teikirisi
a podcast celebrating all things cuban-american. hosted by carmen and fryda
S4 Enull · Wed, September 28, 2022
032. the f word
in this one we talk about the f-word, which in case you didn't know is fryda. just kidding, it's feminism.... in our season 4 closing episode, we have an honest discussion about why this word can make you feel uncomfortable but why it's still worth giving weight to. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode transcript coming soon!
S4 Enull · Wed, September 14, 2022
031. ana betancourt and the origins of cuban feminism
ana betancourt was a woman ahead of her time: a mambisa rebel, organizer, and speechwriter who tied liberation for women to cuban independence. we celebrate ana's grit and let our imaginations run wild. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode transcript coming soon!
S4 Enull · Wed, August 31, 2022
030. carmen pelaez: our cuban fairy godmother
dear carmen pelaez, this is our formal request that you please adopt us as your cuban fairy godchildren. we want to laugh and cry with you about the cubanity of yesterday and the one we are building today. abrazos, teikirisi but truly, we are thrilled to be joined by carmen pelaez, a filmmaker, writer, and activist who tells stories of our lived experiences as cubans. in this episode, we dive into the evolving nature of our exile and make fun of ourselves in the process. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode transcript coming soon!
S4 Enull · Wed, August 17, 2022
029. estamos saliendo mucho: gender constructs in the home
buckle up as we untangle a messy subject - the double standards we were raised with as dictated by gender. in this chatty episode carmen and fryda get into what it was like growing up in miami in the 90s, watching the women and men around us, and what gender meant at home. prepare for funny stories, latino parent logic, and the constructs we are still learning to reject. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3wLyNav
S4 Enull · Wed, August 03, 2022
028. rum, actually
this episode covers the saga and soap opera that is cuban rum — starring pirates, revolutions (plural!), and court battles. it’s also a drink with me experience with 3 recipes sprinkled throughout. so grab some rum, lime, sugar, and yerba buena, and join us for this ride. shopping list for cocktails 2 limes coca cola club soda sugar or simple syrup cuban rum of choice Yerba buena cocktail shaker ice something to stir with cuba libre: 1 oz rum, 3 oz coca cola, lime wedge to garnish mojito: 3 mint leaves, 2 tbs sugar, 2 oz rum, 3/4 oz lime juice, club soda to top daiquiri: 2 oz rum, 1 oz lime juice, 3/4 oz simple syrup buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3SzqGqV
S4 Enull · Wed, July 20, 2022
027. bling bling, baby: teeth as jewelry
have you ever wondered why your typical cuban 7 year old looks like they belong in Lil Wayne's posse? well, carmen & fryda are here to help! human teeth, baby bling, rats, and evil eyes make it into this episode about cuban traditions. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3uY8v3Q
S4 Enull · Wed, July 06, 2022
026. the mother of all cubans: mariana grajales cuello
this episode is all about la madre that you should be cagandote en (see cubanismo "me cago en tu madre"). mariana grajales cuello is the mother of all cubans, a figure of the cuban war of independence and struggle for black liberation in the caribbean. carmen and fryda celebrate her life and discuss what it means for cuban motherhood that mariana's story is seeped in sacrifice and struggle. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3P2HHar
S4 Enull · Wed, June 22, 2022
025. cuban & queer: a story of pride and resistance
come through with your pride and your flags swinging, this episode gets juicy as we take you through history into cuban queerness from how it started to how it's going.opening up season 4, we explore the queer in cubanity from figures to popular media and revolutions. check out @cubanecuir on instagram for more learnings on this topic. watch ana's story on the NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000003334885/anas-story-transgender-in-cuba.html **NOTE: we have two corrections: 1) an earlier version of this episode stated Jose Marti was in New York in the 1900s. As of June 22, 2022, at 10:30 am ET, we have revised to include a correction to state we meant to say the 1800s. 2) an earlier version of this episode stated that 250 people were confined in UMAP camps. As of June 22, 2022, at 8:30 pm ET, we have revised to include a correction to state we meant to say 30,000 people were confined. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3zNPCEb
Trailer · Fri, June 17, 2022
teikirisi season 4 trailer
teikirisi is back for another round. season 4 starts june 22nd. no te lo pierdas. we’ve got some good stuff coming up every other wednesday. así que relájate y cójelo con teikirisi. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod
Bonus · Mon, April 25, 2022
BONUS: Adventure in Atacama
Surprise! We're so excited to share Adventure in Atacama with you all! Adventure in Atacama is a new podcast experience that follows the story of Mariela, a flight attendant whose estranged father comes to her with a mission: find her missing mother, and save the world from the so-called “Atacama Effect,” a language apocalypse that causes people around the world to lose the ability to communicate. The international adventure takes Mariela (played by Isis Serath in Spanish and María Paula Carreño in English) from Mexico to Peru, India and Japan, as listeners decide her fate and discover up to 12 different endings for her journey. Start playing the game on chooseyourpodcastadventure.com search for ADVENTURE IN ATACAMA on your favorite podcast app. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod
S3 Enull · Wed, February 23, 2022
024. a love letter
in teikirisi tradition, we get sappy and happy in our last episode of the season. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode transcript coming soon!
