Helllllllllllooo y'all. It's been a minute, but that's because the holidays have truly been a time to test us. We're excited to introduce the new year with an interview Sam did with Pamela Chavez, the creator of the animated short film Caracol Cruzando. Pamela is a Costa Rican mujer that has pursued animation and illustration after a few years of c…

Wow has it really been one year? Thank you to everyone that has supported this little Central American Strugglepod! We are so appreciative of the amount of support we have been given and the connections we have fostered. This week we just critique and dissect ourselves and our show! We go into strengths, weaknesses, tangible goals and what inspires…

This week we are proud to present Karla Vasquez, the creator of SalviSoul, an ongoing multi-media project and cooking anthology of Salvadoran food and Salvadoran womxn. Karla is a cook, food journalist, food historian and a food justice organizer. We go in to discuss Karla's new article featured in Eater about three Salvadoran restuarant owners in …

We have been waiting so long for this episode. We want to introduce y'all to our mutual best friend Myrtha. Myrtha is the glue of this show and we wanted to provide a light episode that we recorded shortly before Sandra moved back to Los Angeles. With Myrtha we discuss just us and how we've grown since meeting as freshman in high school. Prepare fo…

We are so excited to collaborate with our good friend @GataSalvaje415 host of the Las Basureras Podcast and the creator of Gata Salvaje Merch. Gata and us break down FOUR California propositions we feel are very important to us personally. We also want this to motivate people to engage with their local and state politics outside of major federal el…

Hey everyone! This week Sandra interviews Nicole Ramsey. Nicole is a first generation PhD Candidate in African Diaspora studies doing work on Belize/Belizeans in the Diaspora, and Black Central America(ns) and the Caribbean at UC Berkeley. She is also a Music enthusiast that uses popular culture and popular music as a form of diasporic education. I…

Hey everyone! This week Sandra is joined by Gabriela Aleman, aka Salvi-Nica artist @smugmorenita, to discuss how they use online community organizing to assist their offline community organizing. Gaby is extremely active in San Francisco Mission District's local political and community organizing landscape. They both discuss the privlidges of commu…

Warning: Rough Audio Ahead! Hey everyone! Today we have a new installment in our interview series. Our guest, Melissa Vida, is a freelance journalist and the new editor in chief for the Central American Empowerment Network. On top of this, Melissa created CentAm Curator, a newsletter aimed at bringing relevant Central American news to the forefront…

Hey everyone! Today we have a very special episode! Sandra was able to interview Federico Valiente, the Senior Director of Marketing for Pollo Campero while on her family trip to Nashville! Pollo Campero is expanding to Nashville and celebrated their grand opening a few weeks ago. We discuss the prevalence of Pollo Campero in our lives, especially …

This is part 2 of a roundatable discussion we had at Sandra's pad in Oakland! We gathered 5 Central American Bay Area artists and curators to discuss with each other their art, identity, and navigating the Bay art world. We have Marabet Morales, a Chapina from East Oakland that started the Bay Area Central American Writers Group. Gabriela Alemán, S…

This is an episode going down in ¡Puchica Vos! Podcast history. We gathered 5 Central American Bay Area artists and curators to discuss with each other their art, identity, and navigating the Bay art world. We have Marabet Morales, a Chapina from East Oakland that started the Bay Area Central American Writers Group. Gabriela Alemán, San Francisco M…

¡Ya ha pasado un tiempo! Sandra estaba en México visitando a su familia y pudo entrevistar a Luis Enrique González Araiza, abogado de FM4 Paso Libre, que es un refugio para migrantes en Guadalajara, Jalisco. FM4 sirve en gran medida a los migrantes centroamericanos en su viaje a través de México. Discuten las políticas que afectan la migración en M…

This week Sandra interviews Jeevs for our Central American Diaspora series. Jeevs grew up in Belize City, but is currently studying Film in Jamaica. He has an amazing webseries called, "Homegrown Belize", on Belizean cuisine, artists, and businesses that give a local perspective. Jeevs discusses Kriol idenitity and his firm Carib and Central Americ…

