Salsa or Sofrito?
Hector chats with Dr. Kim Potowski, a professor of Spanish linguistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the author of ‘IntraLatino Language and Identity: MexiRican Spanish’
To Us, For Us
Hector chats with Tootie Alvarez, a poet and truck driver in Chicago who writes for Latino Rebels
Belonging
Hector chats with Aaron E. Sánchez, a history professor at Dallas College whose new book, ‘Homeland: Ethnic Mexican Belonging Since 1900,’ discusses the political and cultural aspects of Mexican identity in the United States
The Antagonist
Hector chats with Arturo Dominguez, an anti-racist activist and journalist based in Texas, and co-founder of The Antagonist, a platform for marginalized voices to discuss issues of race, culture, identity, politics and society
Remembering Don Pedro
Hector chats with Andre Lee Muñiz, editor of Remembering Don Pedro, a site dedicated to the life and legacy of the Puerto Rican independence leader, Pedro Albizu Campos
Hollywood Chingona
Hector chats with Sharis Delgadillo, a journalist, videographer and producer whose recent claim to fame is as the researcher for Netflix’s ‘Selena: The Series’
The Island of Disenchantment
Hector chats with Edil Sepúlveda, co-founder of Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora, a network of professionals looking to tackle the many crises facing Puerto Ricans on the islands and around the world
The State of Latin America
Hector chats with Jordana Timerman, a freelance reporter and public policy researcher based in Buenos Aires, and the editor of Latin America Daily Briefing