Best Manny Hernandez Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 22. Daniel Valdez joins us to talk Zoot Suit and more. Part 1. 34:08

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Episode 22. We are thrilled to present this two part interview of the one and only Daniel Valdez, star of Zoot Suit, joins us for an interview. Join us for part one of this interview as he shares stories of his amazing career. JIm Ruel and Ray Estrella host this episode of El Pachuco Chronicles. Phyllis Estrella also joins us for this episode. If t…

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Episode 21. Guest Judge Jorge C. Hernandez, aka Mr. Blue, organizer of the Pachuco Ball 42:38

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Episode 21. Guest Judge Jorge C. Hernandez, aka Mr. Blue, organizer of the Pachuco Ball Our guest in this episode is none other than Mr. Blue who puts on the Annual Pachuco Ball in Perris California, this year on August 23, 2025. He shares with us a wealth of knowledge of Chicano Culture and history. Please follow him on social media to learn more …

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Episode 20. Pachuco Manny and Christian Romero talk about the Zoot Suit Heritage Week Cruise. 31:45

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Episode 20. Pachuco Manny, longtime friend of El Pachuco, talks about the August 2025 Cruise, which unfortunately ended up being cancelled due to the current situation in Los Angeles. The Cruise has been happeneing Christina Romero, teacher, community organizer, puts in a lot of work behind the scenes to make the Zoot Suit Cruise happen. We look fo…

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EP 1. Iron Sharpens Iron 12:36

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By Dr. Michael A. Hernandez & Manny Carrasco

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EP 2. Social Media Part 1 36:28

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By Dr. Michael A. Hernandez & Manny Carrasco

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Ep 3. Social Media Part 2 with Matt Jones & Alexandria Carrasco 1:04:11

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By Dr. Michael A. Hernandez & Manny Carrasco

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Episode 19. Mark Anthony Vallejo, director of the upcoming production of In the Heights 29:13

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Episode 19. Marc is the director of the upcoming production of In the Heights at Long Beach City College. https://www.instagram.com/markanthonydrama/ He welcomes you to track him down on Instagram and inquire about discounted tickets. He talks about his history of the zoot suits, including acting in a production of Zoot Suit in 2008 and his desire …

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Episode 18 - Adelaide Pilar stops in to share her story. 23:46

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Adelaide Pilar, musician, Puchuca, strong leader, stops in to the podcast to share her story. You can catch her regularly rocking her Zoot suit pants as frequent performer at Knotts Berry Farm. Originally from Texas, Adelaide delves into the roots of Afro-Latin jazz and the historic ties to the zoot suit. You can check out her website for upcoming …

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Episode 17. Sam and Maria Campos share their stories of car clubs and zoot suits 32:10

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Episode 17. Sam and Marie Campos were helping with a 3D lowrider bike printing workshop at Casa 723 and stopped in for a visit with El Pachuco Stories. Sam Campos is a member of the Old Memories Car Club and Maria has a history of her own with lowrider cars. Oscar Ruelas joins us for this episode. Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel host this episode of El P…

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Episode 16. Dr Denise Sandoval, Chicana/o Studies Professor 32:38

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Episode 16. Dr Denise Sandoval, Tenure Professor at California State University Chicana/o Studies Department, stops in to deliver a history lesson in Chicana/o Studies. You can check out her work at the Peterson Museum where she co-curated the "Best in Low" exhibit, highlighting the craftsmen and craftswomen who have created world reknowned lowride…

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Episode 15. Merry Christmas A Todos Ustedes 11:56

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Episode 15. The El Pachuco Family wishes everyone a safe and happy holidays. We wanted to share some holiday cheer in this short episode. Feliz Navidad. Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel host El Pachuco Chronicles. If there are any topics and stories you would like us to explore shoot us a message via email or social media and we'll see what we can do. elp…

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Episode 14. Guests Patty, Ms. CherryDoll and Chamuco the Pinstriper share their stories. 26:57

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Episode 14 Patty “Cherry Doll” talks about running the Eddie Cochrane Memorial Car Show in Bell Gardens, CA, October 6, 2024, and her history of putting on other charity events as part of the Gypsy Three. You can find out more about events she is invovled in on social media. Instagram: Ms.Cherrydollb Eric, El Chamuco the Pinstriper, talks about bui…

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Episode 13. Featuring guest Alex "Arizona Events" Rodriguez 33:26

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Episode 13 features Alex Rodriguez (the one from Arizona who produces the Arizona Supershow at the Cardinal Stadium. We discuss the possibility of doing a screening of Zoot Suit in 2025 (stay tuned - coming this June). Also featuring longtime family friend Fernando Silva shares some of the adventures of Ray and Fernando at Viva Las Vegas and gives …

