but were celebrated and an coveted and everybody wanted one like with my white friends, big buds, sort of derided and like their moms would exercise to get rid of their boats and like it was. I couldnt articulate this when I was younger, but I felt ita profound sense that she mattered, not just because of her music but because of her expansive cultural impact, Garca tells Apple Podcasts. You know, as a white male perspective or a prospect, That's that often comes from the position of being white and mail in this country, and I, do want to say in this conversation that its very important to point out that, lead, reporting like there is something about about like the objectivity of your process. and I was listening to colombia s- and I was you know, just absorbing my culture. even though that's my passion, that's like the one thing that I know I'm really good at that I know I love, I turned on like my senior year in high school, and I was like I could, stories for a living- and I could tell stories about like my community that, blew my mind. En el episodio de estreno de Anything for Selena, la conductora Mara Garca explora cmo Selena ayud a Mara a encontrar su propio lugar en el mundo. I want you to know where I'm coming from Sweden, framing these things are why I'm asking these questions, but, It was also used you effectively say like I'm a character in this story, and, That was the original intention, not that's what. I have. Was that always the plan? Her bio pick. And so we unpack Latinidad, the most modern iteration of Latino identity, from the 90s until now, for the last quarter-century, and we talk about how Selena came to form that identity, and what that identity represents--who it represents now, and who it doesn't. When you step into this, and your sir rising in your career at this point, the established you ve got a lot of chopped and you ve got a history and the body of work behind you and, large onto this story, and you say, like it's been, twenty five years, so many people have told, this story and their millions of people who are holding onto their own way of telling the story and they keep it alive, and you think yourself, like, withdrawing away. So I thought and they were alike. American networks and Mexican programming aired the same top story. You feel like you're accepted by wherever you are for you. I think a lot of people saw their own story in mine. I've never seen anything like that. I'm sure you know this with, So you know- You'Ll- have a group of people who come together and you re you'll have essentially a table read of the script where you play the. After a decade reporting on music for various outlets, he served as Senior Editor on the public radio program Latino USA. Would you do me a personal favor, a seven second favorite and share it, maybe on social or by text or by email, just with one person just copy the link from the app you're using and tell those you know those you love those you want to help navigate this thing called life a little better, so we can all do it better together with more ease and more joy. Growing up along the US-Mexico border, Maria Garcia felt torn between her two identities as. local news all the time and it's what I knew and it's what was familiar to me and and it's what I thought, could really make a difference in telling the true story of the border, but, and I realize that I wanted to go deeper, and I wanted you know. "It has this unforgettable smell when it rains," the voice says. history and the states and pop music and sort of getting everything. The podcast intertwines Garcia's personal story as a queer, first-generation Mexican immigrant with cultural analysis, history, and politics to explore the longterm cultural legacy of Selena's life and career. yeah there were editorial decisions like that, all the time, change your mind when necessary, but ultimately you also gotta. We shall television where it's like it falls pray, citizens, you know, especially because it so like you said constrained by like the form and, the time limits. En este episodio, Maria explora cmo la internet se ha convertido en un lugar en el que los fans honran y recuerdan a Selena, y sobrellevan juntos el vaco que dej. Now, oh there's more to it, because I see this in the pot cast like it doesn't start there. I feel so honored to be, like, your Selena doula! Do you feel anxious about any of it? Marlon Bishop is a Peabody Award-winning radio producer and editor with a focus on Latin America, immigration, identity and society, music and the arts. "This journey begins at the border, a place in the in-between where, for a long time, I felt divided in two. She won't be shamed. Many people are making a shift toward more meaningful work that is aligned with their values and that's often an uncomfortable and messy process. En este episodio, Mara Garca comparte su teora sobre cmo los traseros grandes pasaron de ser un tab entre las chicas blancas a una obsesin generalizada. I want to tell the story of my community. March 11, 2021 Un cuarto de siglo despus de su muerte, Selena est arrasando en internet. The 10-episode podcast had over half a million downloads and was an intimate journey about belonging in America for podcast host and creator Maria Garcia, a journalist and first-generation Mexican immigrant.The podcast received a nomination for Best Spanish . En este episodio, Maria explora cmo internet se ha convertido en un lugar en el que los fans honran y recuerdan a Selena, y sobrellevan juntos el vaco que dej. I'm Nick Quah. It was. In the 1990s, she brought this underdog genre to international heights. Sort of standard american education in the states, but in mexico. And there's this sort of moment where he's being an asshole about it. Mara confronta el legado complicado de Abraham y reflexiona sobre la paternidad en las culturas Latinx. Let us be human." The Latino population