Encuentros Latinx Podcast
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Latest Episodes
Encuentro 30: Nico Vazquez–Existing in Plain Sight
Today's episode features SFF author Nico Vazquez, whose short story is appearing in the Latine anthology Places We Build in the Universe. Join us as we chat about finding communities you need in unexp
Encuentro 29: Linda Raquel Nieves Pérez–When They Come
My guest today is Linda Raquel Nieves Prez, who is another colleague of mine in the forthcoming young adult anthology Where Monsters Lurk and Magic Hides. The book comes out on November 10th and its
Encuentro 28: Jarrard Raju–Magic in Life and Art
The new Encuentros Latinx Trans Visibility toolkit is now live! You can download it and our other toolkits here: https://www.ucc.org/what-we-do/justice-local-church-ministries/justice/health-and-whole
Encuentro 27: Adora Xannifer Ysaguirre–How you were born isn’t who you are
On Thursday September 8 at 3:30 Eastern, be sure to tune into the UCCs Thursdays for the Soul Webinar featuring a panel from the Colectivo of Latinx Ministries as we kick off Latinx Heritage Month. Y
Encuentro 26: M.G. Doherty–Borders Where Their Bodies Used to Be
My guest today is one of my colleagues from the Latinx speculative fiction anthologies that Ive discussed on the podcast before. M.G. Doherty is a speculative fiction author who has multiple upcoming
Encuentro 25: Ilán Carlos–Bearing Fruit is the Priority
Regular listeners will know that one question I ask all my guests is how they relate to the term Latinx. Well, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had her own thoughts in this article I found fro
Encuentro 24: Sana DelCorazón–Church is About Discomfort
My guest today is Sana DelCorazn, whose spiritual journey spans from born-again evangelicalism to unitarianism to unitarians considering christour favorite UCC joke. We discuss coming out and family
Encuentro 23: RJ Robles–Trans People Are Divine
You may remember La Muna from one of our previous episodes. Well, she just wrote a reflection piece for Encuentros Latinx called "5 Loaves and 2 Fish" that you can now find on UCC.org. Encuentros Lati
Encuentro 22: Lauren Davila the Anthology Queen
Todays episode is the first of what will hopefully be several episodes beautifully combining two areas of my life: my work on this podcast and my work as an author. My guest is Lauren Davila, editor
Encuentro 21: Álvaro Durán ”We live in a spectrum”
Maybe its alright to risk a little blasphemy when attempting greater love and radical inclusion, which is a running theme in my conversation with todays guest: lvaro Durn. We have a great conversa