Paseo Podcast: Sharing Puerto Rican Stories
Society & Culture
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
Puerto Rican Cultural Center
Episode 21: Iowa Caucus Boricua Breakdown + Oscar López Rivera Goes on Tour
Episode 20: Jennifer Lopez & Shakira's Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show
Episode 19: Creator of Shop La Maestra & CPS Teacher, Sabrina Alicea
Episode 18: Early Childhood Education + The PR Agenda with Cristina Pacione-Zayas
Episode 17: IL Legal Weed with Che.dibles Founder
BONUS: Puerto Rican Agenda's 3Rs Campaign for Earthquake Relief Efforts (Press Conference)
BONUS: Aftershocks of Disaster with Dr. Yarimar Bonilla & Ald. Rosanna Rodriguez
Episode 15: The Harvard & Yale Game Protest
Episode 14: An Urban Pilón Thanksgiving
Episode 13: Un Monólogo Sobre Lolita Lebrón
Episode 12: 100 Years of Lolita Lebrón
Episode 11: The 3rd Annual Boricua Film Festival
Episode 10: Top 10 (Soft Of) Puerto Rican Comic Book Characters
Episode 9: A Journalist Perspective with Manny Ramos
Episode 8: Latinxs & Education in American History
Episode 7: The Urban Theater Company
Episode 6: A Muralist Perspective with Cristian Roldan
Episode 5: Hurricane Maria 2 Years Later & The 3Rs Campaign
Episode 4: PR Agenda + The Day of Action
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