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In this powerful episode of Get Real or Die Trying, host Amadon DellErba sits down with Cliff Matias, International President of Redrum MC (@redrummc) a prominent motorcycle club with a mission to unite and uplift indigenous communities. As a proud Taino, Quechua, and Boricua, Cliff also serves as the Cultural Director of the Red Hawk Native American Council (@redhawknativeamericancouncil), where he works to preserve and promote Indigenous culture and traditions. This episode also features a special segment with Kris Dosela (Gila River Pima, Apache, and Navajo), who shares his insights on Indigenous heritage, personal growth, and the ongoing challenges faced by Native communities. Together, they address the critical issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (#MMIW), honoring the memory of 14-year-old Emily Pike of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, whose tragic loss in 2025 underscores the urgency of this crisis.Join Amadon, Cliff, and Kris for a raw and inspiring discussion about transformation, cultural preservation, and the power of standing together."Nothing You Do Matters, Unless What You Do Matters"Website: http://getrealordietrying.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/realordietrying/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5bhiI3dYEHyVHRGJN6D8bS?si=pOFiZW7cSUu0LRQ48ehDnAApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-real-or-die-trying-with-amadon-dellerba/id1506317027Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getrealordietrying/X: https://X.com/realordietrying"Pain is temporary. Victory is eternal."

