in this one we talk about the f-word, which in case you didn't know is fryda. just kidding, it's feminism.... in our season 4 closing episode, we have an honest discussion about why this word can make you feel uncomfortable but why it's still worth giving weight to. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod jo…

ana betancourt was a woman ahead of her time: a mambisa rebel, organizer, and speechwriter who tied liberation for women to cuban independence. we celebrate ana's grit and let our imaginations run wild. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode t…

dear carmen pelaez, this is our formal request that you please adopt us as your cuban fairy godchildren. we want to laugh and cry with you about the cubanity of yesterday and the one we are building today. abrazos, teikirisi but truly, we are thrilled to be joined by carmen pelaez, a filmmaker, writer, and activist who tells stories of our lived ex…

buckle up as we untangle a messy subject - the double standards we were raised with as dictated by gender. in this chatty episode carmen and fryda get into what it was like growing up in miami in the 90s, watching the women and men around us, and what gender meant at home. prepare for funny stories, latino parent logic, and the constructs we are st…

this episode covers the saga and soap opera that is cuban rum — starring pirates, revolutions (plural!), and court battles. it’s also a drink with me experience with 3 recipes sprinkled throughout. so grab some rum, lime, sugar, and yerba buena, and join us for this ride. shopping list for cocktails 2 limes coca cola club soda sugar or simple syrup…

have you ever wondered why your typical cuban 7 year old looks like they belong in Lil Wayne's posse? well, carmen & fryda are here to help! human teeth, baby bling, rats, and evil eyes make it into this episode about cuban traditions. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.p…

this episode is all about la madre that you should be cagandote en (see cubanismo "me cago en tu madre"). mariana grajales cuello is the mother of all cubans, a figure of the cuban war of independence and struggle for black liberation in the caribbean. carmen and fryda celebrate her life and discuss what it means for cuban motherhood that mariana's…

come through with your pride and your flags swinging, this episode gets juicy as we take you through history into cuban queerness from how it started to how it's going.opening up season 4, we explore the queer in cubanity from figures to popular media and revolutions. check out @cubanecuir on instagram for more learnings on this topic. watch ana's …

teikirisi is back for another round. season 4 starts june 22nd. no te lo pierdas. we’ve got some good stuff coming up every other wednesday. así que relájate y cójelo con teikirisi. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod Learn more about your ad choic…

Surprise! We're so excited to share Adventure in Atacama with you all! Adventure in Atacama is a new podcast experience that follows the story of Mariela, a flight attendant whose estranged father comes to her with a mission: find her missing mother, and save the world from the so-called “Atacama Effect,” a language apocalypse that causes people ar…

in teikirisi tradition, we get sappy and happy in our last episode of the season. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode transcript coming soon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

I wanna be where the viandas are I wanna eat, wanna eat some buñuelos walking around smelling that... what do you call that OH AJIACO! roasting your yams you won't get too far... ... but tune into the episode where Fryda y Carmen take you into their deep love of viandas, talking everything you ever wanted to know about what they mean to the Cubanit…

45 years after ¿Qué Pasa, USA? published the episode, 'computer friend,' carmen & fryda sit down with their friend and patreon supporter, jason, to react to the show's handling of racism in cuban culture. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode…

andrew otazo of miami creation myth joins us to muse -- and complain -- about our beloved miami, a city full of contradictions and a salad bowl of cultures with myths to tell. check out miami creation myth at www.miamicreationmyth.com and on social media as @miamicreationmyth buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teiki…

it's no wonder cubans have a saying, "sin azúcar no hay país" -- "without sugar there is no country." sugar cane, sugarcrats, sugar daddies, slave plantations, and the never-ending pursuit of autonomy, to look at cuba's history, we need a cafecito with good espumita. in this episode, carmen & fryda crack open the history books and take you on a swe…

grab un cafecito (make sure it has espumita) and learn all about our queen, Celia Cruz. from her humble beginnings to a place in the cuban mt. rushmore (¡metaphorically speaking, of course, que barbaridad!) tune in as carmen y fryda remember the woman who made salsa, the mother of cubanity. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on soci…

we like big butts and we cannot lie. carmen & fryda tell the truth about cuban booty standards in this chatty episode. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode transcript: https://bit.ly/31k3O8s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.…

carmen & fryda's 101 on what's going on in cuba right now. this episode examines the protests that broke out on july 11th, 2021 in cuba and why this was a moment for the history books. as cubans gain increased connectivity to the internet and mobile devices become more popular, the island nation moves toward unprecedented times where cuba's authori…

carmen & fryda bask in the afterglow of a second season that gifted us friendships, hate mail, and first-hand stories of creativity, resistance, and identity transcript: https://rb.gy/ohc5nw follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

