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Raza World Visions is a Latinx public affairs and cultural arts radio show on KCSB 91.9 FM in Santa Barbara. The show is hosted by DJ El Profe Urbano Montez, with news and commentary by DJ Mercy Brown, and airs on Saturdays 10-11 p.m. during the "safe harbor" hour that allows for unexpurgated programming. The show explores Latinx life, culture, and politics in local and global contexts. The DJs and guests offer honest assessments—and continual reassessments—of how power and counter-power really operate in Latinx communities vis-à-vis the world at large. Content alternates between Thematic, Music, and Featured Artist shows.
Raza World Visions features interviews with activists, academics, students, and laypeople from all walks of life throughout the barrios, favelas, and banlieues of the world. The show also has the most awesome Raza playlist you’ll find anywhere because it includes a little from everywhere! We welcome listener feedback and insights on Raza life, culture, and politics and can be contacted at RazaWorldVisionsUCSB@gmail.com.
DJ & Host El Profe Urbano Montez
DJ and Host El Profe Urbano Montez es un bato del barrio Magnolia in Houston, Tejas, now working as an educator in Califas. His style is TexMex polka meets punk with lots of world riffs thrown in, mostly from Latin America, and a Harley Fatboy rumbling ‘cause he’s always on the run.
DJ Mercy Brown is a Goth Chicanx from the San Fernando Valley with her own vampire vibe radio show—The Hotel Bella Muerte (at midnight of course until 1:00 a.m.). She provides news and commentary through weekly Matutinos, or morning news briefings from the Cuban Revolutionary practice of recounting important events and struggles in world revolutionary history.
DJ & Commentator Mercy Brown
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Raza Souldies
Raza World Visions radio show features music show devoted to Raza Souldies—the unique fusion of soul and oldies that has emerged as yet another unique Raza musical fusion. Musicians featured include established icons such as Sunny Ozuna and the Sunliners, with new souldies musicians such as Bobby Oroza, The Sinseers, Tish Toledo, The Altons, Thee Sacred Souls, Itzcallie Marie and Thee Lakesiders, Los Yesterdays, and a special collaboration between Lil’ Rob and J Roxxx.
Jesús Chuy Negrete, ¡PRESENTE!
Raza World Visions radio show honors the legacy and contributions of barrio musicologist, activist, and all-around rebel Jesús Chuy Negrete—que en paz descanse—in this second part of a two-part feature of his magnum opus: 500 Years of Chicana/o History Through Music. Part 2 includes music from the early 20th-century to the present.
Jesús Chuy Negrete, ¡PRESENTE!
Raza World Visions radio show honors the legacy and contributions of barrio musicologist, activist, and all-around rebel Jesús Chuy Negrete—que en paz descanse—in this first part of a two-part feature of his magnum opus: 500 Years of Chicana/o History Through Music. Part one includes music from the Mesoamerica to the early 20th-century US.
Border Patrol Killings of Raza, Pt. 2
Raza World Visions radio show features the second part of a 2-part interview with Professor Roberto Cintli Rodriguez. Raised in East LA, Roberto is an activist, journalist, educator, and researcher. A survivor of a 1979 Los Angeles County Sheriff’s attack for photographing their abuse, Rodriguez has been a tireless witness against oppression. The interview focuses on an initiative to document Customs and Border Patrol Agent murders of immigrants, and includes discussion of broader histories of state violence in the US. The shows include special Matutinos, or morning briefings, on seminal police and military killings of Jose Campos Torres and Ezequiel Hernandez in Texas, with spoken word and music by poet Gil Scott Heron and musicians Chicano Batman, Zach De La Rocha, Los Tigres del Norte, and more!
Border Patrol Killings of Raza, Pt. 1
Raza World Visions radio show features the first part in a 2-part interview with Professor Roberto Cintli Rodriguez. Raised in East LA, Roberto is an activist, journalist, educator, and researcher. A survivor of a 1979 Los Angeles County Sheriff’s attack for photographing their abuse, Rodriguez has been a tireless witness against oppression. The interview focuses on an initiative to document Customs and Border Patrol Agent murders of immigrants, and includes discussion of broader histories of state violence in the US. The shows include special Matutinos, or morning briefings, on seminal police and military killings of Jose Campos Torres and Ezequiel Hernandez in Texas, with spoken word and music by poet Gil Scott Heron and musicians Chicano Batman, Zach De La Rocha, Los Tigres del Norte, and more!
Barrio Music Against the Carceral Apparatus
Raza World Visions radio show features a program dedicated to Raza Barrio Music related to the 3-part feature on Raza and the Carceral Apparatus. This show includes songs about police brutality, immigration pogroms against Raza, and the broader Carceral Apparatus by Kid Frost, Aztlán Underground, Piñata Protest, Serio, LaLa Romero, Almas Fronterizas, El Chicano, Rubén Ramos, and more!
Raza & the Carceral Apparatus, Pt. 3
Raza World Visions radio show features the third episode of a 3-part series on Raza and the Carceral Apparatus. The 3rd episode focuses on the broader carceral apparatus, particularly gang labeling and the child welfare system, and its detrimental impact on women and children of color. This week’s show features a special guest Katherine Maldonado. Originally from south Central Los Angeles, she received a BS from UCLA, MS from UC Riverside, and currently is a doctoral candidate at the UCSB. She shares insights on the heteropatriarchal gendered nature of the broader network of carceral systems and agencies, and their targeting of and detrimental impact on poor women and children.
Raza & the Carceral Apparatus, Pt. 2
Raza World Visions radio show features the second episode of a 3-part series on Raza and the Carceral Apparatus. This episode focuses on US political prisoners, and prisoner intellectuals and revolutionaries, particularly Chicanx and Puerto Ricans. This week’s show features a special guest Clinton Terrell, a former farmworker and formerly incarcerated person who graduate from the University of California at Berkeley and is now a University of California Santa Barbara Doctoral Candidate. He shares insights on the de facto political nature of US prisons, and the complex intersecting dimensions of “common” vis-à-vis political prisoners.
Raza & the Carceral Apparatus, Pt. 1
Raza World Visions radio show features the first episode of a 3-part series on Raza and the Carceral Apparatus. The 1st episode focuses on the history of prisons in the US and their role in the development of racial capitalism and the US empire. Each show features special guests such as formerly incarcerated activists intellectuals and people involved in past anti-carceral efforts.
Barrio Cruisin' Jams
Raza World Visions radio show features an all music show dedicated to Barrio Cruisin’ Jams, old school style with modern variations, to cap its two-part feature on the barrio (4/15/21 & 4/22/21). Featured bands include Sunny Ozuna and the Royal Jesters, Conjunto Aztlán, Las Cafeteras, Grito Serpentino, Lil Rob, Krudas Cubensi, Lighter Shade of Brown, Randy Garibay and Cats Don’t Sleep, Sexto Sol, Third Root, and more!