The Social Primate Podcast
1) 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
2) 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
3) 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
4) 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
5) 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
6) 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
7) EP163: Decolonize the Youth with Leslie Priscilla & Fernando Deveras (Latinx Parenting)
What if parenting wasn’t about control—but liberation?Educators and organizers Fernando Deveras and Leslie Priscilla join Eddie to break down what it means to raise conscious kids in a system built on...Show More
8) EP162: The Language of Control with Albert Corado (People's City Council)
Masked agents. Unmarked vans. Tear gas on neighborhood streets. In this episode of The Social Primate, Eddie is joined by Albert Corado—organizer, activist, and co-founder of People’s City Council—to ...Show More
9) EP161: Homegrown Memories with Alejandra Martinez
In this powerful episode of The Social Primate, host Eddie Aguirre is joined by Alejandra Martinez to explore what it means to reclaim the story of Southeast LA—on our own terms. As ICE raids tear thr...Show More
10) EP160: All Eyes on Flat Top with Fernanda Sanchez
What happens when the last open green space in your neighborhood is on the verge of being taken away?In this episode, Fernanda Sanchez returns to discuss the fight to preserve Flat Top Hill in Los Ang...Show More