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El Podcast de El Profe Palacios
by Agustin Palacios
Hola, bienvenidos to El Podcast del Profe Palacios, a podcast about Ethnic Studies, education, and issues affecting our Latino/e students and communities. I am your host Dr. Agustín Palacios, professor of Chicano/Latino Studies for more than 15 years at the community college. In this podcast we will talk about how Ethnic Studies is more than an academic subject; it is a practice grounded in community love and social justice. The analysis and conversations I will provide will be informed by many years of research, and also by my experiences growing up in the US-Mexico border and in the Salinas Valley. I will bring different guests to share their stories and academic journey. We will hear from professors, students, and community organizers. And sometimes, I will provide the occasional political piece, pues porque I get angry and I need say something. Asi que ponganse las pilas, y siganme los buenos! MusicJazzaddict's Intro by Cosimo Fogg (201) https://soundcloud.com/cosimo-foggCreativ
Episodes
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Episode 28: From Pachuco to 4CD Board Member– A Plática with John Marquez
In this episode of El Podcast de el Profe Palacios, I share an interview I did recently with John Marquez. At 87 years old, he is a long time politicians and community leader here in Contra Costa County. I sat down with John and asked him to share a little of his life story. He shared about…
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Episode 27: The Politics of Community Care–A Plática with Genoveva Calloway
In this episode, I sit down with former San Pablo Mayor Genoveva Calloway—the first Latina elected to the San Pablo City Council, where she served for 16 years. We talked about her journey, starting with her move from El Paso, Texas, in 1968 to attend Contra Costa College. Genoveva shares stories...
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Episode 26: Palestinian Pride and Student Leadership–Plática with Sophie Khouri
In this episode I share an interview with Sophie Khouri. Sophie is a remarkable 18 year-old Palestinian American leader, community organizer, and recent graduate of Middle College High School and Contra Costa College who is now on her way to San Francisco State University to study international...
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Episode 25: Teaching for Liberation–A Plática with Mx Joy Díaz-Noriega
"Hola mi gente, bienvenidos to another episode of El Podcast de el Profe Palacios, I am your host, El Profe Palacios. Today, I am honored to share this plática I had recently with Mx. Joy Diaz-Noriega, she is an elementary dual language immersion teacher. Mx Joy, as her students call her, is also…
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Episode 24: The Work is Personal–Panel Discussion
In this episode of El Podcast de El Profe Palacios, community organizers from Safe Return Project, United Latino Voices and the Concord Immigrant Protections Network, and Reimagine Richmond discuss their pathways into activism and organizing. The panel explores immigrant rights, educational…
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Episode 23: Staying Rooted Across Transnational Lives–Plática with Dr. Lilia Soto
How do our earliest memories and family roots shape our academic and professional lives? In this episode, I sit down with the brilliant Profesora Lilia Soto for a thoughtful conversation on migration, identity, memory, and the complexities of navigating academia. Lilia reflects on her early...
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Episode 22: Cruzar, Luchar, Lograr–Plática with Cinthya
In this episode I sit down with a former student of mine, Cinthya, who has an amazing story, we talked about her journey across the US-Mexico border, about going to school as an undocumented student. She recently receiving her Masters in Spanish from San Francisco State University. I think her...
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Episode 21: Healing with Cultura–Plática with Dr. David Martinez
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. David Martinez — licensed psychologist, associate professor at the University of San Francisco, and Director of Mental Health at ALAS (Ayudando Latinos a Soñar). David shares his journey from growing up in East Salinas to earning a PhD in clinical psychology.…
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Episode 20: Running Towards Success–Plática with Rodolfo "Rudy" Tovar
In this episode, I sit down with my longtime friend Rudy Tovar, someone I’ve known since our middle school days in Salinas. We talk about growing up in a working-class immigrant family and eventually becoming a business owner. We also talk about his passion for running and his role as a youth...
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Episode 19: Plática with Mayra Padilla
Today I have the privilege of sharing with you an interview I did recently with Dr. Mayra Padilla—Mayra has an amazing story and I am very honored that she accepted to be a guest in the podcast. In this plática we talked about her family’s migration from Jalisco, about growing up in Richmond, in…
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Episode 18: Plática With Rafael Solórzano
In this episode, I’m joined by Professor Rafael “Rafa” Solórzano—social movements scholar and organizer. We talk about his childhood, activism, and how the places he has lived and made community have shaped his work. Rafa takes us from growing up Chicano in Santa Ana, Orange County during the era...
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Episode 17: This Thanksgiving, Thank Heh-SOOS
In this “Thanks-taking” special, I talk about being thankful despite all the MAGA pendejadas. I talk about labor shortages, growers voting against their interests, and ICE’s ongoing cruelty toward immigrant communities. And I share what I’m personally grateful for this year—from my family to my...
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Episode 16: Breaking Down Zohran Mamdani's victory speech
In this episode, I break down Zohran Mamdani’s powerful victory speech after winning the New York City mayoral race. I have to say, I really needed this win. His victory gives me hope in our future. Mamdani’s campaign was grounded in affordability, and inclusion. As a Democratic Socialist, he is...
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Episode 15: Plática with Alexandro J. Gradilla
In this episode I am joined by Dr. Alexandro J. Gradilla, professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies, for a plática about his life, his schooling, his journey through academia, and becoming an activist-scholar. Gradilla reflects on growing up in 1970s San Diego in a Mexican immigrant household, the...
