Tamarindo Podcast

This episode of Tamarindo is full of #EducatedPeleonera vibes! Starting with some quality catching up with co-hosts Melinna and Brenda in our 'Que Pasa' segment (#thirsttrap: we talk #JanelleMonae). We engage in a rare "Explanatory Comma" moment (See NPR's Code Switch episode from 12/14/16) to catch y'all up on what exactly we mean when we say or hashtag 'Educated Peleonera'. We put a spotlight on some #EducatedPeleoneras who are fearlessly lifting their voices standing up for their communities and are making waves culturally and politically. We invoke the badassery of #NaomiWadler #EmmaGonzalez and #EdnaChavez some of the young women of color whose voices resounded around the world as they demanded an end to gun violence at #MarchforOurlives. As Latinas from #LosAngeles, we were especially touched by #SouthLA teen Edna Lisbeth Chavez who highlighted the need for the movement and media to focus on gun violence in communities of color, including #policeviolence and for resources in communities to address trauma and inequalities stemming from poverty and systemic racism. Next, we interview Afro-Latinx political commentator, community organizer, and independent journalist Rosa Clemente. Rosa joined actor Susan Sarandon at the 2018 Golden Globes to shed light on #TimesUp. We caught up with Rosa shortly after the #WeAllGrow Latina conference and learned more about #PRontheMap, a collaborative effort she founded that brings independent journalists together to document the untold stories of Puerto Rican people following the devastating hurricane Maria. A native of South Bronx, Rosa Clemente is one of the most raw, honest, political, social, and cultural voices in the country. Keep up with Rosa on twitter: @rosaclemente or on instagram @blackpuertoricanphd Finally, we wrap up with our signature segments: the Chancla, a flip flop that we energetically chuck at whatever ticked us off (from twitter trolls to toxic masculinity) and the ode to #Selena, the #BidiBidiBomBom (when your heart goes pitter patter in Spanish), where we balance it out by sharing something that's bringing us joy. For more Tamarindo in you life, subscribe on our website www.tamarindopodcast.com Edna Lisbeth Chavez' speech: [http://www.latinorebels.com/2018/03/24/edna-chavezs-amazingly-powerful-speech-at-march-for-our-lives/](http://www.latinorebels.com/2018/03/24/edna-chavezs-amazingly-powerful-speech-at-march-for-our-lives/) Also mentioned, this article by slate: [https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/sonia-sotomayor-has-become-a-lonely-voice-fighting-against-the-supreme-courts-rightward-turn.html](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/sonia-sotomayor-has-become-a-lonely-voice-fighting-against-the-supreme-courts-rightward-turn.html) Rosa Clemente's website: [rosaclemente.net](www.rosaclemente.net)

Melinna and Brenda join the ladies behind Wait, Hold Up! podcast for this very special Women's History Month episode. Wait, Hold Up! Is hosted by Jessica Molina @heyjessmolina and Yarel Ramos @yarel_ramos and each week these fierce ladies interview people who are on their grind and learn the 'wait, hold up' moments that changed their lives. Join us as we discuss how we can all make sure our #feminism isn't just lip service. We hope you enjoy our chat and follow some of our action items so you can lift the women that inspire you! Follow Wait, Hold Up: @waitHoldupPod If you loved this episode, write us a review on @applepodcast and share this podcast with friends!

As we collectively process the impact of last night's #Oscars, we’re left pondering what progressed and what stayed the same when it comes to POC & Latinx representation on screen? We are happy to count the awards that went to Guillermo del Toro, Coco, and Jordan Peele as wins, but what about the fact that only 2.7% of film roles go to Latinxs? ([http://remezcla.com/lists/film/ucla-hollywood-diversity-report-2018/](http://remezcla.com/lists/film/ucla-hollywood-diversity-report-2018/)) Lets get INTO IT with two Latinx filmmakers working to change this dire statistic. This episode is part two of our interview with Linda Yvette Chávez and Marvin Lemus, the creators of the bilingual digital series GENTE-FIED (2017 Sundance Film Festival Selection, executive produced by America Ferrera & MACRO Ventures). If you haven’t yet, stop what you’re doing and immediately play part one of where we meet these award-winning writers, directors, and producers, who are passionate about telling nuanced #latinx stories and multi-dimensional, characters. On this episode, we talk about #intersectionality and dive further into race, ethnicity & gender in the film industry, and explore why #RepresentationMatters. We’re way over the lip service to #diversity and are here for some equity and inclusion! And yes, we cosign #FrancesMcDormand ’s suggestion of the #InclusionRider. Additionally, a group of Latinx industry professionals led by National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC), gathered Saturday 3/3, to demand greater roles for #Latinxs both behind the scenes here:[http://www.latinorebels.com/2018/03/04/nhmc-pre-oscars-protesters-demand-latinx-inclusion/](http://www.latinorebels.com/2018/03/04/nhmc-pre-oscars-protesters-demand-latinx-inclusion/) Follow Linda Yvette Chavez Instagram.com/lindayvettechavez twitter.com/lindayvette Follow Marvins Lemus www.elmarvinlemus.com Instagram.com/elmarvinlemus

