Radio Teco Cultura

On this episode of Radio Teco Cultura we are joined by the renowned photographer, Joe Ramos. 

El Tecolote contributor Edaena Salinas spoke to the campaign manager for Mission Loteria, Luis Quiroz. Edaena and Luis talk about what the Mission Loteria is, how to play, and how this amazing tradition supports local businesses and artists.

To learn more about the Mission Loteria head over to www.missionstreetsf.com/loteria

To learn more about the upcoming Lovers Lane event on Balmy Alley head over to https://www.instagram.com/p/CnxYDxpy47R/

In this next episode, we are joined by Guillermo Alarcon, the Founder and Creative Director of the forthcoming video game, Mictlan: An Ancient Mythical Tale. Mictlan, which is scheduled to launch in the winter of 2025, is the first open world meso-american themed video game and takes place in the 16th century during Spain's invasion of what is known today as Mexico. Earlier this year, we interviewed Guillermo and asked him about what inspired this first of its kind project, why the inclusion and representation of indigenous people in media and video games is needed, and the challenges that exist in making a dream project like this become a reality.

In this next episode, we are joined by the legendary San Francisco percussionist and Latin Rock legend, Leo Rosales. Leo broke out with the Latin Rock band Malo, and is now with Momotombo SF, who will headline Accion Latina’s Encuentro del Canto Popular this year on Dec. 4 at the Chapel on Valencia street. In this episode, Leo opens up about his skyrocketing to music fame, how addiction led him away from performing, and how he eventually refound his love for music.

Get your tickets for the 2022 Encuentro del Canto Popular! 

In this next episode, we are thrilled to be joined by none other than El Tecolote founder, Juan Gonzales. In this episode, our cohost Monti Rossetti not only sits down with Juan Gonzales to discuss the founding of El Tecolote, but also takes us way back to the beginning of Juan’s childhood in Stockton California, how he became interested in journalism in the first place, and shares from milestones and anecdotes of why el tecolote is el voz del pueblo.

In this episode of Our Cultura Podcast, Acción Latina’s Executive Director Fátima Ramírez interviews award-winning Tejana singer, Isabel Marie Sánchez. In July, Isabel Marie performed a tribute to the late Tejana legend, Selena, at the San Francisco Symphony. In this episode, Isabel Marie discusses what it was like to be signed to Q Productions, the label owned by Selena’s very own father Mr. Abraham Quintanilla, and how she is using the advice that she received to make her own voice heard.

On this episode with talk to artist and activist Andreina Maldonado. She is a Venezuelan multidisciplinary performing artist, cultural worker, educator, and registered Integral Yoga teacher based in Yelamu, Ohlone Territory colonially known as San Francisco, California.

Today we talk to one of the most important members of our community, Paul Flores. Paul talks to us about how art has always been an important part of the Mission's culture and we also talk about projects he's a part of including the “Somos Esenciales / We Are Essential”, a bilingual, multimedia performance and research project.

For more information on “Somos Esenciales / We Are Essential”, visit Paseo Artístico. 

In this next episode, Bárbara, Annaya and Jasmine not only reflect on the powerful conversations they had throughout this series, but also on what they learned from each other, what black marronage means to them, and how they celebrate their black radical joy.

In this next episode, Bárbara, Annaya and Jasmine speak with Dr. Marie Nubia-Feliciano, an Afro Boricua ethnic studies professor at Cal State Fullerton. Nubia-Feliciano talks about growing up on the eastern Puerto Rican island of Culebra, her own journey in academia, and talks about the importance of an ethnic studies education and how that can be a vehicle for self discovery.