Folklorists explore foodways, music, ritual celebrations, and more. Several episode producers participated in Texas Folklife's Community Folklife Fellowship program where they received mentorship, training workshops, and project support.
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This project is funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts
Executive Producer: Jeannelle Ramirez
Technical Producer: Lamont Jack Pearley
Send us Fan Mail Atlachinolli: Keepers of the Fire and Water is an early stage archival project by Laura Yohualtlahuiz birthed as part of the Community Folklife Fellowship documenting the contributions of Queer & Matriarchal knowledge and culture keepers in and around the Mexica Chichimeca danza and ceremonial community of Central Texas. Atlachinolli is an offering that documents the legacy and transmission of teachings and storytelling surrounding a trajectory of kinship and community bu...
8 Aug 2026
Pitaya Harvest in the Big Bend Region of Texas: A Family Tradition
Send us Fan Mail Pitaya fruit (Echinocereus stramineus), or the strawberry hedgehog cactus, is sometimes known by the general public as “dragon fruit.” The fruit grows on a plant generally referred to in Spanish as bisnaga — barrel cactus — and my family has identified at least four different types of bisnagas in the area from which to harvest. This podcast focuses on the tradition of pitaya collection in La Junta, a community and cultural region shaped by the meeting of rivers, desert, and f...
29 Jul 2026
Songs That Made Texas Home for South Asians
Send us Fan Mail This project documents how South Asian Texans sustain interfaith devotional music traditions through Qawwali, Bhajan, and Shabad Kirtan in Greater Houston. Using oral history interviews and field recordings, the project highlights how music fosters belonging, continuity, and coexistence within migrant communities. Episode Produced by Sonny Mehta -- Series Credits Executive Producer - Jeannelle Ramirez Technical Producer - Lamont Jack Pearley Support the show Learn m...
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