anything for selena podcast transcript

And I don't think her legacy has been done justice. I have to imagine that sir, important in the process because at some point young, the more we, do something like this, I think the harder it is to be objective. Maria confronts the complicated legacy of Abraham Quintanilla, Selena's father, and reflects on fatherhood in Latinx cultures. And this podcast has given me the gift--the gift--of navigating my own pain, navigating these very scary questions about my own identity, and yeah, no, it's horrifying. January 16, 2023, 3:41 AM. In the premiere episode of Anything for Selena, host Maria Garcia explores how Selena helped Maria find her own place in the world. It has the rigorous journalism and the cultural analysis of Dolly Parton's America, with what I hope is the intimacy, and the heart, and the personal journey and personal connection to a place or people, that California Love has. She was like a star in the south west of the united states. Maria Garcia was 9 years old and living on the U.S.-Mexico border when Selena was murdered. Anything For Selena | Podcast on Spotify Sign up Log in Home Search Your Library Create Playlist Liked Songs Cookies Privacy Preview of Spotify Sign up to get unlimited songs and podcasts with occasional ads. Marias quest takes her to Abraham Quintanilla, Selena Quintanillas notoriously guarded father. It was also something that divided me inside as well. She holds a Masters Degree in Arts and Culture Journalism from Columbia Journalism School. In her life, Selena was a symbol of hope. You know like one. I was writing the episode. I said, I'm really drawn to this place because of. without us, even realising a causing a certain amount of stifling or harm yeah, absolutely I mean it stayed with me for many many years I I could switch, all my life. yeah there were editorial decisions like that, all the time, change your mind when necessary, but ultimately you also gotta. November 21, 2022 NPR and Futuro Studios present The Last Cup, a limited series about soccer and the immigrant experience. She uncovers that booty politics is ultimately about race and brings us to a long overdue conversation about anti-blackness within the Latinx community. Let me know, women in the nineties suits about twenty two, Given in the intervening when they're like you shared, this was not somebody who was this incredible star and then, when she died, was like a couple years later, people just gonna moved on if anything, her legend has grown and groaning grown for all the reasons that you shared and there's been a, a lot of attention. Sign up free 0:00 0:00 In the premiere episode of "Anything for Selena," host Maria Garcia explores how Selena helped Maria find her own place in the world. Maria reflexiona sobre lo que su ao de anlisis del legado de Selena revela sobre la humanidad de La Reina. Maria became the driving creative force and on-air host of the stunning podcast series, Anything for Selena, which was named Apple Podcast's Show of the Year of 2021, and produced with Futuro Studios and NPR member station WBUR. Maria Garcia has a distinct memory of when her connection to Selena Quintanilla-Prez began. We're gonna try. I wanted to get into like the nitty gritty of staff, and so I, out of the television medium and that's why, I mean it such an interesting shift to me, years ago. In this episode, Maria traces how Selena became a symbol for solidarity and resistance. Tejano award shows were glitzy affairs and Tejano radio DJs were like rock stars in Texas and the Southwest. You know, and I think this is a bigger conversation- that's being had and journalism about, in a story. Servant of Pod is written and hosted by me, Nick Quah. Showing people like this, nay begins in a place in a place that really shaped me, It brought you in to your senses, also, which I thought was really fallen a, it because it ground you in a different way. Get the New Yorker. Shes also a queer chola who listens to Selena when she needs some motivation. Everybody always says, "She has a big. Her family, owned a restaurant in corpus, christie, taxes where her father would make her seeing there-, Family soon went bankrupt and lost the restaurant. You know- and I say this in the park ass, its other stuff found a nature like such, We need to start off with that. On the other hand, it has its limitations, and it excludes people. We think that your perspective, Lee enhances the storytelling here or really, sharpness, who are able to bring you back, edit you I'll when necessary, always in service of the story, those who are able to hold your story with gentleness and love, but still, when you are necessary in the story and when you are not to have that team to have people with that perspective in that. Shes been featured on BuzzfeedssAnother Round, SlatesRepresentand the late night talk showDesus & Mero. in a very lucky, no community, but this was in the nine days when assimilation was very, very, very praised, so, even though it was largely let tee no community, the