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el CafeciTO
by el CafeciTO - Latin American Studies @ UofT
The official podcast for the Latin American Studies program in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at the University of Toronto.
Episodes
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S13E05- Making community from below in Toronto with El ApartamenTO
For our season final, Sarah sits down with José Galván and Wagner Carrera from the Apartamento Collective. The iconic duo tell us about their relationship to the city of Toronto as recent Latin American migrants and how their work in the audio-visual industry led to the development of El...
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S13- E04 - Back to school with Samuel Suarez & Caleb Muther
It's back to school on El Cafecito! In this episode, Romario sits down with Samuel Suarez, OLAS's new Director of Academics, and Caleb Muther, a fourth-year Latin American Studies major and Student Ambassador. They speak about what they love about their programs, what it's like being a Latino...
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S13 E03- Bringing Peruvian Films to Toronto with Stefano Montjoy
In this episode, Sarah sits down with Stefano Montjoy, the Peruvian Film Festival’s Production Coordinator. Stefano tells us about how the festival came to be, and what to expect from its second edition. The coordinator also shares his recommendations for this year’s edition and reflects about…
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S13 E02- Supporting Venezuelan Aid Funds from Toronto with Andrés O’Brien Ramirez
On today’s episode Romario sits down with local podcaster Andrés O’Brien Ramirez of Tres Venekos podcast to discuss their work in organizing Aid for Venezuela following the destructive earthquakes on June 24. The grassroots aid organization started by 3 Venekos started off locally and has quickly...
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S13 E01- Rooting artistic performance in femininity, the body, and cultural memory with Noelia Coñuenao
For Season 13’s premiere, Sarah has the pleasure to talk to Noelia Coñuenao, a Mapuche actress from present-day Chile. Noelia tells el CafeciTO about her professional trajectory and the importance of honouring her Indigeneity and femininity throughout her artistic work. The actress also shares…
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S12 E06 - Causa Culture’s Ernesto Alencastre on artisanal jewelry and Kensington Market
For our season finale, Romario sits down with Ernesto Alencastre, the owner of Causa Culture in Kensington Market. They both talk about jewelry, time, the market and more. This episode takes us to a small shop in the market that's been around for 16 years, a personal favourite of our host and...
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S12E05 - El CafeciTO's First Episode in Portuguese with Raul Galvão
Episode 5 is a special one: it’s the first in our podcast’s history to be entirely in Portuguese! In it, Luísa sits down with Raul Galvão, a graduating UofT student studying History, Portuguese, and Political Science. Our guest delved into what the Portuguese Program is really like, unpacked some...
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S12 E04 - Prof. Rocha Osornio on Spanish, Mexican Queer Literature & Podcasting
For Episode 4, El CafeciTO welcomes back Luísa Melchert as our second student collaborator. She has the pleasure of talking with Prof. Rocha Osornio, an Associate Professor of Spanish (Teaching Stream), in the Department of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies (ISPLAS). They...
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S12 E03 - Getting to know Romario & OLAS
For Episode 3, El CafeciTO welcomes one of our new student collaborators, Romario Sarmiento. He sits down with Samantha Beltran-Velasco, a representative from UofT’S OLAS (Organization of Latin American Students). Together, they discuss cultural connections, focussing on music and student events...
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S12E02- Embracing interdisciplinary research and Mapuche dramaturgy, with Roberto Cayuqueo
For this episode, Sarah talks to Roberto Cayuqueo, a Mapuche playwright and actor from Santiago Warria (City), Chile. Roberto tells el CafeciTO about his theater company, Collectivo Epew, which works interdisciplinarily with children and the urban Mapuche diaspora, bringing Indigenous cosmologies...
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S12 E01- Weaving feminine corporalities and knowledges, with Ivet Salazar
For Season 12’s premiere, Sarah has the pleasure to talk to Ivet Salazar, a visual artist and performer from Lima, Perú. Ivet tells el CafeciTO how her personal experiences with maternity have shaped her artistic work, which combines textiles and ceramics with performances that bring the private...