What does sofrito—a base of herbs and spices used in Puerto Rican cooking—have to do with reimagining business, food security, and conveying a history lesson about a rich and sometimes complex culture? For today's guest, it's everything. If you've ever wondered how to weave your culture, creativity, and calling into one powerful movement... then this episode is the recipe you've been looking for. In this episode, you will hear:   Food has a cultural foundation passed through generations. Cultural identity can be preserved and taught through everyday meals. How to make the best sofrito if you don't have time to cook. Food is more than just food – it's heritage, intention, and a story. The story of the Puerto Rican pasteles is shared. Food choices are power moves, shaping local or global economies. Imagination makes it possible to wear multiple hats and still stay rooted in purpose. You don't need permission to do things differently, just the will and a plan. This episode is brought to you by Fertile Imagination: A Guide for Stretching Every Mom's Superpower for Maximum Impact by Melissa Llarena Audible   Audio Edition: https://www.amazon.com/Fertile-Imagination-Stretching-Superpower-Maximum/dp/B0CY9BZH9W/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0   Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Fertile-Imagination-Stretching-Superpower-Maximum/dp/B0CK2ZSMLB   Hardcover: https://www.amazon.com/Fertile-Imagination-Stretching-Superpower-Maximum/dp/B0D5B64347/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0   Or, download a free chapter at fertileideas.com       About Crystal Diaz   Crystal Díaz has spent nearly two decades at the intersection of food, marketing, and cultural advocacy. She co-founded PRoduce, Puerto Rico's digital marketplace for locally grown food. Crystal is also the force behind El Pretexto, the island's first culinary farm lodge, where food and imagination meet 2,600 feet above sea level. A committed advocate for food security, she collaborates with Espacios Abiertos to advance agricultural policy. Crystal holds two master's degrees, including one in Food Studies from NYU. She's been recognized by Fast Company and El Nuevo Día for her creative leadership and impact in the local food movement. Quotes that can change your perspective:  “If you really want to learn about something and you're obsessed about it, there's always ways to learn, to make it happen.” – Crystal Díaz   “With every single meal that we do, with every single snack, everything that we eat, you are impacting economies. And if you want to support your local communities and you want to see them, everybody having a better life, you might want to spend that dollar closer home and making sure that all of the ingredients that are on that food are closer to home so that money stays closer to home.” – Crystal Díaz   “Sofrito is very personal. You know? It's part of how your family has done it… but also learn that there is a lot of history into it. It's not something that we do because we do it. There is a lot of history to it.” – Crystal Díaz   “We are on a little island. We don't have that much territorial extension, so we can't think about our agriculture as other countries that have large extensions of terrains and flats and stuff like that. We need to think about it differently.” – Crystal Díaz   “Puerto Rican food is full of history, is complex enough, is flavorful enough, and varied… so I can pull something like this [a culinary farm lodge] up in Puerto Rico.” – Crystal Díaz SHARE this episode with fellow food lovers, cultural storytellers, and moms on a mission to raise rooted kids. Crystal's insights on local food, identity, and imagination will inspire anyone looking to nourish their family and community from the inside out. Let's keep our culture alive—one pastel, one sofrito, and one big idea at a time. Supporting Resources:   Website: https://www.elpretextopr.com  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elpretextopr  Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/@elpretextopr/ Subscribe and Review   Have you subscribed to my podcast for new moms who are entrepreneurs, founders, and creators?  I'd love for you to subscribe if you haven't yet.    I'd love it even more if you could drop a review or 5-star rating over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast for writer moms. About Fertile Imagination   You can be a great mom without giving up, shrinking, or hiding your dreams. There's flexibility in how you pursue anything – your role, your lifestyle, and your personal and professional goals. The limitations on your dreams are waiting to be shattered. It's time to see and seize what's beyond your gaze. Let's bridge your childhood daydreams with your grown-up realities. Imagine skipping with your kids along any path – you, surpassing your milestones while your kids are reaching theirs. There's only one superpower versatile enough to stretch your thinking beyond what's been done before: a Fertile Imagination. It's like kryptonite for impostor syndrome and feeling stuck when it's alert!    In Fertile Imagination, you will awaken your sleeping source of creative solutions. If you can wake up a toddler or a groggy middle schooler, then together with the stories in this book – featuring 25 guests from my podcast Unimaginable Wellness, proven tools, and personal anecdotes – we will wake up your former playmate: your imagination!  Advance Praise    “You'll find reality-based strategies for imagining your own imperfect, fulfilling life in this book!” —MARTHA HENNESSEY, former NH State Senator    “Melissa invites the reader into a personal and deep journey about topics that are crucially important to uncover what would make a mom (and dad too) truly happy to work on…even after the kids are in bed.” —KEN HONDA, best-selling author of Happy Money    “This book is a great purchase for moms in every stage of life. Melissa is like a great friend, honest and wise and funny, telling you about her life and asking you to reflect on yours.” —MAUREEN TURNER CAREY, librarian in Austin, TX   TRANSCRIPT   00:00:00 Crystal: Come up with ideas to make it easier for food producers to produce more food because we are in a little island. We don't have that much territorial extension. So we can't think about our agriculture as other countries that have large extensions of terrains and flats and stuff like that. We need to think it differently.  00:00:25 Melissa: Welcome to the Mom Founder Imagination Hub, your weekly podcast to inspire you to dream bigger. Plan out how you're gonna get to that next level in business, find the energy to keep going, and make sure your creative juices are flowing so that this way you get what you really want rather than having to settle. Get ready to discover founders have reimagined entrepreneurship and motherhood.  00:00:47 Melissa: Ever wonder how they do it? Tune in to find out, and stretch yourself by also learning from diverse entrepreneurs who might not be moms, but who have lessons you can tailor about how you can disrupt industries and step way outside of your comfort zone. I believe every mom's superpower is her imagination. In this podcast, I'm gonna give you the mindset, methods, and tools to unleash yours. Sounds good? Then keep listening.  00:01:17 Melissa: So what does sofrito, which is essentially a base of herbs and spices used in Puerto Rican cooking, have to do with reimagining business, food security, and passing along really critical history lessons. Well, for today's guest, it is everything. And if you've ever wondered how to weave your culture, creativity, and calling into one powerful movement, then this episode is the recipe you've been looking for.  00:01:49 Melissa: Welcome to the Mom Founder Imagination Hub. This is your weekly podcast designed to inspire you to dream bigger in your business and your life. Also, to help you find the energy to keep going because how are you going to sustain what's necessary to be big and to keep your imagination flowing so that this way you could feel inspired, lit up like a Christmas tree or Hanukkah candles. I'm your host Melissa Llarena. 00:02:17 Melissa: I'm a mom of three high energy boys. No. They did not get their energy from me. Psyched. They did. I'm also a best selling author of Fertile Imagination and an imagination coach for mom founders who are reimagining what success and motherhood can look like on their own terms, and that's really important.  00:02:34 Melissa: Now, if you've ever stirred a pot of sofrito, you already know this. Right? You know that the blend of flavors tells a deeper story. It tells a story that sometimes has made its way across generations. It preserves a culture, and it does nourish more than just our baby's bellies.  00:02:56 Melissa: So today's guest, I am thrilled to invite Crystal Diaz. Now she's taken the same approach in terms of her business ventures. She's a foodpreneur, culture keeper, I love that, and community builder. She wears four hats and in today's episode we're gonna go through each of those hats. One of which is as the owner of El Pretexto, i.e. The Excuse, a culinary farm lodge in the countryside of Puerto Rico where she serves 100% locally sourced meals and lives her mission every day.  00:03:33 Melissa: She has lots of degrees and an MA in food studies from NYU, which is why if you're watching the video, you could see, I hope, my NYU t-shirt. Hit subscribe if you see it and you love it. Subscribe on YouTube. Hit follow on this podcast. 00:03:53 Melissa: A little bit more about Crystal. She was recognized by Fast Company as one of the most creative people in business in 2022 and was named one of El Nuevo Diaz women of the year in 2023. She's the real deal. In this episode, we're gonna explore how Crystal uses her imagination as her main ingredient, whether it's in terms of the way that she's carving away for Puerto Rico to have its own food centric cultural immersive experience or even by how she decided to commute to NYU from San Juan every single week, which was creative in and of itself, or even in terms of the way that she describes the depth of a very famous Puerto Rican dish.  00:04:43 Melissa: Oh, and side note, I actually have her real life best on the planet, sofrito recipe. My gosh, do not run away, For sure. Check out the sofrito recipe we articulated in this conversation. You're gonna walk away with yummy ideas for how to use your own imagination to nourish your business, your family, and community, and it's gonna be so important even if you're not working in food.  00:05:13 Melissa: So before we dig in, I would appreciate if you hit follow, if you're listening to this on iTunes. Why hit follow? Because every time someone hits follow on iTunes, it tells me that I need to bring more guests with stories like this to the podcast. And I get really excited and when a mom is excited, it is a very good day in her entire home. So go ahead, hit follow. You will absolutely get that dopamine hit that everybody needs or if you're watching this on YouTube, then hit subscribe. I would be so appreciative and again, I will do the dance of joy. Okay. So enjoy the conversation.  00:05:54 Melissa: Crystal Diaz, thank you so much for this conversation on the Mom Founder Imagination hub. We are delighted to have you here. Crystal, just to kind of set off the scenery, why don't you explain to us where you are in Puerto Rico? What's outside your windows? 00:06:10 Crystal: All right. Well, let's… our imagination hub in a car. We are in San Juan, and you drove forty five minutes south, up to the mountains. Now we are in Cayey. I am at El Pretexto, which is also my home, and we are overlooking… we're up in the mountains, 2,600 feet over sea level, overlooking the Caribbean Sea at the south, and all the mountains slowly winding down all the way to the coast. 00:06:43 Crystal: And you will have some crazy chickens surrounding you. In my patio while you are probably sipping a wine or a coffee, depending on the time of the day. Enjoying the view and, surrounded by trees, lush greenery all over the place. And there are gardens on your side, also as well. So you are surrounded definitely by nature and you feel at peace. That's where we are.  00:07:15 Melissa: Oh, okay. Cool. So let's bring that sense of peace to this conversation. I am excited because I'm sure any listener right now who is a mom, has a business, might feel a little frazzled now and again. But right now, for the next thirty minutes, this is a peaceful zone. We are in Puerto Rico right now. 00:07:37 Melissa: Okay. So, Crystal, now I'm gonna ask you an obvious question, as you just described what you are surrounded by in Puerto Rico. But you attended NYU, and I'm just kind of super curious. You could have stayed in New York, let's say. Right? You could have been like this chef at a restaurant in New York City, Michelin star, etcetera, etcetera. But you decided to return home. And so I'm just curious, like, what informed that decision?  00:08:13 Crystal: Well, you will be surprised with my answer because I never left home. I commuted every single week to New York. Coming on to the city, take my classes, back to my home. So for two years, I was traveling every week to New York for one day.  00:08:34 Melissa: Oh my gosh. Yeah. That is so surprising. Okay. So now I'm just curious here. Okay. So you were on a plane. So, usually people complain about their commute. Right? 00:08:48 Crystal: Uh-huh.  00:08:49 Melissa: They have this whole return to work aggravation. Here you are getting on a plane every single week to take courses at NYU. So then let me ask you this other question. So I know that it's a little off track, but now I'm just way curious. Why did it have to be NYU? That's quite the pull.  00:09:13 Crystal: Yeah. Well, my background is in marketing, and I have a BA in Marketing with a Minor in Advertising and Public Relations. Then I worked with a newspaper for fourteen years. So my background is all about business and marketing. Then I did a first master degree here in Puerto Rico, in the University of Puerto Rico, about cultural action and management. And then, I wanted – because at this point, I believe that I am not passionate anymore. I am kind of obsessed with food, and I guess we will get into that later. 00:09:58 Crystal: But, I wanted to learn the policy part of it. And in Puerto Rico, we don't have any program in any of the universities nor public or private, specifically about food, and way less food policies and advocacy and that type of perspective on the food system, which is what I wanted to learn. So that's why I ended up in New York. I decided to do this because it's a direct flight. So it's gonna be a three hours and a half flight going in, then the one hour in the A train until Westport. 00:10:49 Crystal: Even though I know it's intense, it was pretty straightforward. You don't have make a stop then take another plane. And I was studying and reading all my plane hours, so there's no excuse to not complete your assignments, I guess.  00:11:07 Melissa: Yeah. I love that. Okay. So, hey, that is 100% using your imagination because I think a lot of us, myself included, I wouldn't have considered that to be an option in my mind. I still don't. Right? It's gotta be a certain set of circumstances that make that a possibility. But, I love that now that's an idea that we just planted in someone's head. Right? If they really are obsessed. Right?  00:11:35 Crystal: And if you really want to learn about something and you're obsessed about it, there's always ways to learn, to make it happen. And to my point, New York is so expensive that I spend way less money in flight tickets than actually living there.  00:11:56 Melissa: Yeah. That makes a lot of sense. Okay. So this is really interesting. Okay. So you could have stayed in New York, but you didn't even choose to stay in New York when you were taking classes at NYU. So now you have the whole, like… that's just so that's fascinating, Crystal. You really gobsmacked me right now with that piece of information.  00:12:18 Melissa: So along the same lines of using your imagination and thinking totally out of the box, let me ask you this one question. So, El Pretexto, of course, we'll go into what it is and all of that. But I also wanna understand because on your website, you say that you've traveled the world. Right? So you've seen all these different culinary experiences. And using your imagination and imagining where or how would you imagine Puerto Rico's cuisine fitting into the landscape of world gastro– I can't say the rest of that word, but I know it's a real word.  00:12:57 Crystal: Yes. Well, for me, I love to travel. I am a girl of no luxuries. Right? I don't care about purses or new shoes or jewelry. It's like I don't judge, but I don't care. So where I spend my money and my time, which I can't… money, you can recover it somehow, but time is just one time. You just have every minute that you have.  00:13:27 Crystal: And I like to spend those traveling and getting to know other cultures and exposing myself to other cultures. And I think that those travels have pushed me to understand and appreciate what we have back here at home and also understand the opportunities that we have back here at home. Not everybody is doing it perfectly, but you can definitely learn how it is done in other places. And I'm talking generally. Right? Depending on what you are interested.  00:14:01 Crystal: But you always learn of how the world do things in other places. So, I in my case, I love food and I try to expose myself, not only to eating in good restaurants or good food, but I love to go to markets. I even go to supermarkets every time I travel. I like to visit farms and I noticed, especially in Mexico, you can see this – Peru is developing this a lot and Italy has it all set. 00:14:40 Melissa: On lockdown.  00:14:41 Crystal: But you have these culinary experiences where you get to… expose to their cuisine, with a local chef and and you go to their farmers' markets and you get the whole country but with a special focus in food. And I was like, “You know what? Puerto Rican food is full of history, is complex enough, is flavorful enough, and varied so I can pull something like this up in Puerto Rico.” So that's how one of our offerings about the curated food experiences came to be because I was sure that somebody will have the curiosity to get to know Puerto Rico from its food.  00:15:33 Crystal: So that's how I got into there. And I think that because I am obsessed with the fact that Puerto Rico imports 90% of everything that we eat, I am then focused on cherish and enhance and share that 10% what it can be if we actually put a lot of effort into grow that 10% into 20%, let's say.  00:16:08 Melissa: That's interesting. So okay. So, I mean, I'm not cynical, but, in my opinion, I kind of believe that the person that controls food source kinda controls a lot. And that's not fantastic. And so I'm just wondering from a policy perspective and as you think about this share of stomach or however it's really considered, are you also part of that conversation too? Like, are you actively advocating for that too?  00:16:45 Crystal: Yes. Yes. I always say I have a couple of hats for all those also thinking that you only have to do one thing and one thing only. If you want to do one thing and one thing only, that's okay. But in my case, I am focused on food, but I try to deal with it from different perspectives. So I have four hats.  00:17:09 Crystal: And one of my hats, specifically works with food policy advocacy. And we try to understand the local food policies that are in place, understanding what programs work, what programs doesn't work, and then trying to make it as… to come up with ideas to make it easier for food producers to produce more food. 00:17:41 Crystal: Because we are in a little island. We don't have that much territorial extension, so we can't think about our agriculture as other countries that have large extensions of terrains and flats and stuff like that. We need to think it differently. And I am not against importation. We all have globalized diets, and we love olive oil, and we can't produce that in Puerto Rico. And we love wine, and we can't produce that in Puerto Rico.  00:18:16 Crystal: So it's not like, all the way 100%. That's not what I mean. But definitely, we should aim to have, let's say, half of our stomach-share full of food that is produced locally. Not only because of its nutritional value, but also because it means economic growth and development for our island and our local communities. So every dollar that you spend on food… somebody might be hearing us while they are eating something.  00:18:55 Crystal: So you imagine whatever you're eating right now, let's say it cost you $1. It depends on where the ingredients came from, that dollar went to that place. It depends on where it was processed, part of that dollar went to that place. And then if you bought it in the supermarket or if you bought it in Amazon, to who you gave that share of that dollar.  00:22 Crystal: So with every single meal that we do, with every single snack, everything that we eat, you are impacting economies. And if you want to support your local communities and you want to see them, everybody having a better life, you might want to spend that dollar closer home and making sure that all of the ingredients that are on that food are closer to home so that money stays closer to home. And that's how I see it. 00:19:58 Crystal: How do we make that that share of that dollar that we as consumers have the power to choose where it goes. And, by the way, there are some parts that we have the power and some part we don't have the power. I understand that. But how do we make an effort in whatever way we can to stay as close as possible to our home.  00:20:24 Melissa: So I think you said that… was that one out of your four hats? 00:20:28 Crystal: Yes.  00:20:29 Melissa: What are the other three?  00:20:30 Crystal: Well, El Pretexto, which is a bed and breakfast, is our Puerto Rico's first and only culinary farm lodge. This is my home, but I also welcome guests here. So El Pretexto is my second one. I'm the co-founder of PRoduct, which is a digital marketplace that connects local food producers with consumers directly. We're trying to shorten that food chain and make it easier and convenient to get local products on your home. We deliver island wide. So that's my third hat. And then I have a super small, digital, marketing agency with another partner, and it's all focused on food and beverage. So everything is about food but from different perspectives.  00:21:25 Melissa: Yeah. That's so interesting because it's almost like you have a little supply chain kind of going on. Right? It's like we've got a lot going on, but it's all related to eating, which is essential. But I think it's smart. I mean, you have your little niche there. Huge niche. We keep being hungry, so you're in a good spot, I would say.  00:21:49 Melissa: So let me understand this idea about food and how you saw it as an opportunity for Puerto Rico because it has a rich history. Right? So me as a mom, for example, I'm second generation from a Puerto Rican perspective. As a mom, for me, passing down culture is urgent. It's almost on the verge of extinction, I feel, because of where I am generationally. Like, I'm, quote, unquote, “amongst people that I know I'm not,” quote, unquote, “supposed to know Spanish.” I'm not, quote, unquote, “supposed to literally make rice and beans every day,” which by the way, I don't have to. But my goodness, my children really like their rice and beans. And I am so lazy. So that is all I make because I just want one pot.  00:22:40 Melissa: But anyway, so culture, food, that's the one way that I pass it along. Right? You are what you eat. So guess what? My kids are Puerto Rican and Cuban, at this stage. Yes. They have Dominican in them, but, hey, that's just my culinary preference. So tell me about this idea of culture, Puerto Rican culture. And I would be super curious if you could maybe choose an example of a cuisine or food and just kind of walk us through how that kind of expresses culture or maybe there's a story behind it that is unique to Puerto Rico.  00:23:20 Crystal: Well, for me and my mentor used to be doctor Cruz Miguel Ortiz Cuadra, which was the only food historian in Puerto Rico. He passed two years ago, but I learned so much from him and pretty much I was his daughter. He inherit me all his library, which I have here, home. And, so we discussed this a lot. And I think that we both shared that the ultimate dish that represents the Puerto Rican culture will be the pasteles. For those that doesn't know what a pastel is, it's a tamal like preparation. But the tamales are corn based and they use corn leaves to wrap it up. The pasteles puertorriqueños is made out of a dough made out of root vegetables mainly. 00:24:20 Crystal: It will have bananas and plantains that we got from our African in [inaudible]. It will have pumpkin, which were already with our Taino peoples here in America. It will have yautia, which also was here in Puerto Rico. And then, it will have some pork stew that was brought by the Spanish people. So you have in one dish our full heritage of the three cultures that have conformed the Puerto Rican-ness in just one dish.  00:25:01 Crystal: And then that works too will use, what is the ultimate base of flavor of the Puerto Rican cuisine, which is the sofrito. And the sofrito itself also is a blend of African, Spanish, and Taino ingredients, but it's a bricolage of flavors and smells that then go into the stew that then is used to make the pastel. And the pastel is also representative of the most authentic Puerto Rican soul because el pastel is wrapped as a gift.  00:25:40 Crystal: And if you were poor and there was a lot of poverty in Puerto Rico at some – we still have, but there used to be a lot of poverty back in the days. If you didn't have any resources, monetary resources to gift things, you will make pasteles with the things that are on your patio. You will have that growing up in your patio, in your garden, and then you will do pasteles, and you will gift that to your adult, kids, to your sisters, to your brothers.  00:26:13 Crystal: And so because it's – now we have technology, and now we can use food processors and so on. But back in the day, you had to grate that by hand. So if you have that gift, I am not only gifting you my talent and the products that I grow in my patio, but I'm also gifting my time. So it's a very meaningful way of telling someone that you really care about them. 00:26:42 Crystal: And that's all about Puerto Ricans. We care. We care a lot. We want to share everything that we have. And all the visitors that we have, they all can say that Puerto Ricans are always nice to them. Even if we have people that doesn't speak so much English, they will take you to whatever place you wanted to go, trying to understand you and enjoying our island. So I think that the pastel is representative of all the goodness of the Puerto Ricans.  00:27:16 Melissa: Let's pause for a second. If you've been nodding your head all along while listening to Crystal talk about food as fuel for imagination, then I wanna put this on your radar. My book, Fertile Imagination is for any mom who's ever thought, “I know I'm capable of more, but I don't know where to start.”  00:27:39 Melissa: And as one Amazon reviewer said this of my book, Fertile Imagination, which is all about maximizing your superpower to make your maximum impact, She says this, “It's a non judgmental kick in the butt to start valuing your whole selves and to create a new reality where we combine motherhood with our big dreams. Whether you're chasing an idea during nap time or whispering your big vision,” this is hilarious, “into a spatula, then this book is your creative permission slip.”  00:28:17 Melissa: You're gonna hear stories, especially if you like this conversation with Crystal. You're gonna hear a story as well from a podcast guest that I had here who is a James Beard award winning chef, Gabriele Corcos. And you're gonna learn about how he has really latched on to this idea of novelty as his way to explore new categories of interest in his one beautiful life. So I want to just be sure that you realize that this conversation is the beginning of the process. I wanted you to see through Crystal how if your imagination was reawakened, you can start to reimagine how you approach your own life. And I think that's important.  00:29:04 Melissa: But then the book, Fertile Imagination, goes on and adds some tools that you can actually use to incorporate your imagination into your one divine life. And here's the thing, because you could use your imagination from any place you are in the world, you won't have to hop on a plane and go to any place. You can actually just close your eyes and replug in to the little girl that you once were who had all these beautiful ideas that you wanted to play out in the world and that's what I want for you. 00:29:41 Melissa: So here's what I have for you. Just go ahead to fertileideas.com. If you're driving, if you're running, if you're walking, you could do this in a bit. Just go to fertileideas.com and you could download a free chapter of my book, Fertile Imagination. What's really amazing about that chapter is that that chapter basically takes you to a place where you can go and travel back in time, to that moment when you were most free, to that moment where you had the world totally ahead of you and you were imagining what you wanted for your one divine life. That's what I did when I got on stage at the Magnet Theater in New York City 100 years ago now, so it feels. 00:30:25 Melissa: But I talk about that moment for me in that chapter that you can get for free right now on fertileideas.com. So back to the show. Again, shop the book. This episode is brought to you by Fertile Imagination, every mom's superpower. Go to fertileideas.com. Grab the free chapter. Why not? What are you gonna do? Have an amazing time reading a free chapter? That's the way to set yourself up for success for this summer. All right. Enjoy the rest of the conversation.  00:30:55 Melissa: I've never ever heard of un pastel in that way. I'm just like… it's fascinating because I also think it's… maybe it's just me, but I feel like there's a bit of an acquired taste to it too. Like, for me. Right? When I think about a pastel and I compare it to a tamal, I do not think about a Mexican tamal at all. I think about Cuban. I think about– 00:31:26 Crystal: Yeah. Sure. 00:31:28 Melissa: And for me, it's really fascinating to hear the story behind the pastel in the sense that it's very, very comprehensive. You could… I mean, I bet you there's probably books already. Or maybe you're gonna write a book. Maybe you got a fourth – a fifth hat to wear, right? You can write about pasteles. I mean, it's not a bad gig.  00:31:49 Melissa: But I think it's really interesting. And I think it's a testament to the fact that irrespective of where someone travels to the depth with which they can get to know and appreciate a culture is almost unlimited in a way, right? It's… like, for me and my family, I am not a Disney World person. But I've been to Disney World because it's kinda like, “Oh, we just go to Disney World and I have three kids.” And you got a cat. That's a little bit of a cat. She's got a cat. If you're watching this on video, you see her big and fluffy cat. Is your cat Puerto Rican though? 00:32:29 Crystal: She is Puerto Rican. She is a sato cat.  00:32:31 Melissa: Aw.  00:32:32 Crystal: She's a rescue one.  00:32:34 Melissa: So cute. She probably eats pasteles because she's got meat on her. She's a solid cat. But, yeah, just the depth with which you could understand a culture, what I'm hearing from you, Crystal, it can absolutely include history and and careful attention to the food that you're eating. Right? I think about just everywhere that I've traveled and every time I've eaten food, it's kind of like there's almost a story or a reason for why something is on a plate, and it's not always superficial. It's not just labor profile. It could have to do with political conversations. It could have to do with whoever decided that that food would make its way to that region.  00:33:27 Melissa: But let me ask you this question then. So just to kind of close-up this conversation on something that I think is very practical, I'm gonna ask you a very selfish question. Okay, so I'm on the quest for the perfect sofrito. I'm gonna tell you what I do for my sofrito. So it's my ritual on Sundays. I take all the peppers that I find, red, green, yellow, and even orange because it comes in that pack. I also then buy cilantro. I'm in Texas, so let's just be mindful I'm limited in some of the things I can get.  00:34:05 Melissa: Also because I'm a health conscious mom, I put bone broth in the blender so that this way things can blend. Right? I put onions. I put garlic. I put some oregano. That is what's in my sofrito on a good day. Melissa's like, “Okay. I am ready to make a sofrito.” How can I enhance that sofrito, or how do you teach people that visit El Pretexto how to make their own sofrito?  00:34:39 Crystal: Well, sofrito is one thing as the pasteles. Right? Everybody have their own recipe, and everybody says that their mom's sofrito is the best. Right? [inaudible] My mom's sofrito is the best. So that's the one that I do. And I'm happy to share the recipe for you because I have it written.  00:35:03 Crystal: But there are two schools of Sofrito to begin with. The school that says you do your Sofrito on a Sunday and you don't touch it… you don't do another Sofrito batch up until that one is gone in one or two weeks. And then you have my mom's school, which is you do your sofrito every time that you're gonna cook. 00:35:28 Melissa: Gotcha. Right.  00:35:31 Crystal: Obviously, that's nice for those that are retired and have all the time in the world. I do it that way. I'm not retired, but it's because I have a– 00:35:40 Melissa: That's your job. 00:35:41 Crystal: That's how she does it. And I don't want to, to your point, I want to continue her way of doing things. So, there are onions. We don't use all the colors of the bell peppers. We actually use cubanelle pepper. Onion cubanelle, then we will have the aji dulce, the sweet little pepper we need. We will have the cilantro, but we will also have culantro. [inaudible]. Yeah? And then, we will have garlic in it, a little bit of oregano, and pretty much that's the base. 00:36:29 Crystal: So depending on who you ask, there are people that will omit having the onion, and they will do it when they are cooking, if they're doing a batch. And then you will have people that will go all the way in with a lot of culantro in it, so it has that strong flavor to it. My mom's is more balanced in how much goes of each little thing in there. And we also use the bone broth, but not to blend the sofrito, but to stew the rice. If it's gonna be a stew rice, we will do bone broth instead of water with the rice. 00:37:18 Crystal: And then, the beans, we like them vegetarians. We don't use any hams or meat cuts into it. But, again, that's us. There are people that say that the most flavorful ones is with a piece of ham in it and whatever. But, I like… my mom's and mine are vegetarian. And my cat starts again.  00:37:43 Crystal: But, sofrito is is very personal. You know? It's part of how your family has done it. And as I told earlier, it's also a blend of these three cultures that goes into it. A lot of cultures have mirepoix or other type of base of flavors into their food and this is ours. So you have to make it yours but also learn that there is a lot of history into it. It's not something that we do because we do it. There is a lot of history into it. But, yeah, happy to share my mom's one with you. 00:38:29 Melissa: Yeah. For sure. Crystal, this was so amazing. So I would say around now, a lot of individuals are planning their summer holiday trips and vacations and all of that. So, maybe you can share where people can learn more about you, can learn more about El Pretexto if that's an option to them to kind of explore, and just follow your journey. 00:38:53 Crystal: Yeah. Sure. Well, a friendly reminder that it is an adults only project. So this might be your chance to… El Pretexto actually translates to “The Excuse.” So this might be your excuse to having your parents take care of the kids and hop down to the island and have a little bit of a honeymoon. But, El Pretexto, you can find it at elprotextopr.com. We're also in social media @elprotextopr in Facebook and Instagram.  00:39:30 Crystal: There you will meet our chickens and photos of our garden and our harvest and the breakfast, and maybe you get a little bit hungry. In our website, you will find different options because you could come for a weekend or you could come for a weekday stay, but also you could come for these curated food experiences, which are in very specific dates around the year. We also have dinners, farm to table dinners in our property. We invite guest chefs to cook dinners, around the year.  00:40:08 Crystal: And, also, I take people to other places in the countryside to enjoy a beautiful lunch, but getting to know another piece of countryside around the island. So, El Pretexto is no other thing than the celebration of the beautiful diverse countryside of Puerto Rico. And you can check all the information there. So, yeah, feel free to follow me there.  00:40:37 Melissa: Thank you so much, Crystal. This has been amazing. Have an awesome rest of your day. Keep enjoying the peace and serenity of the mountains and the Caribbean Sea and all the beauty that you see outside your window. Thank you so much for this conversation.  00:40:53 Crystal: Thank you. Thank you for the invitation.  00:40:56 Melissa: So what's your version of a sofrito? Right? Let's take it out of the kitchen and into your home office. What sort of things for you can you put together to create your next big idea, whether it's something for business, something for your personal life or something for your family this very summer. I am so excited to have had Crystal Diaz for this conversation because I think she's inspiring all of us. She's giving us a good idea of all the ways that we could color our own individual rainbows.  00:41:33 Melissa: At the same time, I want this to just remind you that your imagination could be stirred into anything, right? Especially like tonight's dinner. So catch up on Tuesdays on the Mom Founder Imagination Hub and until then, keep cooking up ideas that only you can serve. I honestly think there's a place in this world for imaginations. And irrespective of AI and technology, at the end of the day, it's only as good as the person behind the computer screen, our prompts, our ideas, the way that we decide to use these resources.  00:42:10 Melissa: And that is the best case for you to actually keep your imagination going and playing with it. So thank you for this conversation. And again, if you are interested in learning more about the book, just go to fertileideas.com. Have an amazing rest of your day, moms.  

