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El Podcast de El Profe Palacios

Agustin Palacios

Hola, bienvenidos to El Podcast del Profe Palacios, a podcast about Ethnic Studies, education, and issues affecting our Latino/e students and communities. I am your host Dr. Agustín Palacios, professor of Chicano/Latino Studies for more than 15 years at the community college. In this podcast we will talk about how Ethnic Studies is more than an academic subject; it is a practice grounded in community love and social justice. The analysis and conversations I will provide will be informed by many

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31:33

Episode 16: Breaking Down Zohran Mamdani's victory...

El Podcast de El Profe Palacios ·

2025/11/07

In this episode, I break down Zohran Mamdani’s powerful victory speech after winning the New York City mayoral race. I have to say, I really needed this win. His victory gives me hope in our future. Mamdani’s campaign was grounded in affordability, and inclusion. As a Democratic Socialist, he is unapologetically pro-worker and pro-immigrant. Mamdani’s win is more than NYC’s victory — it’s also a reminder for all us, that we can win on a politics rooted in economic justice and standing up to the

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Episode 15: Plática with Alexandro J. Gradilla

El Podcast de El Profe Palacios ·

2025/11/02

In this episode I am joined by Dr. Alexandro J. Gradilla, professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies, for a plática about his life, his schooling, his journey through academia, and becoming an activist-scholar. Gradilla reflects on growing up in 1970s San Diego in a Mexican immigrant household, the impact his teachers and professors made on him, and what it was like living near the US-Mexico border. He traces a winding academic path from Hoover High to UC Berkeley, including academic probation,

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36:25

Episode 14: Let's Teach Class Consciousness

El Podcast de El Profe Palacios ·

2025/09/27

Education is never neutral, and as Howard Zinn reminds us, “you cannot be neutral in a moving train.” Schools can either reproduce inequality or serve as spaces for critical thinking and transformation. In this episode, I talk about our responsibility as educators to foster class consciousness as we teach about capitalism and wealth inequality. We urgently need to teach class consciousness if we want our students to defend our democracy and create the world we want to see. Books mentioned in this

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34:14

Episode 13: Educators will not be replaced by Pinche...

El Podcast de El Profe Palacios ·

2025/09/03

In this episode of El Podcast del Profe Palacios, I reflect on the start of a new semester, on how I am incorporating AI into my teaching as well as in-class writing. I am going both old-school and new school. I am assigning more group project in my online classes, and using tools like Padlet to encourage participation and cooperation. I also talk about how I refuse to be a cop, and I am trying to stay away from policing AI in student work. Along the way, I ask: How do we maintain a balance between

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37:35

Rant No. 81925: 10 things I hate about MAGA...

El Podcast de El Profe Palacios ·

2025/08/20

This episode is not polite, balanced, or nice—it’s a rant. I rant about MAGA, especially Latino MAGA. I talk about the pinche ICE budget (bigger than the military of entire nations), about Mexican American migra who are deporting people just like their own parents. I take jabs at MAGA’s fake obsession with “protecting children” while ignoring child deaths at the border and in Gaza.I rant about:1. La pinche migra, ICE, with obscene funding.2. Children of immigrants who become ICE.3. Mexican Americans

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Episode 12: Plática with Carlos-Manuel

El Podcast de El Profe Palacios ·

2025/08/04

Hola bienvenidos to another episode of El Podcast de el Profe Palacios. I am your host, El Profe Palacios. Today, I have the honor to sit down with the one and only Carlos-Manuel. He is an accomplished playwright, director, and professor at Contra Costa College. In our plática we talk about his childhood, his family’s migration story, the teachers who shaped his path, and how he became the chingón teatrista that he is. Carlos Manuel opens up about his identity as a gay immigrant from Mexico, and

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Episode 11: Capirotada Times

El Podcast de El Profe Palacios ·

2025/07/25

In this capirotada-style episode of El Podcast de el Profe Palacios, I provide some commentary on the current state of affairs—from ICE recruitment, to the Superman’s immigrant story, and Miss Rachel’s activism for Palestine. And hey, I had a visitor; a hummingbird came to my window! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit agustinpalacios.substack.com

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50:15

Episode 10: Platica with Dr. Dani Ahuicapahtzin Cornejo

El Podcast de El Profe Palacios ·

2025/07/02

In this episode, tengo el gusto de compartir una plática I had with my colleague and neighbor, Dr. Dani Ahuicapahtzin Cornejo. Dani is the Chair of the Ethnic Studies Department at Diablo Valley College.In this plática, Dani reflects on his life, his complex heritage that includes Chile, Mexico, and a Quaker grandfather. He talks about growing up in a primarily Black neighborhood in Denver, Colorado; and also being raised partly in Chile. Dani grew up at the intersection of a diverse world,

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Episode 9: Plática with Norma Valdez-Jiménez

El Podcast de El Profe Palacios ·

2025/06/22

In this episode, I sit down with my colega Norma Valdez-Jimenez, an academic counselor at Contra Costa College. Norma shares her story—from her childhood experiences growing up in San Pablo, California, to her academic journey at CCC and San Francisco State. She shared about the importance of being present and serving our students. We also explore her path as a poet, and the insight and growth that come from putting pen to paper. MusicJazzaddict's Intro by Cosimo Fogg (201)

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31:48

Episode 8: Voices from the San Francisco East Bay, No...

