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In this episode of Wine and Chisme, Jessica and guest Erica sip wine and trade candid chisme about mental health, social media breaks, and guilty pleasures like AI-generated dramas. They discuss misdiagnoses in the medical world, celebrity news, aging, friendships and boundaries, and the small joys that help them cope.

Tune in for heartfelt conversation, pop-culture takes, and relatable reflections on self-care and connection.

In this short solo episode, Jessica opens up about life after a full hysterectomy, sudden menopause, and the emotional and physical toll of being without hormone replacement therapy due to widespread backorders.

Jessica shares personal struggles with mood, focus, sleep, weight and guilt, invites other women to connect and trade coping tips, and encourages solidarity while waiting for treatment.

Wines We're Drinking: 

Seis Soles, 2021 Tempranillo 

In this episode of Wine and Chisme, host and guest Marcel Diaz, co-founder and co-CEO of Kulli Purple Inc., discuss Marcel's multicultural background, journey from Venezuela to the U.S., and career in music and film. They dive into the origins of Kulli, a Peruvian-inspired purple corn beverage, its health benefits, flavor development, and the challenges of launching a CPG brand.

Marcel shares personal stories about family, intuition, and entrepreneurship, plus insights about the beverage's ingredients, sourcing from Peru, current flavors, and upcoming rebrand and expansion plans. Find Kuli at drinkkuli.com and @drinkkulli on Instagram.

Wines We're Drinking:

Jessica and Sheena share a Rosé from Seis Soles Wines. A slightly sweeter wine to go perfectly with Sheena's ice cream creations.

Jessica and guest Sheena Lyte taste and pair liquor-infused ice creams with Seis Soles Rosé, exploring unique flavors like cheesecake butter pecan made with bourbon, coconut espresso with amaretto, and a guava hibiscus rosé sorbet.

Sheena shares her journey from D.C. to San Diego, her work as an aircraft mechanic, the inspiration behind CatchHer Ice Cream, the challenges of producing alcohol-infused frozen desserts in California, and her plans to open a lounge and expand through partnerships.

Wines We're Drinking:

Apothic Red Dlend (Erika)

2018 Kavrelli, a dry red from the country of Georgia (Jessica)

Jessica and Erika Sanchez are back after a summer hiatus for the monthly Chisme roundup. They catch up on Erika's trip to Ireland and Jessica's slow, HVAC-schedule-dictated summer, then get into Jessica's AI short-drama addiction, including the comparison she ran through Claude between telenovela-style plot mechanics and MAGA rhetoric. They talk BTS fandom, how they each actually use AI as solopreneurs, why September 30th is a loaded date (Hispanic Heritage Month, International Podcast Day, and the Wine Brand Directory's 5-year anniversary), sponsorship real talk, the VMAs, and Macklemore walking away from Ed Sheeran's tour over his Free Palestine comments.

In This Episode We Cover:

[00:08] Kicking off the monthly Chisme with Erika after a summer hiatus, plus Wines We're Drinking

[05:20] Catching up on their summers: Erika's trip to Ireland and Jessica's slow, HVAC-schedule-dictated season in San Diego

[11:47] Falling down the AI short-drama rabbit hole, and the MAGA storytelling comparison Jessica ran through Claude

[26:20] Erika's family goes full BTS fan mode at MetLife, plus how they each actually use AI as solopreneurs

[38:52] Why September 30th matters: Hispanic Heritage Month, International Podcast Day, and the Wine Brand Directory's 5-year anniversary, and being "over" heritage months

[50:52] Shouting out Erika's two years on Chisme, and real talk on sponsorships (Ulta, Coca-Cola, and turning down MoneyGram)

[59:17] VMAs recap: Madonna, the George Michael tribute, and Adam Lambert stealing the show

[1:15:07] Macklemore walks away from Ed Sheeran's tour over Free Palestine comments

[1:27:00] What's next (rereading The Hunger Games, revisiting The Devil Wears Prada 2) and wrapping up

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Sin prisa. Sin vergüenza. Con vino.

Wines We're Drinking:

Jessica is drinking a 2021 Petite Syrah from Suspiro WInes

In this episode of Wine and Chisme, host Jessica Yáñez chats with Luzy King about money trauma, generational wealth, and practical steps Latinas can take to reclaim financial freedom. They mix wine talk with insights from Lucy’s book Cash Libre, covering mindset shifts, the FEEL framework, investment basics, family money systems, and ways to support community-owned businesses.