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Episode 12. Featuring famed airbrush artist Alfred Lopez, Capone Designs 20:07

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Episode 12. Ray's longtime friend Alfred Lopez, aka Capone Designs airbrush artist is our guest. Taking time away from painting a yacht! Alfred stops in to share some stories of his history with El Pachuco Zoots including the story behind his business name. You can check out his work on Instagram @caponedesigns With Jim Ruel travelling the country …

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Danny Soto 42:50

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The Danny Soto story is not as common as it may have been 20-30 years ago. These days it’s only a few people that can recall the stories of kids growing up in the East Los Angeles area, in the height of the Lowrider culture. Being the youngest of five brothers, Danny was exposed to lowriders and the gang life at very early age. Car building, tattoo…

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Episode 11. Juan Rubalcaba, all the way from Hawaii, our dear friend drops in to share some stories. 28:12

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Episode 11, Juan Rubalcaba comes to us all the way from Hawaii to be a guest on the podcast. A longtime friend, he has a ton of stories to share, including painting the store itself! Oscar Ruelas also drops in the say a quick hello. Finally, Phyllis Estrella joins us to introduce Victor, who was part of the second edition of the El Pachuco Dance en…

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Episode 10. Ray Estrella Sr. shares stories of the early days of El Pachuco. 36:38

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Really the reason we started this podcast was to document the history of El Pachuco Zoot Suits, so we hope you appreciate as much as we do to have Ray Sr. join us to share more of the history of the store. We also sat down with filmmaker/artist Jesse, Pachuco Muerto who has done great work helping to document Pachuco happenings. You can follow his …

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Episode 9. Tia Lucy shares her stories of the early days of El Pachuco Zoot Suits 31:08

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Tia Lucy - Lucy Durant Valenzuela, of the Lucy’s Fashion Jewelry fame sharing her stories of the early days of El Pachuco Zoot Suits. Not to be left out, Tia Gloria joins us as well with her infectious laughter. And we had a guest drop in who was shopping in the showroom: Romulo Chavez joins us to share stories of his father’s fight with other Pach…

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Episode 8. Sleepy Lagoon Murder relative drop in guest 51:50

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Episode 8 is a customer drop in episode. We invite customers who happen to be perusing the El Pachuco showroom to join us on the podcast to share their stories. From a family of young Pachucos who wear zoot suits as their daily attire to a relative of Jose Diaz, whose death in Sleepy Lagoon precipitated the Zoot Suit Riots. In order: Eric and Cecil…

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Episode 7. Eddie Soler and Oscar Ruelas share car club stories. 1:14:43

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Episode 7 features Oscar Ruelas and his good friend Eddie Soler to share more stories of the early days of the car clubs. From the Dukes CC to the Old Memories CC. And then shares how they managed to fix up cars without almost no money. Louie Carranza, President of the Brown Pride CC also stopped in to join the conversation. El Pachuco Chronicles i…

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Episode 6. Pachuca Maria and Adrian share their stories. And Larry the dancer drops in as well. 51:20

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An old friend, Larry stopped into the showroom and share some time on the podcast. He was part of the initial dance and model zoot suit troup from the early days and shares some of his stories with us. Pachuca Maria and Adrian Rodriguez, on their weekly visit, share their stories of how they got involved with zoot suits and modelling. Phyllis Estre…

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Episode 5. Featuring Jose Barrios, Ray's compadre from Chicago 33:34

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Jose Barrios is visiting from Chicago. Ray and Jose go way back to the early 1990s and we're happy to have him as a guest on the podcast. Also appearing on this episode: Phyllis, Vanessa, Oscar, Ramon Chingon and Michelle, a recent UC Irvine graduate, who had no idea she was going to be on the podcast as she was shopping for a new pair of pants. El…

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Episode 4. Oscar Ruelas and Ramon return to talk more car culture. 38:33

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Oscar Ruelas and Ramon return to share more car stories with El Pachuco Chronicles. And we have a few drop in guests as well. El Pachuco Chronicles is weekly podcast hosted by Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel. We are just getting started. If there are any topics and stories you would like us to explore shoot us a message via email or social media and we'l…

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Episode 3 - Vegas Zoot Suit Dance Contest Info & Customer Stories 30:36

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This week we invited customers at the El Pachuco showroom to grab a seat and share their stories with us - what brought them into the store, was Zoot Suits mean to them. And on this day we had customers the Bay Area, Arizona, and Texas. We appreciate their willingness to come and share and hope you enjoy what they have to say as much as we did. In …

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Episode 2. Oscar Ruelas, Ramon, and J. R. Estrella share their stories of car culture back in the day 50:47

