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Radio Cachimbona
by Radio Cachimbona
Radio Cachimbona is an abolitionist podcast that audio-archives state repression and fierce migrant resistance in the Southern Arizona borderlands and breaks down case law and politics from a leftist perspective. As a first-generation professional whose parents are Salvadoran immigrants, Yvette prioritizes uplifting the voices and histories of Central Americans.
Episodes
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Banished Citizens
Yvette Borja interviews professor and author Marla A. Ramírez on her recent book "Banished Citizens: A History of the Mexican American Women Who Endured Repatriation." They discuss the mass removals during the interwar period that expelled approximately 1 million ethnic Mexicans from the United...
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Una lucha que duró 12 años
This episode is a recording of a webinar panel hosted by International Allies Against Mining, moderated by Yvette Borja, with Vidalina Morales, President of the Association for Social and Economic Development of Santa Marta, John Cavanaugh, Senior Advisor at the Institute for Policy Studies, and...
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Affirmative Action Post-SFFA
Yvette Borja interviews law professor Jonathan Feingold about his law review article examining the tools that universities have to promote racial diversity and inclusion in the wake of the SFFA Supreme Court case. Feingold breaks down why institutions of higher education have backed away from...
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Participatory Defense Is More Important Now Than Ever
Yvette Borja interviews Sandra De Anda, the Director of Legal and Policy Strategy at the Orange County Rapid Response Network. They discuss the history of participatory defense in Orange County, explain how the organization has pivoted during the increased immigration enforcement under the second...
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Advocating for a Better Quality of Life For Us
Yvette Borja interviews Bamby Salcedo, CEO of the Trans Latin@ Coalition. Bamby shares how the death of Gwen Araujo propelled her into political advocacy for trans people, discusses the strategic plans for the future of the Trans Latin@ Coalition, and how her direct lived experience is knowledge...
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Participatory Deportation Defense: Becoming Abogades de Confianza
This episode is a recording of a panel conversation at the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics 2026 symposium with Yvette Borja, the Laura E. Gómez Teaching Fellow at UCLA Law School, and Rachel López, the Barrack Chair in Law at Temple Law School. They discuss Yvette's forthcoming...
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The Easy Way To Learn Your Rights
Yvette Borja interviews lawyer and justice educator Courtney Teasley about her resource "Disrupt the Criminal Justice System of Oppression: The Easy Way to Learn Your Rights." They discuss the work of Emeffen, the organization that Courtney founded and leads, to proactively fight mass…
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Courageous and Multi-Faceted Movements of Resistance
This episode is a recording of the "Due Process, Deportation, and Human Dignity" panel at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting with Yvette Borja, Laura E. Gómez Teaching Fellow on Latinx People and the Law at UCLA Law, Evelyn Rangel-Medina, Associate Professor at Temple Law,...
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Las capturas arbitrarias del régimen de excepción
Yvette Borja entrevista al vocero de la organización MOVIR, Samuel Ramírez. Borja y Ramírez hablan de los efectos del régimen de excepción de Bukele y la nueva ley de agentes extranjeros en la sociedad Salvadoreña, Ramírez comparte como el régimen es fortalecido por el miedo del pueblo y como...
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*PREVIEW* ASK ME ANYTHING: Unhealthy, Toxic Dynamics Within Leftist/Progressive Spaces
To hear the rest of this episode, join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Yvette Borja and Ronnie Wollenzier discuss the article "Excommunicate Me From the Church of Social Justice," why...
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People's University for Palestine at Stanford
Yvette Borja interviews Germán Gonzalez, one of the Stanford 11 students criminally charged with felony vandalism and felony conspiracy to commit trespass for a pro-Palestine campus protest, the harshest charges to arise out of 2023/2024 anti-genocide campus-related political expression. They...
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Divergent Paths: Immigrant Belonging in Arizona and New Mexico
Laura Gómez moderates a conversation with Yvette Borja, Laura E. Gómez Latinx People and the Law Teaching Fellow, UCLA School of Law, Gabriela Ibañez Guzmán, staff attorney at Somos Un Pueblo Unido, Mariel Bustamante, PhD student at the UC Berkeley School of Jurisprudence and Social Policy, Emily...
