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Reverberations of Culture: Racialized Performance in Early Twentieth-Century Musical Variety by Just a Buncha Clowns (Routledge, 2026) by Dr. Shane Breaux examines musical variety clowns and the broad array of racial and ethnic impersonations they pe... more

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Recent Guests

Shane Breaux
Author of Reverberations of Culture, Racialized Performance in Early 20th Century Musical Variety by Just a Bunch of Clowns
Author, Routledge 2026
Episode: Shane Breaux, "Reverberations of Culture: Racialized Performance in Early Twentieth-Century Musical Variety by Just a Buncha Clowns" (Routledge, 2026)
Rachel Grace Newman
Author of The Future in Their Hands, Making Mexico's Foreign-Educated Elite
University of California Press (book publisher)
Episode: Rachel Grace Newman, "The Future in Their Hands: Making Mexico's Foreign-Educated Elite" (U California Press, 2026)
Arely Zimmerman
Author; associate professor focusing on Chicana/o Latinx Studies
Pomona College (via interview subject)
Episode: Arely M. Zimmerman, "Contentious Citizenship: Salvadoran Activism and Belonging Across Borders" (U Arizona Press, 2026)
Elena Foulis
Associate Professor at Texas A&M University–San Antonio; author of Embodied Encuentros
Texas A&M University–San Antonio
Episode: Elena Foulis, "Embodied Encuentros: Oral History Archives of Latina/o/e Experiences" (Ohio State UP, 2026)
David-James Gonzales
Author of Breaking Down the Walls of Segregation, Mexican American Grassroots Politics and Civil Rights in Orange County, California
Brigham Young University
Episode: David-James Gonzales, "Breaking Down the Walls of Segregation: Mexican American Grassroots Politics and Civil Rights in Orange County, California" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Gabriel Estrada
Professor of Religious Studies at California State University Long Beach
California State University Long Beach (CSULB)
Episode: Gabriel S. Estrada, "Queer Indigenous Cinemas: Sovereign Genders from Seven Directions" (U Arizona Press, 2026)
Ken Chitwood
Author of Borícua Muslims, Everyday Cosmopolitanism Among Puerto Rican Converts to Islam
Universidad de Bayreuth; USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture
Episode: Ken Chitwood, "Borícua Muslims: Everyday Cosmopolitanism Among Puerto Rican Converts to Islam" (U Texas Press, 2025)
Anne W. Johnson
Professor in the Graduate Program in Social Anthropology, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
Universidad Iberoamericana
Episode: Anne W. Johnson, "Mexico in Space: From La Raza Cósmica to the Space Race" (U Arizona Press, 2026)
Pablo Zavala
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies
Loyola University New Orleans
Episode: Pablo Zavala, "Forging a Mexican People: Collective Subjectivities in Postrevolutionary Print Culture, 1917-1968" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

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Miranda Melcher
Host of The New Books Network; long-time presenter on scholarly Canadian and American studies channels.

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Shane Breaux, "Reverberations of Culture: Racialized Performance in Early Twentieth-Century Musical Variety by Just a Buncha Clowns" (Routledge, 2026)
Q: Could you start us off by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book?
Shane Breaux describes his background, the genesis of the project, and how growing up in a racially diverse Louisiana influenced his aim to produce an integrated history of US theater, moving beyond narrow narratives of whiteness and blackface to include diverse performance circuits.
Rachel Grace Newman, "The Future in Their Hands: Making Mexico's Foreign-Educated Elite" (U California Press, 2026)
Q: What, however, is on your desk that you're working on next, remittances and transnational family economies?
The author previews ongoing work on remittances and transnational family economies, examining daily resource exchanges across borders and how political changes may affect taxation and tariffs on remittances, highlighting continued interest in the material aspects of migration.
Rachel Grace Newman, "The Future in Their Hands: Making Mexico's Foreign-Educated Elite" (U California Press, 2026)
Q: What are the kinds of students who were getting these experiences and what were their experiences studying abroad like?
She details that programs prioritized certain disciplines, created barriers for working-class youth, gender dynamics affected by field of study, and how experiences abroad included both celebration as cultural ambassadors and exposure to discrimination, with variations by funding source.
Rachel Grace Newman, "The Future in Their Hands: Making Mexico's Foreign-Educated Elite" (U California Press, 2026)
Q: Well, speaking of introductions, can you please introduce yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book? I mean, what sorts of questions were motivating you to undertake this project?
The author explains her personal connection to migration and education, describes how the topic emerged from a long period of research, and outlines the central questions about who foreign-educated Mexicans are, why the state supports study abroad, and how these practices relate to national development and neoliberal shifts.
David-James Gonzales, "Breaking Down the Walls of Segregation: Mexican American Grassroots Politics and Civil Rights in Orange County, California" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Q: Why is it important to discuss regional economic specifics when studying Mexican segregation, rather than applying a nationwide label like 'Juan Crow'?
Gonzales explains that regional economic structures—like Orange County's citrus industry and its growth model—created a unique labor and housing landscape that shaped who was segregated, where, and how. The specificity helps avoid overgeneralization and shows how local power dynamics produced distinct policies and communities, which then fed into broader civil rights challenges.

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This show features scholarly conversations with authors and researchers in Latino Studies, migration, history, and related fields. Episodes center on newly published books and ongoing research, often tracing long histories of Latinx identity, transnational activism, urban policy, and cultural formation through interviews with academics from universities and presses. Expect rigorous, methodical discussions, with attention to archival work, historiography, and the social implications of scholarly findings. A notable strength is the wide range of topics—from immigration and civil rights to Indigenous media and space—with a consistent emphasis on how research translates into teaching and public understanding. This makes it a strong fit for list... more

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