assimilated, kids and the white kids were sort of at the top of the school hierarchy and there was a sort of shame in being exe. then they went into music full time and from the young age of like eight or nine years old selina bears a singer became the breadwinner for her family. This season and shop legendary deals at amazon. sent one him over, but also how it brought it brings up you're really. It had been made dream to do a podcast about selina for years. Al crecer a lo largo de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y Mxico, Mara Garca se sinti dividida entre sus dos identidades como mexicana y sstadounidense. it turns out, is the power of authenticity and agency and legacy, and in today's conversation with award winning journalist and writer and producer maria garcia, we die. Editors Notes: Mexican-American recording artist Selena Quintanilla not only popularized Tejano music to mainstream American audiences, but also helped put Latinos on the map and broke barriers of all kinds before her untimely passing in 1995. Selena is often called the "Queen of Tejano music." In the 1990s, she brought this underdog genre to international heights. Maria reflects on what her year-long examination into Selenas legacy reveals about the singer's humanity. Ok, let's dive into this conversation, you know-. After a decade reporting on music for various outlets, he served as Senior Editor on the public radio program Latino USA. Maria Garcia was 9 years old and living on the U.S.-Mexico border when Selena was murdered. Now, oh there's more to it, because I see this in the pot cast like it doesn't start there. but not in a way that I feel like it needs to be told that could be told. She wants a grammy for best mexican american art is she was traveling internationally filling stadiums and latin america, and. Un cuarto de siglo despus de su muerte, Selena est arrasando en internet. You know, I think, that's when, of a journalist and how much a journalist you know instead, themselves in a story in an authentic way, in a way, that's necessary to the story. the day before you leave, if you love this episode, safe bet, you will also love the conversation we had with Samir nasri about food and belonging culture and connection you'll find a link to simeon's episode in the show notes, and of course, if you haven't already done so, please go ahead and follow good life project in your favorite listening app, and if you found this conversation interesting or inspiring or valuable and chances are you did since you're still listening here. The podcast intertwines Garcia's personal story as a queer, first-generation Mexican immigrant with cultural analysis, history, and politics to explore the longterm cultural legacy of Selena's life and career. March 10, 2021 Puede ser que Selena haya hecho una carrera cantando temas en espaol, pero no se cri hablando espaol en casa. If you LOVED this episode youll also love the conversations we had with Samin Nosrat about food, belonging, culture and connection. En lnea, la imagen y la msica de Selena han adquirido nueva vida en redes sociales y plataformas que eran inimaginables cuando ella an viva. She was like, beta Latin boom, you know? And so we unpack Latinidad, the most modern iteration of Latino identity, from the 90s until now, for the last quarter-century, and we talk about how Selena came to form that identity, and what that identity represents--who it represents now, and who it doesn't. And it's more complicated than that. I'm curious as to why you decided to attend to that moment, Howard Stern as the avatar of that kind of friction in that episode. Pero cuando Selena falleci, la msica tejana pas de la gloria a la decadencia. This is what I mean when I say my body recognises this place. listen lee mexican, and I remember internalizing this shame. Selena Quintanilla may have built her career singing Spanish songs, but she didnt grow up speaking Spanish at home. In fact, it's sort of disk up. Selena Gomez seemingly clapped back at trolls criticizing her body after the 2023 Golden Globes. Well, I hope you get to go to Joshua Tree and cry a lot on the way. You know, why am I? Selena is often called the Queen of Tejano music. In the 1990s, she brought this underdog genre to international heights. Journalist Mara Garca initially took notice of her talent when she was only seven years old. After that, she transitioned to arts and culture reporting and narrative radio storytelling. Was that always the plan? You know, it felt like these old wounds. But I'm here, it's a gift. On her podcast Anything for Selena, Apple Podcasts Show of the Year of 2021, Garca, who most recently served as Managing Editor for Boston public radio station WBUR, combines rigorous reporting with impassioned storytelling to honor her legacy. Keith boykin shares how leaving his job open the door to his personal freedom and success. You know what I mean? In the premiere episode of Anything for Selena, host Maria Garcia explores how Selena helped Maria find her own place in the world. Let us