We both feel hurt because of child separation, ICE, our own family immigration situations, and the disregard for the lives of people wanting to survive. Links Intro Song & Transition Song: Greener Pastures - Sro Jesse Baez ft. Fuego - "Grasa" CNN: There are 2,300 migrant kids spread across the US. What happens to them next? NPR: Drumpf's Executive …

We have a feature interview with Yanna, aka @mellamoyanna, the CEO of Brown Sugar and Canela. Yanna is a proud Garifuna woman from North Carolina with Honduran heritage. Brown Sugar and Canela is an apparel company for strong women with a strong heritage based around Afro-Latinidad and Central American-ness. Sandra met up with Yanna on a trip to No…

Just updates on where we've been, twitter tings, the value of mistakes, and loving people that are assiting you in your growth.By ¡Puchica Vos!

HIIII this week we're returning with our Central American Diaspora series! Our guest this week is Stephanie, a PhD canidate in Psychology currently in Michican. However, Stephanie was raised in Utah in a 95+% Mormon community. She unpacks her experience understanding the whiteness that affected how she saw herself for many years. Sam and her go int…

Hello everyone were bring back the cachitos to talk about the ongoing situations in Belize and Nicaragua. We discuss at lengths the neo-colonial fight between Guatemala and Belize which is heavily racialized. Also we discuss the government suppression and murders of activists protesting the Nicaraguan Social Security reform. We hope for the safety …

uhhh we hate ICE, Border Patrol, Detention Centers and the Department of Homeland Security. We go in deep as to why there are countless incididents that the US is using all four agencies to commit human rights abuses. We also go into ways to help fight DHS and support the undocumented community. FUCK ICE.…

Firstly, we apologize for the sound in this ep, but don't let that take anything away from our marvelous guest Casey Parris-Daley aka @MyDaleyVibes on Twitter. Casey is from Atlanta, but also lived several years in both Jamaica and Panama, where his parents are from. Casey speaks about coming to his own queerness while living in both Panama and Jam…

Why is it important to protect yourself online? Sam and Sandra discuss the recent scrutiny on data obtained through social media like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. There has been a large history of surveillance on communities of color and technology only makes it easier. Prepare your fave tinfoil hat for this episode!…

Are we going to play Korean-Pop two weeks in a row? We sure are! This week Sandra interviews Lucía from Tampa, Florida. Sandra connected to Lucía because of K-Pop, but learned so much more about growing up Guatemalan in Florida, her conversion to Islam and opening up over Caso Cerrado. Get ready for a lengthyyyyy discussion over K-Pop stan accounts…

Hello~ This week we're answering q's we were sent! We talk about fake stanning, getting into a fight, books we want to read. Its great to just chill and be a bit more open about ourselves. Lol.By ¡Puchica Vos!

We're speaking off the dome! Sam and Sandra have been real busy and they just wanted to relax and talk about multiple identities or personas that we hold. The conversation goes many directions especially in how the internet has allowed us to live an additional life.By ¡Puchica Vos!

This week we are so honored to have Sophia, the creator of the @osothebosso Instagram bi-lingual tenants rights novela, to educate us on tenants rights in Los Angeles. We also have long discussions surrounding grassroots organizing, gentrification, gentefication, homeownership, and homeslessness. Sophia is so amazing and y'all should keep up with h…

We have the 2nd installment of our mini-series featuring Central Americans from non-Central American hubs. Oliva is a PhD Immunology candidate at UMass Medical. Olivia has a full Massuchusetts identity and we use her amazing achievements to discuss misogyny in post-graduate education, the best affordable pallette, and the Salvadoran Seventh Day Adv…

This is another hot take. We relate Naruto to Toxic Masculinity, but we also go into the real effects it has on our personal lives and the world around us. CW: Conversations about sexual trauma, violence, and extremism.By ¡Puchica Vos!

