¿QPM? S2 EP 1: Kidnapped by the FARC; Ahora un Latino en el Midwest.

¿QPM? 8: Año Nuevo, Musica Buena.: Para despedir el año, ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest? programmer Mareea Thomas and host Paola Marizán shared their favorite songs of 2017 and some of what's coming up next for the podcast. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

11 min listen

¿QPM? 10: Cubanos en el Midwest and the end of the Castro regime.: Last year, Cuba announced that next month, en Marzo del 2018, they will have elections to choose new members of the National Assembly. See this is historico because after that the new parliament will choose the country’s next president. Raul Castro or the Castro’s for that matter will no longer be in power after six decades of dictatorship. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

13 min listen

¿QPM? 5: Undocumented sin saber. Finding DACA.: When Laura was just fifteen, Laura found out she was undocumented. In this episodio we meet DACA recipient Laura. Una Latina that didn’t know about her legal status until she wanted to apply for college and about the taboo many immigrant families have en casa when talking about immigration. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

9 min listen

¿QPM? 3: Afro Latina en el Medio Oeste: After Trump's election, Lydia got punched in the face at the mall because of her dark skin and afro-like hair. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

8 min listen

¿QPM? 1: Pulque en América: Pulque, an ancient Mexican drink is seen as a cultural resistance to today’s political divide by those from the native land of the drink of the gods. Por su contenido, this symbolic drink does not lend itself to long-term storage, making it difficult to commercialize and find so we wanted to know why is this drink becoming a catch in North America's heartland. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

9 min listen

¿QPM? 2: Loyalty por la patria y la familia.: Because Pedro is a U.S. citizen, he was able to sign up for eight years of service and in return his parents can stay in this country after living undocumented for almost twenty years. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

10 min listen

¿QPM? 7: Crossing the US/Mexico border for the 8th time: Amalia got caught by border patrol and in a split second she had to make the decision -- give her baby to the coyote and hope he’ll get the infant safe to her relatives in the U.S. or to take her four-month-old back home, to El Salvador. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

12 min listen

¿QPM? S2 EP 2: Huracán Maria changed my family's life.: After not being able to talk to my family for six days, my mom finally called me from the Island. Hurricane Maria had just passed and she couldn't believe was she was seeing. I didn't know what had happened during that time so she started sending me pictures of what I thought was another country. I grew up in Puerto Rico; in these streets and I couldn't recognize any of them. My mom and sister came to stay with me in the Midwest after the hurricane and talked to me about their experience. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

13 min listen

¿QPM? 11: A proposed Immigration Detention Center in Latino Indiana: An Immigration Center proposed to be built in Elkhart, Indiana, a city big on agriculture, mainly built on manufacturing and close to big areas with large Latino populations, represented a clear threat to Latinos in the area. Many protests halted the proposed center from coming along but people are still nervous about the possible outcome. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

10 min listen

¿QPM? 4: Cooking Sofrito en el Midwest: Making Puertorican Sofrito in the Midwest is sometimes a hassle so here's my journey to feel close to home through comida Latina, how this is part of my identity and why it matters. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

8 min listen

¿QPM? 9: Arte, cultura and the conservative Midwest.: A look at how Latino art and culture has influenced the Midwest and how it's celebrated where it's people may not feel welcomed. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

8 min listen

¿QPM? 14: Bilingual kids on being translators and growing up too fast y el Midwest bilingüe.: Many times, I found myself talking about things that I didn’t understand because I was translating for my mom, por que no sabia Ingles. So there I was telling her about when the water bill was due and where to pay it, what those state documents meant, what the total at the grocery store was and one time about a police report. But our contributor Barbara Anguiano found a school where kids have a common ground; where some who had grown up too fast can be children and those who don’t know Spanish are learning. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

10 min listen

¿QPM? 6: Navidades en Latinoamérica: Celebrating Christmas as a Latino, today means that celebrations pour over borders and become part of our own traditions.In this episode, WNYC journalist Sophia Paliza Carre and host Paola Marizán talk about their Christmas in Perú and the Dominican Republic and about the fusion of traditions happening in Latin America. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

7 min listen

¿QPM? S3 EP 2: An all female mariachi; their instruments and mixture of cultures.: Flor de Toloache talks about the instruments that were substituted with newer lighter instruments in Mariachis, about how they stay in touch with their culture and about terms Latinos use that other cultures might seem as racist. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

11 min listen

¿QPM? S3 EP 5: An artist's mental health: The month of May is Mental Health Awareness Month and what better way to create conciencia acerca de la estabilidad mental than to talk to an artist about how his journey to finding stability and balance within his mental health has taken him throught dark moments and to seek professional help. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