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S11E04– Collecting not-so-fictional wounds with Romina Paredes
For Season 11’s summer finale, Sarah has the pleasure to sit down with Peruvian writer Romina Paredes, author of Famulus (2020) and Monstruos (2022). Romina reflects on how her early career as a professional swimmer led to certain corporalities that shaped her endearing literary voice. Moreover,...
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S11 E03– Thinking through the ‘Venespora’ with Waleska Solorzano (Reporting from LASA 2024)
In Episode 3, we throw it back to our beloved mini series Reporting from LASA 2024, from Season 9. We welcome back Johann Kirchenbauer, a graduate student from the Spanish and Portuguese department, who sits down with fellow PhD candidate, Waleska Solorzano, to talk about her experience in LASA...
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S11E02- Honoring ancestors and queer identities through ethnographic research with Kaina Mendoza
Episode 2 celebrates Pride Month by recognizing the work of LGBTQ+ members of our LAS community. This time Sarah chats with Kaina Mendoza Price, a recent LAS alumna whose ethnographic research sheds light to the experiences of trans Afro-Cubans who engage in Lukumí and Kongo religious networks in...
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S11E01- Considering children’s and adolescents’ voices in research, with Gabriela Piña
For Season 11’s season premiere, Sarah sits down with Gabriela Piña, an assistant professor in the Universidad Mayor. Gabi reflects on her doctoral research in which she conducted ethnographic fieldwork with a pehuenche community in Southern Chile. The anthropologist also tells us about how her...
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S10E12 — Season Wrap Up
In this episode, Sarah and Luísa reunite to reflect on this past season. We share our thoughts, feelings, and favorite moments — from standout episodes and special guests to fun behind-the-scenes stories. We also open up about what it's been like working together and how much has changed since we...
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S10E11-Community-based and reflexive archeology in Cajamarca, Perú.
In this episode, Sarah sits down with Peruvian archeologist, Dr. Solsiré Cusicanqui Marsano from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Solsiré reminisces on her initial interest in archeology and her current engagement with more community-based methodologies that seek to democratize the...
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S10E10 — Creating Spaces Women
In this episode, Luísa had the pleasure to sit down and chat with returning guests, Helen Batchoun and Juanita Arango! This time around, they share about Vivir Sin Miedo, a collective based on the University of Toronto, which aims to create spaces where all women and girls feel supported and...
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S10E09-Emerging Artists in Cajamarca, Perú
In this episode, Sarah talks to Ximena Morillas Altamirano, an up-and-coming writer and educator from Cajamarca, Perú. She shares with us her personal journey with creative writing–from writing poems to her middle school crush, creating fanfiction on wattpad, to publishing her first poetry book...
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S010E08 — Afro-Brazilian Lesbian Relationships (BHM Episode)
In this episode, Luísa sits down with Dr. Andrea Allen, an assistant professor at the Anthropology Department and Centre Diaspora and Transnational Studies at UofT. She talks about her research on Afro-Brazilian Lesbian relationships, with a particular focus on how those women both perform and…
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S10E07-Documenting Cajamarca's Carnaval
In this episode, Sarah talks to Gabriel Tejada, professional photographer and documentarian from Cajamarca, Perú. He talks about how his experience with photography and cultural management led to his involvement in the documentary Carnaval La Fiesta Entre Carne y Espíritu. Gabriel also reflects…
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S10E06- Undergrads at LAS
In this episode, Luísa talks to Vanessa, Daniel and Homere, three undergrad students at the LAS program. They share some interesting thoughts about the program, how their perspectives about Latin America have changed, as well as some fun anecdotes about their experience in the program so far....
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S10E05-Archiving Lina's Stories
In this episode, Sarah sits down with Seba Mena, our former Season 6 and 7 host, to talk about his current project: Lina’s Stories. He also tells us about the importance of learning about renowned theatre teacher and performer Lina de Guevara for archiving Latinx live here in Canada. The LAS…
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S10E04- Intercultural Exchange, Translation, and Mayan Ruins
In this episode, Luísa talks to Paula Karger, an assistant professor in the teaching stream of Latin American Studies and Spanish at the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Our guest talks about her fascinating research on "La Doncella Teodor," exploring how the story traveled across the globe...
