When assimilation meets brown and proud, you get Pocha; two borderland mujeres digesting politics, pop culture, and everything in between while nursing a 90’s hangover.
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Bonus Content - August 2024 wiri wiri - Tapping into intuition
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In this month's wiri wiri, Las Pochas follow their gut and talk about the ties between cultura and intuition. We've got a feeling you'll enjoy this convo.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 60 - August 2024 - All the comida, all the time
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Las Pochas at the pochifcation and also the latinification of food. Ways we've lost it and ways we've added it to other recipes. Plus Kat takes on green chile cheeseburgers across New Mexico and in the Que Hay de Nuevo, No Sabo The Game! Let's play!By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content - July 2024 Wiri Wiri - Olympics and Elections
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2024 means elections and olympics and Las Pochas are ready for both. This month they wiri wiri about what it means for a Harris campaign and the fun and fabulousness of the Olympics.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 59 - July 2024 - Silence, rules and shopping
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Las Pochas are breaking the silence on how silencing is breaking us. Plus they count down some of the rules of life and chat about freaky finds online in the Que Hay de Nuevo.By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content - Wiri Wiri - June 2024 - PTSD and the paranormal
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This month's wiri wiri is outside of the normal. So far in fact that it delves into the paranormal. Las Pochas stay at a haunted hotel and talk mental health, and of course ghosts.By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content - Wiri Wiri - Revisiting adulting
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Las Pochas revisit adulting in this "Best Of" wiri wiri. Freedom, responsibility, accountability... being an adult has some perks, but is overrated. Join in on the conversation!By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content - May 2024 - Osos in the wild and getting called out
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It's the end of May and that means Las Pochas wiri wiri about life!!! Join Las Pochas on a journey into the wilderness to choose between bears and men and as they defend the latchkey generation.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 58 - May 2024 - Making trouble in paradise and making friends as an adult
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Las Pochas kick off a new season talking about colonizing in retirement and how a restaurant in Mexico reacted plus how do we make friends as an adult? The trials and tribulations of creating bonds later in life.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 57- March 2024 - Comfort, Country and the Oscars
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It's March and we're back on track! Las Pochas are talking about the premise of the new movie, The American Society of Magical Negroes, and when country music gets upset over a song. In Que Hay de Nuevo, it's about the Oscars and not who's winning, but who's losing. Plus.... a throwback that's a surprise for Charlene and a new find for younger gene…
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Bonus Content - Wiri Wiri February 2024 - Two Pochas Leaping
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Las Pochas owe the fans big time. Why? Because they skipped an episodio. And this means a longer wiri wiri with more topics and more laughter. This month it's about the power of lenguaje and the power of Selena fans taking zero tomfoolery from Yolanda.By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content - January 2024 wiri wiri - Pocha Adulting
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Adulting... zero stars right? But how do you know when you're adulting as a human, a GenXer, a Pocha? Las Pochas evaluate their adulting skills and luckily, aren't getting graded.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 56 - January 2024 - Las Pochas are BACK!!