Hi y'all we're starting a new series on our show based on the diaspora outside of typical Central American hubs like California, Houston, or Washington D.C. We will be interviewing and getting to just hang out with Central Americans all over to establish relationships and friendships. However, the interviews will be one on one with either Sam or Sa…

Sam and Sandra are SOOOOO excited to start their engines for the new season of Rupaul's Drag Race All Stars. Before Sam and Sandra toot and boot the entrance looks or go into show predictions, they talk about the herstory of drag. They go into the important role of trans folx of color and the legacy Rupaul has left on drag.…

We love our long episodes so were giving you more! We both just graduated from college and now being out for 6 months into the "working world", we look back. Drugs, sex, love, yt experimentation, and how univesities fail students of color.By ¡Puchica Vos!

Were bringing you a long and solemn episode this week on the topic of performative activism. We bring in a new segment and new Twitter hashtag.By ¡Puchica Vos!

Get ready to welcome our first guest on the podcast, Wilfredo, aka @Wilfreyfrey on Twitter. He was ahead of the times and was the first to use the #CentralAmericanTwitter hashtag, but he tells us the true tea on how the space took years to create! We also send lot's of love to other key people in creating the foundation of #CentralAmericanTwitter t…

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ¡PUCHICA VOS! We're reunited and laid out our goals and hopes for the podcast, ourselves, and the diaspora. We discuss our astrology predictions and what scents should be in our baño.By ¡Puchica Vos!

Esto es para todas las mujeres centroamericanas. We have another playlist for y'all! Sam and Sandra go through the 7 countries to present talented womxn and femme energyyyy. It is quite lit.By ¡Puchica Vos!

We wanted to chill it out this week and talk about some random things on our mind. We have a love and hate relationship with dating apps and online dating, and affect us constantly! We discuss 5 dating apps and our experiences with each one. Topics range from automatic left swipes, ghosting, and the shrinking of queer femme spaces.…

Our thoughts and prayers are with Honduras and Hondurans around the world, and so we wanted to provide some exposure by talking about what is going on in Honduras after the election held on November 26. Since the election, mass protests, a dusk to dawn curfew (which has now been lifted), and other intriguing developments have occured, but have been…

Get ready to catch some HEAAAT with these new mics! Sam and Sandra discuss the blind eye Mexico and Shitcanxs turn on discrimination, crime, and hegemony enforced on Central Americans. Topics range from fútbol, Coco, and aliens. Let's get ready to rumble!By ¡Puchica Vos!

Join us as we go to the 3rd Annual Central American International Film Festival at the Los Angeles Film School. First few minutes are in a vlog style format, and then we go in on our three favorite films. Huge shoutout to all the incredible artists that were showcased at the film festival! Also, we plan to regularly upload new episodes on Mondays, …

Happy day-after-Black-Friday, or as it's known literally everywhere else in the world - Saturday. In the first ten minutes of this cachito, we talk about actually publishing the pod and the incredibly warm reception we received. We shout out a few people who shouted us out as well.By ¡Puchica Vos!

We chat about Temporary Protected Status and the movement around #DefendTPS. Data provided by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center and Sandra's own digging around. Sam's sad voice provided by Sam. Discussion is organic, locally grown and free of GMOs. (Gross Machista Overtones)By ¡Puchica Vos!

We grooooove to some music created by Salvadoran and Salvadoran American musicians to learn about singers and folks that made radiowave history~ Disclaimer - In this episode, Sam incorrectly says that Josue Diaz is a Salvadoran artist, when in fact he is Peruvian. Sam relied on the internet and since google said that Josue Diaz was born in San Salv…

Hello~ This is our introduction to ¡Puchica Vos! Hosts Sam and Sandra talk about how they met, who they are, what puchica vos means, and their goals for growth with this podcast. Sandra displays her forever pettiness and Sam has an interesting encounter with a supply closet.By ¡Puchica Vos!