radioplasma podcast
by iohann rashi vega
Bilingual Podcast and media platform dedicated to conversations and the exchange of ideas from a multicultural community, based in the surrounding areas of the Connecticut River Valley, and Western Massachusetts. Music, arts, storytelling, conversations, performances, creative projects, and randomness.
Episodes
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Alexandra - Food Policy Council
Alexandra - Food Policy Council by iohann rashi vega
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Daliana Alvarado, con Sabor a Coco
Recibimos con un mucha alegría, a Daliana Alvarado, creativa puertorriqueña, comunicadora, gestora cultural y co-creadora de un blog cultural llamado "Con Sabor a Coco". Daliana fue por varios años la voz anfitriona de un programa de radio producido por Iohann en los primeros años de la década…
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Reyna Tropical
Reyna Tropical at Millpond Live. We welcome Fabi Reyna to Massachusetts, and after her amazing performance at Millpond Live on September 9, we got a moment to talk briefly about her work as Reyna Tropical, and the importance of her motto Queer Love, Afro-México. Also we talked about her...
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CINCO DE MAYO (VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL)
La celebración del Cinco de Mayo en Estados Unidos, conlleva ciertas prácticas comerciales y culturales que son particularmente únicas de la idiosincrasia estadounidense. En esta breve sesión comparto información con el fin de explicar qué significa realmente el cinco de mayo en el contexto...
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Miosoti Alvarado - PIQUETE
Recibimos desde Puerto Rico a una amiga de muchos años, quien es y ha sido una creadora de múltiples proyectos artísticos en diferentes disciplinas. Ella es Miosoti Alvarado, Mio. En esta sesión nos enfocaremos en su más reciente proyecto musical llamado Piquete, así como el lanzamiento de su...
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CARMEN CALLENDER
As we honor all women during March 8th, International Women's Day, we have a conversation with visual artist, educator, singer, songwriter, and musician, Carmen Callender. A long-life resident of Springfield, MA, Carmen enjoys creating different pieces of art, in different mediums such as music…
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MAGOS HERRERA IS COMING TO BOMBYX
New York-based Grammy-nominated Mexican singer and composer, Magos Herrera has been busy during 2021, making new music, and continuing her musical journey, putting together elements from realms like chamber music, jazz, and Latin American roots and influences, And she is coming to present in an...
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Rachel Eckroth
Rachel Eckroth is a renowned singer, songwriter, composer, and keyboard player, with a multifaceted approach to music that fits into the jazz umbrella, and at the same time explores musical landscapes that offer dramatic views of places that exist in the vast realm of the creativity and...
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ÌFÉ
Listening to ÌFÉ performing live is to experience a cathartic, spiritual transmutation of what organically and digitally can be perceived as a purification through music. After the sublime performance of ÌFÉ at the Bombyx Center for the Arts & Equity in Florence, MA, we sat down with Otura Mun,...
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SUPAMAN
On November 12, 2021, and during the celebration of National Native American Heritage Month, the new Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity, hosted a special event during its inaugural season, bringing for the first time in this new venue, Native American & Hip Hop artist Supaman. Supaman is Christian...
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GATEWAY CITY ARTS IS COMING BACK
Gateway City Arts is coming back!! We are celebrating the good news shared by Vitek Kruta and Lori Divine, co-directors and founders of Gateway City Arts, that they have formed a partnership with DSP Shows and this will allow a return to activities for the multicultural complex. One of them was...
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Felipe Salles - The New Immigrant Experience
On this session, we welcome jazz musician and composer, Felipe Salles. We talked about The New Immigrant Experience, a recording release that represents a strong testament to the presence, experience, and inspiration by the lives of "Dreamers". Dr. Felipe Salles who emigrated from Brazil to the...
