Paseo Podcast: Sharing Puerto Rican Stories
Society & Culture
Author Xochitl Gonzalez stops by the show! She has worn many hats - entrepreneur, wedding planner, tarot card reader. Now, people are loving her work as an author with her debut novel, Olga Dies Dreaming. We cover a lot of ground in this interview, including the ways her novel explores Puerto Rico's status issues, class dynamics, gentrification, and the questioning of the American Dream. We also discuss the cast, which includes actors Aubrey Plaza and Jesse Williams, and a deleted scene from her upcoming HULU pilot based on Olga Dies Dreaming.
Guest:
Xochitl Gonzalez ★ Author of Olga Dies Dreaming
Host:
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★ About Our Guest(s) ★
Xochitl Gonzalez ★ https://www.xochitlgonzalez.com
Olga Dies Dreaming ★ https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250786173/olga-dies-dreaming
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CIMA ★ https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/independent-media-alliance-about-cima/Content?oid=82156315
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Website ★ https://prcc-chgo.org
Sounds ★ MEINL Percussion
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Episode 73: The West Side Story Remake: Why Now?
Episode 72: What Does Elevating Puerto Rican Cuisine Look Like in Practice? - with Executive Chef Yari Vargas
Episode 71: The Honeycomb Network Creates a BIPOC Collective Care Sanctuary + PC1003 Becomes Law - What That Means For Puerto Rico’s Pensions, Education & Public Services
Episode 70: An Offshore Dilemma: Puerto Rico & The Pandora Papers
Episode 69: LUMA Energy & Blackouts in Puerto Rico
Episode 68: Chicago‘s Puerto Rican Fest & Creating Community Events for Us, By Us
Episode 67: Puerto Rican Desserts, the Baking Industry & Starting a Small Business with the Owner of Borinken Cakes
Episode 66: What Did We Miss??? Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, The Pauls & Act 60, Climate Change x Puerto Rico, Lin-Manuel Miranda & More!
Episode 65: Predatory Gentrification in Puerto Rico
Episode 64: Puerto Rican & Palestinian Solidarity w/ Dr. Sara Awartani
Episode 63: Multi-Medium Artist, Ali Six
Episode 62: 8 Actions the Executive Branch Should Take to Aid Puerto Rico
Episode 61: 50 years of Promoting Afro-Latin Arts & Culture in Chicago
Episode 60: Why Go Mainstream When You Can Breakthrough?
Episode 59: I'm A F***ing Intellectual: Being Puerto Rican in Higher Ed
Episode 58: The Murder of Keishla Rodríguez & The University of PR's Budget Cuts
Episode 57: From Humboldt Park to Grey's Anatomy
Episode 56: Adam Toledo & The Investments We Have Yet To Make
Episode 55: The Borinqueneers
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