Episodes
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Episode 19: Creator of Shop La Maestra & CPS Teacher, Sabrina Alicea
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
On this week’s episode of the Paseo Podcast, I am joined by Sabrina Alicea. She is the creator of Shop La Maestra, is a 7th grade Chicago Public School Teacher, Member of the Chicago Teachers Unions, CTU Local 1, and a Chicago Boricua with a master's degree from the Ivy League.
We are going to talk about Sabrina’s Shop La Maestra brand, life as a POC at Harvard University, the realities of being a Chicago Public School Teacher, the recent CTU strike and a whole lot more.
Host: Joshua Smyser-DeLeon, Twitter @jsdeleon
Site: paseomedia.org
Facebook & Twitter: @paseopodcast
Sounds: Notification Sounds + Flor Meléndez Ramos + Adobe + Sabado Gigante
Sabrina's Twitter + Instagram + Blog
Shop La Maestra Website + Facebook + Instagram
The Puerto Rican Agenda Chicago 3Rs Campaign for Earthquake Relief + Facebook + Twitter
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Friday Jan 24, 2020
On this week’s episode, Cristina Pacione-Zayas, Associate Vice President of Policy at the Erikson Institute and Co-chair of the Puerto Rican Agenda here in Chicago joins the show. We’re going to talk about her work in early childhood development and with the PR Agenda as well as community organizing and the Presidential Candidates' Puerto Rico policy.
Host: Joshua Smyser-DeLeon, Twitter @jsdeleon
Site: paseomedia.org
Facebook & Twitter: @paseopodcast
Sounds: Notification Sounds + Flor Meléndez Ramos + Adobe + Sabado Gigante
Cristina's Twitter + PBS Firsthand Talk
Erikson Institute Website + Facebook + Twitter + YouTube + Mobile App
The Puerto Rican Agenda Chicago 3Rs Campaign for Earthquake Relief + Facebook + Twitter
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
Episode 17: IL Legal Weed with Che.dibles Founder
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
In honor of Weed being legal now in Illinois, Michelle Vazquez from Che.dibles joins the Paseo Podcast to discuss her cannabis-infused treats. Che.dibles is Puerto Rican owned, latina owned, a small business, and Chicago made.
Host: Joshua Smyser-DeLeon, Twitter @jsdeleon
Site: paseomedia.org
Facebook & Twitter: @paseopodcast
Sounds: Notification Sounds + Flor Meléndez Ramos + Adobe + Sabado Gigante
Che.dibles Instagram + Facebook
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
This bonus episode is a recording of a Puerto Rican Agenda press conference Friday, January 10, in Chicago. We also have a video of the press conference on our Facebook page, if you would like to see that version instead.
The press conference was to announce the relaunch of the successful 3Rs Campaign the PR Agenda used to raise money and send supplies to the hardest hit areas of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. In fact, this campaign made Chicago the first in the U.S. to send a cargo plane with supplies to la isla after Maria. Now the PR Agenda is working again to help people in Puerto Rico after a series of earthquakes have hit the island, including 5.8 and 6.4 magnitude quakes.
To donate to the 3Rs Campaign, visit puertoricanchicago.org.
Host: Joshua Smyser-DeLeon, Twitter @jsdeleon
Site: paseomedia.org
Facebook & Twitter: @paseopodcast
Sounds: MEINL Percussion
Friday Jan 10, 2020
Episode 16: 25 Years of Chicago's Puerto Rican Flags
Friday Jan 10, 2020
Friday Jan 10, 2020
The Puerto Rican Flags here in Chicago turn 25! Located in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, they act as gateways to Puerto Rican culture on Paseo Boricua. They're huge too! These two 59-foot banderas have won countless architectural awards and are the world's largest monument to a flag. Our guest on today's episode, CEO of the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture and former Alderman at the time, Billy Ocasio, played a key role in getting the flags built along with former Congressman Luis Gutiérrez and former Mayor Richard M. Daley. Billy takes us back in time to January 6, 1995 to understand how these flags came to be and shares what he thinks they represent for the future.
Host: Joshua Smyser-DeLeon, Twitter @jsdeleon
Site: paseomedia.org
Facebook & Twitter: @paseopodcast
Sounds: Notification Sounds + Flor Meléndez Ramos + Adobe
National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture Twitter, Facebook, Website
Wednesday Jan 08, 2020
BONUS: Aftershocks of Disaster with Dr. Yarimar Bonilla & Ald. Rosanna Rodriguez
Wednesday Jan 08, 2020
Wednesday Jan 08, 2020
It's a special bonus episode of the Paseo Podcast! Joshua attended an event at the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture on October 24, 2019 to listen in on a conversation between Dr. Yarimar Bonilla & Ald. Rosanna Rodriguez (33rd Ward, Chicago).
The conversation was centered around the recent release of the book, Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm, which Yarimar co-edited. Jose Lopez, Executive Director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Chicago introduces both speakers at the start of the recording. There were some technical difficulties with the museum sound system, so this audio will sound different than what you're used to.
Host: Joshua Smyser-DeLeon, Twitter @jsdeleon
Site: paseomedia.org
Facebook & Twitter: @paseopodcast
Sounds: MEINL Percussion
Rosanna's Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, & Website
Rosanna's 33rd Ward Twitter, Facebook, & Website
Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm