And when I was reporting it, I couldn't not think about my own father, who died in a tragic accident a year before I started this project, and I had just sort of drowned myself in work after his passing. Donate Anything For Selena. move the story, and you cover some different topics in such a beautiful, powerful story, driven way. sixteen seventeen. 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. You know her, artistry was the family business. 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 . When I was in graduate school and I needed some motivation, I would listen to Selena, and I realized that there were all these milestones in my life where she was there. and I was listening to colombia s- and I was you know, just absorbing my culture. Maria Garcia was 9 years old and living on the U.S.-Mexico border when Selena was murdered. You know this is a really nice in true, but I think people are gonna start wondering like where's, the spartacus going. in our conversation, which I've enjoyed so much so in this container of the good life project. The phone kept ringing. they can show up as authentically myself and more spaces. to downtown paso. Right? In her life, Selena was a symbol of hope. Selena devotees of all ages have turned to Instagram, TikTok and Youtube to restore and remix Selena's memory. Oh, my gosh, there are so many reasons, Nick. The Mel Robbins Podcast: Every episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast is filled with the motivation and tactics you need plus deeply personal stories, relatable topics and tactical, research-backed advice to help you create a better life. Journalist Mara Garca initially took notice of her talent when she was only seven years old. Maria has a theory about how big butts went from taboo to obsession -- and it involves Selena and Jennifer Lopez. Selena Gomez seemingly clapped back at trolls criticizing her body after the 2023 Golden Globes. was caught stealing money from salina salinas, is your father. His stories have appeared in The FADER,This American Life,Planet Money,NPR News,Studio 360and many other outlets. She discovered Selena the Mexican-American pop icon who proved she didnt have to choose. one of the columbia that I have been dancing on the weekend with my mom and my grandma mines you that what is unlike kind of how, p and one of my classmates coming up to man being like or use singing mexican music, and that was the vibe. Sign up free 0:00 0:00 In this episode, Maria analyzes why Selenas brownness is an essential part of her legacy and reflects on how the exploration of Selenas race led Maria to revelations about her own identity. "I'm a little bit big right now because I enjoyed . holding me and protecting me in some way and justice feeling that I have, and I think it has to. What's there, standard and do I trust that that standard represent, The way that I want to bring myself forward and the way that, like I want this story to be brought forward, there's a lot of what years there and theirs, what of trust their summer. She holds a Masters Degree in Arts and Culture Journalism from Columbia Journalism School. It was like not a desire, a ball body part two, and I remember noticing this when I was young and how odd it was that, like this feature, can illicit these there. Selena was on the other side of the border, Selena had been afforded a whole new life, but at the end of the day, there was this disregard--the same disregard--for her life, too. you know first generation my family to go to college. La teora, por supuesto, tiene que ver con Selena Quintanilla, pero tambin con la pelcula Selena, protagonizada por Jennifer Lopez, y la subsiguiente explosin latina. What does home mean when you are so far away, for so long? Turn on Live Caption for free Web design by Andy Cheatwood and the digital and marketing teams at Southern California Public Radio. Thank you so much for taking time talk to me. So I think journalists are really like their tart, ring positions and tat, sort of stay in the middle and waited. Maria discovers that it's a story of immigration, money and how two often-ignored groups were pitted against each other. [Laughter]. I want to tell the story of my community. About The Show: On March 31, 1995, nine-year-old Maria Garcia came home to find her mother glued to the TV, tears rolling down her rosy cheeks. En el transcurso de su vida, Selena se convirti en un smbolo de esperanza. And then when I heard the tape, as a grown woman, when I heard him talk about this woman whom I have been loving, who has become a sort of cultural deity, who has become this way home for so many of us, this sacred symbol, when I heard him talk about her the way he did, it was so cutting. That's ten percent off at catch of dot com, slash good life debts, I'm curious also when you stepped out into the liquor your early professional life in europe. The generations, by somebody else who maybe, has literally protected by a mountain. Twenty is. In this intimate journey, Maria explores what Selena's legacy shows us about belonging in America. After her death, Tejano went from boom to bust. And saying alone, we all get through moments and, only through one right now and it's actually ok to not just keep it to yourself, till I be without the beings and people as you walk that path? I had grown up with and sort of my working class home. Maria Garcia is the Senior Editor of Arts and Culture at WBUR, where she leads The ARTery, overseeing a team of arts writers, reporters and cultural critics. A 2016 video that Tesla used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light that the system did not . I could see her, watching the teleprompter just waiting for me to stop talking