S3 Enull · Wed, February 09, 2022
023. malanga y su puesto de vianda
I wanna be where the viandas are I wanna eat, wanna eat some buñuelos walking around smelling that... what do you call that OH AJIACO! roasting your yams you won't get too far... ... but tune into the episode where Fryda y Carmen take you into their deep love of viandas, talking everything you ever wanted to know about what they mean to the Cubanity. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3stkHaM
S3 Enull · Wed, January 26, 2022
022. racism in cubanity: reacting to ¿Qué Pasa, USA? with jason
45 years after ¿Qué Pasa, USA? published the episode, 'computer friend,' carmen & fryda sit down with their friend and patreon supporter, jason, to react to the show's handling of racism in cuban culture. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3H6LQGy credits: ¿Qué Pasa, USA? - Computer Friend on PBS
S3 Enull · Wed, January 12, 2022
021. miami: myth & reality, with andrew otazo
andrew otazo of miami creation myth joins us to muse -- and complain -- about our beloved miami, a city full of contradictions and a salad bowl of cultures with myths to tell. check out miami creation myth at www.miamicreationmyth.com and on social media as @miamicreationmyth buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3r3tfV2
S3 Enull · Wed, December 29, 2021
020. sugar, sugar, how did cuba get so fly?
it's no wonder cubans have a saying, "sin azúcar no hay país" -- "without sugar there is no country." sugar cane, sugarcrats, sugar daddies, slave plantations, and the never-ending pursuit of autonomy, to look at cuba's history, we need a cafecito with good espumita. in this episode, carmen & fryda crack open the history books and take you on a sweet ride. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3EAukbG episode credits: Juan Formell on the origin of Los Van Van, source: Havana Cultura, an initiative of Havana Club
S3 Enull · Wed, December 15, 2021
019. ¡azúcar! our queen, celia cruz
grab un cafecito (make sure it has espumita) and learn all about our queen, Celia Cruz. from her humble beginnings to a place in the cuban mt. rushmore (¡metaphorically speaking, of course, que barbaridad!) tune in as carmen y fryda remember the woman who made salsa, the mother of cubanity. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3s5wjCl episode credits: Johnny Pacheco on Salsa, Source: BBC Celia Cruz on Azucar, Source: Canal RCN
S3 Enull · Wed, December 01, 2021
018. nalgas: cuban booty standards
we like big butts and we cannot lie. carmen & fryda tell the truth about cuban booty standards in this chatty episode. buy our merch: www.teikirisipod.com/shop follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod episode transcript: https://bit.ly/31k3O8s
S3 Enull · Wed, November 17, 2021
017. what's going on post 11J cuba protests
carmen & fryda's 101 on what's going on in cuba right now. this episode examines the protests that broke out on july 11th, 2021 in cuba and why this was a moment for the history books. as cubans gain increased connectivity to the internet and mobile devices become more popular, the island nation moves toward unprecedented times where cuba's authoritarian regime, political turmoil, and food & medicine shortage are broadcast on a world stage. movimiento san isidro episode: https://bit.ly/30vu6oa transcript: https://bit.ly/2Z1q0Un follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod buy merch: https://www.teikirisipod.com/shop
S2 Enull · Wed, August 04, 2021
016. métele caña: it's time for feels
carmen & fryda bask in the afterglow of a second season that gifted us friendships, hate mail, and first-hand stories of creativity, resistance, and identity transcript: https://rb.gy/ohc5nw follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod
S2 Enull · Wed, July 21, 2021
015. josé martí: poet, patriot, dreamer
in this one carmen & fryda tell you all about cuba's most classic and beloved figure: josé martí. diving deep into martí's life and works, we untangle all the ways in which martí's contributions permeate across all aspects of cuban life - from history, art, politics, society, and more, all while managing to make zero enemies, a feat that seems almost impossible in this space. transcript: https://rb.gy/wlfary follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod