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MAGOS HERRERA
[INTERVIEW IN SPANISH] Recibimos con mucho orgullo a la cantante y compositora mexicana, Magos Herrera. Reconocida en la escena internacional de la música por su expresiva interpretación vocal, Magos se manifiesta musicalmente dentro de diferentes vertientes sonoras que se entrelazan en el…
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CLAUDIA ACUÑA
This is our conversation with Chilean jazz vocalist, songwriter, and arranger, Claudia Acuña. With the beginning of March as Women's History Month, and her virtual concert on March 6th, part of the International Women Rising Festival presented by Thirdrow.live and produced by…
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SANIYE
We are celebrating a virtual holiday, and this session has a special guest: a singer-writer, entrepreneur, and a talented multi-cultural artist who represents Turkey and New York. She is Sinem Saniye, and under her artistic name Saniyé, she shared a moment after a virtual show, to talk about her...
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Community Ofrenda for Day of the Dead 2020 - Attack Bear Press X RadioPlasma
October 31, 2020. Attack Bear Press founders, Jason Montgomery and Alex Woolner share their thoughts and the process behind the creation of the 2nd Holyoke Community Ofrenda 2020 to honor the Day of the Dead, and at the same time, create a space to acknowledge, honor, and remember the lives lost...
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IRENE "I-SHEA" SHAIKLY: CAN'T STOP, WON'T STOP
After an unexpected hiatus due to COVID-19, here we are. Radioplasma is back in the cyber-ether. We return to our conversations and randomness, with a session and a story of resilience, adaptation, and a reminder of self care, with Iréne I-Shea Shaikly, emcee, poet, percussionist, dancer, singer,...
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BETSAYDA MACHADO
Betsayda Machado y su Parranda el Clavo, se presentaron en Gateway City Arts en Holyoke, el 1 de marzo. Después de una cálida y energética sesión musical, Betsayda nos brindó unos momentos para conversar sobre su trabajo musical, así como algunos detalles de los instrumentos de la cultura musical...
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RANDOM SEARCHES PUBLIC FORUM - DEAN
Produced in partnership with Holyoke Media. On March 5th, 2020, Dr. Stephen Mahoney, Executive Principal at Holyoke High School, met with students, teachers, parents, school committee members, and community members, to listen to their feedback on the implementation of this policy. This meeting...
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RANDOM SEARCHES PUBLIC FORUM
This is the recording of the public meeting, held at Holyoke High School, North Campus, regarding the random searches policy. Dr. Stephen Mahoney, Executive Principal at Holyoke High, met with students, teachers, parents, and community members, to listen to their feedback on the implementation of...
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CRAVE FOOD TRUCK
Nicole Ortiz is a young entrepreneur, who is also a student at the HCC Culinary Arts Institute. In this conversation, we learned about CRAVE, her new business, a food truck with a plant forward menu, focused on using local ingredients, and exploring different culinary influences. An inspiring...
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HOUSE OF COLORS
Our teen host Shayleena, shares a conversation with Micah Katz Zieger, who is in charge of the programming and activities with the House of Colors LGBTQ Youth Group, based at Enlace de Familias in Main St. in Holyoke, MA. This youth group engages in different activities to provide a safe space…
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EL CPI EN BOSTON
El Centro de Periodismo Investigativo de Puerto Rico es una organización creada en el 2007 para fomentar el acceso a la información del pueblo de Puerto Rico mediante las vías del periodismo de investigación, la litigación y la formación periodística. Como parte del trabajo investigativo del CPI,...
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COALESCENCE
Our very special guest, is Pasqualina Azzarello, City Arts Coordinator at Easthampton City Arts, Painter, Public Muralist, and educator. In this conversation, Pasqualina shares with us the work process that took place on the creation of COALESCENCE, an exhibition that opens the residency program…
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PODCAMP WESTERN MASS 2020
PodCamp WesternMass is celebrating its 12th edition on February 29th, 2020 at Valley Venture Mentors (VVM), in Springfield, MA. We got the chance to talk with the new team in charge of putting together this un-conference about social media, online networking, podcasting and media creation. In…
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LADY MOON & THE ECLIPSE
We welcome Lady Moon & the Eclipse, on their first show and visit to Holyoke. Being this show, their last of 2019, we got the opportunity to have a conversation with all the band about its origins, the meaning of representation of Cosmic Soul, with a multi-cultural proposal that fuses soul, R&B,...
