A Little Delusion & A Little Self-Doubt | Ian Lara on Going From Pre-Law to an HBO Comedy Special
Comedian Ian Lara joins me for a conversation about identity, creativity, first-gen expectations and learning to become more yourself. Born to Dominican parents and raised in Queens, Ian reflects on ...
11 Aug 1h 15min
A Kid From Florida, a Son of Egypt: Bucki Sugar on Music, Identity & Faith
Some artists write about who they are, others write about who they’ll become. Bucki Sugar documents the experience at both ends and the one in between. In this Hella Latin@ episode, Odalys Jasmine si...
11 Juli 1h 6min
What is Liberation, really? Joél Leon, Naley by Nature and Jasmine Ruiz on Imagining New Systems & Building Something Better
In this episode, Odalys Jasmine sits with 3 Bronx natives — Joél Leon, Naley by Nature, and Jasmine Ruíz — to talk liberation, capitalism, healing, and imagining new systems. Together, we explore ho...
22 Juni 1h 21min
My God Is Too Powerful to Be Petty: Decolonizing the Mind with Aida Rodriguez
I sit down with the one and only Aida Rodriguez - comedian, author, storyteller, and cultural commentator - for a deeply personal and expansive conversation on identity, ancestry, spirituality, womanh...
10 Juni 1h 26min
Art as Liberation: Choosing Self-Expression in a System Built for Survival
Hella Latin@ brought the LA community back for another live, intimate podcast experience where we explore the stories we carry, the cultures we straddle, and solidarity amongst our communities. This ...
28 Apr 1h 5min
Alchemizing the First-Gen Experience — B0ryan on El Salvador, Art, and Becoming
In this episode of Hella Latin@, Odalys Jasmine sits down with B0ryan — a first-gen Salvadoran creative to talk identity, resilience, and what it really means to create not from survival, but from tru...
8 Jan 1h 8min
Failure Is Data: Lessons from a First-Gen Journey with Daniel Ordoñez
In this episode of Hella Latin@, Odalys Jasmine sits down with Daniel Ordóñez — a Haitian-Salvadorean entrepreneur and creative director — for a deeply reflective conversation on legacy, identity, mas...
23 Dec 20251h 6min
Latino Adjacent: Navigating Identity as a Belizean-American with Brianna Adanna Meighan
In this powerful episode of Hella Latin@, Odalys Jasmine sits down with Brianna, a first-generation Belizean-American creative from Los Angeles whose work lives at the intersection of art, innovation,...
7 Dec 20251h 2min