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The Unprecedented Nature of Trump's Deployment of the National Guard
Yvette Borja interviews Monica Hopkins, the Executive Director of the ACLU-D.C. about Trump's deployment of D.C.'s National Guard to respond to a manufactured emergency. They discuss how D.C. is the canary in the coal mine for future militarization of liberal cities, how D.C. not being a state...
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Mapping Deportations
Yvette Borja interviews Ahilan Arulanantham and Mariah Tso about the Mapping Deportations Project, which unmasks the history of racist immigration enforcement dating back to 1895, the first year that the government published data on deportations. They discuss the challenges of compiling and…
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The Selective and Abusive Usage of Law
Yvette Borja interviews Jorge Cuellar about the recent retrial verdict of the Santa Marta 5, the legal subjugation the activists have experienced, and how lawfare is operating in Bukele's El Salvador. To support the podcast, join the Patreon and hear the back catalog of #litreviews, a book club…
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Lawfare: Weaponizing the Legal System for Political Ends
Yvette Borja participates in a virtual panel with Bernie Hammond and Kerry Maclean, hosted by International Allies Against Mining. They discuss how the Santa Marta 5 prosecution is an example of lawfare, or the weaponization of the legal system for political ends, critique Bukele's ongoing...
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The State of Latine-Led Local News in Arizona
Yvette Borja interviews Joa Jacobo, the Southwest editor of Caló News about the state of Latine-led local News in Arizona, the challenges of creating culturally-relevant content, and what is missing from the media landscape from the perspective of Latinx consumers. To support the podcast, become…
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Teaching My Father How To Love
Yvette Borja interviews Mike De La Rocha about his new book Sacred Lessons: Teaching My Father How To Love. They discussed the outdated definitions of manhood that Mike was raised in and how that impacted his relationship with his father, how toxic masculinity is transmitted intergenerationally,...
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Mr. Harvard
Yvette Borja interviews Harvard J.D. Jesus Carreon about his higher education journey as an undocumented DREAMer. He shares his reflections living in LA during this time of ICE raids and protest, where he found inspiration to pursue college and law school as the first in his family to do so, and...
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*UNLOCKED LIT REVIEW* A Book About Traumas
On this #litreview, Yvette brings back Jehan Laner Romero to discuss the book of short stories "Funeral for Flaca" by Emilly Prado. They shared which aspects of Prado's life as a Chicana Latina growing up in California mirrored their own, broke down multi-generational fatphobia, and appreciated…
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Teaching Central America
Jonathan Peraza Campos joins the podcast to discuss Teaching for Change's Teaching Central America program. Yvette and Jonathan discuss the linkages between Latinx communities in the U.S. South and the Global South, the importance of integrating Central American history into K-12 education, and…
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The Poetic Practices of Exiled Nicaraguans in Costa Rica
Thelma Dietrich Rivera joins the podcast to discuss her recent article discussing the poetic practices of exiled Nicaraguans in Costa Rica. Thelma and Yvette discussed the history of the FSLN and the authoritarian turn of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, how the women Thelma writes about are...
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Sesiones de Sanación
Dr. Tanya Erazo, award-winning psychologist and adjunct professor, joins the podcast to discuss how indigenous healing modalities helped ease her anxiety around an upcoming open-heart surgery procedure. She shares her experience with a sesión de sanación led by Nahuat Pipil elders and how it...
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*UNLOCKED LIT REVIEW* What integrationism and colorblindness really mean
On this *UNLOCKED* #litreview, Yvette and Tiera Rainey of the Tucson Second Chance Bail Fund discuss the book Critical Race Consciousness by Gary Peller. They break down the pitfalls of integrationist and colorblind ideology, explain the power of all-Black spaces, and discuss how integrationist...
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An Open And Honest Conversation About What's Happening in El Salvador
This episode is a recording of the live Radio Cachimbona podcast show "No a La Mineria, Si a La Vida" co-hosted by Yvette Borja and Jorge Cuéllar. Jasmine Tobar of CISPES LA shares about the organization's history of transnational solidarity and how it has transformed into a diaspora-led...
