Latinos Who Lunch

Episode 201: The Final Episode

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gracias familia!

Episode 200: El Imposter Syndrome Es Real!

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this last full listener letter episode, FavyFav and Babelito answer a series of letters dealing with imposter syndrome, Drag Race Latinx representa...

Episode 199: Frida Fantasy II: An Interview with Josie Lopez

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Babelito and FavyFav chat with Dr. Josie Lopez, Albuquerque Museum Curator of Art, and delve into the long and complicated history, context and legacy...

Episode 198: Baile Sorpresa

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Babs and Favs answer your listener letters once again! Listen in as they give podcasting advice, academic guidance and quinceañera suggesti...

Episode 197: De Suegros y JuanGa

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

So you wanna talk about weenies?! Well... you're in luck! Babelito is back from Juarez and excited to share his culinary adventure. Favy talks about S...

Episode 196: Native Resistance and Academic Representation with Ananda Cohen-Aponte

25 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

To close the badass women of Art History month, Babelito interviews her dear colleague Dr. Ananda Cohen-Aponte, Associate Professor of History of Ar...

Episode 195: Babelito's Love Letter to Kirsten

18 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this very especial episode of LWL Babelito sits down with his advisor, Kirsten Pai Buick, full professor in art history from the University of New ...

Episode 194: La Malinche Re-contextualized con Victoria Lyall

11 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Victoria I. Lyall is the Jan and Frederick Mayer Curator of Art of the Ancient Americas at the Denver Art Museum and she joins Babelito in a conversat...

Episode 193: The Fruits of Empire: An Interview with Shana Klein

04 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Klein from Kent University inaugurates our women of art history series by speaking about her incredible book The Fruits of Empire. Babelito and Sh...

Episode 192: Latine Anime

25 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the last week of a month full of listener letters! Babs and Favs crack open their emails once again and answer your questions about pronouns, M...

Episode 191: P.C. White-inos

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Good morning! Babs and Favs continue their month of listener letter episodes and this one is even messier than the last week's. Pop a squat and get in...

Episode 190: No Tengo Dinero

11 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Another week, another listener letter episode! Favy and Babs catch up and read your emails and talk about the complications of sending money to your l...

Episode 189: Espagueti con Tortillas

04 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Latinidad is dead but we keep on living... for your listener letters! This week Favy and Babs read your letters and talk about tostadas de chomin (Goo...

Episode 188: Songmess Para El Stress

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Para terminar el mes de la música LWL brings you an episode full of it! This episode of Songmess brings Richardtina and Babelito together talking abo...

Episode 187: Let's Get Loud?

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Happy new administration? In this new episode of LWL FavyFav and Babelito review the highlights of the inaugural ceremony, read new listener letters a...

Episode 186: Radio Lonchea 2020

14 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We are celebrating this already strange year with good vibes and with another great Radio Lonchea episode! That’s right, as part of LWL annual homag...

Episode 185: Bye Bye 2020

31 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

2020 was rough...to say the least. Babs and Favy bring you the last episode del año with laughs, tears and alien conspiracy theories. Listen in as we...

Episode 184: Selena Netflix Series E2 Watchalong

24 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dame un beso... just kidding. We are in a pandemic! This week Favy and Babs do another "Selena: The Series" watchalong. Favs is high and Babelito's go...

Episode 183: Tamal Season/Family Drama Season

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's the most wonderful time of the year... or is it?! This week Favy and Babelito read your letters and talk tamales, family drama, the slivers of jo...

Episode 182: Selena Netflix Series E1 Watchalong

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone's talking about... That's right! Favy and Babs are watching the first episode of the Selena Netflix series and they want you to watch it with...

Episode 181: Cucurrucucú

03 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

And now...Welcome to the stage...Catalina Queer and Dorita Coolranch! This week Babelito and FavyFav dive back into their inbox and read your listener...

Episode 180: The Mexican Legacy of El Zorro

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Babelito interviews Stephen Andes, a professor from Louisianna State University (LSU) and author of Zorro's Shadow: How a Mexican Leg...

Episode 179: Y Fuera!

05 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The category is...lo que no nos gusta. That’s right, in this listener letter episode, FavyFav and Babelito get into their dislikes, pet peeves, bad ...

Episode 178: Go Vote!

29 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's a quick episode this week with a very important message...GO VOTE! As always, send your questions to [email protected] and we may read them on...

Episode 177: Guilty Placeres

22 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

TOP, YES! This week FavyFav and Babelito dive back into their emails and ask your questions! From how the COVID-19 pandemic changed academia and the a...

Episode 176: Wild Wild Mess

15 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week Babelito and Favy do another listener letter episode! Did y'all want some chimse? Well this episode is full of wild stories and lukewarm tea...