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Episode 14: Let's Teach Class Consciousness
Education is never neutral, and as Howard Zinn reminds us, “you cannot be neutral in a moving train.” Schools can either reproduce inequality or serve as spaces for critical thinking and transformation. In this episode, I talk about our responsibility as educators to foster class consciousness as...
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Episode 13: Educators will not be replaced by Pinche AI (if we don't allow it)
In this episode of El Podcast del Profe Palacios, I reflect on the start of a new semester, on how I am incorporating AI into my teaching as well as in-class writing. I am going both old-school and new school. I am assigning more group project in my online classes, and using tools like Padlet to...
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Rant No. 81925: 10 things I hate about MAGA (especially Latino MAGA).
This episode is not polite, balanced, or nice—it’s a rant. I rant about MAGA, especially Latino MAGA. I talk about the pinche ICE budget (bigger than the military of entire nations), about Mexican American migra who are deporting people just like their own parents. I take jabs at MAGA’s fake...
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Episode 12: Plática with Carlos-Manuel
Hola bienvenidos to another episode of El Podcast de el Profe Palacios. I am your host, El Profe Palacios. Today, I have the honor to sit down with the one and only Carlos-Manuel. He is an accomplished playwright, director, and professor at Contra Costa College. In our plática we talk about his...
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Episode 11: Capirotada Times
In this capirotada-style episode of El Podcast de el Profe Palacios, I provide some commentary on the current state of affairs—from ICE recruitment, to the Superman’s immigrant story, and Miss Rachel’s activism for Palestine. And hey, I had a visitor; a hummingbird came to my window! This is a...
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Episode 10: Platica with Dr. Dani Ahuicapahtzin Cornejo
In this episode, tengo el gusto de compartir una plática I had with my colleague and neighbor, Dr. Dani Ahuicapahtzin Cornejo. Dani is the Chair of the Ethnic Studies Department at Diablo Valley College. In this plática, Dani reflects on his life, his complex heritage that includes Chile, Mexico,...
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Episode 9: Plática with Norma Valdez-Jiménez
In this episode, I sit down with my colega Norma Valdez-Jimenez, an academic counselor at Contra Costa College. Norma shares her story—from her childhood experiences growing up in San Pablo, California, to her academic journey at CCC and San Francisco State. She shared about the importance of…
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Episode 8: Voices from the San Francisco East Bay, No Kings Day, 2025
On June 14, No Kings Day, I took to the streets of San Pablo and El Sobrante, California, in the SF East Bay to uplift the voices of those who showed up to say No to Trump’s politics of fear and hate—and Yes to community, solidarity, and hope. In this episode, I talk with organizers, families…
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Episode 7: Platica with Melina Lozano, La Raza Student Union President at Contra Costa College
In this episode, I sat down with Melina Lozano, president of La Raza Student Union and Contra Costa College student. Melina shares her story of growing up in Richmond, California as the daughter of immigrant parents, and her journey navigating the education system as a first-generation college...
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Episode 6: Why do we talk about Palestine in Chicano/a/x Studies and Ethnic Studies?
In this episode, I reflect on why Palestine matters in Chicano Studies and Ethnic Studies. I open with a poem by Naomi Shihab Nye, drawing connections between displaced peoples, ancestral land, and the deep love and longing for home. I share personal memories—of fig trees, nopales, and sacred…
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Episode 5: What would Paulo Freire say about AI?
In this episode, I explore the promises and challenges of artificial intelligence through the lens of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire. I reflect on what it means to teach — and learn — in the coming age of AI. Drawing from Freire’s ideas on conscientization, problem-posing education, and the need...
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Episode 4: Do Say Gay and LGBTQ- Teaching Respect as Parents and Educators
In this episode, I talk about why it’s essential to teach our students and our children to respect LGBTQ people. What we put into the world eventually comes back to our family and our kids. I share some personal stories of myself as a parent and educator. It is our responsibility to model respect...
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Episode 3: Why are they afraid of DEI? No nos quieren.
In this episode, I respond to the escalating attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Ethnic Studies by the Trump administration and its cronies. Why are they so afraid of educated Chicanos/as/x? Why does the truth about United States history make them uncomfortable? Join me as I…
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Episode 2: Undergraduate Days at Cal
Hola, bienvenidos to El Podcast del Profe Palacios, a podcast about Ethnic Studies, education, and issues affecting our Latino/e students and communities. I am your host Dr. Agustín Palacios, professor of Chicano/Latino Studies for more than 15 years at the community college. In this podcast we...
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Episode 1: Early Years–Academic Journey
Hola, bienvenidos to El Podcast del Profe Palacios, a podcast about Ethnic Studies, education, and issues affecting our Latino/e students and communities. I am your host Dr. Agustín Palacios, professor of Chicano/Latino Studies for more than 15 years at the community college. In this podcast we...
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Hola, bienvenidos to El Podcast del Profe Palacios, a podcast about Ethnic Studies, education, and issues affecting our Latino/e students and communities. I am your host Dr. Agustín Palacios, professor of Chicano/Latino Studies for more than 15 years at the community college. In this podcast we will talk about how Ethnic Studies is more than an academic subject; it is a practice grounded in community love and social justice. The analysis and conversations I will provide will be informed by many years of research, and also by my experiences growing up in the US-Mexico border and in the Salinas Valley. I will bring different guests to share their stories and academic journey. We will hear from professors, students, and community organizers. And sometimes, I will provide the occasional political piece, pues porque I get angry and I need say something. Asi que ponganse las pilas, y siganme los buenos! MusicJazzaddict's Intro by Cosimo Fogg (201) https://soundcloud.com/cosimo-foggCreativ
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