Bienvenidos, bienvenidas, bienvenides. If you have been listening for a while, you might know that we usually release student work between semesters. This time we will be releasing one episode a week throughout January.

These episodes were fully created by the students in Rebecca's fall 2024 Survey of Caribbean Literature course. The students worked together in groups throughout the semester to create podcast episodes that reflected the literature, themes, and concepts we covered in the class. They researched the ideas that interested them the most and analyzed different forms of literature from the Caribbean including novels, short stories, poetry, songs, and film. They learned how to record, edit, and produce a podcast project that they could be proud of putting out into the world. 

Please let them know how you feel about their work by listening and sharing this episode. Give them a shout out on social media by tagging Latinx Visions on Instagram and BlueSky.

This episode was written, recorded, edited, and produced by Jeau Alvarez, Angelique Cespedes, Steven Fabiani, George Kusi, Julian Martinez-Ariza, and Lily Petak.

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Bienvenidos, bienvenidas, bienvenides. If you have been listening for a while, you might know that we usually release student work between semesters. This time we will be releasing one episode a week throughout January.

These episodes were fully created by the students in Rebecca's fall 2024 Survey of Caribbean Literature course. The students worked together in groups throughout the semester to create podcast episodes that reflected the literature, themes, and concepts we covered in the class. They researched the ideas that interested them the most and analyzed different forms of literature from the Caribbean including novels, short stories, poetry, songs, and film. They learned how to record, edit, and produce a podcast project that they could be proud of putting out into the world. 

Please let them know how you feel about their work by listening and sharing this episode. Give them a shout out on social media by tagging Latinx Visions on Instagram and BlueSky.

This episode was written, recorded, edited, and produced by Grace Ayodele, Shania Clark, Juliemarie Hernandez, Bianca Peterkin, Ariana Purisic, and Leticia Rodriguez

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Bienvenidos, bienvenidas, bienvenides. If you have been listening for a while, you might know that we usually release student work between semesters. This time we will be releasing one episode a week throughout January.

These episodes were fully created by the students in Rebecca's fall 2024 Survey of Caribbean Literature course. The students worked together in groups throughout the semester to create podcast episodes that reflected the literature, themes, and concepts we covered in the class. They researched the ideas that interested them the most and analyzed different forms of literature from the Caribbean including novels, short stories, poetry, songs, and film. They learned how to record, edit, and produce a podcast project that they could be proud of putting out into the world. 

Please let them know how you feel about their work by listening and sharing this episode. Give them a shout out on social media by tagging Latinx Visions on Instagram and BlueSky.

This episode was written, recorded, edited, and produced by Mercy Colon, Daniela Diaz, Imani Gonzalez, Yael Leon, Julia Shi, and Daniela Zoquier. Sound Consultant and Mixing by Shawn P. Russell

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Para este episodio que cierra nuestra temporada número 7 sobre narrativas especulativas hemos invitado a Dr. Enrique González Conty. Enrique es profesor de español y cine en Ithaca College y buen amigo de Rojo.

En este episodio abordaremos la película del 2008 Sleep Dealer dirigida por Alex Rivera con las actuaciones de Luis Fernando Peña como Memo Cruz, Leonor Varela como Luz Martinez, y Jacob Vargas como Rudy Ramirez.

Enrique hablará sobre la militarización de la frontera y el uso de la tecnología para ello. Rebecca examinará el trabajo virtual de los migrantes en los Estados Unidos y yo, Rojo, discutiré el modelo de escritura neurológica en las redes que presenta la película.

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Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois

Logo Design: Marcos Toledo

Music: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois

Social Media and Transcripts: Jasmine Mojica

In this episode we discuss the graphic novel Low, Low Woods. First, we provide a synopsis of the book along with brief introductions of its authors: Carmen Maria Machado and artist Dani. In the context of this graphic novel, Rojo conducts an ecological and feminist analysis of body horror, with particular attention to the different meanings and representations of sinkholes. Rebecca then focuses on gaslighting as a form of psychological abuse and considers how one of the protagonists, Vee, engages in what might be considered self-gaslighting, as a form of self-preservation, but also how water serves as a symbol for gaslighting from the men of the town.

