own kind of warped sense of time! Following a necessary recalibration, Rosanna Alvarez offers some reflections on purpose, intent, and community, while addressing inadvertent censorship with the flipside of reclamation and affirmation. This journey is a dance --sometimes circular but always in Chingona flow.

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13min
February 10, 2021 S02.E03. Standard Rumblings in Disruption
In this solita, solita episode, Rosanna Alvarez reflects on the standards we engage with and take for granted as ideas about acceptability. She invites us to think about how we show up with our whole selves as buffers, extensions, and sometimes challengers of those poblematic standards for the benefit of our collective humanity.
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23min
February 02, 2021 S02.E02. The Imposter Syndrome Saga
In this episode, host and creator Rosanna Alvarez circles back to imposter syndrome to address the dynamics of complicity among friends and colleagues.
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13min
January 14, 2021 S02.E01. Showing Up for Me
In this solita, solita episode, Rosanna Alvarez reflects on her struggles with self-silencing. She touches on several areas of vulnerability that include family and unresolved traumas as she recommits to her platform and voice. The segment is a heartfelt offering toward remaining firm in her commitment to our collective abilities to thrive.
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13min
September 23, 2020 Episode 17. Imposter What?!
In this solita, solita episode, Rosanna Alvarez reflects on her frustrations with how rampant "imposter syndrome" has become as a fuel for self doubt. She calls out the dynamics involved in devaluing the work of women of color and declares imposter syndrome a misnomer that deflects from the true accountability of the hostile exclusion of our knowledge, experience, and expertise. She ends this episode by reminding us that what pulls us through is our community and the collective naming of the actual issues that lead us to absorb an expectation of accountability that is not ours to hold.
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19min
September 17, 2020 Episode 16: Suffrage, Sufrimiento y Corazón
An inter-generational platica offering Chicana perspectives on women’s suffrage acknowledging la lucha as it relates to our personal histories in Santa Clara Valley, the political landscape through the times, and the urgency of our present moment. Get your remedios ready and sip your tea as you listen to Blanca Alvarado, Laura Castro, Elisa Marina Alvarado, Dulce Aguilera, and Christina Morales Guzman in a beautiful conversation about activism, community, and their legacy of corazón. Moderated by yours truly, Rosanna Alvarez. Hosted by La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley in collaboration with the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department of San Jose State University, Marisa Gaska, Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley, and San Jose Woman's Club with funding from the Santa Clara County Office of Women's Policy, Division of Equity and Social Justice.
Speaker biographies available at hellachingona.com.
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1h 56min
July 30, 2020 Episode 15. Fumbling Toward Accountability
In this Solita, Solita Episode, founder and host Rosanna Alvarez addresses the struggle inherent in social media challenges. As she acknowledges her own fumblings, she offers some perspective from a compassionate space of shared responsibility. She discusses how shame is a dysfunctional reflex that derails us from longterm accountability and that also serves to silence women's voices. Her candid reflection reminds us to be compassionate with ourselves as a step toward addressing the issues beyond a complex complicit space of self-silencing.
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26min
July 22, 2020 Episode 14. Cosechando Encanto: Cultivating Leadership with Gabriela Chavez-Lopez
In this Wiri Wiri Wednesday episode, we sit down with Gabriela Chavez-Lopez to talk about her journey of stepping fully into her leadership. She traces her roots back through twelve generations and talks about the alluring spirit of generosity that fuels her work. In the midst of her story, there's a relatable thread of heart and fortitude that reminds us that our charm, drive, and determination are often part of a larger reciprocal fabric of comadrazgo and leadership in action. Like an abundant harvest, the more we tend to this work, the better able we are to sustain our communities and each other.
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58min
July 15, 2020 Episode 13. An Invitation is Never an Obligation
In this solita, solita episode Rosanna Alvarez shares a glimpse into her journey toward reminding herself that an invitation is never an obligation. She first came up with this phrase in her written reflections while thinking about how compelled she felt to over-explain her respectful declines with something more than a simple "no." She acknowledges the complexities of how we absorb the idea that we owe people our time and that we are always obligated to show up, along with how overwhelming that can be. She also talks about how many of us carry a guilt reflex toward that end and reminds us that we are completely in our right with the least amount of mitote when we have to or want to say no --even when it is in response to exciting invitations to collaborate, conspire, or connect.
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25min
July 09, 2020 Episode 12. Be That Poetry
In this solita solita episode, Rosanna Alvarez talks about how she navigates imposter syndrome while acknowledging the limitations of one-size-fits all approaches. She reminds us of how our personal stories can help us anchor ourselves in our why in order to encourage us to take action, speak, or show up even on the days where imposter syndrome hits hard.
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27min

FAQs about Hella Chingona Podcast:

How many episodes does Hella Chingona Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 31 episodes available.