RAZA WORLD VISIONS RADIO Celebrates First Year Anniversary! Tune in to this Week's Show & Access All Past Shows vía the Media Link

RAZA WORLD VISIONS is a Latinx public affairs and cultural arts radio show that started airing preview shows in January 2021 on KCSB 91.9 FM in Santa Barbara—the University of California, Santa Barbara's campus radio station. ¡Feliz cumpleaños!

RAZA WORLD VISIONS is hosted by El Profe Urbano Montez, with news and commentary by DJ Mercy Brown, and airs weekly on Thursdays 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. at KCSB 91.9 FM, during the "safe harbor" hour that allows for unexpurgated programming. The show explores Latinx life, culture, and politics in local and global contexts. The show offers honest assessments—and continual reassessments—of how power and counter-power really operate in Latinx communities vis-à-vis the world at large. The show's content alternates between Thematic, Music, and Featured Artist shows, with all past programming archived and accessible through The Global Latinidades Project website vía the NEWS & EVENTS link. Themes cover the history and politics of barrios; Raza and the prison industrial complex; Raza gender and sexuality politics; Raza LGBTQI+ art and culture; Raza nationalism vis-a-vis internationalism; Raza cultural hybridities; Raza subcultures; Raza art and literature; Raza ideologies; y un chingo de otras cosas.

DJ and Host El Profe Urbano Montez is a Chicanx from the barrio of Magnolia in Houston, Tejas, and is an educator in the California Central Coast. His style is punk meets TexMex polka with lots of world riffs thrown in, mostly from Latin America and Spain, 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 (Tuesdays 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.

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 appreciate feedback and are always looking for new takes on Raza life, culture, and politics, so keep your comments coming, and welcome you as a guest on the show! Above all else, thank you for a great first year of programming!