Send us a textStimulate your intellect with Nancy and I as we celebrate one week post-wedding with gate lice, nude wallpaper, and a MAGNUM of wine. From Tiki Bar LA to Shakespeare in the Park, we dive into rainforest vibes, Roman gods, and a white boy's brutal Taino language butchering. Plus, failures in beer and wine making and knitting vs. crochet debates. Stick around at the end for a couple rounds of brilliant trivia.Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, share and rate! Chris Pintohttps://www.chrispinto.com/ IG: @chrispeterpinto FB: https://www.facebook.com/chris.pinto.940Twitter: @chrispeterpintoLI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pinto-employment-search-llc/Email: chrispintoactor@gmail.com Music and Sound FX Credits: https://freepd.com/

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In this heartfelt episode, Janiris shares her incredible journey from a structured military life to a profound spiritual awakening. She delves into how music, particularly Londrelle's songs, catalyzed her transformation and led her to explore her ancestral Taino roots. Tap in as we dive deep into her story of overcoming struggles, reconnecting with her true self, and finding her voice in poetry and music. This episode is packed with inspiration and personal growth that will resonate with anyone on a journey of self-discovery. Don't miss it!00:00 Leaving the Military: A New Beginning00:19 Discovering Yoga and Music: A Spiritual Awakening01:57 Joining the Indigenous Community: Finding My Voice02:47 Introduction and Background: Meet Janis04:16 Life Story: From Brooklyn to the Military07:05 Post-Military Life: Struggles and Self-Discovery10:42 The Spiritual Journey: Connecting to My Roots11:31 The Retreat Experience: A Turning Point17:41 Healing and Empowerment: The Natural Girl Glow Up25:29 Balancing Energies: The Masculine and Feminine29:17 Discovering Purpose Through Service29:31 The Power of Words and Spiritual Insights30:13 The Healing Journey and Sharing Wisdom32:49 Poetry as a Medium for Healing34:17 The Journey of Publishing Poetry40:22 The Transformative Power of Music42:54 Connecting Through Creative Expression47:18 Reflecting on Growth and Co-Creation50:17 Final Thoughts and How to Connecthttps://www.instagram.com/musethepoetess/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccEAxE8eS28https://www.dharmaglow.com