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New year, new episodio. The borderland duo is back getting you caught up with life and taking on big issues and big blockbusters. Get the year of the dragon into gear with the newest episodio!!By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 55 - November 2023 - Pocha Picks
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Nothing else would bring Charlene back to the mics like shopping!! You waited long enough to have the duo back and to get your Pocha Picks for the holidays!!By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content - Best of Las Pochas October 2023 - Doing the side hustle
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Las Pochas are on recovery hiatus but still historically relevant, of course. We reach into the archives to talk about extra dinero with side hustles.By Borderland Pochas
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Best of Bonus Content - Wiri Wiri September 2023 - Chavez Ravine
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Las Pochas are on hiatus, but this means a best of wiri wiri just for you! Right in the middle of Latine Heritage Month, we revisit the history of Chavez Ravine and the legacy of forcibly moving Latine families for a stadium.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 53 - Best of Las Pochas September 2023
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Las Pochas are resting while Charlene heals so this episodio is a "Best of" - two Reinas, the queen of England and Selena. Plus Las Pochas talk self sabotage. Both Pochas will be back soon, don't join team dramatica yet!!By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content -August 2023 Wiri Wiri - Let’s get personal, personal
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Las Pochas get personal in this wiri wiri and with that comes a trigger warning - we talk personal past and podcast future which does include references to SA.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 52 - August 2023 - Love, bullying, and brawling
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Not only is the weather hot, but Las Pochas are on fire this episodio talking about school districts and states changing school curriculum with an even more racist lens and then doing a 180 to talk the language of love. And in the Que Hay de Nuevo, a Pocha's take on the Alabama Brawl.By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content -July 2023 Wiri Wiri- A dot Ham
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One Pocha has been listening to Hamilton for years and one hasn't, but they both went to see the musical in El Paso. Now they dish on Hammy - worth a shot or wait for it?By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 51 - July 2023 - Justice, just kicks, and is Barbie just a movie
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This episodio, like life, had some hangups and came late. But it's here! Las Pochas digest what justice means after sentencing and what justice is for the Women's World Cup players. Plus in the wiri wiri Las Pochas take out their dolls and talk about Barbie.By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content - June 2023 Wiri Wiri - Pontificating Primos
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This month's wiri wiri is Las Pochas about primos. The new Disney show Primos got plenty of critiques. So Las Pochas unpack the baggage about the cartoon of a little girls' summer vacation with family.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 50 - June 2023 - How you feeling? Hot hot hot.. Flamin’ Hot
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This episodio Las Pochas are bringing the HEAT! With warm weather comes weddings and vacations, plus they get spicy about the legend behind Flamin' Hot Cheetos and the movie it inspired.By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content May 2023 wiri wiri - Reparations and boycotts
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It's the 30th and that means a new wiri wiri! This month, Las Pochas explore the history of Chavez Ravine and the growing movement for reparations to the families removed before the Dodgers called it home.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 49 - May 2023 - El Ratón Mickey vs La Rata DeSantis
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Disney vs DeSantis - Las Pochas put the fight in Florida in pocha perspective. Plus a squabble of another kind: the online pelea that went on between Jackie La Bonita and the two baseball game video bombers.By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content - April 2023 Wiri Wiri - The good, the bad, the break ups
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Las Pochas put on their hindsight glasses and talk breakups: theirs, celebrities, and non-traditional breakups. Plus some ultimate breakup songs.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 48 - April 2023 - Las Pochas are Back in the Saddle!
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After a podcast break, Las Pochas get caught up on life and talk about the anti-trans wave happening in some states. Plus in Que Hay de Nuevo, it's all about Papi Pedro Pascal.By Borderland Pochas
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BonusContent - Best of CHISME!! - Revisiting our chismosa selves
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Las Pochas are taking a look back at one of the things they do best: chisme. Let's revisit the value of chisme juntas!By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 47 - February 2023 - Brown Noise, love and flag football
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In this episodio, Las Pochas talk about Brown noise, both scientific and social. They also take on the love holiday and loving flag football player, Diana Flores.By Borderland Pochas
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Las Pochas are catching a breather this month! But no worries, let's all revisit what it is to get our side hustle on. Quien sabe, this could be the year a side hustle turns into the main entree.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 46 - Best of Pocha Podcast - Revisiting the Señora Life
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In this best of the Pocha Podcast, Las Pochas revisit whether or not they're sliding into the señora life gracefully. Plus spa water and street corn salad... as food appropriation continues, Las Pochas have a take on it.By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content - Wiri Wiri December 2022 - New year, old traditions
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The last of '22 is upon us all and Las Pochas are wrapping up the with traditions, rituals, and resolutions for the new year. Don't worry, they're staying away from new gym memberships and 30 day cleanses.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 45 - December 2022 - True crime, a new novel and socials gone good
