Paseo Podcast: Sharing Puerto Rican Stories
Society & Culture
We talk a lot about the importance of knowing our history as Puerto Ricans on this show, including the ways in which our history is kept from us. Some people recommend watching documentaries and reading books, but what about seeing and reading our history in the form of a graphic novel?
Storyteller, artist and art teacher, John Vasquez Mejias, joins the show to talk about the Puerto Rican War - a graphic novel that tells the story of Puerto Rican revolutionaries fighting American colonialism in 1950. We spoke to him a couple of weeks ago to talk about his purpose behind this graphic novel, his art and his perspective on the back-to-school debate as a teacher amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
Host: Joshua Smyser-DeLeon, Twitter @jsdeleon
Site: paseomedia.org
Facebook + Twitter + Instagram: @paseopodcast
Sound Editor: Richie Requena, Twitter @RichieRequena
Sounds: Notification Sounds + Flor Meléndez Ramos
John Vasquez Mejias' Website + Instagram
The Puerto Rican War
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Website + Facebook + Twitter
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)
Episode 16: 25 Years of Chicago's Puerto Rican Flags
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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