Latinx Visions

Mar 05 2025 48 ep. 54 mins 8
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In this podcast we will analyze Latinx film, television, literature, art, and cultures. We will consider how these works are perceived, analyze them, and investigate the real-world reflections and implications of that work on Latinx cultures in the US and beyond.

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Latinx Cultural Politics: Visual Arts

Mar 05 2025 66 mins  
Bienvenidas, bienvenidos, bienvenides! Welcome to season 8 of Latinx Visions. Our theme for this semester is Latinx Cultural Politics and we will be bringing you three episodes in which we will be in conversation with academics, visual artists, and authors to discuss the many ways in which they engage in cultural politics. Cultural politics examines how power, identity, and social

Talk to a Podcast: Caribbean Music (Student Episode)

Feb 12 2025 49 mins  
Bienvenidos, bienvenidas, bienvenides. If you have been listening for a while, you might know that we usually release student work between semesters. We released three episodes during January and the final two will be released in February. These episodes were fully created by the students in Rebecca's fall 2024 Survey of Caribbean Literature course. The students worked together in

Women in the Caribbean (Student Episode)

Feb 05 2025 51 mins  
Bienvenidos, bienvenidas, bienvenides. If you have been listening for a while, you might know that we usually release student work between semesters. We released three episodes during January and the final two will be released in February. These episodes were fully created by the students in Rebecca's fall 2024 Survey of Caribbean Literature course. The students worked together in

Caribbean Heritage: Parent/Child Relationships (Student Episode)

Jan 15 2025 62 mins  
Bienvenidos, bienvenidas, bienvenides. If you have been listening for a while, you might know that we usually release student work between semesters. This time we will be releasing one episode a week throughout January. These episodes were fully created by the students in Rebecca's fall 2024 Survey of Caribbean Literature course. The students worked together in groups throughout t

Baddies Who Read (Student Episode)

Jan 08 2025 49 mins  
Bienvenidos, bienvenidas, bienvenides. If you have been listening for a while, you might know that we usually release student work between semesters. This time we will be releasing one episode a week throughout January. These episodes were fully created by the students in Rebecca's fall 2024 Survey of Caribbean Literature course. The students worked together in groups throughout t

Sanky Panky and Other Literature (Student Episode)

Jan 01 2025 46 mins  
Bienvenidos, bienvenidas, bienvenides. If you have been listening for a while, you might know that we usually release student work between semesters. This time we will be releasing one episode a week throughout January. These episodes were fully created by the students in Rebecca's fall 2024 Survey of Caribbean Literature course. The students worked together in groups throughout t

Narrativas Especulativas Latinas: Cine (Sleep Dealer w/Enrique González Conty)

Dec 04 2024 58 mins  
Para este episodio que cierra nuestra temporada número 7 sobre narrativas especulativas hemos invitado a Dr. Enrique González Conty. Enrique es profesor de español y cine en Ithaca College y buen amigo de Rojo. En este episodio abordaremos la película del 2008 Sleep Dealer dirigida por Alex Rivera con las actuaciones de Luis Fernando Peña como Memo Cruz, Leonor Varela como Lu

Latinx Speculative Narratives: Graphic Novel

Nov 06 2024 42 mins  
In this episode we discuss the graphic novel Low, Low Woods. First, we provide a synopsis of the book along with brief introductions of its authors: Carmen Maria Machado and artist Dani. In the context of this graphic novel, Rojo conducts an ecological and feminist analysis of body horror, with particular attention to the different meanings and representations of sinkholes. Rebecca

Latinx Speculative Narratives: Podcast - La Brega w/Alana Casanova-Burgess

Oct 02 2024 52 mins  
Today, we are in conversation with Alana Casanova-Burgess, co-creator, host, and producer of WNYC Studios’ La Brega: Stories from the Puerto Rican Experience. This conversation was recorded on May 2nd, 2024 in front of a live audience of our students and colleagues and it was sponsored by The Harman Program at Baruch College. Special thanks to Esther Allen and Elena Martínez fo

Latinx Speculative Narratives: Short Stories

Sep 04 2024 49 mins  
Bienvenidas, bienvenidos, bienvenides! Welcome back to season 7 of the podcast! This season our focus is on speculative narratives. In this episode, we start by defining speculative fiction and speculative narratives. Then, we share some background information on each of the authors and collections of short stories we are analyzing today. During the main segment of the episode, Ro