The Punch-Up: Minisode #12 - Thulio Has His Finger on the Pulse, Rubén Believes Men
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
This week: Thulio fights Karl the Fog at Outside Lands, Slayyyter saves a flop summer with “Brand New Chanel,” Heated Rivalry casting discourse demands meat on the bones, Rubén turns Greg Araki’s I Want Your Sex into an AMC Burbank side quest, and streamers double down on their video-podcast content-churn era. Plus a Punch-Up on job interviews with more rounds than Interview with the Vampire... and Black and Brown creatives whose indie projects somehow still have all-white casts. La Lista Podcast host and writer ditch the formal interviews and hop on the mic...
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195. FIORELLA VESCOVI
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
A QUEER LATIN AMERICAN WRITER-DIRECTOR shares growing up in Montevideo, Uruguay, feeling trapped until sports opened a path to the U.S., driving from Missouri to Los Angeles with emo music and black nails, finding herself beyond acting by falling in love with writing and directing, joining the queer series And Also With You, and turning her father’s experience during Uruguay’s dictatorship into the tender LALIFF/Netflix-supported short Pilotos de Papel. Instagram - @lalistapodcast Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
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The Punch-Up: Minisode #11 - Rubén’s Odyussy Awakens, Thulio Has Places to Be
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
This week: Thulio becomes a gay cowboy ghost-story extra, free LA archery turns him into Katniss Everdeen, Rubén finds artistic hope at a queer film night at Akbar, Comic-Con throws every Ryan into the MCU, and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey somehow makes Ancient Greece straight. Plus a Punch-Up on the gay guide to escalator etiquette... and late-stage capitalism turning everyone at LAX into the villain. La Lista Podcast host and writer ditch the formal interviews and hop on the mic for quick, unfiltered conversations about their chaotic creative lives — covering...
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194. JON-ALEXANDER GENSON
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
A MEXICAN-AMERICAN WRITER AND ARMY VETERAN FROM CHICAGO shares growing up Mexican-American in northern Illinois, joining the Army to escape his hometown before a deployment to Guantanamo Bay helped him start accepting who he was, studying creative writing at Illinois State, breaking in through the Writers Guild Foundation’s Veteran Writing Project and Support Staff Training Program, co-writing an episode of FBI: Most Wanted, and exploring masculinity, shame, and outsiders stumbling toward self-awareness in his work. Instagram - @lalistapodcast Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
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The Punch-Up: Minisode #10 - Thulio vs. The Bling Ring (Rubén’s Fault)
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
This week: Thulio survives The Abbey phone-theft industrial complex, Rubén’s office job turns him into a fluorescent-lit shell of a woman, Love Island signs off and World Cup brain rot clocks in, Erling Haaland becomes the internet’s strangest tall king, and The Great LA Exodus has everyone asking whether the dream is still worth the rent. Plus a Punch-Up on FIFA refs choosing favorites... and Riverside, the AI podcasting hellbox holding us hostage. La Lista Podcast host and writer ditch the formal interviews and hop on the mic for quick, unfiltered conversations about their chaotic...
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193. LISA QUINTELA
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
A CAN'T STOP, WON'T STOP LATINX WRITER Lisa Quintela shares growing up Cuban-American between New Jersey, Miami, and New York, how her parents’ harrowing escape from Cuba shaped her drive and storytelling, moving from Tisch-trained actor to journalist to lawyer before writing a pilot about her family that brought her to LA, breaking into TV on The L Word: Generation Q, and using her legal background and love of exposing hidden rot in shows like The Lincoln Lawyer and CBS’s Matlock. Instagram - @lalistapodcast Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
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The Punch-Up: Minisode #9 - Rubén and Thulio Clam Slam Into Summer
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
This week: Thulio returns from Gilmore Girls country and enters his World Cup Brazilian era, Rubén turns 35 and discovers his head is now extra-wide at Warby Parker, a queer vaquero fundraiser cracks the TikTok marketing code, Love Island takes over the algorithm, and the feed is fake but the clips are forever. Plus a Punch-Up on airlines forcing broke bitches to gate-check their carry-ons... and politicians letting data centers and toxic fires get way too comfortable in our neighborhoods. La Lista Podcast host and writer ditch the formal interviews and hop on the mic for quick, unfiltered...
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192. EUGENE GARCIA-CROSS
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
A GRATEFUL, CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC, IN-HIS-HEAD, OCD LATINX WRITER shares growing up half Puerto Rican in Erie, Pennsylvania, feeling like the Latino kid in his hometown and the gringo cousin in Puerto Rico, trading a decade in academia for a last-chance leap into TV writing, breaking in through the NBC Writers Program and writer’s PA jobs, and finding his old-school sitcom dream on NBC’s Happy’s Place. Instagram - @lalistapodcast Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
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The Punch-Up: Minisode #8 - Thulio Saves Y2K, Rubén Goes IMAX
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
This week: Corporate Pride is dead (but the Chase Sapphire rainbow logo lives in our hearts), Thulio dodges the WeHo Pride tax, Rubén hits Club Cobra and begs DJs to let a song breathe, the LA mayoral race takes a post-Spencer Pratt breath, and Unc cinema faces the rise of Gen Z excellence. Plus a Punch-Up on Y2K parties with no whimsy... and nosy gays turning open vs. monogamous relationship discourse into a courtroom drama. La Lista Podcast host and writer ditch the formal interviews and hop on the mic for quick, unfiltered conversations about their chaotic creative lives — covering new...
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191. MICHELLE SALCEDO
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
A CUBADORIAN WRITER-ACTION DIRECTOR shares growing up Cuban and Ecuadorian in Miami, turning her parents’ immigrant love story into creative fuel, finding her voice through years of writing features at the library, making her Sundance-supported short 'Cinnamon Skin,' breaking into action with her feature 'Switch and Bait,' and exploring why her work keeps returning to underestimated heroes, complicated morality, and the cost of freedom. Instagram - @lalistapodcast Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
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In our Season 7 premiere, Bernardo Cubría shares growing up between Mexico City and Houston in a fiercely Mexican household that resisted assimilation, discovering theater after a year in human rights activism, turning to satire to break away from narco stereotypes in American storytelling, writing authentically Latino stories on Acapulco (Apple TV), and why protecting your voice matters more than chasing the next job.
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