Its Oscar week 2018 and the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite is still painfully accurate, so the Tamarindo team decided to sit down with a pair of visionary #Latinx filmmakers who are breaking down barriers in Hollywood by putting Latinx stories and faces front and center. Marvin Lemus and Linda Yvette Chávez, the talented young creators behind the highly anticipated bilingual digital series GENTE-FIED (2017 Sundance Film Festival Selection, executive produced by America Ferrera & MACRO Ventures), join Melinna and Brenda to talk about their experiences as Latinxs in the industry, why representation and inclusion matter, challenging the status quo, and even their relationship to Instagram! The conversation was so rich that we couldn’t contain it to just one episode, so we decided to do a Tamarindo Podcast first- a two part episode! Part 1 focuses on their trajectories as filmmakers and Part two (dropping soon) will delve deeper into complex discussions around changing the status quo in Hollywood and making sure that #OscarsNotSoBrown becomes a thing of the past.  Guest Bios: Linda Yvette Chávez is an award-winning screenwriter, producer, director and a Xicana who loves to tell Latinx stories. Linda holds an MFA in screenwriting from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, and a BA from Stanford University. She’s a Project Involve Alum and the recipient of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund’s McNamara Creative Arts grant. Her feature screenplay, Fieras, won USC Cinema’s prestigious Jack Nicholson Award for merit in writing and was selected for Film Independent’s selective Screenwriting Lab. Linda has written and produced for Univision, MiTu Network, Pepsi, and XO Group. Her work has received millions of views, featured everywhere from CNN to Good Morning America. Instagram.com/lindayvettechavez twitter.com/lindayvette Marvin Lemus is an award-winning screenwriter, director, and producer with a passion for telling nuanced Latinx stories. His work ranges between the film festival circuit and the digital world and has been featured on Funny or Die, Huffington Post, Gizmodo, Mitu, and Buzzfeed. Marvin was behind the wildly successful digital campaign for the feature film, DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, which received over 8 million views. Lemus directed the short film, VÁMONOS, as a Film Independent Project Involve participant, and went on to screen this project internationally in over 40 film festivals. VÁMONOS won awards at NBC Universal Short Film Festival, Frameline40, and a prestigious Imagen Award. Marvin was selected for the 2017 Sony Diverse Director's Program. He is a Mexican + Guatemalan-American, and a self-described anchor-baby born in the hot AF desert of Bakersfield, CA.  www.elmarvinlemus.com Instagram.com/elmarvinlemus Don’t forget to [subscribe](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tamarindo/id1102882792?mt=2) to Tamarindo Podcast so you don't miss the second half of this two part episode! Keep in touch at www.tamarindopodcast.com

This week on Tamarindo Podcast, Brenda and Melinna sit down with Buzzfeed’s Curly Velasquez, one of the lead content creators for their Latinx division, Pero Like. Carlitos “Curly” Velasquez, or "the funny primo we wish we all had”, is a Los Angeles-based artist who celebrates all things brown and beautiful. He began his career in fashion working for celebrity photographer David LaChapelle, and design icon Jeremy Scott before starting his own line. Curly began work with BuzzFeed as an office receptionist, and worked his way onto the Shorter Than Short Form team, creating original artwork and animations for Snapchat. His interest in producing eventually led him to the video side where he currently creates “content that resonates with English-speaking Latinxs” through Buzfeed’s Pero Like. Melinna & Brenda get into the personal and the political with Curly, discussing #TPS (Temporary Protected Status), life as a Salvadoreño Latinx in the US, the influence of social media and (very) personal grooming. Curly will be appearing at this years #SXSW festival on a panel titled “Latinx Representation, Resistance and Identity.” Follow Curly on: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtg9xRpVZGWVchp83AOLADg Buzzfeed buzzed.com/curlyvelasquez #Instagram @thecurlyvshow Videos we mention on the show: "My Abuelas Immigration Story from el Salvador to the US" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-J0yi5WYSk "Iconic Looks & Facts About Frida" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98Yl3TIglO4&t=218s Keep up with Tamarindo podcast at www.tamarindopodcast.com #CurlyVelasquez #PeroLike #Buzzfeed #SalvadorianAmerican #Salvadorian #Latinx #LGBTQIA #TPS #Salvadoran #ElSalvador