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We've reached the end of 2022 and in the final episodio of the year, Las Pochas unpack their obsession with true crime and talk about the novel, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water. Plus, between the trolls and the scrolls, what happens when socials do good for our gente.By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content - Wiri Wiri November 2022 - The Culture of Grief
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In this Wiri Wiri Las Pochas discuss the culture of grief in the Latine community with a healthy dose of humor and wit.By Borderland Pochas
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The holidays are coming up and that means Pocha Picks! Las Pochas are sharing 12 places to go for gifts that are from BIPOC and/or LGBTQ businesses online. And go early so you can get some shopping for familia and yourself.By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content - Wiri Wiri October 2022 - The value of chisme
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Las Pochas get to the heart of chisme: fijate que chisme has value! They also unpack how it's different from gossip, tea, or talking $hit. Grab café and pull up a chair for chisme with Pochas.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 43 - October 2022 - Voting and Banned Books
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November is almost here, but voting season is already upon us. Las Pochas talk about your voto being your voz. Plus who decides what we can read and how proximity to whiteness and power turns BIPOC folx against each other.By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content - Best of wiri wiri - September 2022
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Las Pochas are reaching back in the archives for a best of wiri wiri. Revisit the politics of passing in the dominant culture.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 42 - September 2022 - Pochas Gone Royal with two queens and a princess
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In this episodio Las Pochas talk about self-sabotage and take on reactions, retakes, and remakes that include Queen Elizabeth, La Reina Selena, and (gasp) Black Ariel.By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content - August 2022 Wiri Wiri - Margarita Throw Down
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On this month's wiri wiri Las Pochas talk to elected officials, Johana Bencomo and Angelica Rubio, who also double as judges for the Pocha margarita throw down. This time, it's better than the tortillas. Grab your tequila and join them!By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 41 - August 2022 - Señora life, zip codes, and comida
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We're in our 40s... in episodes and age. This month, Las Pochas get into whether now in their 40s, they are seeing signs of señora life. They chat about zip code and social capital research. Also Latine food is getting appropriated once again. Now there's a reactive twist.By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content - July 2022 Wiri Wiri - The Politics of Passing
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This month's wiri wiri is sparked by a TikTok creator. Las Pochas talk about passing in the dominant culture specific to the Latine community.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 40 - July 2022 - Shortages, short summers, and space bound
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It's July, but in some parts school is about to begin. Las Pochas talk shortened summers, early school starts, and shortages. Plus in Que Hay de Nuevo, they go to space with Kat Voltage - the first Mexican-born woman in space.By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content - June 2022 Wiri Wiri - Side Hustlin’
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New name, same hustle - For many of us, our parents or extended family had more than one job to make ends meet... we called it living. Now you can't scroll through the socials without an ad for a lucrative side hustle. Las Pochas talk making extra money, MLMs, and doing that hustle.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 39 - Finding joy, movie quizzes and soap!
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Admittedly there's a lot going on in our lives so Las Pochas do a mental health check in and unpack what brings them solace and joy. Plus can you guess the movie title based on a one sentence movie plot? Neither could Kat. And in Que Hay de Nuevo, Las Pochas talk jabon as brand ambassadors for Nopalera bath and body products.…
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Bonus Content - May 2022 Wiri Wiri - Driving while Pocha and is being queer trendy?
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Las Pochas hit the road for this wiri wiri and they take on Bill Maher's comments on the trendiness of being trans. Plus Las Pochas chat about what it's like driving while Pocha on a roadtrip.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 38 -Road trips, getting inked and the Pocha perspective on overturning Roe
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It's almost summer time and Las Pochas take a trip down memory lane about packing up la familia and going on a vacay. Plus they talk about the art and stigma of tattoos and in the Que Hay de Nuevo, the Pocha view on overturning Roe.By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content - April 2022 Wiri Wiri - All about Weedy Weedy
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Recreational use of cannabis is legal in New Mexico and Las Pochas talk about the history of high and the future of fumando with a Pocha perspective.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 37 - Getting a limpia, getting educated, and getting a new Justice
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In this episodio, Las Pochas are all about the gettin'. First it's a limpia then they move on to gettin' schooled... or at least paying for school. And in the Que Hay de Nuevo, they celebrate a new Supreme Court Justice but lament the process.By Borderland Pochas
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Bonus Content - March 2022 Wiri Wiri - When Latines join white nationalism
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While Las Pochas spend time at the intersection of Brown Pride and assimilation, some Latine gente have traveled to the intersection of assimilation and white supremacy. In this wiri wiri, Las Pochas talk about Latine folx who have embraced white nationalism.By Borderland Pochas
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Episodio 36 - Best of Las Pochas - Astrology and Athletes
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The stars weren't aligned for Las Pochas to be together for this episodio. But according to a palm reading, the next best thing was to listen to Las Pochas talk astrology.By Borderland Pochas
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