jotxs y recuerdos

About jotxs y recuerdos

A podcast and archive that documents queer life from the Rio Grande Valley and other borderlands. Created and hosted by Alexandra Nichole Salazar, a queer Chicana from Pharr, a border town in South Texas. She is also a PhD Candidate in the Mexican-American/Latinx Studies department at the University of Texas at Austin, where her research focuses on queer and anti-colonial borderland archives, memory making practices, and theories. - Follow @jotxsyrecuerdos_podcast or https://jotxsyrecuerdos.com/ (https://jotxsyrecuerdos.com/) - Est 2016.

Publisher

Jotxs y Recuerdos

Category

education · history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Jan 2019

Latest episode

25 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

35 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Feb 2026

   Angela Randall

   Angela Randall, a lesbian Latina from Donna, Texas, talks about her experience of coming out. She recounts growing up in a racially segregated valley, dealing with homophobia, and discovering her Black ancestry through an Ancestry DNA that connected her family's history to the Underground Railroad and a legal battle over land in South Padre Island. She also emphasizes the importance of the significance of family and community in her life, particularly in Dallas's LGBTQ+ scene.

2. 

   12 Sept 2025

   Julian Toscano

   In this episode of Jotxs y Recuerdos, Julian Toscano (J.T. Mexican Boyfriend), a DJ from Rio Grande City, shares his experiences growing up in both northern Minnesota and the Rio Grande Valley. J.T. not only reflects on his journey of coming out as trans but also on the issues of surveillance, law enforcement, and the hyper-militarization of the border region. This oral history also touches on the significance of music to his identity, spirituality, and role as a DJ, where he curates soundtra...

3. 

   22 May 2025

   Carmen Castillo

   In this episode of Jotxs y Recuerdos, Carmen Castillo, a queer musician and artist from Reynosa, Tamaulipas/ McAllen, Texas, discusses her journey through various musical genres, including punk, hip hop, and ska. She also shares her experiences of coming out, dealing with misogyny, and the importance of community support in the Rio Grande Valley. Carmen emphasizes the role of music in advocating for social causes, such as her corrido for Bekah Hinojosa, a local environmental activist. She spe...

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

24 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 22 / 100

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Quality

13

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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