Millennials Meet World

In this week’s episode of Millennials Meet World, Cruz Castillo interviews Ossi Andrade, AKA the famous Nopales. The two discuss body positivity, real representation in the media, and what inspires Ossi to develop a platform for women of all shapes, sizes, and colors. From changing societal body rules to changing the game of perception, you'll definitely love this episode.

In this week’s episode, Cruz Castillo interviews Abeni Moreno, Chicana writer and author of the children’s book Dear Big Brother. Listen in as Cruz and Abeni talk about whether art imitates life or life imitates art, how gender roles in the Latinx community need to be broken and changed, and how her brother's life and influence helped to shape her children's book.

This week’s Millennials Meet World has Fredo Tovar, one of the geniuses behind the collective group that is A+ Filmz. A man of many talents, Fredo helped push forward Viva La Bonita, a clothing company for Latinas, and is one of the creative directors behind the record label, Con Amor. Fredo breaks down his life from his skills on the court to mentors who guided him towards a career he never considered. Find out more about this talented family man and the future of the collectives he’s helped create.

Cruz Castillo interviews Chris Carmona, the writer and director of the MiTu series Instant Crush. Listen as the two discuss filmmaking, Chris’ incorporation of his hometown Bell in his projects, his first feature about a day worker caught in a precarious situation, and more on this episode of MMW.

Meet Rachel Gomez, the creator of Viva La Bonita! VLB is an apparel company that seeks to empower Latinas, and all women, through it's culturally grounded style. Rachel talks about where she comes from, her road to being the strong Latina of influence she is today, and the future endeavors of her company. If you want to be inspired, listen to the episode.

In this week's episode, Cruz Castillo interviews Stephani Calendaria of La Mera Calendaria. La Mera Candelaria's music and style itself is a vivacious mixture of Colombian-inspired cumbia with a son cubano twist; sassy, humerous, gender-role-defying lyrics; and a humble, countryside sabór! Listen as Cruz and Stephani talk about what inspires her, what her origin story is, and where you can catch her next performance!

Cruz Castillo jumps into the crowdfunding site that is Seed & Spark. He interviews Gerry Maravilla, an award winning filmmaker who works at Seed & Spark, who breaks down the process of filmmaking from beginning to end and how S&S helps to bring those ideas to life. Find out how Seed & Spark, a subscription streaming and crowdfunding service, is helping independent filmmakers find their "village," create their autonomy, and give people of color a chance in the filmmaking game. Learn more about Seed & Spark and the filmmakers Cruz Castillo and Gerry Maravilla as they give their private testimonies to the time consumption that is crowdfunding.  

In this week’s episode of MMW, Cruz Castillo will has a conversation with writer Eva Recinos, whose work has been featured on LA Magazine, Refinery 29, Vice, Hypoallergic, Gezabelle, Catapoult, and more. The two talk about books, and her work as the Social Media Manager for LACMA. Check it out!

Cruz Castillo interviews actor and creator of “Hecho en Echo” Hillaria Lariva and her partner in crime, the director Rachel Shappiro. Lariva and Shappiro talk about how their collaboration started, their upcoming webseries "Hecho en Echo,” and the struggle and push for women of color telling their own stories in the industry.

In this week's episode, our host Cruz Castillo interviews writer and content creator, Claudia Restrepo. The two discuss about her origin story, her content on Buzzfeed's Pero Like, and issues that are important to her, such as mental health, representation of Latinx & LGBTQ+ in the media, and much more. Learn more about her thoughts on depression, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and her advice for aspiring filmmakers. Listen in!

In this week's episode, Cruz Castillo interviews content creators Shaina and Hannah from Shaihannahgans. Hailing from Chandler, Arizona, Hannah and Shaina touch on the topic of the Indigenous experience and what it's like to be Diné on stolen land. They discuss the shenanigans they get into, working for the Native clothing company OXDX, photography and film, their love of Emo (shoutout to My Chemical Romance), and their love of fandoms like Disney. If you love women of color who are killing it, then definitely listen in!