VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 19: “Reading My First Afro-Jotería Studies Blog Post” In this episode, I return to the roots of VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS by reading my first-ever blog post on Afro-Jotería Studies in an audiobook-style format. This is a special episode because Afro-Jotería has been part of this podcast since the very beginning, and now, nearly two years later, I wanted to dedicate an episode to slowing down and reading this foundational text together with my audience. In this blog ...
Apr 03, 2026•25 min•Ep. 19
VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 18: “A Deep Dive into My Full Discography: The Sound of Afro-Jotería” In this episode, I’m doing a deep dive into my full music discography—paying ode to the discipline, imagination, and self-determination it took to release more than 35 songs across all streaming platforms completely by myself, from concept to execution. I move through each era of my work to reflect on what I was building sonically, visually, spiritually, and politically. This episode is abou...
Apr 03, 2026•45 min•Ep. 18
VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 17: “A Look into THE REDPRINT: LA PREMIÈRE RÉVOLUTION” In this episode, I’m taking you inside my album THE REDPRINT: LA PREMIÈRE RÉVOLUTION—not just how it sounds, but how it became . I go song by song and tell the origin story of each track: what sparked it, what I was living through when it formed, what each title really means to me, and how the sound choices became part of the message. This is a behind-the-scenes “liner notes” moment—where the concept of th...
Feb 03, 2026•2 hr 14 min•Ep. 17
VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 16: “Dear Future Me…” In this episode, I share a deeply personal tradition I’ve kept since 2017: recording an annual audio letter to my future self. What began as a quiet act of reflection has now reached its 10th anniversary, and I’m still sitting with how surreal that feels. Every year, before recording the new message, I listen back to all the previous audios—hearing past versions of myself speak from moments of hope, confusion, grief, growth, and becoming....
Dec 31, 2025•28 min•Ep. 16
VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 15: “One Year on Estrogen & 26 Years of Becoming” In this November episode, I take a deep breath and reflect on a full year on estrogen—what shifted in my body, what shifted in my spirit, and what I didn’t expect to feel along the way. Since it’s also my birthday month, I zoom out even wider: 26 years of gender + sexuality—of searching, masking, surviving, experimenting, unlearning shame, and finally learning how to come home to myself. I talk about the “s...
Dec 31, 2025•42 min•Ep. 15
VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 14: "Wisdom Sharing and Becoming with Amaïs Alexander Perez" In this October episode, I sit down with Amaïs Alexander Perez for a genuine, grounded conversation about identity, liberation, and what happens when a movement goes mainstream. Amaïs introduces herself through the fullness of her lived experience—Afro-Indigenous, Asian, and Trans—and I ask her about the growing “Protect the Dolls / Fund the Dolls” trend: what it means, who it was meant to protect, a...
Dec 30, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 14
VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 13: “Kika.” In this new chapter of VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS , I step into September 2025—a month of firsts, transitions, and embodied healing. Episode 13: “Kika” chronicles my first full month as a film student in Kiskeya, balancing academic discipline with spiritual grounding while navigating the chaos of migration and rebuilding. Throughout the month, I moved through four temporary living spaces before securing my own home. Even in moments of uncertainty, movemen...
Oct 16, 2025•19 min•Ep. 13
VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 12: “Boy, Why You So Speechless?” In this deeply reflective Episode 12 of VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS, I return to my August 2025 archives—thirty-seven handwritten journal pages, photos, and songs that document a season of rebuilding, release, and radical self-parenting. After the stillness of July, August erupted into motion: I entered film school, relocated across multiple homes, and restructured my creative and personal foundations from scratch. The Lion’s Gate Por...
Oct 14, 2025•21 min•Ep. 12
VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 11: “555: You Are Destined for Greatness!” After three months of silence, I return with Episode 11 of VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS: “555: You Are Destined for Greatness.” This episode was born out of ceremony—of stillness, faith, and transformation. Recorded in Kiskeya, it marks both a spiritual and artistic rebirth. Where Episode 10 closed a cycle of grief and loss, Episode 11 opens a doorway toward renewal, healing, and the sacred act of becoming. I trace how the num...
Oct 14, 2025•20 min•Ep. 11
Episode Title: VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 10: “Pride 2025 Reflections: Offering a Ritual of Remembrance and Reclamation” In this unflinching Episode 10 of VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS , I ground my Chiron in Sagittarius in the 11th-House reading in the brutal reality of this Pride Month—eviction, unemployment, and the relentless fight to survive. This is not an academic chat; it’s a moment of pause, a ritual to honor the inner child I have carried through every crisis. I return to my core “why”:...
