As Far As Anyone Knows
As Far As Anyone Knows is a mostly Latinx history podcast where your hosts Minerva Angeles and Fredo B take turns sharing some Latinx history, bad jokes, and ancestral love. Subscribe so you won't miss us!
Episodes
Minerva talks about her first dining experience in a COVID world. Fredo tells us the history of the word Latinx.
Episode Sources:
https://themillions.com/2019/01/nepantla-and-gloria-anzalduas-queer-of-color-legacy.html
https://archive.org/stream/GutierrezPp.1953Notes/Gutierrez%20pp.%2019-53%20notes_djvu.txt
Minerva and Fredo are honored to share with you the civil rights story of Mendez V. Westminster told by the documentarian herself, Sandra Robbie. Sandra briefly shares this story and we follow up with some interview questions. We hope you are as inspired by this story and Sandra's mission to get it in school curricula across the US, as we are.
Want to help Sandra get the word out?
Watch the documentary and ...
Trigger warning, this episode contains violent content.
Fredo and Minerva discuss the circumstances surrounding Adam Toledo's murder. Minerva tells us the story of the murder of Santos Rodriguez, a 12-year-old boy murdered by a police officer in 1973. Please listen at your discretion. Our hearts go out to the families of Adam Toledo and Santos Rodriguez and to the families of the countless black and brown people who...
Fredo and Minerva mourn the loss of legendary rapper, DMX and celebrate the impact of his music. Minerva tells us some myths and legends from Ecuador, Venezuela, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and all over Latin America.
Episode Sources:
https://www.thoughtco.com/ecuadorian-legend-the-story-of-cantuna-2136635
https://www.whynotspanish.com/latin-american-folktales-legends/
Minerva and Fredo get excited about the vaccine. Fredo tells us about las soldareras.
Episode Sources:
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1217&context=mcnair
https://www.history.com/news/women-mexican-revolution-soldaderas
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-real-history-of-las-soldaderas
https://www.history.com/news/6-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-mexican-revolution
Fredo wants to understand why people can't appreciate Cardi B and Megan thee Stallion. Minerva just wants people to leave them alone.
In solidarity with our Asian Fam, Minerva tells the story of Arlen Siu, a Chinese - Nicaraguan Activist, and Artist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XfICWeGJhI Mi Vida, Mi Historia
https://feminacida.com.ar/la-lucha-de-arlen-siu-por-una-nicaragua-libre/
Minerva and Fredo chit-chat about what they're obsessing about on the phones. Fredo tells us about Dolores Huerta. Happy Women's History Month!
Sources:
https://doloreshuerta.org/dolores-huerta/
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/dolores-huerta
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dolores-huertas-50-years-of-civil-rights-activism/
Fredo wants to know what Minerva wore in the early 2000s. Minerva kicks off Women's History Month with the inspiring story of Rigoberta Menchu
Episode Resources:
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1992/tum/biographical/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gW84cAN2Pw
I, Rigoberta Menchu, by Elisabeth Burgos-Debray and Rigoberta Menchú
Minerva thinks the BMI is a lie. Fredo shares part 2 of our many-part exploration of African influence on Latino music. This week we cover punta, palo de mayo, bomba, and salsa.
Bomba
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/07/style/bomba-puerto-rico-music-dance.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RGqiGHWDrQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0vzkGKEWX4
Samba
https://study.com/academy/lesson/samba-music-history-and-instruments.h...
Minerva and Fredo talk about the rules of watching TV in a relationship. Fredo tells us about Black influence on Latinx music. Since our African ancestors have had an inextricable and vast influence on our music, this episode focuses mostly on the Dominican Republic. Stay tuned for Part II, where we cover even more genres and more countries in Latin America.
Sources:
Bachata
Fredo and Minerva briefly discuss mental health in the Latino community. We highly recommend watching Judas and the Black Messiah on HBO! and Minerva tells the Story of Mama Tingo, an Agricultural Activist from the Dominican Republic.
Sources:
https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/florinda-soriano-munoz-mama-tingo-1921-1974/
https://www.womensmediacenter.com/fbomb/the-female-revolutionary-history...
Minerva talks about surfing social media pages. Fredo tells us the story of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg.
Show Notes:
Diasporic Blackness: The Life and Times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg by Vanessa K. Valdes
“One of the Fathers of Black History was Afro-Puerto Rican” by NPR
https://www.npr.org/2017/06/30/535046369/the-father-of-black-history-was-afro-puerto-rican
Fredo talks about streaming TV series V the traditional week by week roll out. Minerva tells us about Afro-Cuban film director Sarita Gomez.
It's Black History (every) Month ! This month we will be focusing exclusively on Afro-Latinos and look forward to sharing those stories with you.
Episode Notes:
Sources/Research
https://hiplatina.com/12-historic-afro-latina-figures-you-didnt-learn-about-in-hist...
Minerva misses french fries and other things her aging body can't process. Fredo tells us about Latinos in the US Civil War.
Episode Notes:
Sources for this episode:
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/hispanic-americans-civil-warhttps://www.nps.gov/articles/hispanics-and-the-civil-war.htm
Fredo and Minerva discuss their fascination with Murder shows. Minerva shares the story of Lolita Lebron and the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party's attack on the capital in 1954.
Episode Notes:
Investigation Discovery
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/
Sources for this episode:
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128959759
Minerva and Fredo discuss Covid Brain and the new Disney Pixar movie, Soul. Fredo shares a brief overview of Charles Ramírez Berg's "Latino Images in Film Stereotypes, Subversion, and Resistance.
Episode Notes:
Soul
https://movies.disney.com/soul
Book
Charles Ramírez Berg's "Latino Images in Film Stereotypes, Subversion, and Resistance.
https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/berlat
Fredo B. and Minerva Angeles chat about Selena the TV series before getting into the inspirational leader behind the 1780 Incan Rebellion.
Let us know what Latino history you want to hear about!
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Show notes:
Selena: TV Series https://www.netflix.com/title/81022733
As far as anyone knows is a mostly Latino history podcast where each week, your hosts Minerva Angeles and Fredo B take turns sharing some Latino history, bad jokes, and ancestral love. Our podcast starts Tuesday, January, 5th, 2021 with a new episode each week. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts so you won’t miss us.
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