ass. Chris shares a side of Selena we rarely get to see, and Maria learns about how love was one of the ways Selena charted her own path. You can find more of Juan Diegos work onL.A. TacoandLatino Rebels. And I feel like in that sequence, in that moment, in that interaction, the entirety of white/non-white relations in America was sort of bottled into that, which is that the fight is just like, understand where we're coming from. because they matter- and this is sort of like It- was interesting to see it was almost like. I've never seen anything like that. The book highlights living on your own terms by not just, jobs, but also changing cities even leaving relationships that don't serve you anymore, I can we lay two elements of this story. There is now a whole generation of people who have come of age, like me, who have experienced these moments with Selena. And it's like all of these feelings among Mexican immigrants, and Mexican-Americans, and the white mainstream, can pretty much be be unpacked in that conversation. After that, she transitioned to arts and culture reporting and narrative radio storytelling. And so we argue that Selena has come to represent Latinidad: what it looks like, what it sounds like to be Latino, and that's great. Think about where we were as a country in 1995. In it, so powerful and you're. You can try, Anything For Selena | Episodio 1: Selena Y Yo (Espaol). Este viaje a la poltica de los traseros en Estados Unidos es a fin de cuentas una exploracin de la raza, y nos conduce a una conversacin largamente postergada sobre la anti negritud dentro de la cultura latina. 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. Even The New York Times called it the fastest-growing Latino genre in the country. You know, I think, so important to have this folks around you, yes, to help reflect back and, and then is also examining what is their lands like? I need to trust and rely on and open to, like the point of view of other people and. I am becoming a part of this, so you're telling your personal story to I'm so curious, certainly how your experiencing you're insertion into this and trying to navigate like where, doing justice to myself, I'm doing justice to the story and am also like. The Latino population grew by 60% between 1990 and 2000, so '95 was right in the middle of it. Hear our news on-air at our partner site: Selena Quintanilla is a cultural icon for many, but for Maria Garcia, she's much more than that. 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. And it's more complicated than that. it's really a story about belonging, which we all need Maura. How much. [Laughter] Because I'm sure there will still be some residual feelings. I, like you, just described that that second, that the said where you're talking about, the role of her dad. You know, I grew up, consuming every selina story out there, so you. I said we have to do in a sword about, a that she celebrated her body and what that did for, culture because I saw it in my lifetime lake ice, having parties with my big mexican family in mexico and, with my american friends in the states during the week, In the way voluptuous bodies were treated in different contexts. "And we do that by using the tools of our craft as journalists, like rigorous journalism, cultural analysis, but then also, very intimate, vulnerable storytelling. Um, I think I'm going to go like, hide somewhere. Tras el debut de la serieSelenaen Netflix, algunos fans sealaron que la cantante haba sido blanqueada en ese show. public radio station that both its journalism, We're making this story like these decisions, possibly say, first, I'm gonna share that like this is my lads and its informed by all this, but but also in doing so. Because again, my heart could not not be here. Selena was the "Queen of Tejano music." Maria knows that to truly understand Selena as a person and not just an icon, she needs to go to Corpus Christi. Yeah! Here, it's not even the city, it's not necessarily even people. 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. Original music from the podcast is available now on SoundCloud. Maria confronts his complicated legacy and reflects on fatherhood in Latinx cultures. I I dunno if everyone's affected that way, but I know I certainly am it sounds like you are as well. On the 26th anniversary of Selena's tragic death, Maria heads to Joshua Tree, California for an intimate interview with Selena's widower, Chris Perez. And so I think that there was just a natural effervescence, and a natural talent, and she was a disciplined musician, and all of that came across on stage. I feelings around that had really about you, know, taken some time to think about journalism without practising it. "It has this unforgettable smell when it rains," the voice says. In the premiere episode of Anything for Selena, host Maria Garcia explores how Selena helped Maria find her own place in the world. Maria discovers that the story of Tejano's decline isn't so simple. Even the New York Times called it the fastest-growing Latino genre in the country. I discovered Selena when I was 7 years old. But I realized how much I did it at the cost of not confronting pain, and drowning myself in work to sort of not confront these very personal, emotional battles that were going on inside of me. The phone kept ringing. sound, didn't you read the narrations end it. character in the story until we started getting into the editorial conversations, and I started sharing with my editors, sort of like mine, my feelings, roundup episodes and why they meant so much to me, and I had editors who told me like you know. The show is produced by Andrea Asuaje, James Trout, and John Perotti at Rococo Punch. It has