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Car culture and the car club scene has always played a major role in El Pachuco. Guests Oscar Ruelas, Ramon, and J. R Estrella share their stories of the car culture and famed car clubs such as the Dukes going back to the 1970s. Once again, Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel host this episode of the El Pachuco Chronicles podcast. This episode was recorded i…

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Episode 1. Phyllis and Ray Senior talk about the early days 53:03

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Phyllis and Ray Senior share stories of the early days of El Pachuco Zoot Suits. Hosted by Ray Estrella Jr. and Jim Ruel.By Ray Estrella

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Ruben ‘BUGGS’ Ochoa 1:00:22

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Buggs might just be ‘The Most Interesting Man in Lowriding’. An amazing talented painter, a promoter for one of the earliest and successful lowrider shows and might have been the main character of a movie. There’s so much to this one man. He’s got stories after stories. It’s no wonder people want to make documentary and books about his life. We cho…

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Memo Ortega - ‘Memo Chop’ 58:47

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Memo Chop is an all around car and bike builder. Believe it or not, he’s been cruising lowriders and chopper motorcycles since the 50’s and 60’s. His famous 37’ Chevy became an icon when good friend Teen Angel recreated it on a cover with La Vírgen de Guadalupe. Memo becomes emotional reminiscing of his good friends’ honorable mention. He might be …

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Trevelen Rabanal - The Crazy Spirtual Side of Choppers & Lowriders 1:29:08

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The interview with Trevelen Rabanal might not be what you think it is. The award winning chopper builder talks more about his days building memorable lowriders, and the madness of the 90’s lowrider scene. Along the way, Trevelen makes the connection with Hawaiian surf culture, lowriders and motorcycles.…

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Pachuco Manny Alcaraz 48:11

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What’s a Zoot Suiter?! Pachuco Manny Alcaraz draped in his zoot suit cruising his 1933 Chevy Eagle, down the same Los Angeles streets where the Zoot Suit Riots took place in 1943. The Zoot Suit era and style is important to Manny. He co-founded the Los Angeles, Zoot Suit Riots cruise. A lowrider bombs cruise through LA to commemorate the riots of 1…

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Nick Eratrada - Orpheus Car Club 53:55

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Nick’s is the story of lowrider redemption. A long time lowrider, he’s seen the Lowrider Club Wars of the early 70’s and he’s ready to tell us less then half of it. Lol! Regardless of what he’s been a part of, he is now dedicated to unify all car clubs and extend his hospitality to all lowriders. Nick is the President of his club and takes the role…

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Johnathan Hernandez - Santa Ana City Coincilman 31:58

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Santa Ana Lowriders stand up! Your city councilman, Johnathan Hernandez is representing to the fullest. Sharing his personal stories of growing up in the varrio and learning of lowrider family culture. He say, “Our culture should not be criminalized, our culture should be embraced for what it is because that’s what cruising is about”. Today he is f…

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California Assemblywoman- Luz Rivas of the 39th District - San Fernando Valley 36:48

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California Assemblywoman, Luz Rivas to join the Drifting on Memories podcast! She has offered to explain more about the ACR 176 bill to legalize lowrider cruising! Who better to explain the bill, but the woman that wrote it. Luz has strong connections to her community, family and culture. She is a true champion from the hood. Recently, the Assembly…

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Episode 3: In Conversation with Annie Koh 1:14:00

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Let's welcome our second guest on the podcast, Annie Koh! Annie is a lecturer at Cal Poly Pomona within the Urban Regional Planning Department. We learn about how Annie and Shayda connected over their work bringing together environmental design and disability justice, and how Annie has implemented social justices practices as an academic and instru…

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Lorraine Quiñones - ACR 176 Cruising is Not A Crime 1:01:27

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Will we live to see the day when cruising in a Lowrider is completely legal in California? Well, it may not be so far out of reach. Let me introduce to you the California Legislation Bill ACR176. This measure would allow for local elected officals and law enforcement to work with Lowriders to conduct safe cruising for all! There’s been a group of m…

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Jesse Felix- Heartbreaker Movie 1:01:02

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Jesse is a long, ok very long time lowrider. It’s one thing to be a lifelong lowrider but it’s another to have your car features in 3 of the most well known lowrider movies. That’s right, Jesse was the owner of the famous T-bird features in Heartbreaker- Streets of Fire. But wait, there’s more. Jesse has been a proud member of the Lifestyle Car Clu…

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Lowride Worldwide & Drifting on Memories - Prt. 1 1:30:40

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John Ulloa of Lowride Worldwide and Raul Garcia of Drifting on Memories, share about their own experiences and upbringings, and get into some major discussions. Lowrider culture, social media, and the future of it all. What it means for them to share stories on a podcast. Recorded live on Whittier Bl., John and Raul go over what it all means to the…