grew by 60% between 1990 and 2000, so '95 was right in the middle of it. the fuller narrative of this entire series becomes it's like it's not just the story of this. La bsqueda de Mara la lleva a Abraham Quintanilla, el padre de Selena Quintanilla. As a person moving through the world and experiencing culture, I only have sort of a very mild understanding of Selena--as an icon, as a creator, as an artist, as a celebrity--and so, when I listened to the early episodes, in many ways that was my first introduction to Selena the figure--the historical figure, almost. Al crecer a lo largo de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y Mxico, Mara Garca se sinti dividida entre sus dos identidades como mexicana y sstadounidense. March 23, 2021 In this intimate Q&A, host Maria Garcia and producers Antonia Cereijido and Kristin Torres take listeners behind the scenes for a look at the making of Anything for Selena. So it's so interesting to me that. I thought I was really, was moving and powerful and any other I really. This is every kid while, an idea is fit in your leg. I grew up. Today, the obsession with big butts is still strong with idols like Cardi B and Beyonce. and that was a solid decade or so of your life, did you see yourself as somebody who has given us a kid younger was, yes about deeply interested in these local social issues and also, I am fascinated by the early decisions about how we step into a career, especially one that is driven so much by something that seems deeply rooted in a sense of, only to shine light, wanted to tell stories and, to a certain extent, ridden just. January 16, 2023, 3:41 AM. And I don't think her legacy has been done justice. I like it and sometimes challenging lake experienced trying to figure out. lead project is supported by a case of life can feel expensive, but with a key, you can rest easy, knowing your making smart choices while creating your dream home on a budget with new benefits. You know this is a really nice in true, but I think people are gonna start wondering like where's, the spartacus going. Maria confronts his complicated legacy and reflects on fatherhood in Latinx cultures. and who are we leaving behind or who are erasing or like is the harm being caused by this beyond. Wait like I love that the core of what I'm doing, but I can't do it in the, I knew that I wanted to keep telling stories. it turns out, is the power of authenticity and agency and legacy, and in today's conversation with award winning journalist and writer and producer maria garcia, we die. You know in, mexico and with my family, my mexican family, curves and. Chris shares a side of Selena we rarely get to see, and Maria learns about how romantic love was one of the ways Selena charted her own path. You know I am genuinely a fan idle, he comes up. Yeah, and so I don't want to give it all away, but [Laughter] In the podcast, we argue that Selena--her image, her likeness--has become this shorthand for an entire American experience, for Latino identity. On her podcast Anything for Selena, Apple Podcasts Show of the Year of 2021, Garca, who most recently served as Managing Editor for Boston public radio station WBUR, combines rigorous reporting with impassioned storytelling to honor her legacy. I spent my early life in Mexico on the weekends and in the States during the week, and so I really came into consciousness very aware--hyper-aware--of the duality within me. You know, identity. I have moments where I'm like, why do I do this? Transcript NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Maria Garcia, host of "Anything For Selena." The podcast tells the story of Selena Quintanilla's life and Garcia's childhood spent on both sides of. Marias quest takes her to Abraham Quintanilla, Selena Quintanillas notoriously guarded father. She also explores the indelible mark she left on Latino identity and belonging, whether its fatherhood, big-butt politics, and the fraught relationship with whiteness and language. En este episodio Maria le sigue la pista a las razones por las cuales Selena se convirti en smbolo de solidaridad y resistencia mientras conversa con Curly Velasquez de Pero Like. He attends Baruch College where he is working towards a journalism degree. She uncovers that booty politics is ultimately about race and brings us to a long overdue conversation about anti-blackness within the Latinx community. I really appreciate it. I didn't expect to be. Maria reflexiona sobre lo que su ao de anlisis del legado de Selena revela sobre la humanidad de La Reina. Incluso el New York Times lo catalog el gnero latino de ms rpido crecimiento del pas. [Laughter] Because I'm sure there will still be some residual feelings. Everybody always says, "She has a big. So these are really sensitive, emotional topics that you're tackling here. You know how much of themselves do they bring? holding me and protecting me in some way and justice feeling that I have, and I think it has to. I was 9 when she died, 11 when the movie came out, and throughout all of my life, and these different milestones, I've come to realize now, as a 35-year-old, that Selena has been there all along, whether it was the last time I danced with my father, it was to a Selena song, before he died. And so, yeah, I think I'll do a lot of gratitude crying. Tell them to listen, then, even invite them to talk about what you've both discovered, because when podcasts become conversations and conversations become action, that's how we all come alive together until now. Exactly! Her family, owned a restaurant in corpus, christie, taxes where her father would make her seeing there-, Family soon went bankrupt and lost the restaurant. where'd it to me to stay with the land and connect with that. For many people, the kitchen is the heart of the home and it's essential to have a space that really inspires good, cooking and memories in the making. In the premiere episode of "Anything for Selena," host Maria Garcia explores how Selena helped Maria find her own place in the world. But then, also, I think it's also because there was a hunger at the time, and there still is. As an undocumented immigrant for over 20 years, Juan Diego decided to focus his works on communities that reflect him. Growing up along the U.S.