The Social Primate Podcast
1) EP172: Divided by Design with Michelle Zacarias
What happens when survival turns into obedience?In this episode of The Social Primate, host Eddie Aguirre sits down with award-winning journalist Michelle Zacarías to break down how generations of Lat...Show More
2) EP171: Licensed to Harm with Joey Scott
How do you hold power accountable when the rules are built to protect it?In this episode, investigative journalist Joey Scott joins Social Primate to talk about policing, surveillance, and state power...Show More
3) Ground Level (Minisode 1) - La Lucha No Tiene Edad
Episode 1: “La Lucha No Tiene Edad”It was a gloomy Saturday morning when, on my way to Maywood, I came across an older gentleman standing by the railroad tracks in the city of Bell, handing out sticke...Show More
4) EP170: The Cost of Dissent with Jag Arreola
What does it mean to be silenced without ever being convicted?In this episode we hear Jag Arreola’s story of repression after Operation Accountability. Though the felony charges against him collapsed ...Show More
5) EP169: Truth for Sale with Amanda Del Cid Lugo
What happens when journalism sells our stories instead of serving them?In this episode, journalist Amanda Del Cid Lugo from LA Public Press talks about how parachute reporting twists the truth and red...Show More
6) EP168: Poisoned by Policy with Laura Cortez (East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice)
What do you do when corporations and politicians treat your neighborhood as expendable?In this episode, Laura Cortez, organizer and co-director of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice (EYCE...Show More
7) EP167: Targeted by the State with Alejandro Orellana
What happens when helping your community puts you in the crosshairs of the federal government?In this episode, Marine veteran and organizer Alejandro Orellana shares how a morning at home turned into ...Show More
8) EP166: Roots and Rights with Lupe Carrasco Cardona
What does “back to school” look like when your community is bracing for ICE raids? In this episode, educator and organizer Lupe Carrasco Cardona joins us to talk about protecting students through Know...Show More
9) EP165: Eyes on ICE with Sandra De Anda (OCRRN)
What do you do when ICE shows up?In this episode, Eddie Aguirre sits down with Sandra De Anda, a writer, organizer, and Director of Policy and Legal Strategy at the OC Rapid Response Network to talk r...Show More
10) EP164: Organize or Disappear with Johnathan Ryan Hernandez
What role should local leaders play when federal agents target your community?In this urgent conversation, Eddie and Santa Ana Councilmember Johnathan Hernandez speak from the frontlines of back-to-ba...Show More