Reggae, Rock, Indie, Folk, HipHop, Roots, Pop, Country, Metal, Jazz and Alt Rock by musicians from the Hopi, Anishinaabe, Metis, Atikamekw, Innu, Ojibway, Oji-Cree, Wampanoag, Taino, Cree, Navajo, Inuit, Piipaash, Quechan, Cherokee, Lakota, Mexica and Seneca Nations. Brought to you by Tunes From Turtle Island and Pantheon Podcasts. If you like the music you hear, go out and buy/stream some of it. :) All these artists need your support. Tracks on this week's show are: Chureah & Highest Conspiracy - Love Light Leonard Sumner - Dreamcatcher The Band Blackbird - Million Miles Samantha Crain - B-Attitudes LAL & GR Gritt - Light Of Day Sakay Ottawa & Packo & Ivan Bovin-Famand - Kitci meskano Thea May - Gone Aysanabee - Without You Graeme Jonez - Nebraska The ZYG 808 - 12? Brother Mikey - Angeless Jessa Sky - Healin' Xiutezcatl & Remata Flores - SIGUEME Jarrid Lee - Drinks I Dont Drink Tutu & Naja P - Qanikkaangata (Walls - Akinni Inuk) iiwaa - Olympic Rings Once A Tree - small town dreams Sharel Cassity - Stick Up Los 400 Conejos Ebrios - El Bucle G Precious & Velvet Code & Luv Foundation - SO FIERCE Luv Foundation uk radio edit Aakil M.C.X. & GabrielTheMessenger - Hoop Of Life Sage Cornelius - The Revenant Malditos de Corazon & El Gran Silencio - Mexico Sabroso Patrick Moon Bird - Here For You Ecotone - Between The Lines Elemantra - Playing Make Believe All songs on this podcast are owned by the artist(s) and are used for educational purposes only. All songs can be found for purchase or streaming wherever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing tracks and support these artists. More info on the show here.

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Chris Warren, author of "Starved for Light: The Long Shadow of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency."

The Long Shadow of Rickets: Vitamin D, Historical Insights, and Modern Implications. Dr. Chris Warren, a history professor at Brooklyn College delves into the origins and prevalence of rickets, a condition now largely unknown but once widespread. Dr. Warren explains the factors contributing to rickets, particularly Vitamin D deficiency, and shares insights from his book, "Starved for Light: The Long Shadow of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency." The discussion covers socioeconomic, industrial, and environmental aspects, along with the relevance of cod liver oil, sunlight exposure, and the evolution of Vitamin D synthesis. There are also reflections on modern implications of Vitamin D deficiency and racial differences in processing Vitamin D. The episode concludes with a look at how historical medical practices around rickets influenced today's medical norms and practices.

Join Laura on a flavorful journey through the lush landscapes of Puerto Rico! We'll explore the famed "ruta de lechon," where succulent pork is roasted to perfection at lechoneras dotting the mountain roads.Our adventure takes us through the Carite rainforest where you can hike to breathtaking swimming holes and sip holy spring water at a catholic pilgrimage site.  Listen in as our guide, Adrian, shares insights about the island's history, from the original Taino inhabitants to the vibrant culinary scene that flourishes today. We'll uncover the significance of plantains, the rhythms of salsa music, and the remarkable wildlife of the rainforest, including the iconic coquí frog.With a mix of adventure, culture, and culinary delights, this episode is not to be missed!Want to support the podcast? Go to Laura's Patreon site to see photos from the episode, maps of places she talks about and you can become a patron too!Follow the show on instagram or facebook.Buy matcha at: https://mantramatcha.com/  Use Promo code: TRAVELALONG to get 15% off.  Buy sustainably produced coffee:  https://www.afueracoffee.com/  Enter promo code: TRAVELALONG for 15% off.  (And I'll earn a commission.)Musical Credits:Free Guitar Riding Blues (F 014) by Lobo Loco is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.Taino music- track 1 provided by TainoAge.comSpanish Guitar solo by Sonican, Mabarebare by Kbwabana, holyChorus.wav by BFMGames and Buena Suerte by FJRAV Travel Vlog are available under the Creative Commons Zero license.Support the show

In this transformative episode of Secrets to Luminous Living, Melissa Boyd welcomes MJ, a gifted energy healer specializing in spiritual surgery, frequency healing, and quantum energy work. Drawing on her Taino roots and extensive certifications in Reiki, past life regression, and sound therapy, MJ helps others shift their energy and transform their reality. Tune in as she shares her journey, insights, and the power of energetic healing to unlock profound balance and spiritual evolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Soil Matters with Cuauhtemoc VillaSeason 3 Episode 48 Today's Guest: Cuauhtemoc Villa is a Taino, Aztec and Mayan living soil educator, regenerative farmer and father. He is a friend of the microbes, a student of their ancient wisdom and a teacher of their ways. For over 20 years, Cuauhtemoc has partnered with the microbes using bokashi, biochar and compost teas to grow resilient plants and bioremediate land and water. Cuauhtemoc is passionate about remembering andrestoring indigenous agricultural ways and tribal ecological knowledge to honor land, ancestors and future generations. Cuauhtemoc shares these practices with people of all ages and backgrounds, through school garden programs, online and hands-on workshops, conferences and consultations with farmers and growers across the world.   https://www.suscolcouncil.org/https://www.instagram.com/groundculturepdxhttps://www.instagram.com/bokashi4u Your Host: Leighton Morrisonhttps://www.instagram.com/kingdomaqua... https://www.kingdomaquaponicsllc.com/  Executive ProducerKen Somerville https://www.instagram.com/kensomerville/ https://www.itsallaboutthebiology.ca Contact emailitsallaboutthebiology@gmail.com Reach out to Ken for a quick 15 mincall:https://calendly.com/kensomerville/connections Help to support the mission: patreon.com/user?u=104510089 Discount codes available at: https://www.itsallaboutthebiology.ca/discountcodes #flowers,#plants,#nature,#gardening,#garden,#growing,#koreannaturalfarming,#naturalfarming,#jadam,#naturalfertilizer,#naturalfarminginputs,#permaculture,#regenerative,#foodforest,#biodynamic,#bioactive,#organic,#notill,#knf,#organicgardening,#urbangardening,#containergardening,#homegardening, Music by The Invisible Gardener (Andy Lopez) https://soundcloud.com/invisiblegardenerFor Full: Disclaimer

Drums, rattles, and other percussion instruments are well-known sources of musical accompaniment connected to Native American music. Flutes were one of the first melodic instruments developed by North American Indigenous peoples. In addition, there are a variety of other traditional instruments, including fiddles and harps, that certain tribes perfected over generations. We'll hear about some of the ways Native Americans have been making music over the years, and some of the ways they're being incorporated in contemporary compositions. GUESTS Andrew Weaver (Yup'ik), program coordinator for the Alaska Native Heritage Center Bennett Wakayuta (Hualapai and Hopi), artist William Rodriguez (Taino), owner of Archaic Roots and Indigenous instruments specialist Shawn Yacavone, owner of Ukulele Friend and co-chair of the Hawaiian Music Archives at Hawaii State Archives

Notes and Links to Alejandro Heredia's Work          Alejandro Heredia is a queer Afro-Dominican writer from The Bronx. His debut novel LOCA is out today (February 11) from Simon and Schuster. He has received fellowships from Lambda Literary, VONA, the Dominican Studies Institute, Kenyon Review, and Trinity College. In 2019, he was selected by Myriam Gurba as the winner of the Gold Line Press Fiction Chapbook Contest. His chapbook of short stories, You're the Only Friend I Need (2021), explores themes of queer transnationalism, friendship, and (un)belonging in the African Diaspora. Heredia's work has been featured in Teen Vogue, Lambda Literary Review, The Offing, and elsewhere. He received an MFA in fiction from Hunter College.    Heredia currently serves as Black Mountain Institute's Shearing Fellow at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Buy Loca   Alejandro Heredia's Website   Book Review for Loca   At about 2:40, Alejandro shares his feelings as the book's Pub Day approaches, as well as feedback that he hasn't gotten on the novel At about 4:40, Alejandro talks about his bilingualism, growing up in The Bronx and The Dominican Republic, and what led him towards writing  At about 7:10, Alejandro talks about how being bilingual helps him to become a better writer/thinker and how his Spanglish has developed  At about 9:25, Alejandro gives some background on a specific Dominican word At about 10:25, Alejandro responds to Pete's questions about what he was reading that served as foundational for him and he expands upon “writing across difference” At about 13:10, Alejandro cites contemporary fiction that inspires and challenges, including Gina Chung's work At about 14:10, Alejandro outlines ideas of how he sees the use of the word “queer” At about 16:00, Alejandro expands upon seeds and stimulating ideas for his book, especially wth regard to the “Author's Note” At about 19:10, Alejandro expands on his Author's Note reference to fiction's “capaciousness” and how fiction's constructs helped him write about loss and grief in Loca At about 21:10, Alejandro talks about the significance of his two epigraphs and ideas of “home” and friendship  At about 23:40, Pete and Alejandro talks about the book's exposition and an early inciting incident  At about 24:30, Pete asks Alejandro about main character Charo's domesticity and her visceral negative reaction At about 26:05, The two discuss ideas of community and Y2K and the importance of the “queer space” at The Shade Room in a Dominican and Puerto Rican community At about 28:20, Alejandro talks about intersectionality and his qualms about its usage in early reviews of the novel At about 30:55, Pete and Alejandro discuss Vance and Sal's first meeting and budding relationship and ideas of “identity politics and language” At about 32:25, The two discuss important familial and friend characters  At about 33:55, Yadiel is discussed as a proud queer character and Aljandrro expands upon a moment in which Sal and Yadiel  At about 36:15, Alejandro responds to Pete's questions about a “moment in time” and a “utpian moment,” and expands upon the good and bad of life “at the margins” At about 39:35, Alejandro replies to Pete's question about the ways in which he deals wth sexual abuse and its effects and the abuse as “foundational” and “inform[ing]” Sal's adolescence and beyond At about 42:45, Vance and his likability and Ren are described  At about 43:55, Anacaona and her history are discussed in connection to an important flashback in the book At about 46:00, Alejandro expands upon ideas of “erasing Blackness” that come as unintentional (?) effects of the portrayal of the Taino peoples  At about 49:15, Robert and his sympathetic nature and his usage of a homophobic slur are discussed, as Alejandro discusses the “reclaiming” of the word in the queer Dominican community At about 50:40, Don Julio, Sal's roommate, and his emblematic background are discussed, along with the benefits and drawbacks of “normalizing” a reclaimed word At about 53:00, Alejandro talks about being a “writer of images” after Pete compliments one of many resonant scenes At about 54:55, Pete and Alejandro tiptoe around any spoilers At about 55:50, Sal and Kiko and their minor triumphs and Sal's success as a teacher are discussed  At about 57:00, Pete wonders about Lena, an eccentric character in the book, and Alejandro talks about some ambiguities  At about 59:00, Robert and Charo's relationship and ideas of repression, personal choice, and guilt throughout the book are discussed  At about 1:03:25, Pete and Alejandro discuss generational differences in the ways in which Sal and Vance interact and see progressive movements  At about 1:07:40, Alejandro discusses social media contact info and points listeners towards his upcoming tour dates      You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow Pete on IG, where he is @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where he is @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both the YouTube Channel and the podcast while you're checking out this episode.       Pete is very excited to have one or two podcast episodes per month featured on the website of Chicago Review of Books. The audio will be posted, along with a written interview culled from the audio. This week, his conversation with previous guest Carvell Wallace will be up on the website. A big thanks to Rachel León and Michael Welch at Chicago Review.     Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl      Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting Pete's one-man show, his DIY podcast and his extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content! This month's Patreon bonus episode will feature an exploration of the wonderful poetry of Khalil Gibran.    I have added a $1 a month tier for “Well-Wishers” and Cheerleaders of the Show.    This is a passion project of Pete's, a DIY operation, and he'd love for your help in promoting what he's convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form.     The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.     Please tune in for Episode 272 with Lamya H. Lamya is a queer Muslim writer and organizer living in New York City whose 2023 memoir HIJAB BUTCH BLUES won the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize and a Stonewall Non-fiction Book Award, and was also a finalist for Lambda Literary and Publishing Triangle Awards. Lamya's organizing work centers around creating spaces for LGBTQ+ Muslims, fighting Islamophobia, Palestine, and prison abolition.    The episode airs on February 18.