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S10E03-Peñas Criollas in Toronto
In this episode, Sarah talks to Samantha Hare and Matias Recharte. Together, with Roxana Escobar, they run Manchita Productions, a management group that seeks to promote Peruvian culture through musical events here in the city. Sami and Matias share insights behind the organization of Peñas...
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S10E02 - Studying Abroad in Latin America
In this episode, Sarah and Luísa talk to LAS students Elle Gilbert and Diego Brizuela-Crespo about their learning abroad experiences in Argentina and Puerto Rico, respectively. They share their contrasting experiences and insights, what knowledge and skills they have gained, and unexpected issues...
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S10E01-Introducing our new co-host
In this first episode, Sarah introduces el CafeciTO’s new co-host, Luísa Melchert. Luísa is a second-year undergraduate student who is doing a major in Public Policy and two minors in Latin American Studies and Political Science. In this episode, she tells us about her experience at UofT so far,...
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S09E05-El Paradigma Sur
For season 9’s finale, Sarah talks to Manuela Mora Castillo and Natalia Peña, the co-editors in chief of @el.paradigmasur , University of Toronto’s Undergraduate Journal of Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies. We get to know more about Manuela and Natalia as they tell us about their degrees...
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S09E04-Luisa Duarte Milani
In this episode, Sarah talks to Luisa Duarte Milani, a Brazilian PhD candidate from the Geography and Planning Department. Luisa tells us about how her background in architecture and planning inspired her research on informal housing and environmental risk. She also reflects on the experiences of...
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S09E03- Ryan Long (Reporting from LASA2024)
Episode 03 is part of our special segment: Reporting from LASA2024, el CafeciTO's collaboration with graduate student Johann Kirchenbauer. In this episode, Johann speaks to professor Ryan Long from the University of Maryland. We learn from professor Long's diverse research approaches and…
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S09E02-Johann Kirchenbauer
In this episode, Sarah talks to Johann Kirchenbauer, a Venezuelan PhD student from the Spanish and Portuguese Department. Johann tells us about his research interests in modern and contemporary Hispanic literatures and cultures with a focus on the Venezuelan diaspora. We also get to learn about…
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S09E01- Mariana Enriquez
For season 9's premiere, Sarah interviews renowned Argentine journalist and novelist Mariana Enriquez. Author of multiple bestselling novels like Los Peligros de Fumar en la Cama (2009), Las Cosas que perdimos en el Fuego (2016) and Nuestra Parte de la Noche (2019). In this episode, the…
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S8E12- The Finale
S08E11: The Finale Welcome to El CafeciTO’s season 8 Finale! In this episode Luis & Sarah give some updates as to what they have been up to recently. They also reminisce over this year's podcasting highlights, lessons learned and goals for the future. Additionally, tune in for some exciting…
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S08E11-Adriana Pérez-Rodríguez
In this episode we commemorate 8 de Marzo, also known as International Women's Day. Sarah talks to Adriana Pérez-Rodríguez, a Colombian second-year PhD student at the Institute of Women and Gender Studies and feminist researcher. Adriana talks about her PhD research in Cucutá Colombia and her...
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S08E10- Arturo Alexander Gomez
In this episode, Luis talks to Arturo Alexander Gomez, an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto studying criminology and neuroscience. Alex has a candid talk about his journey from Mexico to Calgary to Toronto, thoughts on the campus acting and theater scene, and an analysis on what…
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S08E09-Andrés Lalama Vargas
In this episode, Sarah talks to Andrés Lalama Vargas, a PhD Candidate of the History Department. Andrés talks about his experience as a history student and his research on symbolic spaces located at the margins of the city of Quito, Ecuador. Andrés also tells us about the different surprises that...
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S080E8- Isidora Cortés-Monroy
In this episode, Luis sits down with Isidora Cortés-Monroy, a PhD student in Hispanic Literature at the Spanish and Portuguese Department. Isidora talks about how her love of fiction not only motivated her academic studies but also reconnected with her Latin American culture. She also elaborates…
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S08E07- Fatima Sanchez
In this episode, Luis chats with Fatima Sanchez, a Toronto based actress, singer, and dancer. Together, they discuss their shared Mexican heritage, their shared last name, and their passion for the performing arts. Fatima also shares her experiences training at the Randolph College of the...
