Rich Chocolaty Goodness

In this episode I’m catching up with my old Community College friend, San Diego-based artist Eddy Miramontes. We start off talking about one of his recent pieces and the conversation slowly turns into an oscillating inspection on the topics of fatherhood and the nature of art. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll want to hang out with this guy. Check out the notes section of this episode for extra links and goodies.

In this episode I’m catching up with my old grad school buddy Osiris, Assistant professor of Mexican literature and culture at the University of Minnesota. You’ll hear us speak about Mexican indigenous literatures (his main area of research) and, you guessed it, avocados! We also talk about the pleasure of writing fiction and the panic of writing a dissertation which, of course, brings up some hilarious memories. Check out the show notes for bonus material (like that fish photo [https://escobarphoto.wixsite.com/portfolio] Osiris mentioned) or find it directly on our Instagram and Facebook.

In this episode I’m catching up with my friend Ricardo, a Portuguese language and literature teacher. We talk about Portuguese identity and the myth around the concept of “saudade.” We also talk about the process of writing a Ph.D. dissertation and take some detours to chat about the death of the author, Fernando Pessoa, Herberto Helder, Amalia Rodrigues and even Chavela Vargas. Finally, we compare our respective experiences of leaving our hometowns to study abroad, as well as the benefits of judging books by their covers. You might even get to hear me sing a little flamenco… There’s plenty of references so make sure to check out the episode notes for extra links and goodies at https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/episode/what-is-your-definition-of-sexy-24084/ [https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/episode/what-is-your-definition-of-sexy-24084/]

In this episode I’m catching up with Michael Grafals, a Literature professor at Florida International University. Dr. Grafals finally explains the meaning behind the phrase “Rich Chocolaty Goodness” and brings some serious knowledge about Postmodern Literature and literary theory. But there’s more to life than books and Dr. Grafals knows it, you might even get to hear a song or two in this episode… Make sure to visit our site for quotes and additional info, as well as a link to a sweet playlist that Michael put together for this episode.

In this episode I’m catching up with my grad school friend Andreas who recently left Copenhagen and moved to a comune in Jutland, Denmark, and we talk about leaving the world of academia to work in the tech industry. We also dig deep and try to understand what defines a happy life, what this means in terms of our struggle between curiosity and laziness, and an incident with the Dalai Lama...