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Based on "At the Movies with Siskel & Ebert," Parrot & Pinche Pancho is a monthly film review by Two Xicanos, Aztec Parrot and Pancho Cardona. They select and review 3 films, one a "New" film (Under 3 years), a "Mature" film (20 years or younger), and a "Classic" (Over 20 years). They provide a classic critique of films from a Modern Neo-Xicano perspectives. Aztec Parrot was director and host of KPFA's Radio2050 for 12 years and Pancho is a professor of Literature and a well-read librarian.

In 1996 in San Francisco, CA, Darren J. de Leon and Norman Zelaya formed Los Delicados. Paul S. Flores would join them and for the next 5 years they scorched poetry stages everywhere with their style they called the Word Descarga. This podcast goes over the history of Los Delicados as they rose from a spoken word ensemble to the leading Latinx Poetry groups. In their prime, they recorded their CD "Word Descarga" (Calaca Press) and toured their poetry play, "Guyaberas By the Pound." They will be celebrating their 25th Anniversary in November 2021 in SF's Bay Area.

Started by L.A. based painter Sandy Rodriguez and Poet/Journalist Adolfo Guzman Lopez, Project 1521 has gathered 10 poets and artists to reflect on the 500 years since the fall of the Aztec Empire. This podcast will give you an insight into the work of modern day Tlacuilos and the publication of their work. Donate at https://www.gofundme.com/f/project1521