HOUSEKEEPING:

Welcome to El Barrio will be hosting another live event on May 31 in Los Angeles in partnership with Hi Neighbor. Follow us to stay up to date on next steps!

DESCRIPTION:

This week Becca chats with Philadelphia-based artist, ceramicist, social activist, poet, and educator -- Roberto Lugo! The two chat about using pottery and art at large to address poverty, inequality, and racial injustice, as well as reflecting on his Puerto Rican uprbringing, his new piece at Madison Square Park, and more.

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HOUSEKEEPING:

Welcome to El Barrio will be hosting another live event on May 31 in Los Angeles in partnership with Hi, Neighbor. Follow us to stay up to date on next steps!

DESCRIPTION:

This week Becca chats with the band CHUWI! They all chat about their rise to stardom, touring with Bad Bunny, their musical influences and political reflections in their songs, what's inspiring them lately, and more.

Also don’t forget to email us at welcometoelbarrio@gmail.com, or DM the show page @welcometoelbarrio for submissions!

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HOUSEKEEPING:

Welcome to El Barrio will be hosting another live event on May 31 in Los Angeles in partnership with Hi, Neighbor. Follow us to stay up to date on next steps!

DESCRIPTION:

This week Becca chats with star of stage and screen -- Didi Romero! The two chat performing arts in Puerto Rico, working with Disney, dreams of living between Puerto Rico and New York, and more.

Also don’t forget to email us at welcometoelbarrio@gmail.com, or DM the show page @welcometoelbarrio for submissions!

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HOUSEKEEPING:

Welcome to El Barrio will be hosting another live event! This time in Los Angeles, in partnership with Hi, Neighbor. Follow us to stay up to date on next steps!

DESCRIPTION:

This week Becca is solo on the podcast, giving you all a more vulnerable side. She takes us through a deeply personal interview with her father, where they talk about his upbringing, relationship with his culture and how that impacted his parenting, and more.

Since this is a new episode format -- we'd really love your feedback! If you want more episodes like this, please let us know at welcometoelbarrio@gmail.com, or DM the show page @welcometoelbarrio for submissions!

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This week we are dropping Becca's Las Culturistas episode in the feed!

The three get into all things Texas, Beyonce, The Rodeo, southern football culture, and the highs and lows of Baylor University Greek Life, but most importantly Puerto Rico! Becca has a new show on iHeart’s myCultura network called Welcome to El Barrio out 2/3. Matt & Bo get an exclusive sneak peak into the world of the show, chat Bad Bunny’s cultural impact, Becca’s journey as their producer, and more. Plus IDTSH’s circling insane rollercoasters, loud dachshunds (sorry chicha!) and NYC apartment hunting. Get into it!

Next week we'll be back with another episode of Welcome to El Barrio.

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This week, Becca chats Rachel Nieves of Buddies Coffee! The two chat the weight of going viral, starting a business from the ground up, how to give back to your roots and community authentically, Buddies future expansion, and more.

Also don’t forget to email us at welcometoelbarrio@gmail.com, or DM the show page @welcometoelbarrio for submissions!

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This week, Becca chats Libre Sankara -- an afro-boricua poet, cultural worker and doula who has been in Gaza for the past two years helping the fight for liberation of Palestine. The two chat life in Gaza, the similarities and history that connects Puerto Rico and Palestine, and more.

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This week, Becca chats with THE Djali Brown-Cepeda -- founder of Nuevayorkinos. The two chat El Barrio, the complexity of mixed identities, beautiful lessons in motherhood, race vs ethnicity, vs identity, how Blackness and Puerto Ricanness are intrinsically intertwined, and more.

Also don’t forget to email us at welcometoelbarrio@gmail.com, or DM the show page @welcometoelbarrio for submissions!

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