13 min listen

¿QPM? 15: Fin de temporada, Recap and Next Season: It was a great season! Listen to our top five episodes and a sneak peek of next season in our last episodio. Share with us the topics you want us to cover next and recommend our podcast to a friend. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

9 min listen

QPM? S2 EP 5: La importancia of education for Latinos: Getting a degree is not easy for a lot of immigrants, first generation graduates and for low income families. First, navigating through the system to sign up, llenar la FAFSA, escoger the right classes, the scholarships and all the resources that they often don't know about, etc. And then the difference in cultures, the pressure of finishing school and taking care of their families. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

11 min listen

¿QPM? S4 EP 3: We filled out a census sample questionnaire and I got frustrated: Co producer Mareea Thomas and host Paola Marizán thought they should dive right into the census and decided to fill out a census sample questionnaire. It can get complicated for someone who doesn’t know what race they should identify as. We also talk about the census’s efforts to fight misinformation on social media. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

10 min listen

¿QPM? S2 EP 3: The effects of deportation in families and comunidades.: Aquí la historia de Janeth Vazquez. She grew up in Liberal Kansas and her father was deported when she started her first year of college. Ella dice que su vida cambió en todo el sentido de la palabra. She went from being a student and a daughter to being the sole provider of her family. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

9 min listen

¿QPM? 12: Feeling displaced and dealing with depression. A personal story.: In this episode, our host Paola Marizán shares with co-producer Mareea Thomas how moving from her home country at age 6 made her feel displaced, how domestic violence lead her and su mama to be refugees and how now that she's older tiene que encarar and deal with depression; which is a taboo topic in the Latino communidad because it can be viewed as a sign of weakness. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

12 min listen

¿QPM? Cinco de Mayo in Liberal, Kansas. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

7 min listen

¿QPM? S3 EP 1: It's all about Música!: This season it’s all about música SO be ready to move your hips to artistas como Making Movies, the Grammy winning all female Mariachi Flor de Toloache, Migrant Kids, Reggae prodigy Zion, the multilingual band The Brazilionaires and Appalatin. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

8 min listen

¿QPM? S3 EP 3: A story about Caribbean identity and finding a musical calling.: Reggae prodigy, Zion, talks about his childhood in the West Indies and the Virgin Islands donde vivio mucho tiempo without electricity or running water, how that struggle was an inspiration to write the música he writes today and how living between two religions, Christianity and Rastafarianism, made him question his identity. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

13 min listen

¿QPM? S3 EP 4: A conversation about old and new Latino music, musical crossovers and music history.: In a phone conversation with Music Journalist Catalina Maria Johnson we learned how to identify Latinx music, how nuestra música has influenced and changed over the years, how some music genres are being revisited by the artists of the newer generation and how music crossovers like K-pop and música en Español are being created more often. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

10 min listen

¿QPM? S4 EP 1: How the census and the elections mix.: This season we’re staying on top of two major topics happening this and the next year; the census and the 2020 elections. Escucha conversaciones about Indigenous pride, citizenship, voting and how the census and the elections relate to each other. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

10 min listen

QPM? S2 EP 6: Domestic Violence and machismo in Latino communities.: In this episode, co-producer Mareea Thomas talks to Paola about her experience when living in a house where domestic violence was present, about fleeing to New York and on how her family finally left. Please seek help. Busca ayuda. No estas solo/a. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

11 min listen

¿QPM? S5 EP 5: Helping meet the ever changing needs in the community: En este episodio, host Judith Ruiz-Branch habló con Shammrie Brown, Senior Outreach Director of New Life Covenant Church Southeast, via the Tape A Call app. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

15 min listen

¿QPM? S2 Ep 7: Census 2020 and the citizenship question: Every ten years, the government of the United States of America issues a mandatory census to count the population. The results of the census determine the number of seats that each state gets in the House of Representatives, the distribution of federal funds, and enforcement of voting rights laws. Now, the 2020 Census tiene una pregunta sobre citizenship. The Department of Justice requested that the Census Bureau reinstate a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

9 min listen

¿QPM? S2 EP 9: Ending Season Dos Celebrating Bilingual Music: It’s been a great season for us and we hope that it has been for you too. Esperamos que hayas disfrutado de los temas que tocamos esta temporada. Dance with us to Prince Royce, Kali Uchis, Ozuna, Cardi B and more! by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

6 min listen

¿QPM? S2 EP 1: Kidnapped by the FARC; Ahora un Latino en el Midwest.: Alfonso was kidnapped in Venezuela and later taken to Colombia by the FARC. The FARC sustains their estilo de vida by kidnapping and ransom, illegal mining, extorsiones and the production and distribución of illegal drugs. Pero Alfonso’s kidnapping was more a plane robbery than un secuestro. So, why did he came to the Midwest? by ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

11 min listen

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