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Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois

Logo Design: Marcos Toledo

Music: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois

Social Media and Transcripts: Jasmine Mojica

Today, we are in conversation with Alana Casanova-Burgess, co-creator, host, and producer of WNYC Studios’ La Brega: Stories from the Puerto Rican Experience. 

This conversation was recorded on May 2nd, 2024 in front of a live audience of our students and colleagues and it was sponsored by The Harman Program at Baruch College. Special thanks to Esther Allen and Elena Martínez for organizing the event and inviting us to participate.

At the beginning, the conversation focuses on Casanova-Burguess’s podcast. Then, it explores the speculative sci-fi episode “The Moon’s Distance/La Distancia de la Luna” from the second season of La Brega, co-written with the Puerto Rican writer, editor and scholar Sergio Gutiérrez Negrón.

We also feature a guest co-host this month, our colleague, Dr. Harold Ramdass, a Lecturer in the English Department here at Baruch and Rojo's co-instructor for the Feit Interdisciplinary Seminar course Performing the Caribbean, which they taught during the spring 2024 semester.

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Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois

Logo Design: Marcos Toledo

Music: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois

Social Media: Jasmine Mojica

Bienvenidas, bienvenidos, bienvenides! Welcome back to season 7 of the podcast! This season our focus is on speculative narratives. 

In this episode, we start by defining speculative fiction and speculative narratives. Then, we share some background information on each of the authors and collections of short stories we are analyzing today. During the main segment of the episode, Rojo explores how Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño uses the speculative genre to unpack and critique the influence of fascism en las Américas and Rebecca considers the ways in which monster stories can be re-written as a tool for women’s empowerment. And as we have done in past seasons, we wrap up with a section in which we connect the short story choices we have made to one another.

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Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois

Logo Design: Marcos Toledo

Music: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois

Bienvenidas, bienvenidos, bienvenides! Welcome back everyone. As mentioned in the previous student episode from July, today we will be sharing a bonus episode from New York Comic Con in 2023. 

The panel took place on Thursday, October 12th, 2023 and was titled, “Comics in College, Pop-Culture Pedagogy, and Fandom Final Projects.” Participants included professors Asif Saddiqi, Jennifer Caroccio Maldonado, Michelle Crowley, and your Latinx Visions co-host, Rebecca Salois.

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In this episode we feature student projects by LTS 1003 students Jasmin Reyes and Jose Perez, and LTS 3012 student Ashanti Charon.

First is Jasmin’s episode on Gender-based violence in Haiti. She sheds light on some of the different forms of gender based violence in the country and addresses topics including intimate partner violence, violence after the 2010 earthquake and more.

Next, Ashanti discusses the prevalence of sexism within Hispanic folklore and the role of women in Latinx monster stories. She considers why women are more frequently portrayed as monstrous in these stories then are their male counterparts. 

Finally, Jose looks into the relationship between the US and Cuba and the effects of the US trade embargo on the island, specifically as they relate to Cuba’s economy, and the impact on Cubans during the Special Period after the collapse of the USSR.

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Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois

Logo Design: Marcos Toledo

Music: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Editing: Rebecca L. Salois

Bienvenidas, bienvenidos, bienvenides. Welcome back, everyone! Today, we are in conversation with Olivia Juarez and Val Z. Schull from GreenLatinos. GreenLatinos is a national non-profit organization that brings together Latine leaders committed to addressing environmental and conservation issues that affect the well-being of Latine communities in the US. This interview was recorded on Friday, April 5th, via Zoom. Before the interview, we will share some background information on GreenLatinos, including the organization’s vision and mission, and brief bios on our two guests. After the interview, we will return to share our thoughts and key takeaways from the conversation.

Here are some links related to the information shared in the episode:

• Prescribed fire practices in Yosemite

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Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois

Logo Design: Marcos Toledo

Music: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois