Podcasts: Vaya Con Muñoz
Vaya Con Muñoz
Vaya con Muñoz is hosted by Natalia Muñoz, a multimedia journalist from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Interviews and rants and raves on politics, culture and media, in English and en español. Airs Saturdays 10-11am and Sunday nights at 7pm.
Vaya Con Muñoz 3.19.16
Holyoke City Councilor Nelson Román talks about his resolution urging President Obama to pardon Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López, who has served 34 years in federal prison on charges of “seditious conspiracy.” The resolution will be presented to the Holyoke City Council on April 4. Also on our show, the fabulous LionessMagazine.com ladies, Dawn Leaks and Natasha Clark, who offer women in business encouraging ideas. Dawn shares a 1-minute tip on how to get your purpose mojo going. Plus, Marla Goldberg shares a short essay about a turtle who was saved. And somehwere in the program you will also hear Juan Luis Guerra & 440 singing “La cosquillita,” a fast merengue that isn’t for yoga exercises.
Vaya Con Muñoz 3.12.16
This week Ashley Pereira talks about her blog, www.fabulousdespitedialysis.com. As she writes on her blog: I am determined to have a fabulous life despite dialysis. Almost three years ago, my kidneys failed because I have Lupus. I now have to do dialysis every night until I can eventually receive a transplant. Ashley is also an art curator and is planning to do another pop-up art show in Springfield later this year. Also on the program, a minute of roaring good business advice for women by Dawn Leaks and Natasha Clark of LionessMagazine.com. And enjoy Puerto Rico’s national voice, Lucecita Benítez, as she sings a catchy plena (¡they’re all catchy, actually!) called De Ponce a Guayama
Vaya Con Muñoz 3.6.16
Waleska Santiago is the curator of a bilingual/bicultural exhibit called “Our Grandmothers: Empowerment and Legacy” that starts today, March 5 at the Wisteriahurst Museum in Holyoke. Come to the opening reception today at 2 p.m.! And listen to what Marla Goldberg is posting this week in social media.
Vaya Con Muñoz 2.27.16
Today we talk gender equity with James Arana, an educator. community organizer, consultant and health educator. James is also associate director fo Men’s Resource International, which works in the US and abroad, prioviding workshops for men and women on how to create the shift so that children grow up in safer and loving families.
Vaya Con Muñoz 2.20.16
Our guests today are Dawn Leaks and Natasha Clark from LionessMagazine.com, a website for women entrepreneurs. And Marla Goldberg reads from her essay about the perils of 5th grade homework. OMG.
Vaya Con Muñoz 2.13.16
Marianne Winters, executive director of Safe Passage, which helps people in domestic violence situations, talks about HOW we can help when we see or suspect that a loved one is being abused.
And it doesn’t involve telling the person that all they have to do is pack and leave…
And Marla Goldberg talks for a minute about the power of inanimate objects!!
Vaya Con Muñoz 2.6.15
This week we have a conversation with Julie Lichtenberg, an artist and cultural activist with a background in visual art and physical theater. For over 30 years, Julie has been inspired to strive for a kinder world through artistic collaborations. She cofounded the Performance Project in 2000 in Springfield.
If you would like to talk to her about your experiences with the new project on tenderness in times of crisis, please call her at 413-374-4938
One of Holyoke’s Main Innovators
1.16.16 Natalia talks with Samalid Hogan about the Holyoke Innovation District
Vaya Con Muñoz
1.9.16 Natalia Muñoz in her premier episode speaking with Northampton’s William Cumpiano about the Puerto Rican guitar.
