LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast

200. RICHARD VILLEGAS JR. RETURNS!

A QUEER CHICANO WRITER FROM EAST LA, ÓRALE The podcast comes full circle for Episode 200 as first-ever guest Richard Villegas Jr. returns to talk about leaving a teachi

The Punch-Up: Minisode #16 - Thulio & Rubén Go Gay, Go Dark, Go Sad

This week: LA kicks off spooky season with 100-degree weather, Thulio sobs his way through Before It's Too Late, Rubén finds live theatre growing in a Topanga tinderbox,

199. ANGELA M. SÁNCHEZ

A MODERN FOLKLORIST LATINX WRITER Angela M. Sánchez shares growing up Chicanx in Los Angeles, how experiencing homelessness as a teenager shaped her commitment to telli

The Punch-Up: Minisode #15 - Rubén Buries His Underwear, Thulio Wants Beyoncé to Play Him

This week: Thulio closes out summer with a Y2K Palm Springs girls' trip, Rubén checks out Animal LA with seemingly every gay in the city, Flo from Progressive reveals he

198. CHRISTOPHER MONCAYO-TORRES

A NO SABO ECUADORIAN-AMERICAN SAD BOY WRITER FROM QUEENS Christopher Moncayo-Torres shares growing up Ecuadorian American in Queens as a recovering no sabo and latchkey

The Punch-Up: Minisode #14 - Thulio Tosses Out the Breadsticks, Rubén Peaks in 2050

This week: A rainy Labor Day weekend ruins Thulio's beach fantasy, Animal enters the LA gay bar group chat, Olive Garden becomes a Mid-City gay haven with bottle service

197. NATALIA MEJÍA

A CHILANGA MOM WRITER Natalia Mejía shares growing up in Mexico City, starting her TV career straight out of college writing Mexican telenovelas, moving to Los Angeles

The Punch-Up: Minisode #13 - Rubén Takes a Bible to the Face, Thulio Brings His Own Trade

This week: Thulio makes his triumphant WeHo return and somehow wakes up in Glendale, Rubén gets accused of dining & dashing at Dave & Buster's, a pool day delivers Scorp

196. DYLAN GUERRA

A MAGICALLY REALISTIC, QUEER COLOMBIAN LATINÉ WRITER MAKES AN ATTEMPT Dylan Guerra shares growing up queer and Colombian in Miami, being raised by artist parents in a w

The Punch-Up: Minisode #12 - Thulio Has His Finger on the Pulse, Rubén Believes Men

This week: Thulio fights Karl the Fog at Outside Lands, Slayyyter saves a flop summer with "Brand New Chanel," Heated Rivalry casting discourse demands meat on the bones

195. FIORELLA VESCOVI

A QUEER LATIN AMERICAN WRITER-DIRECTOR Fiorella Vescovi shares growing up in Montevideo, Uruguay, feeling trapped until sports opened a path to the U.S., driving from M

The Punch-Up: Minisode #11 - Rubén's Odyussy Awakens, Thulio Has Places to Be

This week: Thulio becomes a gay cowboy ghost-story extra, free LA archery turns him into Katniss Everdeen, Rubén finds artistic hope at a queer film night at Akbar, Comi

194. JON-ALEXANDER GENSON

A MEXICAN-AMERICAN WRITER AND ARMY VETERAN FROM CHICAGO Jon-Alexander Genson shares growing up Mexican-American in northern Illinois, joining the Army to escape his hom

The Punch-Up: Minisode #10 - Thulio vs. The Bling Ring (Rubén's Fault)

This week: Thulio survives The Abbey phone-theft industrial complex, Rubén's office job turns him into a fluorescent-lit shell of a woman, Love Island signs off and Worl

193. LISA QUINTELA

A CAN'T STOP, WON'T STOP LATINX WRITER Lisa Quintela shares growing up Cuban-American between New Jersey, Miami, and New York, how her parents' harrowing escape from Cu

The Punch-Up: Minisode #9 - Rubén and Thulio Clam Slam Into Summer

This week: Thulio returns from Gilmore Girls country and enters his World Cup Brazilian era, Rubén turns 35 and discovers his head is now extra-wide at Warby Parker, a q

192. EUGENE GARCIA-CROSS

A GRATEFUL, CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC, IN-HIS-HEAD, OCD LATINX WRITER Eugene Garcia-Cross shares growing up half Puerto Rican in Erie, Pennsylvania, feeling like the Latino

The Punch-Up: Minisode #8 - Thulio Saves Y2K, Rubén Goes IMAX

This week: Corporate Pride is dead (but the Chase Sapphire rainbow logo lives in our hearts), Thulio dodges the WeHo Pride tax, Rubén hits Club Cobra and begs DJs to let

191. MICHELLE SALCEDO

A CUBADORIAN WRITER-ACTION DIRECTOR Michelle Salcedo shares growing up Cuban and Ecuadorian in Miami, turning her parents' immigrant love story into creative fuel, find

The Punch-Up: Minisode #7 - Rubén Is a Girls' Girl, Thulio Moshes in the Backrooms

This week: Thulio gets spit-roasted by ailments, Brown & Out 8 has its final-final encore at the WeHo Pride Arts Festival, Akbar delivers DFMO antics, Gen Z boos AI and