Diana McCaulay discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Diana McCaulay is a Jamaican environmental activist and the award-winning author of five novels. Winner of the Gold Musgrave Medal, Jamaica's highest award for lifetime achievement across the arts and sciences; twice Winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for the Caribbean region (in 2022 and in 2012), she has also been shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Award, among other nominations, and is the winner of the Watson, Little 50 Prize for unrepresented writers aged 50+. Her new novel is A House For Miss Pauline, available at https://www.dialoguebooks.co.uk/titles/diana-mccaulay/a-house-for-miss-pauline/9780349704265/. What a healthy coral reef looks like https://simonmustoe.blog/what-does-healthy-coral-reef-look-like/ The Legacies of British Slave ownership project https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/ The Taino artefacts in the British Museum https://www.artoftheancestors.com/blog/taino-arts-british-museum That the Caribbean is not just a playground for tourists ht tps://www.tiharasmith.com/blogs/behind-the-brand/the-caribbean Jamaica's south coast https://www.visitjamaica.com/listing/treasure-beach/474/ How long ago scientists warned of the impacts of putting greenhouse gases in the atmosphere https://www.rigb.org/explore-science/explore/blog/who-discovered-greenhouse-effect This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

In this Native Circles episode, Eva Bighorse and Dr. Farina King sit down with Violet Duncan, an award-winning author, dancer, and storyteller from the Plains Cree of the Kehewin Cree Nation and of Taino descent. Together, they trace Violet's path as a creative force, diving into the themes of her National Book Award-nominated youth novel, Buffalo Dreamer (published by Nancy Paulsen Books in 2024), and her upcoming children's book, "Life is a Dance." The conversation touches on the impacts of the Indian residential school system, the power of storytelling in mental health and community healing, and the joys and challenges of family life. Violet's reflections on promoting Indigenous storytelling and arts through her work with Young Warriors, dedicated to cultivating spaces for Indigenous performance and practices, offer a powerful reminder of the resilience and vibrancy of Indigenous peoples.Recommended Resources:Violet Duncan, official websiteViolent Duncan, About the Author webpage on Penguin Random HouseBuffalo Dreamer by Violet Duncan webpage on Penguin Random House"Buffalo Dreamer: An Interview with Author Violet Duncan [S7 Ep. 228]," Brave New Teaching podcast, October 10, 2024I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer Reviewed by Debbie Reese, Social Justice Books"Violet Duncan- I Am Native," interview on KidLit in Color"Guest Post: Recognizing Our Past, Awakening Our Future by Violet Duncan (Buffalo Dreamer)," School Library Journal, September 4, 2024Violet Duncan on Instagram @violetduncan

The Soil Matters with Cuauhtemoc Villa Season 2 Episode 48   Today's Guest: Cuauhtemoc Villa is a Taino, Aztec and Mayan living soil educator, regenerative farmer and father. He is a friend of the microbes, a student of their ancient wisdom and a teacher of their ways. For over 20 years, Cuauhtemoc has partnered with the microbes using bokashi, biochar and compost teas to grow resilient plants and bioremediate land and water. Cuauhtemoc is passionate about remembering and restoring indigenous agricultural ways and tribal ecological knowledge to honor land, ancestors and future generations. Cuauhtemoc shares these practices with people of all ages and backgrounds, through school garden programs, online and hands-on workshops, conferences and consultations with farmers and growers across the world.    https://groundculturepdx.com/ https://www.instagram.com/groundculturepdx https://www.instagram.com/bokashi4u https://www.suscolcouncil.org/   Your Host:   Leighton Morrison https://www.instagram.com/kingdomaqua... https://www.kingdomaquaponicsllc.com/   Executive Producer Ken Somerville https://www.instagram.com/kensomerville/ https://www.itsallaboutthebiology.ca Contact email itsallaboutthebiology@gmail.com Reach out to Ken for a quick 15 min call: https://calendly.com/kensomerville/connections   Help to support the mission: patreon.com/user?u=104510089   Discount codes available at: https://www.itsallaboutthebiology.ca/discountcodes   #flowers,#plants,#nature,#gardening,#garden,#growing,#koreannaturalfarming,#naturalfarming,#jadam,#naturalfertilizer,#naturalfarminginputs,#permaculture,#regenerative,#foodforest,#biodynamic,#bioactive,#organic,#notill,#knf,#organicgardening,#urbangardening,#containergardening,#homegardening,   Music by The Invisible Gardener (Andy Lopez) https://soundcloud.com/invisiblegardener For Full: Disclaimer

While history marks the first Thanksgiving as being in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621, it turns out that when Christopher Columbus (and his *sshole brother, Bartholomew) first land in modern-day Haiti in 1492, they were warmly welcomed and assisted in a similar fashion by today's Broad, Anacaona! A powerhouse leader of the Taino people, Anacaona led her people NOT into war, as so many neighboring tribes had done, but with a true matriarchal vision of peace and prosperity for all, she tried to erase division between the Spanish and the Taino through intermarriage, which was a remarkably effective strategy...until Nicolas de Ovando arrives from Spain as the new Governor. Join us for this remarkable and heartbreaking story AND take part in our special Thanksgiving Challenge to donate your Thanksgiving expenditures to Indigenous Tribes which once resided on the land which you now live. Find out your local tribal information at native-land.ca. — A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world! BroadsYouShouldKnow.com YT/IG/FB @BroadsYouShouldKnow & TW @BYSKpodcast — 3 Ways you can help support the podcast: Write a review on Apple Podcasts Share your favorite episode with a friend or on social Send us an email with a broad suggestion, question, or comment at BroadsYouShouldKnow@gmail.com — Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky. IG: @SaraGorsky Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com — Broads You Should Know is produced and edited by Sara Gorsky, with original music by Darren Callahan.

The Soil Matters with Cuauhtemoc Villa   Today's Guest:   Cuauhtemoc Villa is a Taino, Aztec and Mayan living soil educator, regenerative farmer and father. He is a friend of the microbes, a student of their ancient wisdom and a teacher of their ways. For over 20 years, Cuauhtemoc has partnered with the microbes using bokashi, biochar and compost teas to grow resilient plants and bioremediate land and water. Cuauhtemoc is passionate about remembering and restoring indigenous agricultural ways and tribal ecological knowledge to honor land, ancestors and future generations. Cuauhtemoc shares these practices with people of all ages and backgrounds, through school garden programs, online and hands-on workshops, conferences and consultations with farmers and growers across the world.    https://groundculturepdx.com/ https://www.instagram.com/groundculturepdx https://www.instagram.com/bokashi4u https://www.suscolcouncil.org/   Your Host:   Leighton Morrison https://www.instagram.com/kingdomaqua... https://www.kingdomaquaponicsllc.com/   Executive Producer Ken Somerville https://www.instagram.com/kensomerville/ https://www.itsallaboutthebiology.ca Contact email itsallaboutthebiology@gmail.com Reach out to Ken for a quick 15 min call: https://calendly.com/kensomerville/connections   Help to support the mission: patreon.com/user?u=104510089   Discount codes available at: https://www.itsallaboutthebiology.ca/discountcodes   #flowers,#plants,#nature,#gardening,#garden,#growing,#koreannaturalfarming,#naturalfarming,#jadam,#naturalfertilizer,#naturalfarminginputs,#permaculture,#regenerative,#foodforest,#biodynamic,#bioactive,#organic,#notill,#knf,#organicgardening,#urbangardening,#containergardening,#homegardening,   Music by The Invisible Gardener (Andy Lopez) https://soundcloud.com/invisiblegardener https://www.youtube.com/@itsallaboutthebiology?sub_confirmation=1 For Full: Disclaimer

Quien entra o quien se queda fuera……y Libertad al Taino!