S2 Enull · Wed, July 07, 2021
014. behind the scenes of havana libre
carmen & fryda chat with corey & seth about havana libre, their film about surfers in cuba who live, breath & fight for their love of surfing transcript: https://rb.gy/2q8lyq follow us on social media @teikirisipod @havanalibrefilm learn more about havana libre at havanalibre.film join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod
S2 Enull · Wed, June 23, 2021
013. fichas: cuban dominoes
carmen & fryda muse on the beloved game of fichas, or cuban dominoes - from the culture, to the lingo, a bit of history, how it's played, and more. *note (6/4/2022): in this episode, we say that "cuatro mil patos quedaron" (4 thousand ducks remained) is a domino phrase, but to this day we have no idea where that came from. fryda's parents and grandparents confirm that this phrase does not exist. welp! transcript: https://rb.gy/sugok7 follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod
S2 Enull · Wed, June 09, 2021
012. non-fungible talent: gabriel guerra bianchini on cuba & NFTs
what is an NFT? how did artists in cuba come to mint? what does this mean for them? are cubans able to trade in crypto? what happens to artists when their heavily regulated art market loses its sole demand due to COVID-19 shut-downs? carmen and fryda chat with one of cuba's first NFT artists gabriel guerra bianchini to discuss the state of NFTs in cuba. bid on our NFT: https://bit.ly/3z8KSGm recommended listening: 011. movimiento San Isidro gabriel guerra bianchini https://instagram.com/gabrielguerrabianchini https://www.bianchini-studio.com https://opensea.io/accounts/gabrielbianchini support cuban artists! https://nftcuba.art https://instagram.com/nftcubaart https://twitter.com/nftcubaart https://tryshowtime.com/NFTcubaArt transcript: https://bit.ly/2RAAq9L follow us on instagram @teikirisipod join us on patreon https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod
S2 Enull · Wed, May 26, 2021
011. movimiento san isidro: cuban artists speak up
as cuba's regime tightens its chokehold on freedom of expression, artists turn up the resistance, phones in hand, and armed with art to make demands. we take you through the play-by-play on movimiento san isidro, the people involved, and the conditions that brought it all to its current boiling point. transcript: https://rb.gy/g1bwht twitter handles from episode: https://twitter.com/27Ncuba https://twitter.com/Mov_sanisidro follow us on instagram @teikirisipod join us on patreon https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod
S2 Enull · Wed, May 12, 2021
010. asiel babastro en conversación
carmen y fryda invitan al director asiel babastro para conocer que lo trajo a la yuma, y a dirigir el videoclip Patria y Vida. asiel comparte un poco sobre su trayectoria intelectual junto a las experiencias de su vida, observaciones sobre la cubanidad, los retos que enfrentan los artistas en cuba, el movimento san isidro y más. NOTE: this episode is in spanish, but an english transcript is available on our blog. carmen and fryda invite director asiel babastro to chat about what brought him to la yuma, and to direct music video Patria y Vida. asiel shares a bit about his intellectual journey, combining life experiences, observations on cubanity, and the challenges that artists face in cuba, san isidro and more. transcripción en español: https://rb.gy/58lobs english transcript: https://rb.gy/xaqmdz síguenos en las redes sociales @teikirisipod únete a nosotras en patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod
S2 Enull · Wed, April 28, 2021
009. el che as an icon
launching season 2, carmen and fryda hold the most reproduced image of the 20th century - the iconic face of ernesto "che" guevara - to a magnifying glass. presenting a history of contradictions, this episode unpacks why many cubans, even progressive-thinking ones, often feel negatively about el che. transcript: https://www.teikirisipod.com/post/009-el-che-as-an-icon follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod
