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Happy New Year! Superfan Ed C. from Florida wrote in a few days ago to see if his list of Cuban New Year's Eve traditions matched up with Rita's. Black-eyed peas? Resolutions? Gunfire? Not for our favorite 92 year old Cuban mom! Find out what Rita did or does to celebrate New Year's Eve in this special episode. We eventually get around to talking politics but not before you learn all sorts of family- and Cuba New Year's Eve weirdness from Rita and Jorge. The ¡Ay,Jorge! Podcast is brought to you by Jorge's Band-Project, The Cuban Cowboys. Visit us, drop us a line sometime .. or just check out la música and writing. https://www.cubancowboys.com https://www.instagram.com/cubancowboys https://www.facebook.com/cubancowboys
BioTech Billionaire. Entrepreneur. Trump cheerleader-apologist and smooth-talking GOP Presidential candidate who's star has begun shining more brightly along the winding road to the primaries. Whatever else, you have to admire his speaking abilities and, dare we say, verve. Rita says he is to be feared. Jorge calls bullshit. What say you? Give this episode a listen and let us know! This podcast is brought to you by The Cuban Cowboys. Checkit: https://www.cubancowboys.com/ Follow Us! https://www.instagram.com/cubancowboys/ https://www.facebook.com/cubancowboys Listen to this season's theme song: https://open.spotify.com/track/0mrjKkrZAeDMSpRz4u9yOb?si=342293a39ec54d0d
Given the growing number of octogenarian politicians in the U.S., the two frontrunners in the 2024 Presidential election being foremost, we're not sure what kind of erection can be achieved, so we're likely better off settling for an election. Season 3 starts off with Rita surveying the current state of the Democratic party, Cuba's mild obsession with FDR (and old-school Democrats), before getting in to the first GOP debate, abortion policy, term limits and the lamentable loss of Francis Suarez to our Season 3 agenda or theme: discussing each candidate so you don't have to (not yet, anyway). This episode is brought to you by The Cuban Cowboys' song, 'The Check's in the Mail', available for streaming everywhere. Wanna get in touch or learn more about Jorge, the Podcast, or The Cuban Cowboys? Visit us online, yo. https://www.cubancowboys.com/ https://www.facebook.com/cubancowboys https://www.instagram.com/cubancowboys/
My mother got off the plane from Cuba in 1959, landing at LaGuardia with her best friend and one small suitcase. That suitcase contained all she was allowed to take with her out of Cuba. Except for a pillbox hat - which happened to be in fashion those days (thanks to then soon-to-be-First Lady Jackie Kennedy). Back then, people got off planes right on to the tarmac, having to walk to the terminal without the shelter of a covered gangway. My mom's hat flew off as soon as she set foot on the tarmac. She ran off after it, as it blew down toward the open runways. Her best friend from Cuba, Maggie Chapman, grabbed Rita's arm - yelling “¡Degjalo que se vaya!” which means, loosely, “Let it go!” But my mom, as with many of her memories of her life in Cuba - just like the entirety of the Cuban exile community or diaspora - could not just let it go. She went after that hat like her life depended on it. And in many ways it did. Nobody told her she'd never go back to Cuba. I don't know whatever happened to that hat, and, I think I even forgot to ask Rita about it during this podcast (listen and find out!), but I do know that I did my best to capture the bittersweet poignancy of her journey — as embodied by The Cuban Cowboys' song, as well as her (mostly) lifelong friendship with one Maggie Chapman (Note: That's Maggie in the pic, on the left. Young Rita's on the right, and my grandmother, Irene Zon sits between them) Hey! Be sure to visit us online for more rock (music), talk (all podcast episodes) and chalk (writing) at https://www.cubancowboys.com/ Here's a link to the song "Nobody Told Her" on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/5krC4GWhM9idvVnIGRFOzx?si=b46a9576c83347e7 Or follow our Insta at https://www.instagram.com/cubancowboys/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
In this weeks episode, we talk to Cassie Yeldham, a Brit who has made a (part time!) home in Cuba. While travelling to and from Cuba over the last few years, Cassie met her Cuban Cowboy husband. Now both located in the UK, Cassie and her Cowboy (also known as Ronnie offer various experience packages for tourists who want to really feel the magic of Cuba. Listen as Cassie talks about its unique tourism landscape, touching on what both guests and hosts can learn from the successes and failures of Cuba, the new kid on the block when it comes to hosting.