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S08E06-Cassandra Yanez-Leyton
In this episode, Sarah catches up with Cassandra Yanez-Leyton, a LAS alumna who is now working as an associate producer and web writer for CBC Montreal. Cass was the founder and first host of our beloved podcast. Today, she reminisces about her time as an undergraduate student and the beginnings…
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S08E05- Alejandra Molina Vélez
In this episode, Sarah talks to Alejandra Molina Vélez, a Puerto Rican undergraduate student who is majoring in Psychology and Latin American Studies. Ale is a loyal listener of the podcast. Today, she tells us about her extracurriculars, including her role as the Latin American Mentor Navigator…
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S08E04 - Mariana Campos
In Episode 4, Luis sits down with Mariana, a fourth-year undergraduate student and make-up artist, to discuss conceptions around language, the self-perception of being an immigrant and Tim Hortons secret menu items! We hope you enjoy this episode!
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S08E03 - Anna Sofia Alemany
In this episode Luis sits down with Anna Sofia Alemany, a third-year undergraduate student in UofT studying Political Science and Peace, Conflict, and Justice. Anna and Luis chat about their latino heritage and the changes in identity students face when they are home and studying abroad. We hope...
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S08E02- Héctor Abad Faciolince
In episode 2, Sarah sits down with renowned Colombian author Héctor Abad Faciolince, who is considered one of the most talented and influential post-Latin American Boom writers. Author of 15 books, including bestselling novels like La Oculta (2014), and most recently Salvo mi corazón, todo está...
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S08E01-Luis Sanchez Blanco
In this episode Sarah introduces our newest host: Luis Sanchez Blanco. Luis is a third year undergraduate student in International Relation, Polisci, and History. In this episode, he will tell us a bit about himself, his exciting extracurriculars, and his previous experience with podcasting. We…
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S07E11- Goodbye Sebas
This is the Season 7 finale. Sarah and Sebas reminisce about this last season and share their summer adventures. As a future graduate, Sebas will also share some tips about the LAS program and its opportunities for incoming and current students. Lastly, the hosts share their plans for the fall...
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S07E10-Luisa Duran
S07E10- In this final interview of Season 7, Sebas sits down with Mexican-Canadian celebrity, makeup artist, and Toronto coffee shop owner Luisa Duran. Luisa shares her journey of becoming a prominent Canadian makeup artist based in Los Angeles. She tells the story of how she got into the coffee...
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S07E09- Marianne Lahaie Luna
In this episode, Sarah interviews Marianne Lahaie Luna, a Canadian Venezuelan Ph.D. student at UofT’s Geography and Planning Department. Marianne talks about what drove her to pursue a Masters in Environmental Public health. She also shares the important work she does with her NGO, Lahaie Luna...
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S0708- CALTAC: Alexandra Lainfiesta & Pedro Chamale.
In Episode 08, Sebas and Sarah travel to the West Coast to chat with two of seven founding members of CALTAC, Alexandra Lainfiesta and Pedro Chamale. The two Latinx westcoaters talk about the creation of the Canadian Latinx Theatre Artist Coalition (CALTAC), highlighting the important work they…
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S07E07- Emily Encalada
For episode 7, Sarah catches up with LAS alumna, Emily Encalada, who is currently doing her masters in Sociology of Law at the University of the Basque Country. Emily reminisces about her time as a LAS undergraduate student and her involvement in OLAS and the SSO. She also talks about her…
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S07E06- Andrea Román Alfaro
In this episode, Sarah talks to Andrea Román Alfaro, a Peruvian Ph.D. candidate at UofT’s Sociology Department. Andrea tells us about her experience as a doctoral candidate, her collaborative research with la Casa Comunitaria Juvenil de Puerto Nuevo, and her involvement in the executive board of...
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The official podcast for the Latin American Studies program in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at the University of Toronto.
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el CafeciTO - Latin American Studies @ UofT
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