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Ta'Naya. Not at easy target.
Meet Ta'Naya. She is a blind 15 years-old black girl, who recently joined our teen group for media literacy. She writes poetry, and plays piano. She is a high school student, and she is full of positive energy. In this conversation with our teen host, Shayleena, we got to learn more about…
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KIMAYA DIGGS
We welcome our guest, singer songwriter, teacher artist, Kimaya Diggs to an interview about her musical work, and the opportunity of enjoying a couple of songs recorded live in our session. Kimaya is an artist who explores music from different streams, and creates a unique sound, reminiscent of…
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AMY PORCHELLI - BIGGER THAN ME
We welcome singer, songwriter, educator, Amy Porchelli. A local talent who embraces art as the way to share stories and empowerment. Amy released her album "Bigger Than Me" in September 2019, and she shares a live performance of the title song with us, in this session. This radioplasma session…
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DIA DE MUERTOS EN HOLYOKE
Session recorded at the Readywipe Gallery, in occasion of the celebration of the Day of the Dead, titled: "Por Nosotros y para Todos Nosotros, Día de los Muertos Holyoke Community Altar." This was an emotive, colorful, beautiful collective experience, created by Neftalí Duran, Jason Montgomery…
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RAQUEL OBREGON - TERTULIA
Recibimos con mucho orgullo, la visita de Raquel Obregón, quien es la anfitriona y productora del espacio radial "Tertulia", que se transmite en NEPR, los Domingos de 8-10 de la noche. En celebración del Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana, Raquel, quien es originaria de Lima, Perú, es una de las...
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VOX SAMBOU AT MILLPOND.LIVE
As part of the Millpond.Live series of concerts, the third show, offered a powerful experience with Haitian artist, Vox Sambou. In this backstage conversation right after his show, we talked about the amazing experience we all had, and also the importance of representation, multi-cultural...
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DIANA ALVAREZ - THIS BRIDGE CALLED MY VOICE
We welcome Dr. Diana Alvarez in this beautiful conversation and music session, with all the recent and most relevant activities by this Chicanx singer, songwriter, activist, educator, and inspiring human being. Also, this session is an invitation to join Diana at Millpond.Live this September 7,...
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EL OSO AZUL - ATTACK BEAR PRESS
We welcome our guest, El Oso Azul, representing Attack bear Press. We talked about lucha libre as a way of representation of culture, heritage, values, sports, fun, and the link to the arts, through the fantastic art initiative Attack Bear Press, developing all sort of cultural events in the...
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SODADA
We experienced a great music session and conversation with the band Sodada. Celebrating the release of their EP "Phase", we learned about the story and evolution of this musical project, created by Hannah Rose and Andy C. This session includes the live performance of their songs "Ultraviolet"…
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CIMAFUNK
Esta es nuestra conversación con el proyecto musical Cimafunk, directamente desde Cuba. Previo a su presentación en Millpond.Live en Easthampton, tuvimos esta charla con Erik Iglesias Rodríguez, sobre el concepto de CImafunk y sus fusiones, la escena musical de Cuba, y algunos de los artistas que...
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A NEW SCHOOL YEAR START REVIEW
Rachel Dowd, Teen Librarian at Holyoke Public Library, hosts this session, with a deep conversation with Shayleena Figueroa, junior student at Holyoke High School, about the new school year, and some topics around school, teen life, goals, struggles, advice, and expectations.
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BANNERQUEEN
We welcome Amy Johnquest, the BannerQueen, in this conversation about the third anniversary of her space, Spot 22, and we also talked about her work as an artists, some of her creations, and the arts in general.