The ¡Ay, Jorge! Cuban Cowboys' podcast wraps up its first season with the long-awaited 'Who Would You Make a Baby With?' championship round, pitting the #MeToo addled Plácido Domingo against former U.S. President/actor Ronald Reagan AND Bonzo, his TV chimp and co-star. Rita follows up her decision with her thoughts on the future, and what she'd like to see for her grand-children, Joaquín and Elena. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
An update on Cuban restaurateur Kristy Socarras Bigelow and her mama Maria Christina from the season one episode Cuba Cuba Things. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chingonapodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChingonaPodcast Cuba Cuba: http://www.cubacubasandwicheria.com/ https://www.instagram.com/cubacubacafe/ Theme music written and performed by Raul Garza Jr. https://www.instagram.com/elguitarrista73/ Music for this episode: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/UP_Paolo_Pavan_Pasqualino_Ubaldini/UP/08_Felipe_vers_cubana http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cuban_Cowboys/Live_at_WFMU_on_Transpacific_Sound_Paradise_1710/Cuban_Cowboys_-_09_-_Mauricio http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cuban_Cowboys/Live_at_WFMU_on_Transpacific_Sound_Paradise_1710/Cuban_Cowboys_-_05_-_The_Devils_Dance http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cuban_Cowboys/Live_at_WFMU_on_Transpacific_Sound_Paradise_1710/Cuban_Cowboys_-_07_-_Nobody_Told_Me http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/I_Am_a_Man_Who_Will_Fight_for_Your_Honor/I_Am_a_Man_Who_Will_Fight_for_Your_Honor
This week's rounds are Music (Annual Anthems), Cuba, Old News, and Television. The music is El Capitan by Cuban Cowboys.
This week's rounds are Music (Annual Anthems), Cuba, Old News, and Television. The music is El Capitan by Cuban Cowboys.
We talked to Kristy, owner of Cuba Cuba Sandwicheria, about starting her own business, taking her mother back to Cuba after 57 years and being an all around chingona. Our insta: https://www.instagram.com/chingonapodcast/ Our twitter: https://twitter.com/ChingonaPodcast Cuba Cuba (in case you're craving a sandwich): http://www.cubacubasandwicheria.com/ The music for this episode: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/UP_Paolo_Pavan_Pasqualino_Ubaldini/UP/08_Felipe_vers_cubana http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cuban_Cowboys/Live_at_WFMU_on_Transpacific_Sound_Paradise_1710/Cuban_Cowboys_-_09_-_Mauricio http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cuban_Cowboys/Live_at_WFMU_on_Transpacific_Sound_Paradise_1710/Cuban_Cowboys_-_05_-_The_Devils_Dance http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cuban_Cowboys/Live_at_WFMU_on_Transpacific_Sound_Paradise_1710/Cuban_Cowboys_-_07_-_Nobody_Told_Me http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/I_Am_a_Man_Who_Will_Fight_for_Your_Honor/I_Am_a_Man_Who_Will_Fight_for_Your_Honor
“We were subject to an FBI sting. We were placed under surveillance, and we were able to discover the surveillance and get rid of it, but then for the next nine years we were living underground.” – Diana Block In this episode, Lani Hanna speaks to Diana Block about her life as an activist, organizer, and writer. Block was a founding member of San Francisco Women Against Rape and the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee. When her activism in support of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement attracted the attention of the FBI, she spent thirteen years living “underground” under a different identity. You will also hear Diana Block read from her novel, Clandestine Occupations, during the exhibition Armed By Design/El Diseño a las Armas: Posters and Publications of Cuba's Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America (OSPAAAL). Produced by Interference Archive. Music: “Fibonaci Effect in Two Movements” by Lanark, “El Danzon de Noventa Millas” by Cuban Cowboys, and “Pivoting on Salsa Key 11,” by Tracky Birthday, all courtesy of the Free Music Archive.
"We were subject to an FBI sting. We were placed under surveillance, and we were able to discover the surveillance and get rid of it, but then for the next nine years we were living underground." - Diana Block In this episode, Lani Hanna speaks to Diana Block about her life as an activist, organizer, and writer. Block was a founding member of San Francisco Women Against Rape and the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee. When her activism in support of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement attracted the attention of the FBI, she spent thirteen years living "underground" under a different identity. You will also hear Diana Block read from her novel, Clandestine Occupations, during the exhibition Armed By Design/El Diseño a las Armas: Posters and Publications of Cuba’s Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America (OSPAAAL). Produced by Interference Archive. Music: "Fibonaci Effect in Two Movements" by Lanark, "El Danzon de Noventa Millas" by Cuban Cowboys, and "Pivoting on Salsa Key 11," by Tracky Birthday, all courtesy of the Free Music Archive.
As promised, I'm working through my backlog of radio shows so that you have something to listen to in the heat. Lest I get too predictable, this episode features an extra injection of music produced in the U.S., with only a handful of tracks from around the world.Also, I have a contest for you. I got the fourth track off of a mixtape that was given to me without any information about the music. If you know the name of the song or the artist, please post it in the comments.As always, PSAs are edited out and the tracklist follows:1. Try - Bugge Wesseltoft & Sidsel Endresen2. You're the Fool - The 3 Degrees3. Baby Come Back - Betty Wright & The Roots (Feat. Lenny Williams)4. Unknown Song - Unknown Artist5. Where Are We Going? - Donald Byrd6. Inner Ninja - Classified (Feat. David Myles)7. El capitán - Cuban Cowboys8. Ámame hasta que me muera - Maná9. Esengo Ya Ko Bina - Grupo Lokito10. Djelimady Rumba - AfroCubism11. 5th Dimension - B.o.B. (Feat. Ricco Barrino)12. The Life - Gary Clark Jr.13. Come Here - Talib Kweli (Feat. Miguel)14. Just Feelin' It - K-Def15. Mighty Mighty - Baby HueyListen and share...Radio Show 5-9-13.