In this episode, we shine a light on the works of activists in the Taino Nation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the first episode of Nocturno: Tales from the Shadows. Join Danny Trejo, as he takes us through an anthology of modern-day horror stories inspired by the most terrifying legends and lore of Latin America. From vengeful spirits to ancient curses, Nocturno brings to life the chilling tales that have haunted generations, blending them with contemporary twists to keep you on the edge of your seat. In this episode, Danny Trejo takes us to Puerto Rico for La Farita del Diablo. A Nuyorican TikToker ventures into the infamous area of La Perla in Old San Juan to film content at a guard house from the 1600s where it is rumored the devil takes souls, but instead gets caught in a hidden world of vengeful Taino spirits. Listen to all episodes of Nocturno on your favorite podcast platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first episode of Nocturno: Tales from the Shadows. Join Danny Trejo, as he takes us through an anthology of modern-day horror stories inspired by the most terrifying legends and lore of Latin America. From vengeful spirits to ancient curses, Nocturno brings to life the chilling tales that have haunted generations, blending them with contemporary twists to keep you on the edge of your seat. In this episode, Danny Trejo takes us to Puerto Rico for La Farita del Diablo. A Nuyorican TikToker ventures into the infamous area of La Perla in Old San Juan to film content at a guard house from the 1600s where it is rumored the devil takes souls, but instead gets caught in a hidden world of vengeful Taino spirits. Listen to all episodes of Nocturno on your favorite podcast platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first episode of Nocturno: Tales from the Shadows. Join Danny Trejo, as he takes us through an anthology of modern-day horror stories inspired by the most terrifying legends and lore of Latin America. From vengeful spirits to ancient curses, Nocturno brings to life the chilling tales that have haunted generations, blending them with contemporary twists to keep you on the edge of your seat. In this episode, Danny Trejo takes us to Puerto Rico for La Farita del Diablo. A Nuyorican TikToker ventures into the infamous area of La Perla in Old San Juan to film content at a guard house from the 1600s where it is rumored the devil takes souls, but instead gets caught in a hidden world of vengeful Taino spirits. Listen to all episodes of Nocturno on your favorite podcast platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first episode of Nocturno: Tales from the Shadows. Join Danny Trejo, as he takes us through an anthology of modern-day horror stories inspired by the most terrifying legends and lore of Latin America. From vengeful spirits to ancient curses, Nocturno brings to life the chilling tales that have haunted generations, blending them with contemporary twists to keep you on the edge of your seat. In this episode, Danny Trejo takes us to Puerto Rico for La Farita del Diablo. A Nuyorican TikToker ventures into the infamous area of La Perla in Old San Juan to film content at a guard house from the 1600s where it is rumored the devil takes souls, but instead gets caught in a hidden world of vengeful Taino spirits. Listen to all episodes of Nocturno on your favorite podcast platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first episode of Nocturno: Tales from the Shadows. Join Danny Trejo, as he takes us through an anthology of modern-day horror stories inspired by the most terrifying legends and lore of Latin America. From vengeful spirits to ancient curses, Nocturno brings to life the chilling tales that have haunted generations, blending them with contemporary twists to keep you on the edge of your seat. In this episode, Danny Trejo takes us to Puerto Rico for La Farita del Diablo. A Nuyorican TikToker ventures into the infamous area of La Perla in Old San Juan to film content at a guard house from the 1600s where it is rumored the devil takes souls, but instead gets caught in a hidden world of vengeful Taino spirits. Listen to all episodes of Nocturno on your favorite podcast platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first episode of Nocturno: Tales from the Shadows. Join Danny Trejo, as he takes us through an anthology of modern-day horror stories inspired by the most terrifying legends and lore of Latin America. From vengeful spirits to ancient curses, Nocturno brings to life the chilling tales that have haunted generations, blending them with contemporary twists to keep you on the edge of your seat. In this episode, Danny Trejo takes us to Puerto Rico for La Farita del Diablo. A Nuyorican TikToker ventures into the infamous area of La Perla in Old San Juan to film content at a guard house from the 1600s where it is rumored the devil takes souls, but instead gets caught in a hidden world of vengeful Taino spirits. Listen to all episodes of Nocturno on your favorite podcast platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first episode of Nocturno: Tales from the Shadows. Join Danny Trejo, as he takes us through an anthology of modern-day horror stories inspired by the most terrifying legends and lore of Latin America. From vengeful spirits to ancient curses, Nocturno brings to life the chilling tales that have haunted generations, blending them with contemporary twists to keep you on the edge of your seat. In this episode, Danny Trejo takes us to Puerto Rico for La Farita del Diablo. A Nuyorican TikToker ventures into the infamous area of La Perla in Old San Juan to film content at a guard house from the 1600s where it is rumored the devil takes souls, but instead gets caught in a hidden world of vengeful Taino spirits. Listen to all episodes of Nocturno on your favorite podcast platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first episode of Nocturno: Tales from the Shadows. Join Danny Trejo, as he takes us through an anthology of modern-day horror stories inspired by the most terrifying legends and lore of Latin America. From vengeful spirits to ancient curses, Nocturno brings to life the chilling tales that have haunted generations, blending them with contemporary twists to keep you on the edge of your seat. In this episode, Danny Trejo takes us to Puerto Rico for La Farita del Diablo. A Nuyorican TikToker ventures into the infamous area of La Perla in Old San Juan to film content at a guard house from the 1600s where it is rumored the devil takes souls, but instead gets caught in a hidden world of vengeful Taino spirits. Listen to all episodes of Nocturno on your favorite podcast platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special episode, artist Kedisha Coakley joins EMPIRE LINES live at the Hepworth Wakefield in West Yorkshire, connecting their work from Jamaican and Black diasporic communities across the UK, with their research into sculptor Ronald Moody, uncovering shared interests in Ancient Egypt, indigenous Caribbean cultures, and questions of restitution. Born in Brixton, and based in Sheffield, Kedisha Coakley's practice spans sculpture, glassmaking, and wallpaper printed with blocks of braided hair. Commissioned for an exhibition about Ronald Moody, one of the most significant artists working in 20th century Britain, their new installation is set between his large-scale figurative wood sculptures from the 1930s, and post-war experimentations with concrete and resin casting. From Kedisha's bronze afro-combs influenced by historic Taino cultures, we journey from objects held in the British Museum, to mahogany relief sculptures by major influences like Edna Manley. With audio transcripts, we discuss Moody's BBC radio broadcasts for Calling the West Indies produced by Una Marson, particularly ‘What is called Primitive Art?' (1949). Kedisha shares Moody's interest in primitivism, present in ancient Egyptian, Greek, Indian, and ‘oriental' Chinese cultural forms, as well as Gothic and Renaissance works from Western/Europe. We look at photographs from Kedisha's studio, exploring ‘African masks' in the work of European modernists like Man Ray and Pablo Picasso, and the often marginalised role of religion and spirituality in Black and diasporic art practices. Kedisha also details her wider practice in ‘Horticultural Appropriation', working with breadfruit, flowers, plants, and the natural environment, connecting with Moody's description of Jamaica's Blue Mountains and sea. We consider Moody's place in British art history, drawing from his contemporaries Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Jacob Epstein, and Elizabeth Frink, as well as the group known as the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM), of which Moody was a founding member.. As a self-described ‘mature student', we look at Kedisha's pursuit of independent, adult education, the role of market cultures and fashion, and the work of women taking care of history. This episode was recorded live at Ronald Moody: Sculpting Life, an exhibition at the Hepworth Wakefield in West Yorkshire, in October 2024. The exhibition runs until 3 November 2024: hepworthwakefield.org/whats-on/kedisha-coakley-and-empire-lines-live-podcast-recording/ Hear more about Kedisha's work around ‘Horticultural Appropriation' with Ashish Ghadiali, curator of Against Apartheid (2023) at KARST in Plymouth: pod.link/1533637675/episode/146d4463adf0990219f1bf0480b816d3 For more about the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM), listen to curator Rose Sinclair in the episode on Althea McNish's Batchelor Girl's Room (1966/2022), recreated at the William Morris Gallery in London: pod.link/1533637675/episode/953b78149a969255d6106fb60c16982b On post-war ‘British' art and sculpture, read about Egon Altdorf: Reaching for the Light at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, in gowithYamo: gowithyamo.com/blog/postwar-modernism-egon-altdorf-at-the-henry-moore-institute Hear from artist Yinka Shonibare, in the episode on Decolonised Structures (Queen Victoria (2022-2023) at the Serpentine in London: pod.link/1533637675/episode/01fffb739a1bd9f84f930ce41ee31676 On the globalisation of ‘African' masks, listen to curator Osei Bonsu on Edson Chagas' photographic series, Tipo Passe (2014-2023), in the episode about Ndidi Dike's A History of A City in a Box (2019) at Tate Modern in London: pod.link/1533637675/episode/386dbf4fcb2704a632270e0471be8410 And for more about Édouard Glissant, listen to ⁠Manthia Diawara⁠, co-curator of The Trembling Museum at the Hunterian in Glasgow, and artist ⁠Billy Gerard Frank on Palimpsest: Tales Spun From Sea And Memories (2019)⁠, part of ⁠PEACE FREQUENCIES 2023⁠: ⁠instagram.com/p/C0mAnSuodAZ⁠

Host Joe DeMare talks about his observations at Maumee Bay State Park where he went to see the Northern Lights. Next he talks with Vickie Askins from Lake Erie Advocates about the continuing scandal of CAFOS being allowed to contaminate Lake Erie with sewage. Rebecca Wood tells us about the Taino people who were brutalized by Columbus. Ecological News includes advances in Sodium Chloride battery production and the discovery of 70,000 new viruses. 

Indigenous People's Day is a holiday that's been increasingly recognized by more states and more Americans, but it has yet to become a federal holiday and replace Columbus Day, which has been the subject of criticism in recent years. Two local teachers Michelle Cruz Hine and Emily Anderson have spoken out about removing Columbus Day from the Springfield Public School District 186 calendar. They spoke to Community Voices about the problematic history of Christopher Columbus, the history of the Taino people and the values they want to see celebrated in American culture.

Books are so special because they allow you to see the world from the comfort of your own home (or classroom!). Our guest today, author Violet Duncan, brings part of her world to students around the world through her storytelling. Violet is Plains Cree and Taino from Kehewin Cree Nation and began self-publishing books when she didn't see her family represented on bookshelves.In this episode, Violet shares about her latest book, Buffalo Dreamer. It's a middle-grade novel that explores Indigenous history, focusing on the legacies of residential schools and the discoveries of unmarked graves. If you are at the high school level, there is still a place for this book in your classroom, and we discuss different ways that it can be used across grades.After you've listened to the interview, we would love to hear from you! Where do you see this fitting into your curriculum? How could it fill a gap that's missing for your students? Send us a message on Instagram @bravenewteaching or an email to bravenewteaching@gmail.com. You can shop all of our favorite books on Bookshop.org (Amanda's list and Marie's list) or Amazon.SHOW NOTES: https://www.bravenewteaching.com/home/episode228"Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!"Check out Curriculum Rehab here! Support the show

In 1492 this freakin guy Christopher Columbus took his ass across the ocean blue looking for a western sea route to the lands of Asia and India (which he actually thought were the same place and same people). What transpired saw the Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria (Boats and Hoes) sail across the Atlantic, which granted hadn't really been attempted too often, and hit landfall in the Caribbean. Now this clown never set foot on the land that would become the United States, yet we have a city in Ohio, and had a recently renamed National Holiday in his honor. The guy had no idea he wasn't in India which is why Indigenous Peoples got saddled with the Indian moniker for so damn long. So he basically stumbles onto landfall and like a good colonizer it didn't take him long to make the locals life hell... Welcome to the Columbus episode. Sponsors: Flintts Mintshttps://www.flintts.com/ Promo code HISTORICALLYHIGH for 15% offAlso if you want to support the show there's a link below, or don't, whatever is cool with us, but it'd be a lot cooler if you did.Support the show

This week's guest is the lovely and inspiring Joaly Trinidad. She is co-founder of Iboga retreat center and education platform, Root and Wisdom, and non-profit, Sacred Roots Foundation (in two weeks we'll be publishing an interview wither her co-founder and husband, Troy Valencia). Like most guests on this podcast, Jo is someone who is very multipfaceted- she has her masters in counseling, she's a kambo practitioner, sound and energy worker, yoga teacher, breathwork guide, the list goes on. What we really get into on this episode here is her experience of becoming and being a space holder for Iboga, which includes being of service and being initiated into the Bwiti. Highlights from this episode: - How building a relationship with Blue Lotus guided her to some of first tools of balancing her own field and the energetic fields of others - What Iboga is, its roots in Africa, and how Joaly found herself on the path in service of this plant after following her now husband to Costa Rica - We touch on her Taino ancestral roots (the historic indigenous peoples of the Caribbean) and how the spirit of her great grandfather, who practiced hands on healing rooted in this culture, guided her to her first psychedelic plant medicine with psilocybin - Jo's experience of traveling all the way to Africa while five months pregnant to be initiated into the Bwiti, who are the indigenous keepers of Iboga Connect with Jo: www.rootandwisdom.com for retreats and programs of integrative living www.sacredrootsfoundation.com to learn more about her non-profit Instagram: jo.trinidad If you'd like to connect with Stephanie, whether it's to chat about life or inquire about working with her, feel free to reach out through either of the following: Instagram- @schoolofwhispers @__steef___ email- schoolofwhispers@gmail.com DISCLAIMER: This podcast is presented for educational and exploratory purposes only. Published content is not intended to be used for diagnosing or treating any illness. Those responsible for this show disclaim responsibility for any possible adverse effects from the use of information presented by Stephanie or her guests. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/schoolofwhispers/support

