Pochas So What

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Welcome to Pochas So What. Un espacio created by pochas for our deported and returned community. Those of us que somos de aquí y de allá and that use our existence to disrupt fronteras. Leni and Maggie are the two Pochas behind Pochas, So What.

Pochas So What


    • Oct 11, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 39m AVG DURATION
    • 10 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Pochas So What

    Bloopers: The Behind the Scenes of Lxs Otrxs Dreamers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2022 13:43


    So much happens behind the scenes and las Pochas Maggie and Leni want to share with all of you un poquito of the chisme. Check it out and we hope you have some fun listening to some of the behind the scenes moments con our special guests Baruck Racine and Sheila Cosmes. We want to get to know you! Follow and join our community de aquí y de allá on social media @pochassowhat --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pochas-so-what/message

    Special Episode: The 8th Aniversario of the book Lxs Otrxs Dreamers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 75:54


    Las Pochas sit down in company to talk in this special episode about Lxs Otrxs Dreamers, a book through which its pages witness and hold the stories of 25 deportees/ returnees who found themselves exiled on this side of the border (Mexico). For its 8th anniversary we collaborated with Otros Dreams Acción to share space with Baruck & Sheila to reflect on its continued relevance, its power to build community and how its pages continue to be written aquí y allá. Follow ODA on social media and check out the website de Lxs Otrxs Dreamers, a book that became a community. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pochas-so-what/message

    Episode 7- What's Next?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 39:13


    We are officially done with SEASON 1! Las Pochas share a recap of this first season, they talk about the impacts and challenges of storytelling. They share more about their aprendizajes y desaprendizajes during this process of producing Pochas So What. Las Pochas share more about what's coming up next and much appreciation and love to all of our community of listeners and supporters. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pochas-so-what/message

    Episode 6- Mobility between Mexico & the United States

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 44:12


    In today’s conversation we are going to dive into MOBILITY. What does movement represent to a community that has historically been in exile. Leni and I both migrated undocumented to the US, therefore we had little to NO connection to Mexico because we were living in what some called a “golden cage”, after we were forced to return to México, ones again we had to let go of our communities and towns, not knowing if we would ever be able to go back. For Maggie it took 8 years to return to the United States, and for me (Leni) 9 years. From this date forward we both had a piece of plastic that overnight meant that we were granted “authorization” to “return” to our families, loved ones and communities. Join us as we both share more about our process and what it means for us to have mobility between the US and Mexico. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pochas-so-what/message

    Episode 5- Discovering Que No Estamos Alone

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 50:20


    Join las Pochas in their journey of discovering que no estamos alone in Mexico. Leni and Maggie share their experiences of discovering each other and their deported and returned community. Despite the fact that we all come from different walks in life, there are many things that connect us aquí. Las Pochas also share how activism crossed their paths, and how they have witnessed, accompanied and walk side by side with their growing community aquí y allá. Share with us your thoughts, reflections and comments. You can find us in IG, FB and TW as @Pochas So What. Join us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pochas-so-what/message

    Episode 4- Returning to México

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 44:26


    Join las Pochas as they share their experiences of returning to Mexico. Maggie returned at 18 by herself in the summer of 2008. Leni returned with her parents and 3 siblings in the fall of 2009. Both in the form of a road trip! Join them in discovering Cañada de Yañez, Santa María del Rio, San Luis Potosí (Maggie) and Acayucán, Veracruz and Las Brisas Pijijiapan, Chiapas (Leni). Join us and let us know your thoughts on it. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pochas-so-what/message

    Episode 3- Migrating & Living Undocumented

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 49:24


    Las Pochas share their experience of migrating and growing up undocumented in Georgia and Florida. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pochas-so-what/message

    Episode 1 - La Historia

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 40:40


    Join us in learning a little about the history behind the word POCHA. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pochas-so-what/message

    Episode 2- Identities

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 36:35


    Identities: Ese Knitting of who we are, how the world views us and how we want the world to know as. Join las pochas as we share a bit more about our stories y como podemos, queremos y seguimos transformado el monstruo de la identidades a un aliado. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pochas-so-what/message

    Pochas Say Hi

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 0:38


    Testing 1,2,3... Get a taste of what is to come in Pochas So What Stay tuned! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pochas-so-what/message

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