Radio Cachimbona

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4.9
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240 reviews
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200 episodes
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Yes
Date created
2017/05/24
Latest episode
2026/01/12
Average duration
50 min.
Release period
19 days

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Radio Cachimbona is an abolitionist podcast that audio-archives state repression and fierce migrant resistance in the Southern Arizona borderlands and breaks down case law and politics from a leftist perspective. As a first-generation professional whose parents are Salvadoran immigrants, Yvette prioritizes uplifting the voices and histories of Central Americans.

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Las capturas arbitrarias del régimen de excepción
2026/01/12
Yvette Borja entrevista al vocero de la organización MOVIR, Samuel Ramírez. Borja y Ramírez hablan de los efectos del régimen de excepción de Bukele y la nueva ley de agentes extranjeros en la sociedad Salvadoreña, Ramírez comparte como el régimen es fortalecido por el miedo del pueblo y como Bukele usa el régimen como una herramienta contra disidentes. Apoyen el podcast en Patreon: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Sigan @radiocachimbona en Instagram, X, y Facebook
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*PREVIEW* ASK ME ANYTHING: Unhealthy, Toxic Dynamics Within Leftist/Progressive Spaces
2026/01/11
To hear the rest of this episode, join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Yvette Borja and Ronnie Wollenzier discuss the article "Excommunicate Me From the Church of Social Justice," why unhealthy/toxic dynamics within leftist/progressive spaces exist, why conflict resolution skills are necessary for all those in community organizing spaces to have, and the connections between the strictures of Christian religious institutions and perfectionist expectations in social justice spaces. Read the article here: https://www.autostraddle.com/kin-aesthetics-excommunicate-me-from-the-church-of-social-justice-386640/ The book Ronnie mentioned: We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice by Adrienne Maree Brown Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook
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People's University for Palestine at Stanford
2025/12/15
Yvette Borja interviews Germán Gonzalez, one of the Stanford 11 students criminally charged with felony vandalism and felony conspiracy to commit trespass for a pro-Palestine campus protest, the harshest charges to arise out of 2023/2024 anti-genocide campus-related political expression. They discuss what the Stanford 11 hoped to accomplish with their protest, one of the motions at trial regarding whether the word "genocide" can be used to explicate protestors' motivations, and how El Salvador's civil war inspired Germán's decision to become involved in pro-Palestine activism. Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Support the podcast via Patreon: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink You'll get access to the #litreview, a bookclub for Cachimbonas.
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Divergent Paths: Immigrant Belonging in Arizona and New Mexico
2025/12/09
Laura Gómez moderates a conversation with Yvette Borja, Laura E. Gómez Latinx People and the Law Teaching Fellow, UCLA School of Law, Gabriela Ibañez Guzmán, staff attorney at Somos Un Pueblo Unido, Mariel Bustamante, PhD student at the UC Berkeley School of Jurisprudence and Social Policy, Emily Morel, community organizer with Red De DefensAZ, and Alejandra Pablos, co-founder of Red De DefensAZ. They discuss the successful policies passed in New Mexico during the last 25 years that allow immigrant New Mexicans to pursue higher education and workforce training, obtain driver’s licenses, receive protection from wage theft and discrimination, and access state guaranteed-basic-income pilots. By contrast, Arizona has passed several anti-immigrant laws, including a ban on cities passing sanctuary policies, served as the center stage for racist policing as immigration enforcement, and is home to many localities that use immigration detention centers as a means for economic development. But Arizona has also served as an incubator for participatory defense community organizing led by directly impacted people, from Puente to Red De DefensAZ. This roundtable explored the reasons behind these divergences and what they can teach us about non-carceral futures in the Southwest. To support the podcast, become a patreon member at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow @radiocachibona on Instagram, X, and Facebook
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The Unprecedented Nature of Trump's Deployment of the National Guard
2025/11/10
Yvette Borja interviews Monica Hopkins, the Executive Director of the ACLU-D.C. about Trump's deployment of D.C.'s National Guard to respond to a manufactured emergency. They discuss how D.C. is the canary in the coal mine for future militarization of liberal cities, how D.C. not being a state allows for over-involvement from Congress and the executive, and the racist history that informs why D.C. residents aren't given the full power of the vote. To support the podcast, become a patreon member and get access to the #litreview, a book club for Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook
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Mapping Deportations
2025/10/20
Yvette Borja interviews Ahilan Arulanantham and Mariah Tso about the Mapping Deportations Project, which unmasks the history of racist immigration enforcement dating back to 1895, the first year that the government published data on deportations. They discuss the challenges of compiling and making sense of centuries-long data of deportations and exclusions, the Mapping Deportations data visualizations that show how immigration enforcement has policed the racial boundaries of the U.S. over time, and whether a non-racist border/ immigration enforcement system can exist. Explore the Mapping Deportations website: https://mappingdeportations.com/ Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook
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The Selective and Abusive Usage of Law
2025/10/13
Yvette Borja interviews Jorge Cuellar about the recent retrial verdict of the Santa Marta 5, the legal subjugation the activists have experienced, and how lawfare is operating in Bukele's El Salvador. To support the podcast, join the Patreon and hear the back catalog of #litreviews, a book club for Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook
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Lawfare: Weaponizing the Legal System for Political Ends
2025/10/03
