The Liberated Podcast
Conversations about how we understand, secure and exercise freedom. Hosted by Nicolás A. Jiménez Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Robby Ramos’ play “The Walls Have Ears” is about three Cuban siblings who’ve taken diverging paths in the early years of the Fidel Castro’s Cuban revolution, only to find themselves confronting those differences in an unexpected encounter at Presidio Modelo, a notorious prison on Cuba’s Isla de Pinos. In writing the script, Robby drew not only from the life of his own grandfather (who had himself been a political prisoner in Cuba),...
Alberto De La Cruz is the managing editor at Babalú Blog, which for years has been among the more recognizable independent sources of news and commentary on Cuban-American life, Cuban exile politics, and human rights activism in Cuba. The site tends to feature conservative political views, but has also been a platform for everything from cultural content to recipes (especially from past Pan Con Podcast guest Marta Darby). These day...
Michael Beltran is the chef-owner of Ariete Hospitality Group and the host of Pan Con Podcast. On this episode of The Liberated Podcast, he joins Nick Jiménez to talk about the boundaries he draws for himself and his chefs to balance freedom and creativity with business goals and personal development. Also, Nick does impressions of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Johnny Depp.
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Immigration is a perennial hot-button topic in American politics and the broader American culture. In recent years, the debate over whether and how to allow migrants into the United States has taken on new wrinkles. The Trump presidency, the COVID-19 pandemic, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are just some of the latest forces to push this controversy into the hottest spots of our national discourse.
Ali Noorani is the CEO of th...
Tim Buchanan is a history professor and host of the podcast In The Corner Back By The Woodpile, where he has conversations with a wide variety of guests on a range of topics, including music, politics, history and human rights.
In this episode of The Liberated Podcast, Nick Jiménez and Tim (whose podcast listeners know him as "Spun Counterguy," a name Tim explains in this interview) talk about how Tim's experiences living in Chi...
Martha Bueno is a candidate for a seat on the Miami-Dade County Commission. In this first interview on The Liberated Podcast, Martha and Nick Jiménez talk about what she hopes to achieve if she wins, her experiences with Libertarian Party Politics (she's running as an NPA candidate, but has been an LP member and led Hispanic outreach for Jo Jorgensen's LP presidential campaign), and her efforts to get humanitarian aid to Cubans in ...
In this first, very short episode of The Liberated Podcast, I’m just taking a minute to introduce myself and the podcast.
I’m Nick Jiménez, and this is where I’ll have conversations with people about how we understand, secure and exercise our freedoms.
This first installment is a short one. Just a few minutes for introduction so that, if you’re new, you have some idea of what this thing is … and what it is not.
First, a bi...
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