mourn. I was still very much holding on to my parents, culture. public radio station that both its journalism, We're making this story like these decisions, possibly say, first, I'm gonna share that like this is my lads and its informed by all this, but but also in doing so. Have you have to follow your gut, you know, and there were moments when definitely dead, follow my guide and not take. Online, Selenas image and music have taken on new life on social media and platforms that werent even imaginable when she was still alive. I did not know about this Howard Stern tape until we started doing the reporting and the research for the podcast. Travelling. ", It's Boston local news in one concise, fun and informative email. I'm cure, was on one side, but it was almost like a like you're living. She learned Spanish in the public eye, and her mistakes became some of her most famous and endearing moments. She was finally ready to do, when english album, and so she was like on the cost of mainstream success. No credit card needed. What. She goes, "Well, honey, tell her that if she wants to see a bottom, I'll show her my, bottom." Maria Garcia was 9 years old and living on the U.S.-Mexico border when Selena was murdered. We were unable to subscribe you to WBUR Today. only twenty years. In the end, its really a story about belonging, which we all need more of. On March 31, 1995, nine-year-old Maria Garcia came home to find her mother glued to the TV, tears rolling down her rosy cheeks. He co-produces and co-hostsRacist Sandwich, a James Beard Foundation nominated podcast on food, class, race, and gender across the globe. bottom," you just have a bottom that's in proportion. Accuracy is not guaranteed. [Laughter], Alright, well, let's try to bottle it in a five-minute answer. And, in todays conversation with award-winning journalist, writer, and producer, Maria Garcia, we dive deep into these topics in a very cool and unusual way. Instead, we tried to make meaning of Selena's life and legacy, she says. It was the early 1990s and she was 7, watching the Tejano star perform on television. Logo and branding by Leo G. Thanks to the team at LAist Studios, including Kristen Hayford, Taylor Coffman, Kristen Muller, and Leo G. Servant of Pod is a production of LAist Studios. I want there to be a record that really really solidified her leg, see and told us how she changed culture, how she changed music, and I wanted to use my craft ass, story? In the 25 years since her murder, Selenas image has taken on new meaning. So before she even died, whether she wanted to be or not, the world immediately appropriated her as a symbol for an ascending Latino identity, for saying, look, Latinos can do this, Latinos can be themselves, Latinos can be joyful, Latinos can succeed in the United States. We talk about how this project, because, a calling in how and why she felt compelled to weave her own story into the bigger story. She also explores the indelible mark she left on Latino identity and belonging, whether it's fatherhood, big-butt politics, and the fraught relationship with whiteness and language. it definitely was. Maria Garcia Twitter Managing EditorMaria Garcia was WBUR's Managing Editor and the creator of "Anything for Selena. by just that's what the container allows for, but. This is such a safe place in part because, the place of immigrants. But there were moments, for example, that were, there were some some folks who thought we, too much time on the clear. I was in kind of a haze when I wrote that. out outdoor sit down at happens with you and him and charge tree, Where are you really, sir, like dive into his life and like? I feel, for Asian-Americans, that that person was Bruce Lee, right? heard in the kind of feedback I received. That leads to that. but what an amazing experience to be able to do that. Kim Kardashian broke the internet with her butt and Jen Selter, a white Jewish woman from Long Island is the self-proclaimed belfie queen (butt selfie) of Instagram. Shipping is free when your order includes at least twenty five dollars of eligible items, so get a head start on your holiday shopping. You know like I it's real like, find by so many things, and one of them is my love for Selina and so, was learning not to separate sort of mexican maria from american maria. She became a role model for how Latinos could achieve the American dream and find acceptance. roots music, mexican american roots, music from texas, from when she was eight years old. En este episodio, Maria explora cmo internet se ha convertido en un lugar en el que los fans honran y recuerdan a Selena, y sobrellevan juntos el vaco que dej. Subscribe now so you don't miss it! That that's what was going on is that from very early on five six, seven, eight years old, I was learning to be married in the states and. But, yeah. You know my parents saw. This was a cultural phenomenon. Okay, so Maria, can you tell me a little bit more about how Selena went from being a celebrity into becoming an icon? They would say you know what we