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Ep7w/Roberto Alfaro: Mexico City to LA to Memphis, Poetry, The Mysterious Pachita, La Catrina & Classism in Mexico

Ep7w/Roberto Alfaro: Mexico City to LA to Memphis, Poetry, The Mysterious Pachita, La Catrina & Classism in Mexico

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This episode is a recorded interview with Memphis poet, free thinker, and my good friend Roberto Alfaro. (slight audio issues)
In our conversation, we discuss:

  • Mexican Identity
  • Mexican-African American relations in Memphis
  • Poetry
  • Roberto's experience growing up in Memphis
  • The story of a mysterious mystic and shaman woman known as Pachita
  • La Catrina as a memento mori and satircal response to classism in post-colonial Mexico
  • Sistema de castas and race in Latin America
  • Mesoamerican/Pre-hispanic mythology

I hope you enjoy the episode! Stay tuned for more! Thank you for listening!
Gracias por escuchar! Espero que haya disfrutado de este episodio.

Intro music by Melvin Lindsay: melvin.lindsay.jr@gmail.com


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Pachita:

  • https://mexicounexplained.com/pachita-psychic-surgeon-medium-mystic/
  • https://mxcity.mx/2015/10/pachita-la-curandera-mexicana-mas-famosa-de-la-ciudad-de-mexico/


Sunrise/Sunset Meditation:
https://treehouserecoverypdx.com/addiction-blog/sunrise-sunset-meditations/#:~:text=Sunrise%20Meditation&text=Sit%20in%20a%20comfortable%20seated,you%20like%20to%20leave%20behind%3F



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