Episode 175: A Karaoke Journey

08 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Y...Fuera! Y...Fuera! This week Favy and Babelito catch up and answer some fun listener letters. What's your go-to Karaoke song? Who's your favorite d...

Episode 174: Kareem Tabsch on The Art People Podcast

01 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, Hello, Hello! This week Favy shares a special episode of his spin-off show, "The Art People Podcast," with documentary filmmaker Kareem Tabsch....

Episode 173: Dr. Sánchez Prado, Mexican Food & The Legacy Of Bayless And Kennedy

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What do Rick Bayless, Taco Bell and El Arca de Noe have in common? Find out in this episode filled with intelligent and hilarious food talk. Babelito ...

Episode 172: Of Muelas and Spicy Nuggets

10 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The perfect guara guara to cure your tooth aches is here. FavyFav and Babelito catch up on the current state of their cuarentena and share stories tha...

Episode 171: Septemeber Reset

03 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ok familia, we are going back to our bi-weekly format. We are using this episode to reset and to complain about Hispanic Heritage Month. Thats it! Wep...

Episode 170: A Few of Our Favorite Things

27 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Another week... another listener letter episode! Listen in as Babelito and Favy answer your questions about their favorite Latinx media, drag queens, ...

Episode 169: FavyFav on Planeta G!

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we bring you an extra special episode of LWL hosted by Valentina and Crystal of Planeta G. Earlier this month Favy was a guest on their show...

Episode 168: Carusel de Novelas

13 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Babelito is back this week just in time to do another listener letter episode with Favy! They dig into the emails and answer your questions about thei...

Episode 167: So Fat, So Brave: Pandemic Drift

06 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Your favorite fat, Latinx, Hot Cheeto influencers are back again this week! Favy, Myte, and Eva pick up right where they left off last week and get in...

Episode 166: So Fat, So Brave: COVID Charged

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's about that time! This week we are joined by De Colores Radio host Eva Arreguin and CYC's very own Myte to discuss all things FAT. In this episode...

Episode 165: Organizing during COVID with Kenia Morales

23 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week FavyFav and Babelito are joined by Win Justice National Director, Kenia Morales. In 2020, Win Justice will mobilize at least 3 million infre...

Episode 164: A Monumental Celebration

16 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We're here. We're Queer... now let's replace all these violent monuments with statues of our real heroes! Listen in as Babelito talks about which icon...

Episode 163: STILL Not My Monument

10 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

You wanna talk about monuments!? Well guess what, Mimi...WE DID! This week FavyFav and Babelito discuss the terrorist attack in Charlottesville throug...

Episode 162: Ponte Tu Mascara!

02 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week Babs and Favy jump back in the inbox and read your listener letters. We answer your burning questions, talk about the educators that changed...

Episode 161: Chicano Eats

25 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we have a special treat for y'all! FavyFav calls up Esteban Castillo AKA @ChicanoEats to talk about his new cookbook and get into some of th...

Episode 160: ¡No Pares, Sigue Sigue!

18 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week FavyFav and Babs read your emails and continue to talk about the global uprising in support of Black lives. They talk about the theatrics of...

Episode 159: Coronavirus! It's Still Real!

11 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week Favy and Babelito continue their conversation from last week and get into more emails. The chavos talk sports (what?), Coronavirus, the inst...

Episode 158: Las Vidas Negras Importan

04 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week Favy and Babelito talk about the importance of the protests in response to the murder of George Floyd, police brutality, and Black lives in ...

Episode 157: Almodovar

28 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we bring you a very special episode of our cousin podcast Cabronas Y Chingonas (CYC) -We are joined by Babelito to talk about Pedro Almodóv...

Episode 156: RE

21 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lo prometido es deuda!. In this new episode of LWL, FavyFav and Babelito deconstruct “RE,” the seminal 90’s album from the Mexican band Cafe Tac...

Episode 155: Tómate Tu Caldito!

14 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

While these are uncertain times, la cuarentena de Babelito con su familia is coming to an end, and he wanted to take this opportunity and thank them f...

Episode 154: Guara Guara La Anniversary!

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Anniversary!! LWL is turning four years old this week and they are celebrating with a couple of big surprises! Also, listen as Favy tells us of ...

Episode 153: One Nacho at a Time

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Another week, another listener letter episode! Listen in as the guys talk about their favorite meals, Favy tells you about the perfect nachos and then...

Episode 152: Immigrants Who Fly

23 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Vuela, vuela! This week LWL has another listener letter episode for you. Find out what Babelito and Favy have been cooking up, listen in as they get i...

Episode 151: Amor Prohibido - Brought to you by Radio Menea

16 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Birthday to our Tejana Queen, Selena! To celebrate our Mexican-American icon LWL is bringing you a special episode of Radio Menea with our very ...