-Mexico border, Maria Garcia felt torn between her two identities as Mexican and American. And I don't think I'm alone. It was kind of, the kennedy assassination for lahti knows it was a massive news, a banned it was, very first time in my life tat, I saw the same news, headline in like an english national network and, mexico national network. U permanent residents of the snake table for without you. In fact, it's sort of disk up. Maria analyzes why Selena's brownness is an essential part of her legacy. And what if theyd been gone from the planet for 25 years, but still it was like they were present in your life, guiding and inspiring you every day? The creators of Anything for Selena take listeners behind the scenes for a look at the making of the podcast. This season and shop legendary deals at amazon. You know what I mean? Whereas a creator I put my foot down- and I said no we're still, that our audiences on this right with us. Las ceremonias de premiacin de la msica tejana eran eventos glamorosos y los DJ de estaciones de radio dedicadas al gnero eran vistos como estrellas de rock en Texas y el resto del sudoeste de Estados Unidos. If Latinos were not being erased, they were being portrayed as gang members, or lost dropouts, or teenage moms. And probably cry a lot. Look, her talent and her discipline as a musician, as an artist who cared about her craft, who was meticulous about her craft; that is the main reason. Es tan grande Es que ella es tan negra! Tres dcadas despus, la obsesin con los traseros grandes en la cultura del hip-hop se mantiene slida gracias a dolos como Cardi B y Beyonc, pero tambin se ha impregnado en la cultura blanca. Copyright Trustees of Boston University. in our conversation, which I've enjoyed so much so in this container of the good life project. We were unable to subscribe you to WBUR Today. In the premiere episode of Anything for Selena, host Maria Garcia explores how Selena helped Maria find her own place in the world. She was the queen of the hand of music of this roots genre in texas. A lot of people have told it the way that they wanted it taught. like brand new to me, like, oh my god, I am not going to be with this little human. They would say you know what we really. You can check out more episodes at laist.com/servantofpod. Its not a biography podcast. Listen to the trailer for "Anything For Selena," a new podcast from WBUR and Futuro Studios coming in January 2021. If you LOVED this episode youll also love the conversations we had with Samin Nosrat about food, belonging, culture and connection. the foundation for that really starts with the place that I was raised and which is on the? In this intimate journey, Maria explores what Selena's legacy shows us about belonging in America. After the premiere ofSelena: The Serieson Netflix, some fans claimed Selena had been whitewashed in the show. no, I'm all is curious. You wont regret it. in that people in fact needs of people to get invited in and and share in this story. But I knew I wanted more space to tell stories, and I knew that I I wanted to do the opposite of simplifying them, said that lead you is, as you share, you end up going back to journalists in school and then, from there, unless I'm missing a step, you end up in Boston. And I want to get to the bottom of why--why she's so resonant now, as resonant as she was a quarter-century ago. Why do you think that Selena broke through the way that she did? All around text says, he started when she was a. Twenty five years later, Maria is on a quest to understand what it means to love, mourn and remember Selena. Twenty twenty two limited to qualifying purchases exclusions apply not valid on services discount applied in store only before tax shipping and handling canopy, combined with coupons visit ikea dash, usa, dot com, slash family for more details. think that comes out in in the episode a bad, the idea. This has a deep, deep history of, that, though the relationship and has with blackness, yeah I mean it was interesting to see basely dedicate an entire episode to this conversation cause I was, I was imagining a fairly, limited run of episodes and when you're trying to figure out who. How many of us walk through life were perpetually in the process of reckons, like what a universal experience it that is regardless, process of inquiry and awakening therapy whatever it may be. but not in a way that I feel like it needs to be told that could be told. new that was the first step and getting it right is just being. are you by the way? So incredibly, in the twenty seven years since salinas death, her legend, only grown. Turn on Live Caption for free I have cousins and ants in mexico and, of course, my parents living. And so coming back to this project has been like a personal reckoning for me, to think about my own place in the world, and to think about my own identity. Editors Notes: Mexican-American recording artist Selena Quintanilla not only popularized Tejano music to mainstream American audiences, but also helped put Latinos on the map and broke barriers of all kinds before her untimely passing in 1995. Donate Anything For Selena. [Laughter] Why am I writing? In particular, you know I've evolved a bet, I've come to realise that it's not it's, not that I am not, along a little bit and both but growing up. It's terrifying. Puede ser que Selena haya hecho una carrera cantando temas en espaol, pero no se cri hablando espaol en casa. "She had this . 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