really. But this is a story that has been told so many times, so I wanted to do sort of an anthology. Let's dance and forget the people starving to death. I have. You can check out more episodes at laist.com/servantofpod. That's right. It's been two years since, like I feel so saddle, in the direction of my life, and I I have done some of that rebuilding, just like when I met her father. the foundation for that really starts with the place that I was raised and which is on the? This week, Nick speaks with Maria about Anything for Selena, her new series from WBUR and Futuro Studios, which revisits the legacy of Selena, with an ear to trying to unpack how, exactly, she changed culture. I was 9 years old, the the daughter of Mexican immigrants, and so Howard Stern was not in my world. People through your deeply emotional next. At Marketplace Ben also conceptualized and launched APMs premier digital-first podcast,Codebreaker, in partnership with Business Insider. Take me there, you know it had been my dream to do a podcast about selina for years. It's like boulders. 00:38:34 - Episode 5. She was americans born and, like I said, corpus Christie, so her first language was english. So I don't think that would be controlling. Kim Kardashian alborot internet con su trasero y Jen Selter, una mujer blanca y juda de Long Island, se ha autoproclamado la belfie queen (una combinacin de las palabras butt, que es trasero en ingls, y selfie) en Instagram. Maria discovers that its a story of immigration, money and how two often-ignored groups were pitted against each other. This is something which is which, So pervasive and culture, and then you saying as a journalist, dive into this. And if I could just say, I don't think we talk enough about gratitude, and I just want to say, I will be so grateful. and that was a solid decade or so of your life, did you see yourself as somebody who has given us a kid younger was, yes about deeply interested in these local social issues and also, I am fascinated by the early decisions about how we step into a career, especially one that is driven so much by something that seems deeply rooted in a sense of, only to shine light, wanted to tell stories and, to a certain extent, ridden just. Do they own their lands? It's terrifying. It comes from a very specific lands. Growing up along the US-Mexico border, Maria Garcia felt torn between her two identities as Mexican and American. You know, I grew up, consuming every selina story out there, so you. Society & Culture English United States TRANSCRIPT Are you the producer of this podcast? Anything For Selena Skip to main content Support WBUR. Web design by Andy Cheatwood and the digital and marketing teams at Southern California Public Radio. LAist is part of Southern California Public Radio (SCPR), a member-supported public media network. The western and southern part of the united states, mid nineties when she was in her early. you know first generation my family to go to college. Into these topics in very cool and unusual way through the lens of the life of the iconic performer silly, kinda near and the impact she had not just on marine life, but on tens of millions around the world even decades after her tragic passing at a young age and also not because Maria or for that matter, any of those millions new silly that personally, but because, that is an informed the way maria and those millions saw themselves, their sense of homeless heritage community and the call to celebrate uniqueness and amber. Antonia Cereijido is an Award-winning Senior Producer at Futuro Studios, working on developing new narrative podcasts. The podcast examines the Tejano Queen's impact on race, politics and the cultures she inhabited. She was the queen of the hand of music of this roots genre in texas. and here was this american pop star, whose unequivocally said they're beautiful. I was growing up on the U.S.-Mexico border. here's, the! Growing up along the US-Mexico border, Maria Garcia felt torn between her two identities as. Boulders surly, its nestled right in the front rank the rockies and often describe it as if he turned your problem, upwards and then you took your fingers and you reach them up. The layers that make up her legacy is the foundation for a new podcast " Anything for Selena " coming Jan. 2021 and hosted by journalist and self-proclaimed "Queer Chola Fronteriza" Maria Garcia. where'd it to me to stay with the land and connect with that. The story of Tejano's decline isn't so simple, though. on the cusp of major major start up. Incluso el New York Times lo catalog el gnero latino de ms rpido crecimiento del pas. I really appreciate it. And, not because Maria or, for that matter, any of those millions, knew Selena, personally, but because what she embodied profoundly affected and informed the way Maria, and those millions, saw themselves, their sense of wholeness, heritage, community, and the call to celebrate uniqueness, and embrace life through a lens of possibility and joy. In this intimate journey, Maria explores what Selena's