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BLACK HOLYOKE EXHIBIT AND EVENTS
Erika Slocumb talks about the most recent activity around her research on the project Black Holyoke. As a way to showcase this research, there will be a series of events at the Wistariahurst Museum, that include performances, and an exhibit of stories and images of the Black community of Holyoke,...
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THE PRX PODCAST GARAGE IN BOSTON
We visited the PRX Podcast Garage in Boston, a space dedicated to podcast creation, production, and access for independent producers to learn, develop, record, their own podcast content. We had a conversation with Palace Shaw, Community Manager at PRX Podcast Garage, and a podcaster herself. This...
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CIMARRON EN HOLYOKE
We welcome the Colombian band Cimarrón, with a musical sample of their performance at Gateway City Arts, and the conversation we had with singer Ana Veydó, and harp player, Carlos Cuco Rojas, after their show. This conversation is in Spanish.
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COLECTIVO MORIVIVI - THE MURALS AT HOLYOKE PUBLIC LIBRARY
This is the conversation describing the story and process behind the creation of the two murals at the Holyoke Public Library, made by Girls Inc on their summer externship program, along with teens from the Holyoke Public Library, and three artists from Colectivo Moriviví, from Puerto Rico. In…
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TEEN SESSION with BEVAN BRUNELLE
Our teen host, Shayleena, received a surprise visit by Bevan Brunelle, Theater and Media Literacy teacher at Holyoke High School, and they had a conversation about the upcoming activities that include a Haunted House at Wistariahurst, and a new play, featuring Clue (yes, that same Clue as the…
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BARBÈS IN THE WOODS
We welcome Edo Mor, one of the organizers of the music festival Barbès in the Woods, a full day multi-cultural event, celebrating the blending of cultures from the New York City's bar, performance space, musical incubator Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn, doing a midsummer special event in the...
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PUERTO RICO - JULY 25 2019
July 25, is a relevant, historical date for Puerto Rico. in 1898, The United States invaded and seized Puerto Rico as part of the Spanish-American War. In 1952, Puerto Rico became self governed commonwealth of the U.S. under the name of Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. In 1978, two young men...
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HOLYOKE HISTORY NEWS AND ACTIVITIES
Olivia Mausel and Robert Comeau are our guests in this fascinating conversation about several important updates and announcements related to the preservation and history of Holyoke, like the Stained Glass Windows restoration project at City Hall, a tour of the Clock Tower at City Hall, and...
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SUMMER AT THE LIBRARY TEEN ROOM
This session is part of the media literacy activities at the Holyoke Public Library's Teen Room, where our Teen Host, Shayleena, interviews Rachel Dowd, Teen Librarian, about the activities for this summer of 2019.
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RIO MIRA
Con motivo de su gira 2019 por Norteamérica, la agrupación Rio Mira regresa a Massachusetts, para presentarse en Valley View Farm con su música representativa del Afro-Pacífico, fusionando Ecuador y Colombia con instrumentos de percusión y la marimba. En esta conversación con Esteban Copete...
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MEAGAN MURPHY: THE BREAST ARCHIVES
Journalist, Director, Meagan Murphy, shares the story that inspired the creation of "The Breast Archives", a storytelling documentary about the experiences, thoughts and feelings of different women and their breasts. This is a deep, open conversation about wellness, and body wisdom, that chimes…
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SOUTH HOLYOKE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ON MAY 28
On May 28, 2019, the first of several conversations with the community of South Holyoke, will look for the feedback, input, and participation of neighbors, about the redevelopment, and housing opportunities coming soon around the Carlos Vega Park. We talked with the Holyoke Housing Authority...
About this show
Bilingual Podcast and media platform dedicated to conversations and the exchange of ideas from a multicultural community, based in the surrounding areas of the Connecticut River Valley, and Western Massachusetts. Music, arts, storytelling, conversations, performances, creative projects, and randomness.
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iohann rashi vega