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*UNLOCKED LIT REVIEW* Transcendent Kingdom
On this unlocked #litreview, Yvette and Yessenia Medrano discuss Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. The praise Gyasi's empathetic storytelling around the effects of the opiate crisis, reflect on how childhood traumas are remembered, and share the ways they related to the narrator's child of...
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Changing the Narrative and Speaking Truth to Power
Carlos Adrian Vasquez, a formerly incarcerated and formerly detained activist, joins the podcast to discuss his leadership in organizing hunger and labor strikes in the Desert View Annex. Carlos shares about the terrible conditions that led people detained to engage in multiple hunger and labor...
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Reproductive Justice and Resistance at the US/Mexico Borderlands
Eloisa Lopez, Executive Director of Florecer Reproductive Justice, joins the podcast to discuss the essay "Reproductive Justice and Resistance at the US/Mexico Borderlands" in the Radical Reproductive Justice anthology. Eloisa and Yvette discuss the myths around "self deportation," how the…
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Curiosity About Conflict
Dana Caspersen, practitioner of constructive conflict and author of Conflict Is an Opportunity: Twenty Fundamental Decisions for Navigating Difficult Times, joins the podcast to discuss her latest book. Dana and Yvette discuss why people should avoid trying to immediately find a solution to a...
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Let's Heal All Parts of the Mother Wound
Jessica Monge, mother wound coach, joins the podcast to discuss what "mother wounds" are, how the effects of it manifest in everyday life, and what inspired her to focus on helping others heal their mother wound. Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Support the podcast by joining...
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Who Migrant Sex Workers Are And Why They Sell Sex
Chanelle Gallant and Elene Lam join the podcast to discuss their new book "Not Your Rescue Project: Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice." They discussed who migrant sex workers are and why they sell sex, how the carceral state attacks migrant sex workers even when it claims to help them, and...
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What The Global Folk Music Movement Can Teach Us Now
Ericka Verba, professor and director of Latin American Studies at Cal State LA, joins the podcast to discuss her new book "Thanks to Life: A Biography of Violeta Parra." Verba shares Parra's central role in the creation of Chile's Nueva Cancion movement, breaks down the strength and resilience…
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No Son Nuevas Ideas
Profesora Aideé Tassinari se suma al podcast para explicar cómo la idea de "minería sostenible" es un discurso falso proporcionado por las compañías mineras, los efectos negativos que la minería trae a ecosistemas y acceso a agua limpia, y pone en contexto histórico la "fiebre de oro" del siglo…
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A Longstanding Tradition of Racial Violence
Cheryl Redhorse Bennett, former assistant professor in American Indian Studies and expert on hate crimes and violence against Native Americans, joins the podcast to discuss her book "Our Fight Has Just Begun: Hate Crimes and Justice in Native America." She shares about the hate crimes in...
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El Rol De Arte Y Cultura En El Trabajo Organizativo
Pablo Alvarado, director ejecutivo de La Red De Jornalero/as, se suma al podcast para hablar sobre su historia de inmigración, la historia de la red, y el rol de arte y cultura en el trabajo organizativo. Puedan apoyar el podcast y recibir acceso al #litreview, un club de libros para Cachimbonas,...
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How Schools Make Race
Laura Chávez-Moreno, award-winning researcher, qualitative social scientist, and assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the Departments of Chicana/o and Central American Studies and Education, joins the podcast to discuss her new book How Schools Make Race: Teaching...
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Era Una Prisión Antes
Jose Ruben, activista espiritual con El Movimiento de Integridad Humana, viene al podcast para discutir sus experiencias de detención en Mesa Verde y el Golden State Annex y porque se sumó a las huelgas de hambre y labor con otra gente detenida. Jose comparte como COVID-19 se desarrolló en los...
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Standing Up To Our Oppressors
Gustavo, a Salvadoran-American organizer and leader of the hunger and labor strikes occurring in the Mesa Verde and Golden State Annex immigration detention facilities since 2022, joins the podcast to discuss the terrible conditions that led to these efforts. Gustavo shares the myriad ways ICE...
