Episode 21 – Our Martí
Happy birthday, Martí! Hector chats with Alfred López, director of Latin American and Latino Studies at Purdue University, and author of ‘José Martí: A Revolutionary Life.’
Episode 20 – The Right to a Full Belly
Hector chats with Heather Gies, a Canadian freelance journalist based in Central America.
Episode 19 – Modern Macho
Hector chats with his old buddy from Chicago, Claudio Cortés, now living in Milwaukee. Claudio was a fellow contributor for Gozamos in Pilsen and the former host of the podcast Modern Macho.
Episode 18 – Shame the Devil
Hector chats with Julio Ricardo Varela, founder of Latino Rebels, host of Latino Rebels Radio, digital media director at Futuro Media, and co-host (with Maria Hinojosa) of “In the Thick.”
Episode 17 – At the Roots
Hector chats with his long-time buddy, Fernando Gonzalez, a high-school counselor and sociologist by training currently pursuing a doctorate in educational leadership.
Episode 16 – Out With the Old
Hector chats with Andrew Silva about health & fitness, travel, marijuana, dogs, A.I., and a bunch of other things.
Episode 15 – Sons of Anarchy
Hector chats with his brother Chris about growing up as latchkey kids in a working-class, single-parent, immigrant family on the hopeless side of a racially, ethnically and economically diverse suburb of Chicago.
Episode 14 – Food for the Soul
Hector chats with Efren Candelaria, co-owner of Sobremesa Supper Club which offers ‘a Latin inspired, locally sourced dining experience that looks to foster community through food, relationships, and dialogue.’