Episode 134: Roma Part II
This is Part II in a two part series on Alfonso Cuaron's 2018 masterpiece "Roma." This episode covers the second half of the movie and discusses themes of loneliness, isolation, and belonging. It also...
11 Des 202316min
Episode 133: Roma Part I
The story of an indigenous housekeeper in 1970's Mexico City allows us to examine themes of Mexican history-class, race, status, violence, and more. As the Dirty War rages in the Mexican countryside, ...
20 Nov 202315min
Episode 132: The Mexican Dirty War Part VI-Spaces of Memory
For the victims of the Mexican Dirty War and their families, all that's left of it now is spaces of memory. This episode is Part VI in a series on the Mexican Dirty War and takes a final look at the i...
30 Okt 202313min
Episode 131: The Mexican Dirty War Part V-Massacres and Memories
Does it make any sense to compare individual personality and memory to historical and collective memory? Much like our own memories, the past is often remembered according to the needs of the present....
9 Okt 202316min
Episode 130: The Mexican Dirty War Part IV-Violence and Change
Is violence necessary for change? The Mexican Dirty War provides an interesting lens through which to view this question. Leftist geurrilla movements in Mexico were made up of a diversity of disaffect...
18 Sep 202317min
Episode 129: The Mexican Dirty War Part III-Revolution of the Mundane
What caused the Mexican Dirty War? A combination of economic, social, and political grievances built up over the course of hundreds of years to finally explode in the mid-20th century. The geurrilla w...
28 Aug 202325min
Episode 128: The Mexican Dirty War Part II-Spectres of Revolution
How does the broader context of history affect our personal lives on a daily basis? How does historical memory and narrative storytelling change the way we view the past and the present? This episode ...
7 Aug 202320min
Episode 127: The Mexican Dirty War Part I-The Politics of Memory
The Mexican Dirty War was fought from the 1960's into the 1980's between the Mexican government and geurrilla insurgents. Geurrilla warfare and government counter-insurgency would be a reality of life...
17 Jul 202316min