S1 Enull · Wed, February 24, 2021
008. the cuban-american dream
carmen & fryda get personal and bring it full circle, musing on the cuban-american dream in this conversational episode transcript: https://bit.ly/2QHBs2M follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod
S1 Enull · Wed, February 10, 2021
007. cuba: a vintage playground
"i want to go to Cuba before it changes," is something we've heard a lot. in this episode carmen & fryda unpack this sticky subject, the harsh realities of what it really means for Cuba to stay the same for touristy selfies -Recommended listening - 001. ¡oigo! 003. el periodo especial: scarcity and famine 004. eyes and ears 90 Miles Podcast: https://apple.co/36SDtP8 transcript: https://bit.ly/3q4CSB8 follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod Thanks to ZAPSPLAT and FesliyanStudios.com for the background music and sfx.
S1 Enull · Wed, January 27, 2021
006. the cuban sandwich ft. chef louie estrada
what really goes into the cuban sandwich? is it even really "cuban"? in this one we deep dive into the history of this classic famous sandwich, and chat with chef louie estrada of my cuban spot in gowanus, brooklyn transcript on our blog: https://www.teikirisipod.com/post/006-cuban-sandwich follow us on social media @teikirisipod @mycubanspot @chefofspirits join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod
S1 Enull · Wed, January 13, 2021
005. cuban parties
carmen & fryda get into the party time spirit for an episode deconstructing cuban-american celebrations, from croquetas to dominos and the lengthy despedida! read more on our blog: https://www.teikirisipod.com/post/005-cuban-parties follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod
S1 Enull · Wed, December 30, 2020
004. eyes & ears
we dive deep into the network of organizations that monitor cubans & enforce revolutionary ideals on the island. what does it mean to be integrated? what is life like if you're deemed antisocial or scum? with help from fryda's mami y papi, we get a first-hand account of what it's like to live under this system. read more on our blog: https://www.teikirisipod.com/post/004-eyes-ears follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod
Bonus · Wed, December 23, 2020
003.5 BONUS noche buena & the secret to a perfect lechon
in this bonus episode, carmen & fryda get tipsy, disclose the secret to the perfect cuban lechon, and talk about the cuban holidays. *** NOTE: in this episode we say that a "burrito" is a mule, but that is inaccurate, it is a donkey. follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod visit our website: www.teikirisipod.com
S1 Enull · Wed, December 16, 2020
003. el periodo especial: scarcity & famine
what is el periodo especial? why was there such scarcity and famine? what was the regime's response to the suffering and misery that swept and settled across Cuba? read more on our blog: https://www.teikirisipod.com/post/003-el-periodo-especial-scarcity-famine follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod
S1 Enull · Wed, December 02, 2020
002. soy balsera
in 'soy balsera,' carmen talks about her journey out of Cuba, which was filled with twists, turns, getting lost at sea, and 6 months in guantanamo. read more on our blog: https://www.teikirisipod.com/post/ep-2-soy-balsera follow us on social media @teikirisipod join us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teikirisipod
S1 Enull · Wed, November 18, 2020
001. ¡oigo!
carmen & fryda share memories of making phone calls to cuba in the 90s and early 2000s, and talk about the novelty and significance of getting friend requests on facebook from family in cuba. https://www.teikirisipod.com/post/_oigo
Trailer · Tue, November 10, 2020
teikirisi trailer
get ready for your next favorite dynamic duo. fryda and carmen are coming to a podcast player near you celebrating all things cuban-american. dale, and teikirisi. https://www.teikirisipod.com
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