Happy 2018, friends! For this ep, we spoke to musical genius Xenia Rubinos about music, personal history, the importance and burden of labels and what she's up to these days. Pls enjoy, and make sure you listen to our special Women's History Month callout at the end. Calling all abuelitas! Music: "Cumbia No Frills" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Levitating" by Xenia Rubinos, Sammus and Olga Bell "Lonely Lover" by Xenia Rubinos "Pan y Cafe" by Xenia Rubinos "Mexican Chef" by Xenia Rubinos Ravel sonata by Alicia de Larrocha "Never is a Promise" by Fiona Apple "Version of Me" by Kimbra Art: Carolyn Figel: www.carolynfigel.com/

Happy Halloween bbs! In honor of our favorite holiday, we interviewed the QUEEN of handmade Halloween costumes, Sydney Presley! We talked DIY life, embracing your weird, tapping into your heritage (it's never too late!) and of course COSTUME IDEAS. Listen to our spooky one year anniversary episode and get weird. Music: "Cumbia No Frills" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Art: Carolyn Figel: www.carolynfigel.com/

Re-pre-sen-ta-tion mat-ters. [clap emojis]. With NY Comic Con one week away, Caro and Isis talk to Alexis Sanchez, creator of Latinx Geeks, a community for Latinx people who love all things geeky nerdy. She’s got her own panel at Comic Con this year and is a delightful human! Listen up as Las Cafecitas and Alexis talk Latinx representation in comics and the geek world — PLUS what their preferred superpowers would be. And hold onto your seats because Las Cafecitas are flying off the handle with a million coffee things and a trillion metric tons of cafecito to celebrate N A T I O N A L C O F F E E D A Y! New Bustelo products are discovered and Maria makes Isis some Cuban coffee. Guau. Music: "Cumbia No Frills" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Art: Carolyn Figel: www.carolynfigel.com/

Hello bbs it’s been a wild summer in Cafecita-land! Isis and Maria are back for their second season of Las Cafecitas. Tune in for a loud and happy comeback ep and listen to these two amigitas catch up after not seeing each other for a long time. They also ponder the t.b.d. success of Miami-based boy band CNCO, the sleek grime style that Colombian reggaetonero J. Balvin loves so much and the fact that BEYONCE SINGS IN SPANISH on the "Mi Gente" remix. Proceeds go to hurricane relief. Pls go buy it. ALSO! Fenty Beauty is here. Come with us as we try some of it out and feel supes haute. Music: "Cumbia No Frills" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Art: Carolyn Figel: www.carolynfigel.com/

Are you two different people? It's time to get to know your hosts! (And their alter egos.) Maria and Isis talk about growing up bicultural, chat en español un poquito and discuss what it's like to feel like two different people in English and in Spanish. They also talk for a bit with their Iranian friend Shirin, who as a fellow immigrant to the US can relate to the whole "two different people" thing. Aaaaand this episode features a special guest interview with Ms. Rupa Shenoy, host of the super duper dope immigrant kid podcast Otherhood! Check it out. Also, we sing! Music: "Quemame" by Sister Mantos sistermantos.bandcamp.com "Thief in the Night" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Art: Carolyn Figel: www.carolynfigel.com/

Maria and Isis swap tunes by Los Nosequien y Los Nosecuantos and Princess Nokia then Skype with the one and only Diane Guerrero. The "Orange is the New Black" and "Jane the Virgin" star talked to Las Cafecitas about loving your truth, representation in Hollywood and they were like OMG WE LOVE YOU DO YOU WANT TO COME TO ISIS' MOM'S HOUSE AND MAKE EMPANADAS WITH US? Then they talked about Diane Guerrero Day. Which was an actual day proclaimed in Boston by Mayor Marty Walsh last fall. Cafecitas Day is next. Where you at Marty? Quiubo pues? ART BY THE AMAZING CAROLYN FIGEL (FEEEEEGS!): http://www.carolynfigel.com/ No Frills Cumbia Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Helado Negro rolled through Boston + Las Cafecitas sat him down to talk art, Trump, radical self love + brown skin. Listen to his sweet musica here: https://heladonegro.bandcamp.com/

Journalists Isis Madrid and Maria Murriel are couple of empanada-loving weirdos. Las Cafecitas is their bi-weekly podcast chronicling their budding bruja friendship, a smattering of interviews with people they want to talk to and a parallel journey of Latinx self-discovery...or whatever. Stay tuned for more, but for now get witchy with this sneak peek: "Brujas." No Frills Cumbia Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/