Jul 03, 2025•45 min•Ep. 10
Episode Title: VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 9: “Re-Imagining and Challenging The ‘Self’ Via Music w/ LA REINA TAÍNA” In Episode 9 of VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS, LA REINA TAÍNA (she/they) guides you through a transformative soundscape rooted in her life motto— “to re-imagine and challenge the ‘self’ via art.” This deep dive explores five potent tracks that serve as portals to ancestral wisdom, political critique, self-empowerment, embodied resistance, and communal solidarity. What to expect: EL C...
May 30, 2025•2 hr 13 min•Ep. 9
Episode Title: VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 8: “Re-Imagining and Challenging the ‘Self’ via Poetry w/ LA REINA TAÍNA” Episode Description: In Episode 8 of VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS, host LA REINA TAÍNA embarks on an intimate poetic journey, exploring the complexities of identity, trauma, resistance, and healing through her deeply personal poetry. Rooted in her guiding motto—"to re-imagine and challenge the ‘self’ via art"—this episode dives into the emotional and transformative power poetry has...
Apr 30, 2025•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 8
Episode Title: VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 7: “Reina’s Unpopular Opinions About The Creative Economy: Listen Up!” Episode Description: In this raw and unfiltered episode of VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS , host LA REINA TAÍNA challenges the very structure of the Creative Economy. With a unique blend of decolonial, post-structuralist, and transfemme perspectives, Reina digs deep into how American Capitalism has suffocated the authenticity of creativity, creating an industry that serves profit and po...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 7
Episode Title: VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episodio 6: "Reimaginando La Identidad Dominicana: Un Mensaje Para Mi Pueblo Dominicano" Episode Description: In this powerful and thought-provoking episode of VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS , host LA REINA TAÍNA dedicates the conversation to reimagining the Dominican identity, a journey that stretches across history and deeply resonates in the hearts of the Dominican people today. Released in honor of Dominican Independence Day, this episode is a call to action f...
Feb 27, 2025•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 6
VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 5: “From Trauma to Triumph: A Personal Story of Liberation" In "From Trauma to Triumph: A Personal Story of Liberation," I’m sharing a deeply personal journey of survival, healing, and accountability. This episode dives into my lived experiences of trauma within a systemically violent household, which became the breeding ground for exploring decolonial theory and post-structuralism. These frameworks gave me the tools to dissect how we are all, at some point or...
Jan 19, 2025•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 5
VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 4: “Breaking Cycles: Understanding the Impact of Emotionally Immature Parents on Adult Development w/ Ajay Ravi Kamal” In Episode #4 of the VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast, host LA REINA TAÍNA sits down with Ajay Ravi Kamal, an ENBY/TransMasculine mental health advocate, to dive into the concept of "Emotionally Immature Parents" (EIP). Based on the work of Kai Tai Kevin Qiu in his book Emotionally Immature Parents: A Recovery Workbook for Adult Children , Ajay unp...
Dec 27, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 4
VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 3: "Navigating the Margins: Agatha Brooks' Journey as a Black Trans Woman in the Caribbean" In this compelling third episode of VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS , host LA REINA TAÍNA sits down with Agatha Jamine Brooks, a Black Trans woman, poet, and activist, for an intimate discussion on the intersectional challenges she faces in her daily life. As an undocumented immigrant in the Dominican Republic, Agatha's experiences illuminate the complexities of race, gender, and s...
Nov 23, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 3
VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 2: "La Modernidad de Latinoamerica: Los Tres Blanquis" In this episode, join LA REINA TAÍNA as she explores the concepts of blanquitud , blanquedad , and blanqueamiento , collectively referred to as "Los Tres Blanquis," a term she coined to describe how white supremacy influences the history and present of Latin America and the Caribbean. The discussion begins by connecting these terms to modern Latin American identity, focusing on how blanquitud shapes beauty...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 2
VAMOS HABLAR INGLÉS Podcast Episode 1: "An Introduction to Afro-Jotería Studies" Join LA REINA TAÍNA as they dive deep into the origins of Afro-Jotería Studies, an academic field celebrating the lived experiences of Queer and Trans Afro-Latinx, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro-Indigenous people. This episode explores their personal journey, the impact of colonialism and racial policies like "blanqueamiento," and the importance of decolonial thought through the lenses of Pan-Africanism, Indigenous spirit...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 1
