Cholosploitation Nation

Episode 13

Favy Fav's Tia Jessica AKA Jess Gee AKA ChaCha de CholaPinup joins the podcast this week to talk about the latest cholo viral video trend.... es que se pasan! FavyFav explains Guatemalan chow mein to Babelito. Also learn about all of ChaCha's community work, Guatemalan tamales and of course...huevos frios.

LINKS

Chola PinUp Nevada | Cholos working out |  Definition of the word Cholo | L.A. Times article about the history of Cholos |  Raza Cosmica | Cholostyle appropriation | Chola Style Appropriation Struggle | Las Vegas Monkey Video |Cholos Try | You can't pell scholar without chola | La Chismosa | Operation Hydration | Lowrider History | Justin's Mi Casa Es Mi Casa | Guatemala/Mexican | China and Guatemala | ChoMin | Guatemalan Tamal | Quesadilla Guatemalteca | El Circo La Malta Vecindad | Querida | Veteranas and Rucas | Veterans y Rucas Mitu | Lets be Whole| Cholafied Tamarindo Podcast | Chacha de Chola PinUp |

Bonus Episode

Super Mamás Edition

This week we bring you an extra special bonus episode that FavyFav and Babelito recorded for Super Mamás Podcast! This mini podcast within a podcast is all about our mamás. Go to supermamaspodcast.com to subscribe and follow them on Instagram @_supermamas !

Fiesta en América

Episode 12

Babelito and FavyFav deconstruct the perfect ingredients for a Fiesta Latina: Piñatas, gelatina con crema, pastel de tres leches, and burned carne asada. Also, FavyFav explains his latest art installation at a music festival and discusses the involvement of his family in his art. This episode is sponsored by the Nevada Museum of Art. 

Links

Prodigy | Life is Beautiful | Piñata Motel | Piñata History | Bomba Estéreo | Juanes | The Shins | Ru Paul Charles | Dashiki | Offensive Fashions | Headdresses at music festivals | Just Kids | Nevada Museum of Art Hands on Program | Tilting the Basin | Family Fiesta | Double Negative | Pignata/Piñata | Monasteries on the slopes of the Popocatepetl | Papel picado/ papel china | Talavera Poblana | Vistas | Tres Leches Cake | Sporkful | Frijoles Rancheros | Ricardo Arjona | Lambada | Ve a ver si ya puso la marrana | Moros en la costa | Latino USA Quinceañera | Bomba Estéreo | 

Signed, Sealed and Read to Filth!

Episode 11

Lo prometido es deuda, an entire episode dedicated to our listeners. FavyFav and Babelito relive the past ten recordings as they are read to FILTH by our audience! Find out if taco Tuesday is racist?  Also, is South Asian representation in media really that prominent? Hongos or champiñones? Latinos or Hispanics? Check out their take on these topics and much, much more!

Links

Juanga Comments, TV UNAM | Yuri Vargas Juanga poetry | Denver Art Museum - Mi Tierra | Impostor syndrome | Frida Fantasy |  Ru Paul’s Drag Race | Ru’s Emmy Nom | Ru Paul Realness | Alyssa Edwards | Alaska Thunderfuck 5000| Katya Zamolodchikova | Colonial Art | Decolonization | Brooklyn 99 and diversity | Aziz Ansari | Aziz Ansari's Emmy | American Girl | Stats on diversity in media | White people playing Asian | Coco Fusco | Is Taco Tuesday Racist? |  Yo, Is This Racist? |  Another Round | Frida and Cultural Appropiation |  Roxane Gay |  Sooo Many White Guys | The Appropriation of Indigenous Cultures in 20th Century Latin American Art | Super Mamás |  Frank Ocean - Blond | Beyoncé in Blond | ASMR |  Muk Bang |  Eat with Chunky | 

Artwork by: Rogelio CDA

- Juan Gabriel - Amor Eterno

Episode 10

Juan Gabriel’s legacy goes beyond his music. He was a prolific performer, composer, and for many of us, a powerful Latinx queer icon. This episode is dedicated to Alberto Aguilera, Juan Gabriel, Juanga…El Divo de Juarez! 