the rigorous journalism and the cultural analysis of Dolly Parton's America, with what I hope is the intimacy, and the heart, and the personal journey and personal connection to a place or people, that California Love has. Do you remember that some shore and like ninety seven, ninety eight mainstream media, every magazine, every television show every late night show was talking about jailer? but not in a way that I feel like it needs to be told that could be told. As you said, it is Mexican-Americans just saying like, "Hey, we're here and you're hurting us. The story of Tejanos decline isnt so simple, though. Yeah. Originally from Fresno, California, Kristin is an NPRNext Generation Radioalum who cut her teeth on the NPR Arts Desk, KQED, St. Louis Public Radio, and as an arts journalist in Russia. So like. She also explores the indelible mark she left on Latino identity and belonging, whether it's fatherhood, big-butt politics, and the fraught relationship with whiteness and language. the fuller narrative of this entire series becomes it's like it's not just the story of this. She was born in Ciudad Jurez and was raised there and in El Paso, Texas, where her family immigrated to when she was 3 years old. connection with the land. Shes been featured on BuzzfeedssAnother Round, SlatesRepresentand the late night talk showDesus & Mero. Aprendi castellano a la vista del pblico, y los errores que cometi se convirtieron en algunos de sus momentos ms famosos y entraables. I wanted. major cities in the u ass, including new york, shiva performed in. January 16, 2023, 3:41 AM. The first. I think that it's the collective brain trust that often makes the project, am. where'd it to me to stay with the land and connect with that. That's right. This is something which is which, So pervasive and culture, and then you saying as a journalist, dive into this. Incluso el New York Times lo catalog el gnero latino de ms rpido crecimiento del pas. emphatically storytelling and again a lot around politics policy and around border town issues. She uncovers that booty politics is ultimately about race and brings us to a long overdue conversation about anti-blackness within the Latinx community. Yeah, I have a large rear, I guess, for the norm, but for me, it's normal, 'cause I grew up. And if I could just say, I don't think we talk enough about gratitude, and I just want to say, I will be so grateful. Is it short forum its? I couldn't help, but think of me, and when I was talking to her husband about relationships. For I key of family members, you can create a home, you love and save so whether you're looking for new faulty core ord entire bedroom set make sure you receive all the savings you can buy. So many people wrote to me telling me the storytelling in the podcast made them feel seen. like brand new to me, like, oh my god, I am not going to be with this little human. So I knew that I wanted it to be rooted in the personal, that the only way I could tell the story authentically is if I told it from my lens in the world. I think a lot of people saw their own story in mine. feeling around how much a journalist inserts themselves are not had a really evolved from coming from you know. Thank you so much for having me. Not even. "She had this . She became a role model for how Latinos could achieve the American dream and find acceptance. Juan Diego Ramirezis a production assistant at Futuro Studios and Latino USA. "This journey begins at the border, a place in the in-between where, for a long time, I felt divided in two. It's such a part of my life, I'm always trying different recipes and supplements. in california and northern mexico in arizona sushi. every year on the anniversary of her death and on the anniversary of the day she was born, there's a floor. Selena is often called the "Queen of Tejano music." I smell creosote bush, which is one of the oldest living organisms on the planet. 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. Every visit every day explore more new benefits at ikea, dash, usa, dot com, slash family offer valid starting nine one. In the premiere episode of "Anything for Selena," host Maria Garcia explores how Selena helped Maria find her own place in the world. The Anything For Selena podcast released earlier this year is a story of how Selena helped shape pop culture and American identity. Maria analyzes why Selena's brownness is an essential part of her legacy. On the one hand, you do you describe how that. You know like I it's real like, find by so many things, and one of them is my love for Selina and so, was learning not to separate sort of mexican maria from american maria. And Selena helped change that. In the end. I'm curious whether there were moments where you, folks say like this is what really needs to be, but there was something in your god that was saying now, to all just to give you some some context. She was somebody who I think, the, first form of authentic representation. After the premiere ofSelena: The Serieson Netflix, some fans claimed Selena had been whitewashed in the show. And so it is a story, it does have sort of a beginning, middle and an end, but each episode really takes a deep dive into different topics, different stories, that are all connected together throughout the series. From here or there you ve come to a place where it sounds like you feel, like you have a sense of, dual belonging almost like, but it does sound like as a kid like and look. Pero algo cambi su vida. And then, now, as an arts and culture editor and critic, putting on my journalism hat and thinking about Selena not just from my heart, but as a journalist, and thinking, I'm not alone. 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