Sea of Change: Lava Mae

Folkslore: The Magic Egg

Be You: Alok Vaid-Menon

Alok Vaid-Menon have presented their work at 400 venues in more than 40 countries. Through their style, the stage, and poetry, the artist aims to challenge the gender binary; wanting ‘man’ and ‘woman’ to be able to exist without having to be in tension or in opposition.

Folkslore: A Close Shave

Grandma’s secret to thick and luscious hair? Shave it all off.

Be You: Gabriela Ruiz

Gabriela Ruiz is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. Her pieces, primarily sculptures and performances, focus on allowing Ruiz to heal from past traumas. In this episode of Be You, we dive into Ruiz’s monochrome dreams and come to understand how her childhood conception of home came to influence her most recent installation, Haus.

Local Noise: La Luz

In this episode of Local Noise, we meet La Luz—a rock and roll band that’s changing the scene. We talk about their surf-inspired tunes, Latin-based percussion, and why they think all-female bands aren’t getting the right attention.

State of Mind: My Bipolar Disorder

Spoken word poet Jonathan Humanoid opens up about his experience with bipolar disorder and how it affects him on a day-to-day basis.

Folkslore: Unlucky Lunar Love

Were you single on Valentine’s Day? My grandma says its because you looked at the full moon.

Local Noise: Jimetta Rose

State of Mind: Finding My Therapist of Color

Spoken word poet Yesika Salgado performs a beautiful piece about her search for a therapist that understands her Salvadoran upbringing.

Be You: Fabian Guerrero

BESE Explains: Temporary Protected Status

Temporary protected status (TPS) allows migrants to legally stay in the U.S. when natural disaster, armed conflict, or other extraordinary and temporary conditions make it unsafe to return home.

BESE Meets: Tomasa del Real and the Underground Neoperreo Scene

In a corner of Iquique, Chile, successful tattoo artist Tomasa del Real began recording herself on Photo Booth singing songs she made for fun. She started uploading those videos to YouTube. At the same time, across the ocean in Spain, Ms Nina was doing the exact same thing. Both artists are now considered the biggest names in neoperreo; a new subgenre of reggaeton that was born out of those DIY bedroom recordings across the globe. In this episode of BESE Meets, we explore the underground scene of neoperreo through the voices of the genre’s biggest names: Tomasa del Real, Ms Nina, King Jedet, La Flavia, Ulises Lozano and Rip Txny.

State of Mind: My Relationship with Self-Harm

In this episode, Matthew Cuban opens up about his experience with self-harm and its relationship to his other mental health issues. The poet reminds viewers that it’s important to speak up about mental health struggles, and that it’s the first step toward daily healing. Cuban’s poem serves as a reminder of all the blessings he would have missed out on if he would have given in to his impulses towards self-harm.

Local Noise: Alexander Spit

Whether it’s creating an entire album in 10 hours or mixing jazz with rap and synth, Alexander Spit rarely shies away from a creative challenge. Writing music in the basement of a warehouse, Spit opens up about how his music has become a creative outlet for him to express his emotions.

BESE Explains: Title X Family Planning Program

<
span style=”font-weight: 400;”>The Title X Family Planning Program was enacted in 1970 to make affordable reproductive health services accessible to everyone in the U.S. Since then, thousands of health centers around the country have received Title X funding, and more than 4 million people use it every year. But newly proposed rules could put that access at risk.