El Progreso

About El Progreso

Tech reporter Jose Fermoso brings the largest Latinx community of tech professionals to audio life through in-depth stories and interviews featuring topics affecting all Latinx people including immigration policies, the coronavirus pandemic, and the latest in business challenges.

Publisher

Jose Fermoso

Category

news · society & culture · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Jun 2020

Latest episode

25 Sept 2021

Latest episodes

10 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Sept 2021

   How Immigration Is Still Under Assault: Conversations with Border Angels, Latinx in Tech and Soltrón

   We discuss the latest news on the immigrant experience at the border with Border Angels, Latinx workers in the tech industry, and a politically-minded band from San Francisco.

2. 

   9 Jun 2021

   One Year Under Quarantine, Part II: Grubhub Worries, Trans Discrimination, and Creating Music In Peru

   Jose Fermoso speaks to a Peruvian pop star, a Boston-based trans software engineer, and two more special guests about the last year of the pandemic.

3. 

   29 May 2021

   One Year Under Quarantine, Part I: Zoom Weddings, Raising Kids, and Connecting Poor Communities to Health Tech

   In this week's podcast, reporter Jose Fermoso speaks to Latinx people in tech about how the last full year of dealing with the pandemic under quarantine has affected their and their loved one's lives.

4. 

   25 Feb 2021

   The Importance of the Census Count and How Trump Tried to Undermine It

   The counting of the 2020 Census is over but the battle around the results is just beginning. We explain what's at stake.

5. 

   4 Dec 2020

   Growing Up Afro Latinx In New York: A Battle To Get Educated and Stay Healthy In the Face of Racism

   Staten Island native Matthew Zayas describes his battles with deliberate and unconscious racism, addiction, and his own family in order to better understand his role as an Afro Latino and as a new father.

6. 

   5 Nov 2020

   The 2020 Election Jumbo-sized Pod with U.S. Rep. Escobar, Berkeley Dean Garcia Bedolla and More

   The Techqueria podcast's Presidential election mega-pod features seven guests talking about the complex issues facing the Latinx community.

7. 

   3 Sept 2020

   A Miami Local Builds Killer Apps for Financial Freedom and an AV Pro Levels Up to Coding Via Bootcamp

   Two software programmers at the beginning of their career, Gabriel Lujan and Steffany Bahamon, tell stories about how they got into the profession, including how they overcame key cultural obstacles as Latinx.

8. 

   16 Aug 2020

   Episode 1, Part 2: A Latina CEO Builds Green Tech for The Pentagon and a Cumbia Memelord Climbs the Charts

   A rising Latina green tech CEO and a singer-songwriter of popular cumbias describe how they deal with the pandemic.

9. 

   16 Aug 2020

   Episode 1, Part 1: A Young Latinx Emergency Room Doctor Fights the Coronavirus Pandemic

   Techqueria host Jose Fermoso introduces the show and speaks to a young Latinx doctor dealing with an influx of coronavirus-infected patients in the middle of the global pandemic.

10. 

    17 Jun 2020

    Trailer — Introducing Techqueria

    Trailer for the Techqueria podcast, a news and interviews show featuring Latinx people.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

28 ratings

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Books guests

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