Our History

Episode 75: Coming this Fall: "Selena: A Mexican American Identity and Experience" taught by Dr. Sonya Aleman, Associate Professor in Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department and Mexican American Studies Program at the University of Texas San Antonio. This new class will focus on Selena’s career, image, music, language and Mexican American identity. Listen now.

Episode 54: Meet the George Washington University Professor keeping our Latinx culture alive in academia—inside and outside of the classroom—ensuring that underrepresented segments within our culture are studied, celebrated and passed on to new generations. Listen now.

Episode 39: Media Trailblazer Candy Cintron, program director of the biggest Spanish Radio Station in Washington DC — El Zol 107.9 FM — talks about the radio industry, her work on behalf of the LGBTQ and Latinx Community, and major artists she has worked with in her decade-long career. Listen now.

Episode 25: Meet the Latina in charge of making the National Museum of the American Latino a reality: Francella Chinchilla. Learn about the process and progress to bring Latino History to the National Mall alongside other Smithsonian Institute Museums. Listen now.

Episode 18: Gay Latino Jack Harrison Quintana leads the social justice arm of Grindr, the world’s largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. We talk about how the app connects communities differently throughout the world and how he uses Grindr’s technology to promote sexual health and social justice. Listen now.

Episode 15: Queer Brown Voices - Jose Gutierrez. DC Gay Legend and Latino GLBT History Founder Jose Gutierrez talks about his work as a public health worker during the AIDS epidemic, his advocacy for the LGBT Latinx community, and being an LGBT Historian in his silver years. Listen now.