The Punch-Up: Minisode #13 - Rubén Takes a Bible to the Face, Thulio Brings His Own Trade
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
Release Date: 08/25/2026
200. RICHARD VILLEGAS JR. RETURNS!
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
A QUEER CHICANO WRITER FROM EAST LA, ÓRALE The podcast comes full circle for Episode 200 as first-ever guest returns to talk about leaving a teaching career to pursue writing, weathering COVID and the writers’ strike with writing as his North Star, turning his stories from two decades of public school teaching into the memoir , and continuing to build community through playwriting. Instagram - @lalistapodcast Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
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The Punch-Up: Minisode #16 - Thulio & Rubén Go Gay, Go Dark, Go Sad
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
This week: LA kicks off spooky season with 100-degree weather, Thulio sobs his way through Before It’s Too Late, Rubén finds live theatre growing in a Topanga tinderbox, a COVID-conscious lesbian bar in Western Mass sends woke discourse into a tailspin, and we consider how logging off and shutting up for a while might actually be part of the creative process. Plus a Punch-Up on putting down Taylor Swift and picking up Tinashe... and businesses guilt-tripping customers into rebooking a $500 service. La Lista Podcast host and writer ditch the formal interviews and hop on...
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199. ANGELA M. SÁNCHEZ
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
A MODERN FOLKLORIST LATINX WRITER shares growing up Chicanx in Los Angeles, how experiencing homelessness as a teenager shaped her commitment to telling stories about people too often overlooked, finding her creative voice through anime, comics, and fanfiction, going from education and philanthropy to building community with Latinx in Animation, writing for Primos, Dora, and the PAW Patrol universe, and turning a Los Angeles strip mall into a modern folktale with her animated short . Instagram - @lalistapodcast Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
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The Punch-Up: Minisode #15 - Rubén Buries His Underwear, Thulio Wants Beyoncé to Play Him
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
This week: Thulio closes out summer with a Y2K Palm Springs girls’ trip, Rubén checks out Animal LA with seemingly every gay in the city, Flo from Progressive reveals herself at the Groundlings, Mr. Kansas earns honorary membership in the LGBTQ+ alphabet, and Hollywood’s collapse sends the writers running back to live theater. Plus a Punch-Up on keeping Ryan Murphy away from your life rights... and rewarding spaces that build real community, because vibe-less branding is not it. La Lista Podcast host and writer ditch the formal interviews and hop on the mic for...
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198. CHRISTOPHER MONCAYO-TORRES
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
A NO SABO ECUADORIAN-AMERICAN SAD BOY WRITER FROM QUEENS shares growing up Ecuadorian American in Queens as a recovering no sabo and latchkey kid, discovering writing through college creative writing classes and New York theater spaces, building community through The Moth and Fail Better Arts, turning his relationship with his dad into the Hollywood Fringe show No Sabo, and bringing both parents onstage in to explore family, language, loneliness, and what it means to be seen. Instagram - @lalistapodcast Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
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The Punch-Up: Minisode #14 - Thulio Tosses Out the Breadsticks, Rubén Peaks in 2050
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
This week: A rainy Labor Day weekend ruins Thulio’s beach fantasy, Animal enters the LA gay bar group chat, Olive Garden becomes a Mid-City gay haven with bottle service and an iPad baby, Stella Lefty is not beating the nepo-baby theft allegations, and HBO's Lanterns turns a gay Green Lantern into Yellowstone cosplay. Plus a Punch-Up on letting the Harry Potter reboot die already... and giving Brittany Murphy the Oscar she was owed. La Lista Podcast host and writer ditch the formal interviews and hop on the mic for quick, unfiltered conversations about their...
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197. NATALIA MEJÍA
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
A CHILANGA MOM WRITER shares growing up in Mexico City, starting her TV career straight out of college writing Mexican telenovelas, moving to Los Angeles to get her MFA at UCLA and learn to write in English while keeping her voice, working in U.S. rooms like Snowfall and FBI: International, and exploring motherhood, contradiction, and women caught between worlds in her work. Instagram - @lalistapodcast Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
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The Punch-Up: Minisode #13 - Rubén Takes a Bible to the Face, Thulio Brings His Own Trade
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
This week: Thulio makes his triumphant WeHo return and somehow wakes up in Glendale, Rubén gets accused of dining & dashing at Dave & Buster’s, a pool day delivers Scorpio slander and a blown-out floatie, Margaret Qualley lets the dogs out in chopped Chanel, and Paramount's Warner Bros. Discovery bid becomes a billionaire hostage negotiation. Plus a Punch-Up on BYOT pool-party etiquette... and AirPods so bad they become anti-tech propaganda. La Lista Podcast host and writer ditch the formal interviews and hop on the mic for quick, unfiltered conversations about...
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196. DYLAN GUERRA
LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast
A MAGICALLY REALISTIC, QUEER COLOMBIAN LATINÉ WRITER MAKES AN ATTEMPT shares growing up queer and Colombian in Miami, being raised by artist parents in a world of improv, stand-up, and DIY theater, finding his voice after moving to New York and writing the wildly personal solo show Find Him, getting staffed on The Other Two, and using ghosts, monsters, grief, comedy, and queer Latine mythos to build his own version of American folktale. Instagram - @lalistapodcast Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
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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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Thulio makes his triumphant WeHo return and somehow wakes up in Glendale, Rubén gets accused of dining & dashing at Dave & Buster’s, a pool day delivers Scorpio slander and a blown-out floatie, Margaret Qualley lets the dogs out in chopped Chanel, and Paramount's Warner Bros. Discovery bid becomes a billionaire hostage negotiation.
Plus a Punch-Up on BYOT pool-party etiquette... and AirPods so bad they become anti-tech propaganda.
La Lista Podcast host Rubén Mendive and writer Thulio DaSilva ditch the formal interviews and hop on the mic for quick, unfiltered conversations about their chaotic creative lives — covering new writing projects, hot takes on industry trends, dating disasters, and whatever discourse the algorithm served them that morning.
Instagram - @lalistapodcast
Music: Sunny Side - Airstream