in this one carmen & fryda tell you all about cuba's most classic and beloved figure: josé martí. diving deep into martí's life and works, we untangle all the ways in which martí's contributions permeate across all aspects of cuban life - from history, art, politics, society, and more, all while managing to make zero enemies, a feat that seems almo…

carmen & fryda chat with corey & seth about havana libre, their film about surfers in cuba who live, breath & fight for their love of surfing transcript: https://rb.gy/2q8lyq follow us on social media @teikirisipod @havanalibrefilm learn more about havana libre at havanalibre.film join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod Learn more …

carmen & fryda muse on the beloved game of fichas, or cuban dominoes - from the culture, to the lingo, a bit of history, how it's played, and more. *note (6/4/2022): in this episode, we say that "cuatro mil patos quedaron" (4 thousand ducks remained) is a domino phrase, but to this day we have no idea where that came from. fryda's parents and grand…

what is an NFT? how did artists in cuba come to mint? what does this mean for them? are cubans able to trade in crypto? what happens to artists when their heavily regulated art market loses its sole demand due to COVID-19 shut-downs? carmen and fryda chat with one of cuba's first NFT artists gabriel guerra bianchini to discuss the state of NFTs in …

as cuba's regime tightens its chokehold on freedom of expression, artists turn up the resistance, phones in hand, and armed with art to make demands. we take you through the play-by-play on movimiento san isidro, the people involved, and the conditions that brought it all to its current boiling point. transcript: https://rb.gy/g1bwht twitter handle…

carmen y fryda invitan al director asiel babastro para conocer que lo trajo a la yuma, y a dirigir el videoclip Patria y Vida. asiel comparte un poco sobre su trayectoria intelectual junto a las experiencias de su vida, observaciones sobre la cubanidad, los retos que enfrentan los artistas en cuba, el movimento san isidro y más. NOTE: this episode …

launching season 2, carmen and fryda hold the most reproduced image of the 20th century - the iconic face of ernesto "che" guevara - to a magnifying glass. presenting a history of contradictions, this episode unpacks why many cubans, even progressive-thinking ones, often feel negatively about el che. transcript: https://www.teikirisipod.com/post/00…

carmen & fryda get personal and bring it full circle, musing on the cuban-american dream in this conversational episode transcript: https://bit.ly/2QHBs2M follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

"i want to go to Cuba before it changes," is something we've heard a lot. in this episode carmen & fryda unpack this sticky subject, the harsh realities of what it really means for Cuba to stay the same for touristy selfies -Recommended listening - 001. ¡oigo! 003. el periodo especial: scarcity and famine 004. eyes and ears 90 Miles Podcast: https:…

what really goes into the cuban sandwich? is it even really "cuban"? in this one we deep dive into the history of this classic famous sandwich, and chat with chef louie estrada of my cuban spot in gowanus, brooklyn transcript on our blog: https://www.teikirisipod.com/post/006-cuban-sandwich follow us on social media @teikirisipod @mycubanspot @chef…

carmen & fryda get into the party time spirit for an episode deconstructing cuban-american celebrations, from croquetas to dominos and the lengthy despedida! read more on our blog: https://www.teikirisipod.com/post/005-cuban-parties follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod Learn more about you…

we dive deep into the network of organizations that monitor cubans & enforce revolutionary ideals on the island. what does it mean to be integrated? what is life like if you're deemed antisocial or scum? with help from fryda's mami y papi, we get a first-hand account of what it's like to live under this system. read more on our blog: https://www.te…

in this bonus episode, carmen & fryda get tipsy, disclose the secret to the perfect cuban lechon, and talk about the cuban holidays. *** NOTE: in this episode we say that a "burrito" is a mule, but that is inaccurate, it is a donkey. follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod visit our website: …

what is el periodo especial? why was there such scarcity and famine? what was the regime's response to the suffering and misery that swept and settled across Cuba? read more on our blog: https://www.teikirisipod.com/post/003-el-periodo-especial-scarcity-famine follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teiki…

in 'soy balsera,' carmen talks about her journey out of Cuba, which was filled with twists, turns, getting lost at sea, and 6 months in guantanamo. read more on our blog: https://www.teikirisipod.com/post/ep-2-soy-balsera follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod Learn more about your ad choice…

carmen & fryda share memories of making phone calls to cuba in the 90s and early 2000s, and talk about the novelty and significance of getting friend requests on facebook from family in cuba. https://www.teikirisipod.com/post/_oigo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Sonoro | carmen & fryda

get ready for your next favorite dynamic duo. fryda and carmen are coming to a podcast player near you celebrating all things cuban-american. dale, and teikirisi. https://www.teikirisipod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Sonoro | carmen & fryda