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Sandy Avila - Lady Lowrider 57:41

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Let’s hear it for the ladies. The Lady Lowriders! Sandy is a true rider and she’ll tell you all about it. She holds no punches, explaining what it’s like for her and other woman in lowriding. Her upbringing and her community played a big role in how she started lowriding. Now she is a part of creating woman lowrider events and woman’s lowrider club…

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Greenspan’s - The Last Original Clothing Store 1:03:52

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Evan Greenspan is a part of a four generations family run store, but not just any store, the G’est of them all. The Greenspan’s store is known around the world for it’s selections of specialized clothing. In other words, gangster styles. This store has provided clothes for movies like Boulevard Nights, Blood In Blood Out, Boyz N Da Hood and so many…

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Yoya J&R Upholstery 47:37

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Jose Ruiz best known as ‘Yoya’ of J&R Upholstery, in East LA, has quite the reputation. That’s what happens when you’ve become a master of upholstery and a part of at least three different East Side Story Records, of oldies. His car, his son and even he has been on the covers. Yoya really is a time capsule of lowrider information but he’s also live…

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Angela Romero - Hello Stranger 1:05:31

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Angela Romero is a straight up homegirl that is creating a movement with ‘kickin it on a Sunday afternoon’ in mind. The Hello Stranger location is a spot especially created for lowriders. I felt it the moment I stepped in the space, it is going to be something special for our community. The bar top is an insane replica of the world famous lowrider,…

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Episode 2: In Conversation with Catherine Hernandez 1:30:17

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Join us in welcoming our first guest on the podcast, Catherine Hernandez! Also known as @HoodArchitect, Catherine is a South Central native making a difference within the architecture field through diversity, representation, and advocacy. We get to know Catherine's childhood in South Central, why she decided to study architecture, and how she devot…

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Charlie Chacon - Family of Car Builders 52:52

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The Chacon family name is synonymous with classic car building and lowriding in Los Angeles. Coming out of the Westside but cruising all cities. Charlie knew at a very young age what it’s gonna take to represent the family name. He jumped on his first Impala at 16 and never looked back. Now, Charlie is working hard to represent his ‘West Los’ cultu…

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Episode 1: Care in the Classroom 1:09:37

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Welcome to Season 2 of our podcast! Shayda, Manny, and Ashley come together to apply and discuss the social justice practices we discussed in season 1 to the classroom. How do principles of care and community work within a learning environment, especially in an architectural classroom or studio that is notorious for it's time demands and personal s…

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Episode 5: Live with Ashley and Manny 50:07

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This episode is a recording of a live Season 1 Wrap Up done in December of 2021. Manny and Ashley look back on another year in the pandemic and what it means as a professor and student, review the first episodes of the show, and discuss some important highlights in the news. Season 2 will begin February 2022! Be sure to follow and subscribe to supp…

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Luis Rodriguez- Always Running 57:09

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No one can tell it like Luis Rodriguez can tell it. The gang life, the lowrider scene and the participation and later arrest at the Chicano Moratorium of 1970 in East Los Angeles. His books include; Always Running, The Republic of East L.A., It Calls You Back, and Gang Days in L.A. A poetic narration of our people. Luis Rodriguez doesn’t hold back,…

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Harvey ‘Xavier’ Reyes 50:21

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Xavier ‘Harvey’ Reyes of Carnales Unidos Car Club has been labeled a role model, founder and life long lowrider. What makes a life long lowrider? Perseverance and longevity in the world of lowriding. Harveys got that! Bakersfield, California might be a small town to many but the cruising scene is strong. Carnales Unidos and Harvey have been cruisin…

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Episode 4: Intersectionality, Positionality, and Privilege 58:10

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We are back and in conversation about intersectionality, positionality, and privilege! Manny and Ashley introduce the importance in understanding our personal identities and how this knowledge is fundamental in social justice. Understanding personal bias, our positions in power, and within different institutions and systems is critical as we go fur…

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Episode 3: Disability Justice and Space: How we can redefine Accessibility 1:01:14

4y ago1:01:14

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We are back and in conversation about Disability Justice! Shayda and Ashley introduce the magic of disability justice, accessibility, and more. We conversate about disability justice history, how accessibility is framed within different communities, as well as Shayda's new book, Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice Activism of Sins Invalid, out NOW…

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Episode 2: The Basics 15:37

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Welcome back to Disrupting Place, hosted by Ashley Morales, Shayda Kafai, and Manny Diaz. This podcast is a space for open and informative conversations on the relationship, gap, and tension between architecture and social justice. This mini episode is to understand some basic terms and principles for the show as we progress toward more in-depth co…