This is a bonus episode of #TamarindoPodcast featuring [Making Movies](https://mkngmvs.com/), an American Rock band from Kansas City, Missouri. The band is made up of two sets of brothers: Enrique Chi, Diego Chi, Juan Carlos Chaurand, and Andres Chaurand, whose Latin roots influence the band's unique sound. Brenda met with Making Movies during a stop on their #ImmigrantsAreBeautiful tour and discussed the power of music in activism. In this episode, you will hear "Brave Enough", "Locura Colectiva" and "Spinning Out" from the band's latest album I am Another You. Melinna and Brenda will both be back for our next episode so be sure to subscribe! This episode is brought to you by Intimalena. Listeners of Tamarindo receive 30% off with offer code TAMARINDO. Go to www.intimalena.com to shop. Don't forget to rate and review us on [Apple Podcast](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tamarindo/id1102882792?mt=2) Keep up with us on all our social media platformsL Instagram: TamarindoPodcast Twitter: TamarindoCast website: [www.tamarindopodcast.com](www.tamarindopodcast.com) Other music in this episode includes "Boracha" by Utopia

Welcome back for the first Tamarindo mini cast episode of 2018!  We join in on the ongoing dialogue about #TIMESUP: "the unified call for change from women in entertainment for women everywhere, From movie sets to farm fields to boardrooms alike…” -(TimesUpNow.com). This initiative, which dropped like fire on New Years Day, is an organized and resounding response to the growing cultural shift demanding an end to sexual assault and inequality in the workplace.  Join the ladies of Tamarindo as they delve into the discourse about  Times UP and its links to  #IntersectionalFeminism. We also discuss how the #goldenglobes show was leveraged as a platform to highlight the movement and leaders both within and outside entertainment. Finally, enter #Oprah…. and her monumental speech at the Golden Globes that led to instant rumors about a presidential run. We are joined by special guest/friend of the show Jay Conner from the popular podcast “[The Extraordinary Negroes](http://www.theextraordinarynegroes.com/)” to sort through the hype. Jay is a writer & cultural commentator writer (New York Times, The Root, SXSW, Very Smart Brothas, Bitch Media, AFROPUNK, Creators of Color, The AMC Network, CBS All-Access, etc) who widened the mini cast convo around building bridges, the urgency of men can stepping  up, and the term "allies.”  Time has been up, and the is just the beginning of the conversation. Tune in Tamarindxs!   Don't forget to rate and review us on [Apple Podcast](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tamarindo/id1102882792?mt=2) Keep up with us on all our social media platforms: Instagram: TamarindoPodcast Twitter: TamarindoCast Website: www.tamarindopodcast.com

On this minicast episode of Tamarindo, Melinna Bobadilla and Brenda Gonzalez, your favorite #educatedpeleoneras, give you a  rundown of the week's highlights. We talk about the historic #AlabamaSenate race, Salma Hayek's raw #metoo [NY Times OpEd](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/13/opinion/contributors/salma-hayek-harvey-weinstein.html?_r=0), and what we are loving or side-eyeing on screen, in our returning segment:  #Telenoveleando! This week, we cover the blockbuster film #Coco and Spike Lee’s new Netflix series, #ShesGottaHaveit. Listen for recent #Chanclazos, #BidiBidiBomBoms, and few fun announcements. FYI Tamarindo will go on a brief winter break for the next few weeks. We will be back in mid-January with fresh new episodes!