In this riveting episode of "Concerts That Made Us," Brian sits down with Blayer and Charles, from the band Rockers Galore. The conversation kicks off with an in-depth discussion about their powerful new single "Blood in the Sand," a track deeply inspired by the Taino rebellion. Blayer and Charles delve into the historical significance of the Taino uprising and how it fueled the raw emotion and narrative of their song.As the interview progresses, the bandmates reveal exciting details about their highly anticipated upcoming album "Vamos a la Playa." They provide listeners with a sneak peek into the album's thematic elements, which blend vibrant, beachy vibes with poignant storytelling, reflecting their unique sound and cultural roots.Blayer and Charles offer a fascinating look into their songwriting process, emphasizing the importance of authenticity and emotional resonance in their lyrics. They discuss how they draw from personal experiences and historical events to craft songs that not only entertain but also provoke thought and reflection.The conversation takes an energetic turn as they recount memorable moments from their live performances. From the adrenaline rush of playing sold-out shows to the intimate connection they feel with their audience, Blayer and Charles paint a vivid picture of life on stage. They share humorous and heartwarming anecdotes from past concerts, illustrating the unpredictable and often magical nature of live music.Listeners are treated to a deeper understanding of the band's musical backgrounds, with Blayer and Charles reflecting on their early influences and the journey that led them to form Rockers Galore. They highlight the collaborative nature of their creative work, explaining how their individual strengths and perspectives come together to create a cohesive and compelling musical vision.The episode also features a fun and engaging segment where Blayer and Charles discuss musicians they admire. They talk about the artists who have shaped their sound and inspired their careers, offering a glimpse into their personal tastes and musical heroes.Throughout the episode, the importance of storytelling in their music is a recurring theme. Blayer and Charles articulate how they strive to create songs that tell a story, evoke emotions, and connect with listeners on a deeper level. Their passion for music and dedication to their craft shine through, making this episode a must-listen for fans and newcomers alike.In summary, this episode of "Concerts That Made Us" provides a captivating and comprehensive look into the world of Rockers Galore, offering insights into their creative process, live performance experiences, and the stories behind their music.Find Rockers Galore here: https://rockersgalore.bandcamp.com/Find CTMU hereLinktreeNewsletter: https://concertsthatmadeus.aweb.page/p/f065707b-2e34-4268-8e73-94f12bd2e938Save 10% on Band Builder Academy membership by following this link https://bandbuilderacademy.com/Brian_Concerts/join and using promo code "concerts" at signup Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/concerts-that-made-us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Nothing Can Fracture Our True Self"- Nicole Casanova I had the joy of rooting in with one of my best friends and her sage Cancerian wisdom, a divine conversation around "many paths, one heart." Enjoy this portal of wellness, a sacred oracle card reading from her new deck "Words As Prayer" and a delicious song share.Nicole Adriana Casanova is of Taino descent and a student of Maestro Manuel Rufino, a Taino Elder who founded the Golden Drum educational center in Brooklyn and communities all over the world. She is a servant to the Earth, the Great Spirit and Humanity.Nicole is a multi disciplinary artist, sacred activist and ecologist. She is writer, a poet, song carrier, and storyteller. A 200 RYT Yoga Alliance certified Yoga and Meditation Teacher, a Mindfulness Meditation teacher and practitioner, a Corporate Wellness Consultant, a certified Reiki Master in the Usui and Karuna Reiki Riojo, and a Shamanic Practitioner. She is a Human Movement teacher, Magical Awakening Practitioner, member of Dream Seed Shamanic Music Ensemble, core organizer and producer of the Heart and Mind Festival, Creator of Words As Prayer Oracle Deck and Author of Forces of Nature. In 2020, Nicole founded Root to Heaven, a 501(c)3 organization that has planted almost 100,000,000s of trees and plants across 2 continents and many nations. Root to Heaven is Nicole's prayer for the Sacred Waters of the Earth and all of her public and private healing work supports her mission to help rehabilitate ecosystems all over the world.Connect with Nicole: https://www.nicoleadrianacasanova.love/ Instagram: @nicole_adriana_casanova @wordsasprayerTo Pre-Order your Words As Prayer Deck: https://www.nicoleadrianacasanova.love/words-as-prayer

Hoy en TomaBudaPR Sailing Podcast , Taino demuestra que esta al nivel de los demas botes al ganarle la bote Millenium 4 , Walber Franco se tira una transmicion de una regata entera con su drone , Las Aguas de Canaria se viste de velas en diferentes islas con regatas este pasado fin de semana , Bahamas en el 39th Annual Barraterre Regatta de los veleros Nativos entre ellos , Regata de Madres TODO un Exito en La Diosa Dl Mar En Arroyo P.R. Esto y Mucho Mas en TomaBudaPR Sailing Podcast

In this deeply engaging episode, Mariah hosts Yaya Erin Rivera for a transformative conversation on spirituality, the journey of self-discovery, and the power of plant medicine. Yaya shares her inspiring story, from her roots in a Connecticut tree farm, embracing her Taino and Irish heritage, to her profound connection with sacred plant medicines and her commitment to stewardship of the land. The dialogue explores themes of personal and collective healing, the importance of ancestral wisdom, and the transformative potential of embracing our cyclical nature and the teachings of the Earth. Mariah and Yaya delve into the challenges and gifts of embodying our truth in modern times, highlighting the necessity of community, the art of co-creation with nature, and the journey towards wholeness and service.   Yaya Erin Rivera is a bicultural Folk Medicine Practitioner specializing in sacred plant medicines for creativity, communication, right relationship and liberation. Best known through her work as Creative Director of Active Culture Family & Escuela del Río Cósmico, Yaya walks a path of stewardship and service to Atabey/ Itiba Cahubaba ( Mother Nature, Mother Earth, Gaia) through her roles as a mother, artist, knower of plants, and guest steward of Río Cósmico, a unique 4 season homestead nestled in the foothills of the Cuyumaca mountains. In This Episode: Yaya Erin Rivera | Escuela del Río Cósmico |  @medicinariocosmico | Youtube Rio Cosmico  Mariah Gannessa | @mariahgannessa   Four Visions'  Plant Medicine Integration Program just relaunched, with incredible updates, improvements, and changes! Check it out and join us in the celebration of the ceremony of life!    This podcast is brought to you by Four Visions Website | fourvisions.com | fourvisionsintegration.com  Instagram| @fourvisionstribe| @fourvisionsintegration  Facebook | Four Visions Youtube | Four Visions Intro Music created from music by Juan David Muñoz |  @jdmusicesencia Subscribe to the FV Podcast and leave us a review! iTunes |  Spotify |  Youtube  

Roberto Múkaro Borrero spent two decades surveying historical documents and piecing together fragments of written texts to create a new, comprehensive Taino language dictionary. And Alaina Tahlate is using what she learned from hours of recordings and hundreds of documents as she races to preserve the language of Oklahoma's Caddo Nation that has only two fluent speakers remaining. We'll speak with these two passionate language scholars about the dedication it takes to make a difference. GUESTS Roberto Múkaro Borrero (Taíno), kasike of the Guainía Taíno Tribe and president of United Confederation of Taíno People  Alaina Tahlate (Caddo), language preservationist for the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Jorell Meléndez Badillo about the history of Puerto Rico. They talk about the origins of the island of Puerto Rico, Taino peoples, reasons for Columbus coming to Puerto Rico, and indigenous peoples fighting back. They talk about enslaved peoples in the mid 16th century, origins of the term “Puertorriqueños,” impact of race and colorism, and hardship in Puerto Rico in the 19th century. They discuss the Lares revolution, coming to New York, Spanish-American war and the United States acquiring Puerto Rico, cultural shifts from Spanish colony to American colony, the great migration in the mid 20th century, history of parties, status of Puerto Rico, and the future of Puerto Rico. Jorell Meléndez Badillo is a historian of Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and Latin America. He is currently Assistant Professor of Latin American and Caribbean History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before arriving at UW-Madison, he was a Mellon Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor of History at Dartmouth College. His work focuses on the global circulation of radical ideas from the standpoint of working-class intellectual communities. He is the author of the book, Puerto Rico: A Natural History. Website: https://www.jorellmelendezbadillo.com/ Get full access to Converging Dialogues at convergingdialogues.substack.com/subscribe

VACATION IN PUERTO RICO!Nancy and Chris just spent 9 wonderful days with her parents in Arecibo! Among the many highlights:Taino museum (Museo el Cemí) and Casa Canales in Jayuya6th Annual Festival of the Sombrero in UtuadoPoza del Obispo beach in IsloteEl Gran Parque del Norte in HatilloTanamá River in AreciboJose Feliciano Plaza in LaresFOOD & DRINK: pasteles, alcapurrias, pitorro, piña colada, mofongo, and more!Plus: a staredown with Antonio el Toro, and Nancy gets attacked by a rooster!Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, share and rate! Chris Pintohttps://www.chrispinto.com/ IG: @chrispeterpinto FB: https://www.facebook.com/chris.pinto.940Twitter: @chrispeterpintoLI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pinto-employment-search-llc/Email: chrispintoactor@gmail.com Music and Sound FX Credits: https://freepd.com/

