Nuestro South Podcast
Nuestro South Podcast
Nuestro South Podcast
Welcome to the Nuestro South Podcast! A podcast series that explores the stories of Latina/o/x people in the U.S. South from the Jim Crow era on through to the present. Join the conversation as we unpack the experience of being Latina/o/x in Nuestro South. We control our narrative! This is for us y'all! This podcast is produced by Erik Valera, Dr. Julie Weise, and Elaine Townsend Utin with generous sponsorship from the Whiting Foundation, the University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences, North Carolina Humanities and LatinxEd. Our OG podcast hosts are Axel Herrera Ramos, Bryan Mejia, Daisy Almonte, and Dorian Gomez. Our new Storyteller is Jonathan Peraza Campos, Allison Delgado, Karina Moreno Bueno, Nancy Garcia Villa, Tania Dominguez, & Victoria Garcia. Shoutout to our partner Latina Scholars Dr. Perla Guerrero, Dr. Yuri Ramirez, and Dr. Yami Rodriguez. Edited by Dorian Gomez & Axel Herrera Ramos. Graphics and Promotion by Keyla Ferretiz
Southern Compañía: Indigenous Immigrants challenge perceptions of Latinidad & Southern identity
Let’s zoom out a bit and have some charlas con Southern Compañia. We know that our lived experience in the south is multigenerational– sabemos que no es ayer que llegamos and many of our roots started decades ago. También sabemos that where you set up roots in the South also matters. Tune in as we explore the Latinx Southern experience from Arkansas, to Georgia, to North Carolina and beyond! When we say that “we control the narrative,” we mean it! Our history is no longer just being told ab...
Mar 29, 2023
34 min
Southern Compañía: “Sin la diversión, lo único que hay es trabajo” - Labor and Leisure for Southern Immigrant Communities
Let’s zoom out a bit and have some charlas con Southern Compañia. We know that our lived experience in the south is multigenerational– sabemos que no es ayer que llegamos and many of our roots started decades ago. También sabemos that where you set up roots in the South also matters. Tune in as we explore the Latinx Southern experience from Arkansas, to Georgia, to North Carolina and beyond! When we say that “we control the narrative,” we mean it! Our history is no longer just being told ab...
Mar 28, 2023
39 min
Southern Compañía: “You’re not one of those Mexicans” - Racialization of Latinx Immigrants in the South
Let’s zoom out a bit and have some charlas con Southern Compañia. We know that our lived experience in the south is multigenerational– sabemos que no es ayer que llegamos and many of our roots started decades ago. También sabemos that where you set up roots in the South also matters. Tune in as we explore the Latinx Southern experience from Arkansas, to Georgia, to North Carolina and beyond! When we say that “we control the narrative,” we mean it! Our history is no longer just being told ab...
Mar 28, 2023
38 min
Nuestras Escuelas: A Southern Latinx Reflection of our Education & its Possibilities
It’s Nuestro South, con el mismo sazón, but with some new voices. Join our new storytellers from across the US south as they explore how and where they found comunidad while growing up in the US South. This next stage of Nuestro South expands beyond the experiences of our initial hosts and brings in the perspectives of storytellers from rural NC, urban and suburban Georgia, and northwest Arkansas. Our new storytellers Nancy, Jonathan, Allison, & Tania invite you to share in a rich conve...
Mar 1, 2023
33 min
Museums, Heritage, & Respect: Conexiones at Sites of Cultural Preservation
It’s Nuestro South, con el mismo sazón, but with some new voices. Join our new storytellers from across the US south as they explore how and where they found comunidad while growing up in the US South. This next stage of Nuestro South expands beyond the experiences of our initial hosts and brings in the perspectives of storytellers from rural NC, urban and suburban Georgia, and northwest Arkansas. Our new storytellers Nancy, Jonathan, Allison, & Tania invite you to share in a rich conve...
Feb 24, 2023
19 min
Vital Vecindades: Establishing roots in North Carolina’s mobile 'trailas'
It’s Nuestro South, con el mismo sazón, but some new voices. Join our new storytellers from across the US south as they explore how and where they found comunidad while growing up in the US South. This next stage of Nuestro South expands beyond the experiences of our initial hosts and brings in the perspectives of storytellers from rural NC, urban and suburban Georgia, and northwest Arkansas. Our new storytellers Nancy, Jonathan, Allison, & Tania invite you to share in a rich conversatio...
Feb 15, 2023
18 min
Soccer Everyday: Community Building through soccer in the Georgia Suburbs
It’s Nuestro South, con el mismo sazón, but some new voices. Join our new storytellers from across the US south as they explore how and where they found comunidad while growing up in the US South. This next stage of Nuestro South expands beyond the experiences of our initial hosts and brings in the perspectives of storytellers from rural NC, urban and suburban Georgia, and northwest Arkansas. Our new storytellers Tania, Jonathan, Allison, & Nancy invite you to share in a rich conver...
Feb 3, 2023
21 min
Nuestro South Refried: "No Mexicans" Arkansas, 1949
If you’re from the South, you know that Nuestra Gente have been written out of the history books. So we took it upon ourselves to bring you the history we were not taught in school. The Nuestro South podcast debuted in 2019. Now, we’re back with new ingredients. Our stories feature illustrations by North Carolina artist, Antonio Alanis on our Youtube video episode. Our hosts Bryan, Daisy, Dorian, and Axel invite you to share in a rich conversation about growing up Latina/o...
Sep 16, 2022
26 min
Nuestro South Refried: Growing up in a Black & White South
If you’re from the South, you know that Nuestra Gente have been written out of the history books. So we took it upon ourselves to bring you the history we were not taught in school. The Nuestro South podcast debuted in 2019. Now, we’re back with new ingredients. Our stories feature illustrations by North Carolina artist, Antonio Alanis. Our hosts Bryan, Daisy, Dorian, and Axel invite you to share in a rich conversation about growing up Latina/o/x in the South. You k...
Sep 14, 2022
26 min
Nuestro South Refried: ESL for 6 years SUCKED!
If you’re from the South, you know that Nuestra Gente have been written out of the history books. So we took it upon ourselves to bring you the history we were not taught in school. The Nuestro South podcast debuted in 2019. Now, we’re back with new ingredients. Our stories feature illustrations by North Carolina artist, Antonio Alanis on our Youtube video episode. Our hosts Bryan, Daisy, Dorian, and Axel invite you to share in a rich conversation about growing up La...
Sep 12, 2022
15 min
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