On this episode, the #educatedpeleoneras catch up on Melinna’s recent travels to Lebanon and Brenda’s time at #Podcasteriofest, the first all-Latinx podcast festival. Listen to hear how Melinna’s Mid-East travels inspire a discussion on post-colonial standards of beauty and breaking down Euro-centric phenotypes (features.) Brenda & Melinna talk about a specific facial feature and why they embrace and honor it, with a nod to the Moorish roots. Next, Melinna and Brenda spend time with Jocelyn Ramirez the founder of Todo Verde -a mobile space inspired by Latin American flavors that provides affordable plant-based dishes.These ladies talk everything from the concept of #decolonizeyourdiet to national embarrassment La Gracia, the gentrified "fruteria" proposed through a terribly tone-deaf kickstarter video. Check out: https://wearemitu.com/tag/la-gracia/ for some laughs and great analysis. #Subscribe to #TamarindoPodcast now! #Latinxcreate #Latinas #SupportBrownPodcasts and get in touch always at tamarindopodcast.com

This is the first official episode with the NEW Tamarindo duo, Melinna Bobadilla and Brenda Gonzalez, the #EducatedPeleoneras. Together, they discuss the recent progressive sweep and wins by candidates of color across the country and remain cautiously optimistic for the future of elections. Next, they interview nationally acclaimed poet, educator, performance artist and public speaker, Yosimar Reyes. He is currently an Arts Fellow at #DefineAmerican, an organization founded by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas. Yosimar tells us all about #undocujoy, what it's like dating when you're a badass public figure, and some of the cool travel he's been up to. Learn more about Yosimar at yosimarreyes.com. Follow this episode's voices on twitter: @yosoyyosi @melinnateatrina @brendaricards and @tamarindocast. Please #rateandreview this #latinaled #podcast on @applepodcast and subscribe wherever you listen to #podcasts.

This mini-cast episode we have Paula Z. Gomez as guest host. Paula supports Tamarindo as a fan and website maven. Together, they discuss what makes for a perfect girls trip and the importance of spending time with amigas. Brenda and Paula interview Martha E. Flores, founder of the Latina-centered media company, ¡brava! Martha's expertise include awesome storytelling, viral pop culture and at-scale content. Hear these #mujeres get into the brands and content that speak to them and why #latina content matters.

Washington Post best-selling author Julissa Arce joins Brenda as guest host. Together, they interview Lucy Flores who was the first Latina elected to the Nevada state legislature. Julissa and Brenda discuss #noposwow moments when we are shocked at the actions of others. Julissa shares examples of recent personal attacks from folks in our own community. A central theme on this episode is how we can do better to lift each other up and not tear each other down. Get inspired by Lucy's story of overcoming great challenges and how this #chingona is continuing to push important issues forward, such as #justicereform and #immigration as Vice President of Public Affairs at mitú, a digital media company that creates authentic, culturally relevant stories. Keep up with Lucy at lucyflores.com and with Julissa at julissarce.com. Please rate and review #TamarindoPodcast

This episode features an introduction to our fans to Morado Lens, a feminist podcast hosted by two childhood friends who discuss embracing your #innerbruja. Hear how Cindy Rodriguez and Nathalie Farfan interview #DoloresHuerta. Subscribe today and #supportbrownpodcasts.

This is a cross-over episode with Betsy Aimee of The Currently and Brenda Gonzalez of Tamarindo. Betsy and Brenda discuss the book Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, by Roxane Gay. They tackle the book's themes including body image, growing up with immigrant parents, and trauma. This episode closes with a discussion on what should be in an #adultingstarterkit. Get to know these hosts and check out both of these podcasts. The Currently Podcast is about the defining moment of a generation. Writer, and Creative Entrepreneur Betsy Aimee dives into current events, culture shifts, personal development and social good with interesting guests from all walks of life. Sign up to receive The Currently Newsletter for tips on things to listen, read, and watch learn more @betsyaimeec, or via betsyaimee.com. Tamarindo podcast is a socially conscious talk show with a Latinx vibe discussing race, politics, music, and life! In each episode, guests and hosts decide who gets a #chanclazo or scolding and discuss why. Keep up with tamarindo at tamarindopodcast.com

This is a #minicast episode and recording on our #instagram live convo with #HoodDigest. We discuss #CardiB #PuertoRico #TakeAKnee and #HispanicHeritageMonth. We also ask you to save the date for #PodcasteriaFest a #Latinx podcast festival happening November 19 in #LosAngeles in conjunction with #MolcajeteDominguero. We also hope to see many of you at #Tropicalia Music and Taco Festival in Long Beach! Please rate and review #Tamarindopodcast so other folks can find us!