¿Qué Pasa, Midwest? is a bilingual podcast that creates a sense of community for Midwestern Latinx who are missing an essential piece of their cultural identity. In this season we discussed personal stories of Latinos who are DACA recipients, who crossed the border, who signed up to the military for a better future for their families, what is like being AfroLatino and more. ¡Escucha!

¿QPM? 6: Navidades en Latinoamérica

¿QPM? 3:  Being Afro Latina En El Medio Oeste

¿QPM? 2: Loyalty por la patria y la familia.

¿QPM? 1: Pulque en América

¿QPM? 14: Bilingual kids on being translators and growing up too fast y el Midwest bilingüe.

¿QPM? 10: Cubans in the Midwest and the end of the Castro regime.

It was a great season! Listen to our top five episodes and a sneak peek of next season in our last episodio. Share with us the topics you want us to cover next and recommend our podcast to a friend.

¿QPM? 15: Fin de temporada, Recap and Next Season

Non-Latinos are not the only ones confused about why Cinco de Mayo is celebrated. I’m from the Dominican Republic, and I have to admit that I didn’t know for a long time that this celebration was not the Mexican Independence Day I was misled by the celebraciones en Estados Unidos about este festejo.

Approximately 60% of the population is Latino. And when many people think of Kansas, they think of el Mago de Oz, and Liberal, Kansas does have a replica of Dorothy’s casa. Pero la ciudad is also known for its beef industry, packing plants, trucking, hard winter wheat, corn and other crops. Dairies and procesadoras de cerdo are also growing businesses. These industrias are Liberal's largest sources of employment.

The pageant was on Saturday and a parade on Sunday where Mexican regiones were represented and celebrated. Now that you know what this fiesta is all about, let’s not be complicit to cultural appropriation and celebrate with respect. Share the knowledge.

¿QPM? Cinco de Mayo in Liberal, Kansas.

Why did Alfonso come to the Midwest? It had something to do with the FARC - las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia or the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - una alianza en contra del gobierno since 1964. The FARC sustains their estilo de vida by kidnapping and ransom, illegal mining, extorsiones and the production and distribución of illegal drugs.

Alfonso was kidnapped on a fishing trip in Venezuela and when he escaped to el Medio Oeste he was just supposed to be here for 3 months. Pero Alfonso’s kidnapping was more a plane robbery than un secuestro.

¿QPM? S2 EP 1: Kidnapped by the FARC; Ahora un Latino en el Midwest.

After not being able to talk to my family for six days, my mom finally called me from the Island. Hurricane Maria had just passed and she couldn't believe was she was seeing. I didn't know what had happened during that time so she started sending me pictures of what I thought was another country. I grew up in Puerto Rico; in these streets and I couldn't recognize any of them. My mom and sister came to stay with me in the Midwest after the hurricane and talked to me about their experience.

¿QPM? S2 EP 2: Huracán Maria changed my family's life.

Aquí la historia de Janeth Vazquez. She grew up in Liberal Kansas and her father was deported when she started her first year of college. Ella dice que su vida cambió en todo el sentido de la palabra. She went from being a student and a daughter to being the sole provider of her family.

¿QPM? S2 EP 3: The effects of deportation in families and comunidades.

Creating a sense of community for #Midwestern #Latinos by sharing the stories of #Latinx in the #Midwest. De PRX & WNIN.

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