Yvette Borja participates in a virtual panel with Bernie Hammond and Kerry Maclean, hosted by International Allies Against Mining. They discuss how the Santa Marta 5 prosecution is an example of lawfare, or the weaponization of the legal system for political ends, critique Bukele's ongoing violations of due process norms through the state of exception, and note how the trials and retrials of environmental defenders in El Salvador is chilling speech and expression. To support the podcast, become a Patreon and get access to the #litreview, a bookclub for Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook
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The State of Latine-Led Local News in Arizona
2025/09/19
Yvette Borja interviews Joa Jacobo, the Southwest editor of Caló News about the state of Latine-led local News in Arizona, the challenges of creating culturally-relevant content, and what is missing from the media landscape from the perspective of Latinx consumers. To support the podcast, become a patreon & get access to the #litreview, a bookclub for Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook
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Teaching My Father How To Love
2025/07/08
Yvette Borja interviews Mike De La Rocha about his new book Sacred Lessons: Teaching My Father How To Love. They discussed the outdated definitions of manhood that Mike was raised in and how that impacted his relationship with his father, how toxic masculinity is transmitted intergenerationally, and the physical health impacts that toxic masculinity can have. Support the podcast by becoming a Patreon supporter and get access to the whole back catalog of #litreviews, a book club style segment for Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook
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Mr. Harvard
2025/06/24
Yvette Borja interviews Harvard J.D. Jesus Carreon about his higher education journey as an undocumented DREAMer. He shares his reflections living in LA during this time of ICE raids and protest, where he found inspiration to pursue college and law school as the first in his family to do so, and tips for undocumented students interested in pursuing higher education. Support the podcast and get access to the #litreview, a book club for Cachimbonas, by becoming a Patreon subscriber: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow @radiocachimbona on X, Instagram, or Facebook
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*UNLOCKED LIT REVIEW* A Book About Traumas
2025/06/02
On this #litreview, Yvette brings back Jehan Laner Romero to discuss the book of short stories "Funeral for Flaca" by Emilly Prado. They shared which aspects of Prado's life as a Chicana Latina growing up in California mirrored their own, broke down multi-generational fatphobia, and appreciated the rawness with which she shared her childhood traumas.  To support the podcast and get access to more #litreviews, become a patron at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook
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Teaching Central America
2025/05/20
Jonathan Peraza Campos joins the podcast to discuss Teaching for Change's Teaching Central America program. Yvette and Jonathan discuss the linkages between Latinx communities in the U.S. South and the Global South, the importance of integrating Central American history into K-12 education, and why ethnic studies of and in the U.S. South matters. To support the podcast, become a patron of the #litreview, a bookclub for Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook
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The Poetic Practices of Exiled Nicaraguans in Costa Rica
2025/05/08
Thelma Dietrich Rivera joins the podcast to discuss her recent article discussing the poetic practices of exiled Nicaraguans in Costa Rica. Thelma and Yvette discussed the history of the FSLN and the authoritarian turn of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, how the women Thelma writes about are examples of "existing otherwise," and the events of 2018 that led to the mass exile of thousands of Nicaraguans. To support the podcast and get access to the #litreview, a bookclub for Cachimbonas, become a patron: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook
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Sesiones de Sanación
2025/04/29
Dr. Tanya Erazo, award-winning psychologist and adjunct professor, joins the podcast to discuss how indigenous healing modalities helped ease her anxiety around an upcoming open-heart surgery procedure. She shares her experience with a sesión de sanación led by Nahuat Pipil elders and how it brought her peace when Western medical advice couldn't, why she believes that indigenous healing modalities can complement psychological treatment, and the importance of psychologists not co-opting indigenous traditions. If you want to support this 100% listener-funded podcast, join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink You'll get access to the #litreview, a book club for Cachimbonas Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, or Facebook to continue the conversation there Check out Dr. Erazo's Google Scholar page here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZDOkRnYAAAAJ&hl=en
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4.9 out of 5
240 reviews
fanoftheoffice22 2024/07/24
OG Listener- Carmen from Historias Unknown
I’ve been listening since the OG days of Cerebronas, to the point that I can’t even remember how I discovered the podcast. I continue to listen, becau...
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Alixir OftheGobs 2024/01/30
Thank You!
Much appreciate your perspective and work!
prima mayor 2023/08/12
Congratulations
Excellent information for everyone ,who’s needs emigration problems.
lifelong.fan 2022/02/16
Must listen
This is an excellent podcast. I’ve been following since it began as Cerebronas. Cynthia doesn’t make any assumptions about the reader, tries to explai...
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Natyosch 2022/02/15
Great info
Really appreciate this recent episode about land trusts, I’ve been meaning to learn more!
lazeeewaffles 2021/10/19
Yay Yvette!
Yvette's conversations are thorough, to the point, and always thought provoking. I am grateful this podcast exists! If you're interested in Arizona is...
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Whatsacatperson 2021/06/24
Insightful
It is clear Yvette is a great attorney for her clients when they are in difficult circumstances from listening to this podcast— she can present comple...
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DaveyHere 2021/06/15
Great Guests and Important Issues
I have been a supporter since Cerebronas, but I haven’t gotten around to giving Yvette’s new show a much-deserved 5-star rating until now, prompted by...
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Anna.Florecita 2020/12/13
Highly Recommend!
One of my favorite podcasts. I used to listen to her first podcast, Cerebronas. Honestly, her podcasts have really helped me in figuring out that I wa...
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cy_ence 2020/11/30
Community Archive 🌈✨
I love this podcast! Southern AZ, as militarized and policed as it is, is full of small quiet feminist and anti capitalist community projects that wor...
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