LINKS

Juan Gabriel | Arepas | FYF | Grace Jones | Anohni | Krystal | Kendrick Lamar | Caifanes | Tamarindo Podcast| Tacos de Canasta | Sooo Many White Guys | Roxane Gay | Captain Planet | VMAs No Latinos |Beyoncé’s VMA performance | Britney Spears | Fembot | Rihanna is back | Juanga’s Hollywood Star | Juanga from Juarez | Honey Badger | Liberace | Elton John | Juanga as a gay icon | Vamos al Noa Noa Article | Lo Que Se Ve No Se Pregunta | No Tengo Dinero | Amor Eterno | Rocio Durcal | Hasta Que Te Conoci Series | Paracuaro, Michoacan| El Noa Noa | Alberto Aguilar interviews Juan Gabriel | Ases Falsos | Juanga Covers CCR | Tamarindo Podcast Tribute | Radio Menea

Artwork by Rogelio Cda

Keeping Up with Cuba

Episode 9

As they eat Juarez style burritos, FavyFav and Babelito discuss the Kardashian's visit to Cuba, Juan Gabriel, goats and the homogenization of the art world. "OMG! This is real life you guys!"

LINKS

Burritos | Hasta Que Te Conoci (Juan Gabriel's life) | Kardashians in Cuba | Gilmore Girls | Escandalo! | Chanel Cuba Show | Rob and Chyna | US Cuba relations | Battista Cuba and Tourism | Jackie Beat's Make Up | Fresa y Chocolate | Fresa y Chocolate restaurant | Khloe's IG pics | Conan in Cuba | Lochte and His Privilege | Bush Doesn't Care About Black People | Kardashian cornrows | Kanye and Kim in Jerusalem | Vanessa Beecroft | Kanye's Refuge aesthetic | Beecroft upset about dna test | Marina Abromavick | The White Gaze | Habana Club Museum| Habana Biennial | Sandra Ceballos Independent Art Space in Cuba | Angel Delgado

JOGOS OLÍMPICOS

Episode 8

Let the games begin! In this episode Babelito and FavyFav dissect the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, eat Mediterranean style tacos, talk about casual racism and much much more. 

LINKS

Tilting the Basin | Casale's Halfway Club | Los Lonely Boys | Sophia’s radio show | Joy | 10 Cloverfield Lane| Las Cobras | Lucha Libre | Helmet Nachos | 2016 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony |1968 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony | October 2nd | El Progreso Guatemala | Impeachment of Brasil’s President |'Pacified' Favelas | Favela Gentrification | Displacing The Poor | Dodgers' Stadium and the Erasure of Chavez Ravine | Opening Ceremony | 16th century map of Brazil | Information on Brazilian Tribes | Memorable Moments | 1996 Atlanta Opening Ceremony| White House Slaves | Asians in Brazil | Thalia, Marimar | Fernando Mereiles | Daniela Thomas | Deborah Colker| City of God |  City of Men | Male Divers | MixxedFit | Alexa Moreno | Black in Latin America | Branqueamento| First and Felony 

GUARA GUARA LA CUCHARA

Episode 7

It has been too long...FavyFav and Babelito catch up on and talk about their summer shenanigans. Listen to mystical quesadilla experiences, the value of tacos de carne asada, the meaning of the Baroque, Pokémon Go, Chicana marijuana zines and #BlackLivesMatter.

LINKS

Mariah Carey | La Comida de Puebla | Honey Badger | Charo | Yara Sofia | Coco Montrese | Museo Internacional del Barroco | Dallas Morning News | Baroque | Articles on the Baroque Museum | Cabinet of Curiosities | Rick Bayless| Other People's Food | Taco Arabe | Chiles en Nogada | Puebla style quesadillas |  Huejotzingo | Con Cariño: Artists Inspired by Lowriders | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art | Espanola New Mexico Lowrider Capital of the World | Hispanics | Fauxdobe | High Mija | Museo Ex Convento Santa Monica | Nevada Museum of Art | Homegirls Records | Ice bar | Guara guara la cuchara | Amy Winehouse | The Read | Pokémon Go | Choices and Chismes |Podcasts In Color | Blood Orange | Tamarindo Podcast | Reply All | Paris is Burning | Black Lives Matter