Nuestro South Podcast

It’s Nuestro South, con el mismo sazón, but some new voices. Join our new storytellers from across the US south as they explore how and where they found comunidad while growing up in the US South.

This next stage of Nuestro South expands beyond the experiences of our initial hosts and brings in the perspectives of storytellers from rural NC, urban and suburban Georgia, and northwest Arkansas. Our new storytellers Tania, Jonathan, Allison, & Nancy invite you to share in a rich conversation about growing up Latina/o/x in the South. You know the flavor. Check out some of the new voices from Nuestro South!

In our first episode, Tania shares a rundown of growing up going to soccer games with her dad, her brother, or as a family. We break down how in hindsight, these were some of the critical spaces where we could gather and share food, stories, and moments of joy. If you didn’t play soccer, you could at least count on finding el paletero or elotero!

Hosts: Tania Dominguez, Jonathan Perraza-Campos, Allison Delgado, Nancy Garcia Villa
Producers: Julie Weise, Erik Valera, Elaine Utin, Ricky Hurtado, Axel Herrera, Dorian Gomez
LatinxEd Staff: Maria Pulido, Bryan Mejia
Consulting Scholars: Perla Guerrero, Yami Rodriguez, Yuri Ramirez
Editor: Axel Herrera
Graphics: Keyla Ferretiz

This project was made possible through the generous support of the North Carolina Humanities grant, the Whiting Foundation, and LatinxEd.

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Music for this video is obtain through the Artlist Personal License

If you’re from the South, you know that Nuestra Gente have been written out of the history books. So we took it upon ourselves to bring you the history we were not taught in school.
The Nuestro South podcast debuted in 2019. Now, we’re back with new ingredients. Our stories feature illustrations by North Carolina artist, Antonio Alanis. Our hosts Bryan, Daisy, Dorian, and Axel invite you to share in a rich conversation about growing up Latina/o/x in the South. You know the flavor. Welcome to Nuestro South, Refried!
On this episode our Nuestro South crew dives into a story on how Mexicanos faced opportunity and discrimination due to Jim Crow in the Mississippi in thee early 1930s. We then take a dive into the juicy questions about how our people navigate the racial dynamics of the South, where we find our power in the face of a discriminatory system, and how Nuestra Gente starts claiming our own home in the South without performing for whiteness.
Hosts: Daisy Almonte, Bryan Mejia, Axel Herrera, Dorian Gomez
Producers: Julie Weise, Erik Valera, Elaine Utin, Ricky Hurtado
LatinxEd Staff: Maria Pulido, Lucero Rocha, Isabella Lima
Editor: Dorian Gomez
Illustrator: Antonio Alanis
Graphics: Keyla Ferretiz
This project was made possible through the generous support of The Whiting Foundation, the Southern Documentary Fund, and LatinxED
Follow us on Social Media @NuestroSouth
Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/nuestrosouth/
Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/NuestroSouth
Twitter- https://twitter.com/nuestrosouth
TikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@nuestrosouth
Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNidXQ3-nyxqsb4R5UWJh4A/videos
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://nuestrosouth.org/
Music for this video is obtained through the Artlist Personal License.
Juan - Tarante Grove Machine
Spicy Latin - Nbdy Nprtnt

The Nuestro South Loud & Proud series focuses on the Poder y Cultura that Nuestra Gente in the South can possess. From the comida que cocinamos, the music we play, and our labor which plants, cleans, and builds-- Nuestra Gente has grown deep roots in the south.
Part 2 of "Las Polleras de Mississippi" takes a deeper dive into the history and context of these polleras through the research and work of professor Angela Stuesse.
In this episode- The history and economy of the South is profoundly defined by the labor structures and hierarchies. There is a through-line from slavery, to sharecropping, and more modern low wage work settings that exploit those most vulnerable for their labor.

Immigrants and their labor are used to prop up industries which benefit from the lack of worker protections. Many of these southern regions have historically suppressed labor organizing and unions. The chicken plant or “Las Polleras” embody much of this history ever since Jim Crow segregation until the present. Las Polleras are some of the largest immigrant minority employers in rural southern towns whose economies largely revolve around the poultry industry.

