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¿Quién Are We?

Colorado Public Radio

¿Quién Are We? is a podcast from Colorado Public Radio exploring what it means to be Latino, Hispanic or Chicana ... or however you identify. Host and journalist May Ortega shares stories about our wide-ranging identities and the beautiful things that make us who we are.

Colorado Public Radio

¿Quién Are We? is a podcast from Colorado Public Radio exploring what it means to be Latino, Hispanic or Chicana ... or however you identify. Host and journalist May Ortega shares stories about our wide-ranging identities and the beautiful things that make us who we are.

Colorado Public Radio
7hr 14min
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Our friends at Off the Walls take over the feed this week – with the people and the stories behind Denver's street art.
April 26, 202431min 35sec
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Carolina Acosta didn’t grow up speaking Spanish or doing family game nights. Then she made a Spanglish drinking game.
May 17, 202430min 42sec
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Obed Manuel remembers the best taco he ever had: the ones his parents sold.
May 10, 202434min 29sec
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Artist Jasmine Dillavou fights for space in a mostly-white profession, fueled her passion for art that highlights Latino joy.
May 3, 202427min 27sec
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For Jennifer Serrano and Veronica Vasques, being Latina and queer has come with both opportunities and obstacles.
April 19, 202427min 53sec
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Fernando Villanea's passion for nature led him to study one of the most interesting animals of all: us.
April 12, 202429min 34sec
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A family trauma expert, Mariel Buque, guides us through her own path of acceptance and healing.
April 5, 202423min 7sec
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Host and journalist May Ortega is back with more everyday stories of incredible people who are exploring their heritage through their personal passions.
March 21, 20243min 7sec
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Dimitra Trejo reflects on how her relationships with her estranged teen mom and older adoptive mom have shaped her life.
October 28, 202228min 56sec
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Manuela Sanchez loved to dance and made it her career, but faced unexpected hardship.
October 14, 202224min 10sec
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Jose Borjon admired his mother's commitment to community and found his own way to take that mission to the next level.
September 30, 202225min 54sec
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Denver entrepreneur Victor Sosa never knew his interest in houseplants would help him build community and connect to his Latinx roots.
September 16, 202225min 26sec
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Brandon Vargas wanted to perfectly replicate his grandmother's Green Chile recipe. There was just one catch: She never wrote it down.
September 2, 202219min 54sec
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May Ortega learns that to help others tell their stories she has to learn more about her own story.
August 19, 202224min 7sec
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Denise grew up in a Puerto Rican household, but lived in a predominantly white suburb. After many years of feeling like she didn't belong, "Ni de aquí, ni de allá," she discovers she isn't alone after all.
August 5, 202226min 32sec
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Could Allan Benavides create a new sense of community and pride among Latino baseball fans in a small Oregon city?
July 22, 202225min 24sec
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Jon Baron discovered what had been missing from his life through a special drink brewed with centuries of myth and meaning.
July 8, 202222min 10sec
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The podcast debuts July 8. Follow us on your favorite podcast app so you don’t miss an episode.
June 16, 20223min 47sec

Introducing Off the Walls

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April 26, 202431min 35sec

We'll be back next week with a new episode. In the meantime, we're excited that our friends at Off the Walls are taking over the feed this week – with the people and the stories behind Denver's street art.

Listen to all five episodes of Off the Walls on CPR.org or wherever you listen to podcasts.

To see photos of the mural “Huitzilopochtli,” visit CPR.org.

Credits for “The Hummingbird Warrior” from Off the Walls:

Hosts: Kibwe Cooper, Emily Williams
Editor: Jo Erickson
Written and reported by Emily Williams and Kibwe Cooper
Mixed by Kibwe Cooper
Denverite editor: Obed Manuel
Additional editorial support: Kevin Beaty, Erin Jones, Rebekah Romberg, Luis Antonio Perez
Theme music by Kibwe Cooper. Additional music via Universal Production Music.
Executive producer: Brad Turner, Kevin Dale
Thanks also to Kevin Beaty, Hart Van Denburg, Jodi Gersh, Kyle Harris, Desiree Mathurin, Kim Nguyen, Maria Juliana Pinzón, Clara Shelton, Rebecca Tauber, Isaac Vargas, Arielle Wilson.

This show was produced with support from PRX, and is made possible in part by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and a grant from the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation.

Off the Walls is a production of Denverite and Colorado Public Radio — part of the NPR Network.

Credits for ¿Quién Are We?:

Host and producer: May Ortega
Mixed by: Emily Williams
Editors: Erin Jones, Andrew Villegas
Project Manager: Rebekah Romberg
Additional editorial support: Jo Erickson, Kibwe Cooper, Luis Antonio Perez
Theme music by Pedro Lumbrano; additional music courtesy Universal Production Music
Cover art: Mia Rincón
Executive producers: Brad Turner, Kevin Dale

Thanks also to Hart van Denburg, Jodi Gersh, Clara Shelton, Matt Herz, Kim Nguyen, Brittany Werges and CPR's members and staff.

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Follow May on Twitter: @MayVOrtega