Qui sont les pitmasters ? J'ai bien dit pitmasters et pas les Brad Pitt masters qui sont des fans incollables sur la carrière de Brad Pitt. Si ça se trouve Brad Pitt est aussi un pitmaster. Vous me suivez ? Pas trop là, eh bien je vais vous l'expliquer dans ce podcast. Le pitmaster, c'est celui sur qui on peut compter pour un barbecue réussi. Pas comme votre mari, votre ami ou tout autre mâle qui, lorsque les beaux jours arrivent, se découvre un talent pour la barbaque et crame les chipos après avoir mis deux heures à faire son feu. Le pitmaster, c'est donc un professionnel de la cuisson au barbecue ou du moins quelqu'un de talentueux dans l'art du BBQ. On n'a pas vraiment d'équivalent en français. On peut qualifier celui qui gère le gril par grilladin mais ce n'est pas tout à fait ça. Je les appellerai plutôt les maitres de la braise. On pense assez facilement à l'Amérique quand on parle barbecue. C'est normal, la technique tire ses origines d'une tribu indienne, celle des Taino, présents sur le continent bien avant l'arrivée de Christophe Colomb. Cette tribu suspend la viande au-dessus d'un brasier pour la cuire lentement et éloigner les insectes. Le mot barbecue vient du nom de l'ustensile en bois permettant de rôtir ou fumer la viande " arawak ". Lorsque les explorateurs européens arrivent aux Caraïbes au XVe siècle, ils découvrent cette technique de cuisson. " Arawak " sera traduit par la suite par les Hispano-américains en " barbacoa " qui deviendra barbecue. Une légende autour de l'origine du mot barbecue veut que les explorateurs ont mangé une chèvre suspendue selon leurs mots "de la barbe à la queue". Barbe à queue se transformant en anglais par barbecue. Moins crédible. Les pitmasters vont surtout se multiplier avec la conquête de l'Ouest à la fin du XIXe siècle. Pratique de savoir griller une viande avec peu de matos quand on cherche bonheur et fortune de l'autre côté du pays. Et depuis, le barbecue est devenu une « american way of life », un folklore ricain de manger des immenses T-bone, des ribs et faire griller des fat burgers en famille ou à déguster dans des smoke houses. Des concours et même une émission de télé-réalité existent aux USA pour départager les meilleurs pitmasters. Ça sent le charbon et la testostérone. God bless American's BBQ. Mais cet art est présent partout dans le monde et notamment en Asie. Le barbecue japonais, le kamado ou encore le barbecue coréen, très convivial. Désolée pour les végétariens mais pourquoi c'est aussi bon ? Parce que la viande est fumée en plus d'être grillée et ça, c'est un petit bonheur que la cuisson à la flamme apporte. Le gril permet de créer une belle réaction de Maillard sur la pièce de viande, de poisson ou autre met installé bien au chaud. Comment ? Vous ne savez pas ce qu'est la réaction de Maillard ? Écoutez le prochain épisode de Choses à Savoir Gastronomie ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For weekly story playshops go on here: https://storypaths.substack.com/p/9bdd1000-4d0d-4c15-ba88-a5ae692cea40I'm writing this and reading this while I'm sitting by the ocean, and it feels a funny thing to talk about history here because it is, of course, such a human idea.Personal history is the story of my past, of my life. It could be the history of my ancestors, their journeys that led to me being here today. It could be the history of women obtaining the right to vote.So already we see that the kind of story we get from the past depends on which part of the past we are inquiring into, and also who is doing the inquiring.I've heard it said, and it's true, that this word history can also be read as his-story. And I've heard it said, and it's true, that the past-telling that we hear these in schools and popular media is a male-dominated view of the past, focused in particular on generals and politicians, the focal points of certain kinds of power.This is one view of history. Not one I mean to discount, but let's inquire into other views, for the stories we tell define us, and we define the stories we tell, so it's important to choose those stories carefully, and to have a wide sampling of stories, a rich microbiome of the past to inform our understandings of the present.Let's look at the etymology of this word, history. The Greek word historia originally meant inquiry: the act of seeking knowledge, as well as the knowledge that results from inquiry. So you can see that this word originally wasn't about linking events together into a story of what happened, a story of the past, but was simply about seeking knowledge.History is inquiry.We might also use this word history as a verb: to history. The story that emerges depends on the seeker, their manner of approach, as well as that which they are approaching. The past is a vast place, and many stories can be found within its landscapes.We know this from our own lives. Have you ever had a huge shift of perspective? Perhaps there was a moment when you came to see your mother or your father in a new light, a light that re-explained so many things that they had done and said. Have you ever re-looked at a pile of mistakes you made, not as indications of you being a bad person, but as indications that you were crying out for something you needed, or in the midst of learning something that you've now learned? Our view of the past can be a very flexible thing.So when you're thinking about writing some history—for your character, for yourself, or for a culture—a good starting point is to ask yourself… what your starting point is. From whose perspective are you inquiring?I'm sitting here by the ocean and thinking, what might history look like from the perspective of the ocean? A history of new creatures coming in and swimming around her waters. A history of changing temperatures, changing chemistry, of cooling and warming, of cooling and warming again. Of large parts of her becoming ice, then thawing, then freezing again.Going back further, a history of that water shooting through outer space from a star. And somewhere near the end of this history, coming toward the present moment, we humans emerge as characters stepping from her waters onto the land, with our women carrying a little of that salt water sanctuary within their wombs.From the ocean's perspective, we humans are not central, and I find it refreshing to consider a history in which we humans are not central.It might also be interesting to look through the eyes of a creature who has lived through these great changes, like species of sharks who have continued for millions of years. And rather than look through the eyes of a single individual, to look through the eyes of the species as a whole, taken as a single being, moving through time. How might this being experience these coolings and warmings, as their habitat shifts, and they encounter other species for the first time?How might a cold weather bird who lived through the Ice Age experienced the dwindling of those cold regions, as the earth warmed?And so there are many histories, and even among human histories, it's refreshing to step outside of those commonly told. I was visiting a site on Southern Vancouver Island, where petroglyphs have been carved into the rocks by the inhabitants of that land many ages ago. There was a sign there for the public, describing some of the markings.There on the sign, it said, ‘These were carved in pre-history.' And somebody, bless their soul, had gone ahead and scratched out the prefix ‘pre.' In other words, who's saying it's pre-history? That marker is often between textually illiterate and textually literate, but why set the marker there? It shows the biases of a textually literate culture, which may not be as literate in other ways as cultures who are not textually literate.These older cultures may be literate in mythical language, in reading seasons, in animistic relationship with stars. Their history is not a collection of events one after another, like connecting the dots. Theirs is a history of relationship with the beings and great powers of the world, and it need not be linear.The connected-dots version of history speaks of a linear view of time.They say history is written by the victors, but really, that's just a certain history. And some histories are not written at all.We often find ourselves in an uncomfortable relationship with history. It may be that the history we're handed is not the way we would tell the story, that it does not include the people we think are important. There may be events that are presented as wonderful, lit by the best studio lighting, which, when that lighting is taken away, are revealed to be horrendous.Take the setting sail of Columbus for the New World. As it's framed, a young, adventurous boy, curious to see the world, set out and found a new land. That's some studio lighting and makeup for you. A more barefaced account reveals Columbus as a sociopath, obsessed with gold, and willing to destroy entire people in order to get it.From the perspective of the Taino people, he came to their shores not as a youthful adventure, but as a vicious plague.We find ourselves in a time of competing histories, and perhaps all times are such. It's up to each of us, and us together, to consider our relationship with the past. Whose eyes are we looking through? Oppressor, oppressed, creature, land, ocean, sky, a star shining on our planet.Which histories are you called to tell?Here are some prompts.Explore viewing your life from different angles, moving your perspective from the usual one to look at the same events in different ways. Try considering the view of another person involved in a contentious part of your life, or the perspective of the house you lived in at the time, or a nearby tree, or a stone.Recently, I returned to the school that I attended up until about the age of eleven. I sat on a bench near the trees that had watched me play as a kid. I felt them wondering what I'd been up to in the meantime. They hadn't seen me for many years, after all, and I'd been on some adventures. They were curious about other trees in other parts of the world, about streams in those places, about rainfall. They had never seen the ocean, so they wanted to know about that.Consider your life from the perspective of a tree that was born before you were, and that you've seen throughout your life journey. You might consider your whole family from the perspective of the lands that they moved from, or the lands where they arrived, from the people they left behind, or the people they met.A business story promptTrace the history of your business to back before modern times. Now, you might be involved in something that seems very modern, very recent. Here I am typing on this fancy computer, a modern device that didn't exist fifty years ago, but its roots were there.What are its roots?Look at your business and consider the roots. For example, now we might look at the experience that a person has on our website, moving around this digital space. This has its roots in architecture and space design, in creating spaces that are ergonomic, and designed for particular uses.We send emails. Previously, that were telegrams, or letters. When the U.S. Postal Service first came into operation, people delivered letters between towns on horseback.A coliseum is a predecessor to social media, where many people gather in a huge crowd, and everyone can see everyone else.And here I am, creating a podcast. This has its roots in oral storytelling, and in people standing up and sharing their point of view in town squares.What are the roots of what you do? You may find that this inquiry helps you to redefine your relationship with your work, and the tools of your work, in a holistic way.And so here we are, resting in a warm cabin after our journey together. You can take this time to consider what's alive in you after hearing this talk and to reflect on the story prompts. Now these prompts are not homework but possibilities. You might respond by journaling, by speaking about them with a friend or colleague, or speaking about them with yourself while you're walking or driving.You might push back against these prompts or come up with better ones. You can share your thoughts in the comments on Substack.Or even better, let's explore these prompts together. I'm hosting weekly gatherings where we play with stories for an hour. That's included for premium subscribers at just $5 a month. Or you might just want to let this all go, and roll along with whatever pleases you. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit storypaths.substack.com/subscribe

Hupia - rooted in Caribbean folklore, are spirits of the deceased known to wander the islands, driven by a relentless desire to possess the living. These ethereal entities, with an insatiable inclination for the corporeal, embody the eerie tales that have endured through centuries in the Caribbean. Discover more TERRIFYING podcasts at http://eeriecast.com/   Follow Carman Carrion!    https://www.facebook.com/carman.carrion.9/   https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/?hl=en   https://twitter.com/CarmanCarrion   Subscribe to Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY   Please Review Us on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184   Music and sound effects used in the Freaky Folklore Podcast have or may have been provided/created by:  CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA Myuu: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ Jinglepunks: https://jinglepunks.com/ Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/ Dark Music: https://soundcloud.com/darknessprevailspodcast Soundstripe: https://a Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cakes and Gains!Share cakes of truth,gain connection wisdom Nature Connection, Taino Culture, Decolonizing our Mind as well as our Action... Join Host Ande the Elf and the Maintaining Ground Podsquad  cohost Chris Castillo Kastle Cuyo GuariboClassic Wakethefarmup! intro with a song from the elf playing piano and drumset at the same time!Conversation starts at (3:57)They discuss many things in this episode, Taino culture and what it means today... history can not be over written!American Indian Movement (AIM)check them out on insta! @aimmovtThey discuss a reconnection and the importance of connection with nature, in our food, our minds and way we think.Decolonize our minds, and our actions... lets keep growing on.We discuss the New role of the Warrior, Manly stuff, in society... Learn More!(elf surprise link)Check out our Youtube, this will have video for part of it! first one up with video!!!Support the showLinks to Stefin101 and Doctor Bionic Check us out on instagram @wakethefarmup @maintaining_ground_podcast@kastle_369Ask how you could be involved in the show, Subscribe and Support the Show

Originally, I produced this post for Forbes in 2018. During my recovery, I'm sharing it again to refocus a bit of attention on strategies for impact in Haiti.Resenting the prevailing narrative about poverty in Haiti, Marc Alain Boucicault, 30, a Fulbright Scholar, and a former economist for the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank, is putting his experience to work as a social entrepreneur, hoping to change the story and the economy.Boucicault recently launched Haiti's first coworking space for technology entrepreneurs in Haiti. He kicked off Banj, as he calls the new venture, with a tech conference that included representatives from Facebook and Google. He hopes to see technology infuse the traditional economy, giving more farmers and business owners access to international markets, eventually narrowing the country's overwhelming trade deficit.Banj already has 100 members with four of 13 available offices rented—and it's profitable, according to Boucicault. He's built the business with sponsorships rather than loans or equity. The members and tenants cover the infrastructure costs, and the partners fund program costs.The business sprang directly from Boucicault's experience as an economist. “As a young economist, I was frustrated by writing about the macroeconomics of Haiti, marked by a negative real growth over the past 30 years. I saw hope in the young entrepreneurs I was meeting every day but knew there was a long way to go before they can bring a change to the economy. I knew that, if one day, I could find a working model to help, I would want to go and do that full time,” he says. Now he has.Christine Souffrant Ntim, a Forbes 30 Under 30 winner and founder of the Haiti Tech Summit, hosted her Haiti Tech Summit at Banj on April 26, bringing Facebook and Google to Haiti. She is excited about the impact it will have on the country. “It serves as a true example of entrepreneurial leadership,” she says.She notes that basics like internet access and electricity remain challenges for many entrepreneurs, and Banj solves that problem for entrepreneurs, allowing them to focus on their projects. In addition, Banj provides entrepreneurs with access to experts and mentors.She also notes that Banj has made so much progress so quickly that it is changing the perception of what is possible in Haiti. “Within a year, Banj has been a partner or space for Google, Facebook, Startup Grind Port Au Prince, Hult Prize Haiti and more.”Haiti's history is difficult. The CIA's World Fact Book describes Haiti as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The indigenous Taino people were nearly wiped out by Spanish settlers within 25 years of Columbus landing on the island. More recently, exports have not yet recovered to pre-earthquake levels, and the country continues to run a large trade deficit.“But that's the narrative we're trying to change. We want people to see Haiti differently,” says Boucicault. From his perspective, technology has the potential to enable even the most basic industries in Haiti to grow. For instance, the agricultural sector can increase output and exports by getting help from technology.His strategy is to pair the “traditional rich Haitian bourgeoisie who have access to assets, have access to capital and combine them with the lower, middle-class Haitian who doesn't have access to capital, doesn't have access to money but have access to ideas.”There is no question that Haiti needs a new narrative. Here's hoping that the story Boucicault wants to write in its place proves to be nonfiction. Get full access to Superpowers for Good at www.superpowers4good.com/subscribe

The Dean's List with Host Dean Bowen – The Marxist progressive left seeks to reshape America's history, particularly the legacy of Christopher Columbus. Today's narrative paints Columbus as a villain, but the truth tells a different tale. Columbus befriended the Taino tribe upon his arrival, as evidenced by his journal entries. Sadly, this story is overshadowed by misconceptions and political agendas. It's crucial for freedom-loving patriots to...

The story of Columbus and the Taino people is fascinating, and is made even more fascinating by Kate Messner's analysis of it in this episode. She explains who the Taino people were, how they discovered Columbus, and what happened during and after their encounter. Kate's “History Smashers” series is a fantastic way to understand history and how history myths have been embedded in our culture. Episode 531.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5455565/advertisement

After penning iconic songs like “The Weight” and “Up on Cripple Creek” as a member of The Band, Robbie Robertson (Mohawk, Cayuga descent) went on to produce solo albums and major motion picture soundtracks including the upcoming Martin Scorsese film Killers of the Flower Moon. He was the voice narrating the Native America series on PBS. Along the way he crossed paths with a number of Native musicians and admirers. GUESTS Brian Wright-McLeod (Dakota/Anishinabe), author of The Encyclopedia of Native Music and Indigenous musicologist Pura Fé (Tuscarora Indian Nation and Taino), musician and founding member of the trio Ulali Ava Hill, former chief of the Six Nations of the Grand River Elliott Landy, photographer and writer Murray Porter (Mohawk from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory), Juno award-winning musician Elaine Bomberry (Anishinabe and Cayuga, from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory), radio and television producer and artist manager