El Podcast de El Profe Palacios ·

2025/06/16

On June 14, No Kings Day, I took to the streets of San Pablo and El Sobrante, California, in the SF East Bay to uplift the voices of those who showed up to say No to Trump’s politics of fear and hate—and Yes to community, solidarity, and hope. In this episode, I talk with organizers, families, and community members about why they demonstrated. Together, we reflect on the power of collective action, the love that fuels resistance, and the responsibility we carry as educators and neighbors. Aquí

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62:34

Episode 7: Platica with Melina Lozano, La Raza...

El Podcast de El Profe Palacios ·

2025/06/12

In this episode, I sat down with Melina Lozano, president of La Raza Student Union and Contra Costa College student. Melina shares her story of growing up in Richmond, California as the daughter of immigrant parents, and her journey navigating the education system as a first-generation college student. We talk about some of the challenges she faced, as well as how her discipline and hard work pays off. We also talked about her dreams of becoming a nurse. Her ganas de triunfar and determination

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28:11

Episode 6: Why do we talk about Palestine in...

El Podcast de El Profe Palacios ·

2025/06/04

In this episode, I reflect on why Palestine matters in Chicano Studies and Ethnic Studies. I open with a poem by Naomi Shihab Nye, drawing connections between displaced peoples, ancestral land, and the deep love and longing for home. I share personal memories—of fig trees, nopales, and sacred land. From poetry to praxis, I explore how Ethnic Studies teaches us to name settler colonialism, analyze power, and build cross-community solidarity.Resources Mentioned:· Words Under the Words, by Naomi Shihab

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24:39

Episode 5: What would Paulo Freire say about AI?

El Podcast de El Profe Palacios ·

2025/05/15

In this episode, I explore the promises and challenges of artificial intelligence through the lens of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire. I reflect on what it means to teach — and learn — in the coming age of AI. Drawing from Freire’s ideas on conscientization, problem-posing education, and the need to read both the word and the world, I ask: how do we keep our students from becoming passive consumers of information, or even worse, from becoming manipulated by those who control AI?Jazzaddict's Intro by

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26:23

Episode 4: Do Say Gay and LGBTQ- Teaching Respect as...

El Podcast de El Profe Palacios ·

2025/05/02

In this episode, I talk about why it’s essential to teach our students and our children to respect LGBTQ people. What we put into the world eventually comes back to our family and our kids. I share some personal stories of myself as a parent and educator. It is our responsibility to model respect and affirm LGBTQ identities in meaningful ways. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit agustinpalacios.substack.com

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Episode 3: Why are they afraid of DEI? No nos quieren.

El Podcast de El Profe Palacios ·

2025/04/18

In this episode, I respond to the escalating attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Ethnic Studies by the Trump administration and its cronies. Why are they so afraid of educated Chicanos/as/x? Why does the truth about United States history make them uncomfortable? Join me as I share my thoughts on this topic.MusicJazzaddict's Intro by Cosimo Fogg (201) https://soundcloud.com/cosimo-foggCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream:

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43:19

Episode 2: Undergraduate Days at Cal

El Podcast de El Profe Palacios ·

2025/04/12

Hola, bienvenidos to El Podcast del Profe Palacios, a podcast about Ethnic Studies, education, and issues affecting our Latino/e students and communities. I am your host Dr. Agustín Palacios, professor of Chicano/Latino Studies for more than 15 years at the community college. In this podcast we will talk about how Ethnic Studies is more than an academic subject; it is a practice grounded in community love and social justice. The analysis and conversations I will provide will be informed by many

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32:34

Episode 1: Early Years–Academic Journey

El Podcast de El Profe Palacios ·

2025/03/25

Hola, bienvenidos to El Podcast del Profe Palacios, a podcast about Ethnic Studies, education, and issues affecting our Latino/e students and communities. I am your host Dr. Agustín Palacios, professor of Chicano/Latino Studies for more than 15 years at the community college. In this podcast we will talk about how Ethnic Studies is more than an academic subject; it is a practice grounded in community love and social justice. The analysis and conversations I will provide will be informed by many

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