Tacos of Texas

Oct 29 2024 58 ep. 34 mins 57

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Let’s talk tacos with TacoJournalist, Mando Rayo in the Tacos of Texas Podcast. We’ve got some muy rico conversations coming up in season tres and this season we're reconnecting with the roots and history of nuestra gente including Mexican Hands, Redefining Tex-Mex, Black Mexicans, Taco Tuesday in School Cafeterias y más! Tacos of Texas is supported by Texas Beef Council's BBQuest. Credits: IDENTITY Productions. Host and Producer: Mando Rayo Story Producer: Sharon Arteaga Audio Mixing: Nicholas Worthen & Ever Calderon Creative Producer: Dennis Burnett

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Is that Freddy Fender on my tortilla?

Oct 29 2024 31 mins

Let’s talk about folklore in Mexican cooking from apparitions of La Virgen or Freddie Fender on a tortilla, good and bad omens to ofrendas for our loved ones. Guest is Ayden Castellanos from the podcast, SUSTO.

Taco Pop Culture

Oct 22 2024 43 mins

From Taco shticks, antics in media and pop culture and cultural appropriation, we’ll explore the highs and lows of taco pop culture. Guest is Stephanie Guerra from San Antonio’s Puro Pinche.

Tools of the Taco Trade

Oct 15 2024 25 mins

Take an audio-tour of the La Tia Pancha Flea Market in Houston, TX with Mando Rayo on this episode of the Tacos of Texas podcast!

Spanglish, Botanas and Border Cultura

If you grew up along the border in Tejas, you can speak con ganas, know where the good tacos and botanas are and your identity runs as long as the Rio Grande across Texas. Guest is Eddie Vega, Taco Poet and San Antonio Poet Laureate.

Are Chico’s Tacos actually tacos?

Oct 01 2024 28 mins

This might be controversial but those drowned tacos are actually flautas or are they? We’ll dig into this highly debated issue in Chucotown. Guest is Ivan Enriquez, owner of El Perrito Austin.

Is Boomer Influencer a thing?

Sep 24 2024 37 mins

Let’s get cooking with Arnie Segovia (ArnieTex), father, son, traditional cook and Tío Influencer? The full transcript of this episode of Tacos of Texas is available on the KUT & KUTX Studio website. The transcript is also available as subtitles or captions on some podcast apps.

On a mission with Chef Ana Liz Pulido

Sep 17 2024 32 mins

Let’s talk with Ana Liz Pulido, winner of Best Chef – Texas, on how she went from a small town, Mission, TX to the national stage of the James Beard Foundation.

How Rico Torres went from Chef to Historian

Sep 10 2024 40 mins

From Mixtli, to historian and community builder, let’s find out how Chef Rico Torres digs into history and culture through cookbooks and recipes.

You had me at Queso

Sep 03 2024 35 mins

Let’s take a melty, gooey trip into what we know as queso, chile con queso, con queso or for you phonetically abled chip eaters, keso.

Vaqueros, Longhorns and Breakfast Tacos

Aug 27 2024 37 mins

Origins of the cowboy and our favorite breakfast on a tortilla. Guests include Katie Gutierrez, author and writer and Miguel Cobos, co-owner of Vaquero Taquero.