Listeners get actionable tips; start small with investments, prioritize financial and emotional health, plan with partners, and consider estate and investment strategies.

Wines We're Drinking

Jessica: 2023 Vino Blanco from Para Wines, a Latino owned winery in Oregon

Damian: Be Free non-alcoholic rosé (Bevmo, under $10 a bottle)

Jessica sits down with Damian Pelliccione, Hollywood's only openly non-binary CEO and co-founder of Revery, the first queer, certified minority owned and operated streaming media company. Damian breaks down what a drag king actually is, gives the inside scoop on King of Drag Season 2 premiering September 20th, and gets honest about building a media company from nothing with three co-founders from wildly different backgrounds. The conversation moves through coming out to an immigrant Italian family, the $1.7 trillion in LGBTQ+ spending power, the Target boycott, and watching ICE activity in his own East LA neighborhood. Pour a glass, this one covers a lot of ground.

Content note: this episode includes discussion of immigration enforcement (ICE) and its impact on immigrant communities, plus anti-trans legislation and political attacks on the LGBTQ+ community.

In This Episode We Cover

[00:00] Intro, name pronunciation banter, and meet Damian Pelliccione

[01:19] Wines We're Drinking: Be Free non-alcoholic rosé and the alcohol-free mixology boom

[12:03] Pronouns, allyship, and holding space with intention

[20:07] Chisme break: phone addiction, digital distraction, and choosing to unplug

[28:26] What is a drag king? Breaking down the art form and the King of Drag origin story

[42:16] Coming out to an immigrant family and building Revery from a hotel room idea

[53:31] The hardest part of building a queer and POC owned company, and why diversity accelerates innovation

[1:04:26] LGBTQ+ buying power, the Target boycott, and Latina Power chisme

[1:11:08] Trans safety, the King of Drag national tour, and real allyship

[1:17:17] ICE in his East LA neighborhood, fashion as protest, and where to watch King of Drag

About Damian: Named one of Business Insider's top power player execs in video streaming, co-founder of Revry, GLAAD Media Award winner for Drag Latina, and a graduate of the Goldman Sachs Black and Latinx 2020 Accelerator Program.

Connect with Damian Pelliccione

Reverie: www.reverie.com

King of Drag Season 2: premieres Sunday, September 20th on Reverie

King of Drag National Tour: www.kingofdragtour.com

Mic Drop podcast: streaming on Reverie

Instagram: @damianmedia

@kingofdragtv

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Kicking off Season 7 with a Latina podcast conversation that finally gets into the food side of our culture. Jessica sits down with Monti Carlo, three-time Telly Award winner, cookbook author, and Senior Editor of Food and Dining at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, for a wide-ranging talk on being Puerto Rican in a Mexican-majority San Antonio, the divorce and financial free fall that led her to a MasterChef audition with pies packed in a diaper box, and how she built a career spanning Netflix, Food Network, PBS, and the James Beard Foundation from there. They dig into her cookbook Spanglish, a love letter to bicultural Puerto Rican cooking, why Puerto Rican food is fried the way it is, and the Spanglish mashups she's created, from bacalaito onion rings to morcilla sloppy joes.

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Wine I'm Enjoying: Seis Soles Rosé

As season 7 open, Jessica shares the the journey that brought her this far, what keeps her focused and how celebrates 5 years of the Latiné Wine Brand directory.

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Episode Description

It's the big 3-0-0. Jessica sits down with her monthly co-host Erika Sanchez to celebrate six years and 300 episodes of Wine & Chisme, and this one gets real. They trace the podcast's evolution from a solo intro recorded over accidentally NSFW-adjacent stock music to the show it is today, revisit the most memorable guests and moments (including the time a Julissa's hair caught fire on camera), and dig into the tamales-and-wine controversy that once flooded Jessica's inbox with thousands of comments. Jessica also opens up about nearly walking away from the podcast the day before this recording, what pulled her back, and why she's more committed than ever heading into Season 7. Plus: the dream guest list (JLo, Pedro Pascal, and America Ferrera are all on it), and how you can help pick the cities for the 2027 tour.

Content note: This episode includes an emotional, personal moment where Jessica discusses feeling burned out and not seen, a discussion of colorism within family and community, and a passing reference to a past guest's family tragedy.

Timestamps

0:00 Popping bottles and celebrating the 300th episode

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