Radio Cachimbona

On this episode, Yvette interviews Jasmine Magaña, a Salvi femme PhD student at Duke University who studies the artistic interventions of Cracky Rodriguez and the Fire Theory collective of Salvadoran artists. Jasmine breaks down the zones of silence created from the trauma of the Salvadoran civil war, explains how Fire Theory uses collective corporeality to disrupt these zones of absence and gaps in knowledge, and talks through the framework of “Salvadoran ignorance” as a state-sanctioned policy of disinvestment.

Read more about Cracky Rodriguez here: https://terremoto.mx/revista/introduccion-a-la-ignorancia/?fbclid=IwAR2qEKOTAcUf1G1_TGypSHC7hjQjRBGPhs_pBMhtKMq3iR0J_yrV1_kZpOw

and Alberta Whittle here: http://amlatina.contemporaryand.com/es/editorial/alberta-whittle/

On this episode, Yvette interviews Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cázares-Kelly about recent Arizona GOP efforts to undermine the right to vote. Cázares-Kelly breaks down the systematic efforts of the Arizona GOP during this legislative session to undermine the right to vote after historic turnout during the 2020 election, clarifies the effect of SB 1485 on people who vote by mail in Arizona, and debunks the far-right myth that Arizona's electoral system is fraudulent and untrustworthy. 

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On this *UNLOCKED LIT REVIEW*, friend of the podcast Laura Barrera joins to chat about "The Yellow House," a memoir by Sarah Broom. We break down how Broom unveils New Orleans East and the ways in which it has been historically neglected as compared to the French Quarter and the slew of mayors who have tried to make the city better. We share how we relate to Broom's inter-generational story-telling and how our stories do not begin and end with us.

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Yvette interviews lawtinas Sophia Gurulé, Stacy Villalobos and Cynthia Amezcua to discuss the racism and sexism they experience as lawyers, emphasize the importance of unionizing, and share how they survive in a profession designed to exclude them.

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On this *UNLOCKED LIT REVIEW* from Season 1 of Radio Cachimbona #litreview, Yvette interviews friend of the podcast Tina from T.O. Young Voices to discuss Part 2 of Agustin De Rojas' "A Legend of the Future." They debate the limits and boundaries  between humans and machines, discuss the implications around consent re: the characters who agreed to emotional rewiring, and share whether we would join a space expedition to a moon of Saturn.

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On this episode, Yvette interviews professor, author and criminal defense lawyer Dean Strang about his book "Keep the Wretches in Order: America's Biggest Mass Trial, the Rise of the Justice Department, and the Fall of the IWW." They discuss the connection between the federal government's dismantling of the IWW union and the growth of the Department of Justice, the Bisbee deportations of 1917, and unpack contemporary anti-union sentiment.

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On this #litreview, Yvette and reproductive and immigrants' rights organizer Ale Pablos discuss Undoing Border Imperialism by Harsha Walia. They consider the relationship between decoloniality and migrant justice, tear apart the tiered meaning of “citizenship,” and expound upon the links between the right to move and the right to stay.

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En el segundo episodio de Radio Cachimbona en *español*, Yvette entrevista a Carla Bautista, una mujer trans y Guatemalteca que trabaja como la coordinadora de liberación para el grupo "Trans Queer Pueblo." Carla comparte parte de su historia migratoria buscando asilo en los estados unidos, critica las condiciones de centros de detención de ICE, particularmente para gente LGBTQ y explica como es que migrantes detenidos se organizan entre si mismos para mejorar condiciones de detención mientras hay diferencias de lenguaje entre ellos.

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On the first episode of Season 4 of Radio Cachimbona, Yvette interviews Berkeley Law Professor Ian Haney López about his new book "Merge Left." They discuss how interest convergence theory informs the analysis in his book, debate whether Latinx is a race, and breakdown the 2020 electoral outcomes and what they say about race.

On the Season 3 Finale, Yvette and fellow lawtina Laura Barrera process the U.S. coup and Arizona's unfortunate prominent role in the situation. They discuss the repercussions they believe should occur for elected officials found to have been involved in the coup, our predictions for the future of the GOP and whether or not the Democrats need a left equivalent of the "Freedom Caucus."

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