Free Hawai’i (Kawena’ulaokalā Kapahua)
Hector chats with Kawenaʻulaokalā Kapahua, an organizer in the Hawaiian independence movement, and they compare Hawaii with Puerto Rico
Sucking Up to the Kardashians
In the first episode of Hits from the Brain, Hector takes aim at celebrity culture and our obsession with wealth
Biden’s Border
Hector chats with Todd Miller, a journalist who has covered border security for the past 20 years, and the author of several books including Border Patrol Nation (2014), Empire of Borders (2019), and the forthcoming Build Bridges, Not Walls
Ridding Puerto Rico of Snakes
Puerto Rico needs its own Wolfe Tone. It needs another Don Pedro.
Professional Latino
Hector chats with Pabel Martinez, Global Account Director at TikTok, and the founder and CEO of Plurawl, whose mission is to redefine professionalism by empowering Latinos to be their authentic selves in the workplace
The Birds & the Bees & the Dogs
What I should tell my stepdaughter about love
Among the Mormons
Hector chats with Ramón Lagos, a teacher in Salt Lake City who was born and raised in Puerto Rico, and is the son of an Afro-Honduran father and a Sicilian mother
Jorge and Richie Down by the Schoolyard
Two stories about solidarity in the face of hatred and power