legacy shows us about belonging in America. Thank you! She became a role model for how Latinos could achieve the American dream and find acceptance. Selena Quintanilla, the Grammy-winning ascending Mexican American popstar had been killed swiftly, violently by the president of her fan club. Wait like I love that the core of what I'm doing, but I can't do it in the, I knew that I wanted to keep telling stories. Oh, my goodness. How much. the attention and the praise that jailer dead, and I wanted to investigate why and- and I really. Este viaje a la poltica de los traseros en Estados Unidos es a fin de cuentas una exploracin de la raza, y nos conduce a una conversacin largamente postergada sobre la anti negritud dentro de la cultura latina. her work together and reflect back here. it's really a story about belonging, which we all need Maura. Puede ser que Selena haya hecho una carrera cantando temas en espaol, pero no se cri hablando espaol en casa. Subscribe now so you don't miss it! and I was really powerful invulnerable that you kind of like said, were putting mister. Yeah. You have been subscribed to WBUR Today. We got all these messages from people being, re actually at the interviewer like yeah, they were gone. I grew up. and here is so special to me and the lamb connected to the land is through my five senses, and one of the most powerful one of those is my son. And so I knew that I had to bring the personal, the authentic--and I don't take over the story, but I'm definitely with you on this journey, or you're with me on this journey. And I talk about this in the episode, this was particularly difficult for me because it made me think so much of the women in Jurez, being from the border, the women in Ciudad Jurez in Mexico, who disappeared, many of them who worked for American corporations, in factories of American corporations across the border in Mexico, and how the world just did not seem to care about their deaths. are you by the way? Subscribe to get an email every time this podcast publishes a new episode. So the show debuted two weeks ago, and you're going to be dealing with weekly drops for the next few months, but once the show wraps, what's the first thing you're gonna do? Try it yourself, cadaver, is offering ten percent off for the listeners of our podcast, go to catch up, dot com, slash good life to get ten percent off your order. It has also permeated white culture, with Kim Kardashian breaking the internet and butt selfie queen Jen Selter. There is no such thing as coming to a story from no place at all. It's just our time, women with the big booty. I mean, I don't mean to exclude you, Nick. I had grown up with and sort of my working class home. Growing up along the U.S.-Mexico border, Maria Garcia felt torn between her two identities as Mexican and American. There's a lot of Selena stuff out there, there's a lot of Selena content, but there's nothing that really unpacks how she changed culture, what she's responsible for, the cultural shifts that she's responsible for. So I think journalists are really like their tart, ring positions and tat, sort of stay in the middle and waited. new that was the first step and getting it right is just being. These two lies that he used the phrase I guess translate roughly into english, neither from here, nor there then sandwich. And so suddenly, her death was a top story in English networks and in Spanish networks--incredibly anomalous for the time. She was that talented, ass, a little girl and she was-, the time from the time she was twelve years old. ideal, and I can see that what is said in mexico and these two parts of myself, never really came together, and I talk about in the podcast how the border was just you know, a physical barrier. But it's also often the first step on a path to freedom and in the new memoir quitting why I left my job to live a life of freedom, former white house, aide political commentator and bt personality. Selena Quintanilla may have built her career singing Spanish songs, but she didnt grow up speaking Spanish at home. So, even though, were still a bit away from peak holiday season. sixteen seventeen. I couldn't separate myself as a person, from my role as a journalist here and I had to sort of clean with the listeners, and I think that, parts of myself that are scary for me to show you. She also explores the indelible mark she left on Latino identity and belonging, whether it's fatherhood, big-butt politics, and the fraught relationship with whiteness and language. I really love how I can get such a broad spectrum of nutrition all at once, and also. The book highlights living on your own terms by not just, jobs, but also changing cities even leaving relationships that don't serve you anymore, I can we lay two elements of this story. And when I was reporting it, I couldn't not think about my own father, who died in a tragic accident a year before I started this project, and I had just sort of drowned myself in work after his passing.

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