Angela Stuesse is an associate professor of anthropology and global studies at UNC Chapel Hill. She spent the last 20+ years doing activist research alongside Latinx Immigrant communities in the south. She is the author of Scratching Out a Living: Latinos, Race, and Work in the deep South. She continues to write and advocate for workers that are increasingly vulnerable in the times of heightened immigration enforcement and health and safety within a pandemic.

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Instagram: http://instagram.com/nuestrosouthTwitter: https://twitter.com/nuestrosouthFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/NuestroSouth/The Nuestro South Loud & Proud Interview Series is produced by Axel Herrera, Julie Weise, and Erik Valera with generous sponsorship from the Whiting Foundation, the University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences, and LatinxEd.

The Nuestro South Loud & Proud series focuses on the Poder y Cultura that Nuestra Gente in the South can possess. From the comida que cocinamos, the music we play, and our labor which plants, cleans, and builds-- Nuestra Gente has grown deep roots in the south.
In this episode- What does it mean to be Half-Hillbilly and Half-Mexican? How do Latinx families come to settle in the Appalachian regions? How does our music and culture express a new vision for our communities future?
Like the broader US South, Appalachia is a vast region filled with its own history and nuances but it is still largely stereotyped as a particularly white space . The truth and history is much more nuanced, and just like in the deep South, Nuestra Gente has roots all across Appalachia and has enriched the region with their food, language, music, and culture.

Tune in to discover the cultural bridges being formed through the Mexilachian music of the Lua Project, and the activist sounds of the Latingrass group Che Apalache as Sophia Enriquez walks us through her own family's journey and the significance of our music in the Appalachian-Latinx experience.
Sophia is a scholar, teacher, and musician from Appalachian Ohio. She is a PhD candidate in ethnomusicology at Ohio State University. Her dissertation titled “Canciones de Las Apalaches: Latinx Music, Migration, and Belonging in Appalachia” sheds light on the long-standing contributions of Latinx people to Appalachian music. Sophia plays Appalachian and Mexican music styles—such as ranchera and bluegrass—and performs with the folk trio the “Good Time Girls” in Columbus, Ohio.

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https://nuestrosouth.org/

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Instagram: http://instagram.com/nuestrosouthTwitter: https://twitter.com/nuestrosouthFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/NuestroSouth/The Nuestro South Loud & Proud Interview Series is produced by Axel Herrera, Julie Weise, and Erik Valera with generous sponsorship from the Whiting Foundation, the University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences, and LatinxEd.

It’s Nuestro South, con el mismo sazón, but some new voices. Join our new storytellers from across the US south as they explore how and where they found comunidad while growing up in the US South.
This next stage of Nuestro South expands beyond the experiences of our initial hosts and brings in the perspectives of storytellers from rural NC, urban and suburban Georgia, and northwest Arkansas. Our new storytellers Nancy, Jonathan, Allison, & Tania invite you to share in a rich conversation about growing up Latina/o/x in the South. You know the flavor. Check out some of the new voices from Nuestro South!
In this episode, Nancy helps us breakdown how some of our most vulnerable communities can actually represent spaces of resilience where nuestra cultura thrives. It’s another episode on trailas but with a remix of regions and hosts. As young latinx southerners, where we grow up largely defines what our early sense of community is like. If you were ever part of that single trailer park bus-stop, you know what vecindades like this look like. Many times our goal is always to leave these living conditions, but in this conversation, we also reflect on the cultural significance they were for us and the economic circumstances that define those experiences.
Hosts: Nancy Garcia Villa, Tania Dominguez, Jonathan Perraza-Campos, Allison DelgadoProducers: Julie Weise, Erik Valera, Elaine Utin, Ricky Hurtado, Axel Herrera, Dorian GomezConsulting Scholars: Perla Guerrero, Yami Rodriguez, Yuri RamirezLatinxEd Staff: Maria Pulido, Bryan MejiaEditor: Axel Herrera Graphics: Keyla Ferretiz

This project was made possible through the generous support of North Carolina Humanities, The Whiting Foundation, and LatinxEd.

Follow us on Social Media @NuestroSouth
Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/nuestrosouth/
Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/NuestroSouth
Twitter- https://twitter.com/nuestrosouth
TikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@nuestrosouth
Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNidXQ3-nyxqsb4R5UWJh4A/videos

Email: [email protected]
Website: https://nuestrosouth.org/

Music for this video is obtain through the Artlist Personal License