Episode 150: Problematic and Confused

09 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We're here, we're Queer, we're back to keep you company during this lockdown. FavyFav and Babelito bring you another fun-filled listener letter episod...

Episode 149: Listener Letters - "Bye Racial" Edition

02 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We know.. we know... it's our off week BUT we are back again to keep you company while you stay home. This week Favy and Babelito yet again, bring you...

Episode 148: Sandy Rodríguez

26 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sandy Rodríguez is a Los Angeles based painter that investigates the methods and materials of painting across cultures and histories. In this episode...

Episode 147: Listener Letters VII - Quarantine Edition

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... Surprise! It's a special bonus Latinos Who Lunch quarantine episode! We know a lot of you are going through it so the fe...

Episode 146: Fabuloso or Pine-Sol!?

12 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

From an obsessive conversation about cleaning products to the most romantic proposal ever, this episode is filled with laughter and chisme. This Guara...

Episode 145: All Rice No Beans with Stephanie Barajas

27 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we take you to the original Lindo Michoacan on East Desert Inn where Favy talks to Stephanie Barajas, the owner of the iconic Las Vegas rest...

Episode 144: Julia Mejia on The Art People Podcast

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

BONUS EPISODE ALERT! This week we bring you a special episode of  Favy's Art People Podcast featuring the determined diva, Boston City Councilor, Ju...

Episode 143: Listener Letters VI

13 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's the first mailbag episode of 2020! Listen in as Babelito and FavyFav read your emails and answer all your burning questions. From food recommenda...

Episode 142: Annette Rodríguez

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On this occasion, Babelito sat with one of his favorite scholars, Annette Rodríguez from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), to di...

Episode 141: Best Albums of the Decade

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The 2000 teens?..tens?... however your say it, were amazing years for music and podcasts. In this episode, Favyfav and Babelito reveal their top 5 alb...

Episode 140: Radio Lonchea 2019

02 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Happy 2020, y'all! This week FavyFav and Babelito look back at 2019 and talk about the new music they were into. Los chicos pick their top three songs...

Episode 139: Christmas is Coming!

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

All I want for Christmas is...buñuelos?!  This week, Favy and Babs get into their favorite holidays foods! They talk about some of their family tr...

Episode 138: Francisco Guevara of Arquetopia

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On this occasion, Babelito interviews the director of Arquetopia in Mexico and Peru, a residency program that both him and FavyFav have attended. They...

Episode 137: La Lotería

21 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, los batos de LWL play the beloved game of La Lotería! From its colonial origins to the ways our communities engage with its iconogra...

Episode 136: Ya Regresamos!

07 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

No estaban muertos, andaban de parranda. They are back, cabronxs! In this Guara Guara la Cuchara, Latinos Who Lunch talk about all the cooking, all th...

Episode 135: Hasta Luego

25 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Después de más de tres años of continuous work, FavyFav and Babelito have decided to take a much-needed break, and in this exit episode, they get i...

Episode 134: Live at UNLV with Dr. Erika Abad!

18 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

En esta ocasión, we bring you an amazing live episode from LWL’s hometown of Las Vegas. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) hosted FavyFav, ...

Episode 133: Juan Antonio Fernandez

12 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week FavyFav brings you a special episode of The Art People Podcast! In December of 2018, Favy was in Oakland, California and got the chance to ...

Episode 132: Anti-Colonial Gestures with Analú Lopez

04 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, LWL brings you an interview with Analú Lopez that is sure to wash away all those unwoke feelings of nationhood. Analú María López...

Episode 131: White Passing Latinos Live at Fusebox Festival

28 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This very special episode of LWL is a live recording featuring artist & curator Roberto Jackson Harrington, artist Alexandra Robinson, University ...

Episode 130: Latinos Who Catch Up (Part 2 of 2)

20 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ready for the second part of Latinos Who Catch Up? FavyFav and Babelito had soo much to talk about that they decided to do TWO Guara Guara (free-form)...

Episode 129: Latinos Who Catch Up (Part 1 of 2)

13 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

After several months of hard work and live gigs, Babelito and FavyFav are in the same room to record, not 1 but 2 Guara Guara (free-form) episodes! In...

Episode 128: Our Fave, FavyFav! (Brought to you by Grizzly Kiki)

07 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we bring a special episode brought to you by the podcast Grizzly Kiki! ___ Your FAVY Could Never! On this episode, we KiKi with FavyFav ...

Episode 127: Pat DeCoCo

30 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Do you want to hear two nerds geeking out over indie music? Well guess what Mimi? This episode is for you! Babelito continue his series of interviews,...

Episode 126: Angélica Negrón and José Olivares of Balún

23 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Latinos Who Lunch interview Angélica Negrón and José Olivares from their favorite band, Balún! From a lesson on Mofongo and Boricua fast food join...