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Dismantling Carceral Debt and Building Debtor Power
Tiera Rainey, Executive Director of the Tucson Bail Fund, joins Yvette Borja to discuss a resource document that the Bail Fund co-authored with the Milwaukee Freedom Fund, Community Justice Exchange, Free Hearts, and Montgomery Bail Out: Dismantling Carceral Debt: A Manifesto on Building Debtor...
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Don't Sell The Land
Brea Baker, freedom fighter and author, joins the podcast to discuss her new book "Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement For Black Land Ownership." Yvette and Brea discuss how the U.S. arrived at a place where only 1% of rural land is owned by Black people, how Brea…
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Unaccompanied and Coming of Age
Yvette Borja interviews Stephanie Canizales, professor and Faculty Director of the UC Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative, about her new book Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United States. They discuss who is left out of the DACA/Dreamer...
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That Little Courtroom in Sensuntepeque
Yvette Borja and Jorge Cuéllar discuss their experience as international observers for the Santa Marta 5 trial. They break down the audacity and offensive nature of a unit dedicated to prosecuting war crimes bringing the Santa Marta case forward as its inaugural effort, share their impressions of...
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Private Violence: Latin American Women And The Struggle For Asylum
Yvette Borja interviews Carol Cleaveland and Michele Waslin, authors of Private Violence: Latin American Women And The Struggle for Asylum. They explain why calling the gender-based violence that Mexican and Central American women are fleeing "private" is inaccurate, break down how navigating the...
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No Me Gusta La Picosa
Yvette Borja interviews Chelsea Guevara, the first Salvadoran Womxn of the World Poetry Slam Champion. They discussed how Chelsea got started with Slam Poetry, the connections between her scholarly research and her poetry, and her upcoming chapbook Cipota. Support the podcast by becoming a…
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Unbuilding Walls in the Immigrant Justice Movement
Yvette Borja interviews Silky Shah, Executive Director of Detention Watch Network. They discuss why the immigrant justice movement needs abolition, the importance of transforming the economic infrastructures of local governments dependent on carceral systems, and how the growth of immigration...
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*UNLOCKED LIT REVIEW* Who We All Are As Latina Women
Yvette Borja and Ronnie Wollenzier discuss Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez's second book "Tias and Primas: On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us." They praise how the book feels like a hug for their inner child, celebrate how Prisca's works widen the reach of academic literature, and share...
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A Love Letter To The Tias and Primas Who Raised Us
Yvette Borja interviews Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez's second book “Tias and Primas: On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us.” They discuss why Prisca prioritizes democratizing critical theory in her writings, she breaks down why she chose to focus on Tias and Primas but not mothers, and...
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*UNLOCKED LIT REVIEW* The Aftermath of Deportation
On this #litreview, Yvette interviews reproductive justice and immigrants' rights organizer Ale Pablos about the first few chapters of Beth Caldwell's book Deported Americans. They discuss the differences between legal definitions of citizenship and undocumented people's lived experiences in the...
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¿Cómo está la gente?
Yvette Borja interviews Maria Hinojosa, award-winning journalist, about her keynote address at the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, a rarity for her as a journalist, and her trajectory in media. Maria shared that philanthropic funds need to support independent BIPOC-led media, broke down...
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*UNLOCKED LIT REVIEW* How White Supremacy Mostly Exists In Our Nervous Systems
On this #litreview, Yvette Borja and Denise Rebeil discuss "My Grandmother's Hands" by Resmaa Menakem. They breakdown Menakem's contention that white supremacy lives mostly in our nervous systems, what role our lizard brain plays in how we interact with the world, and why collective healing from...
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Radio Cachimbona is an abolitionist podcast that audio-archives state repression and fierce migrant resistance in the Southern Arizona borderlands and breaks down case law and politics from a leftist perspective. As a first-generation professional whose parents are Salvadoran immigrants, Yvette prioritizes uplifting the voices and histories of Central Americans.
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