Episode 125: Not My Monument (Rebroadcast)

16 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week FavyFav and Babelito opened the LWL vault and decided to re-air a fan fave, "Not My Monument."-You wanna talk about monuments!? Well guess w...

Episode 124: Yvette Mayorga

09 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we bring you another conversation with a badass chicana artist. This time Babelito chats with his Chicago fave, Yvette Mayorga, to tal...

Episode 123: Nathalie Farfan

02 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week FavyFav shares a conversations he had last Fall with the amazing Nathalie Farfan of La Brujas Club and Morado Lens. Listen in as they talk a...

Episode 122: José Villalobos

25 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

FavyFav and Babelito visit Austin, TX this week and chat with one of their favorite artists, José Villalobos. As a sculptor and performance artist wo...

Episode 121: El Santuario de Lester Rey

18 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Este episodio is for all our Boricuas out there! On this occasion, Babelito sits with Lester Rey, an amazing Chicago musician, to talk about his new p...

Episode 120: Decolonizing Wealth with Edgar Villanueva

12 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Last year, as part of "Money for Our Movements, A Social Justice Fundraising Conference," organized by Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (...

Episode 119: Dr. Babelito y Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Brought to you by CYC Podcast)

04 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we bring yet another special episode from our cousin podcast Cabronas Y Chingonas (CYC) - "Today's lecture is guided by the one and only Bab...

Episode 118: Alma Lopez

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Alma Lopez became a nationally known visual artist when her art piece titled “Our Lady,” became the center of controversy in a dispute where freed...

Episode 117: Brush Yo Teeth

21 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The emails continue to pour in and we couldn't help but record yet another listener letter episode. This time, los chicos de LWL answer questions conc...

Episode 116: So Fat, So Brave (Brought to you by CYC Podcast)

14 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we bring you a very special episode from our cousin podcast Cabronas y Chingonas (CYC Podcast) - "This extra long episode is jam packed with...

Episode 115: Ask LWL

07 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

So many letters, so little time.  LWL read your letters and get into new recommendations of podcasts in Spanish, Babelito talks about books to decons...

Episode 114: Single, Bilingual and Dizque Ready to Mingle!

28 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week Babelito speaks to his Chicago roommate Luisito about everything from cooking bologna in their apartment to the perils of going to grad scho...

Episode 113: For the Love of Roma

22 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Oh… you didn't like our review of Roma?! Ok… we see you. After we released our “Episode 111: Roma Redux,” in which Babelito and FavyFav decons...

Episode 112: Remembering Ed Fuentes

14 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are honoring a dear compadre que se nos fue. Ed Fuentes was a cultural journalist and one of the biggest Latinos Who Lunch supporters. Fu...

Episode 111: Roma Redux

07 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's finally here! In this episode los chicos de Latinos Who Lunch break down Alfonso Cuaron's Roma. Before getting down to business, Babelito gives y...

Episode 110: Jasmine Chavez Helm

31 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Let's talk FASHION! In this episode, LWL kick off a series of interviews with badass Latinx people making moves around the country. Hoy le toca a Jasm...

Episode 109: Viva Guatemala!

24 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jute...Jute!!! Get ready for this mouth-watering episode or LWL! FavyFav just returned from his motherland, Guatemala, and gurrrl the chow down was my...

Episode 108: Listener Letters V, THE SEQUEL

17 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

So many emails… so little time!!! This week Favy and Babelito read through more of your listener letters. Y’all ask burning questions, email the c...

Episode 107: Listener Letters V

10 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's finally here, our Listener Letters episode is back! In our fifth installment, FavyFav and Babelito get down to it and read your emails, and as al...

Episode 106: Radio Lonchea 2018

03 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Happy 2019!!! LWL is ringing in the new year the only way they know how…with their yearly music review episode! FavyFav and Babelito pay homage to t...

Episode 105: Favy on Radio Menea!

27 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Have you heard FavyFav's episode of Radio Menea??? Well if not… you're in luck! This week we bring you "FavyFav's Life Story" from our podcast primx...

Episode 104: Babelito on Songmess!

20 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we bring you a rebroadcast of Babelito's episode with your favorite ultra-hipster Latinx music podcast, Songmess! Listen in as Beverlisha an...

Episode 103: La Virgen de Guadalupe

13 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Latinos Who Lunch are back this week to celebrate la patrona de las Americas, la Virgen de Guadalupe. The tilma, or cloth on which the image of the Vi...

Episode 102: La Biblioteca Esta Abierta

06 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week LWL brings you another classic with FavyFav's pick, "Episode 11: Signed, Sealed, and Read to Filth." But before diving into the archives, Ba...