La Chismosa Del Valle
América Castillo
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About This Podcast
América Castillo es “La Chismosa Del Valle”, a first-gen valley girl chismeando her way through tech, culture, mental health, entertainment, immigration, and politics, with just enough journalism training to sound legit.
Her storytelling is rooted in lived experience and made for anyone who wants to learn more about the culture. Whether you grew up in it or you're just curious and open. You never know, we might relate more than we think. It’s where critical thinking meets the “dumb valley girl” stereotype and proves there’s a lot more going on than you expect.
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Recent Episodes
S1E6 Vanesa Carrillo: From the Border to Tech and the Start of Latinas & Lattes
Say hi or share a story!In this episode, I sit down with Vanessa Carrillo, a first-generation Latina, product marketing manager at Microsoft, and founder of Latinas and Lattes, before she gets too…
S1E5 Undocumented Creatives: We Build the Brand but It Wasn’t Built For Us.
Say hi or share a story!Undocumented creatives have helped shape the American brand but we’re only good for the brand until we speak up. Rarely are we trusted to shape our own narratives.In this…
S1E5 América, Where The Hell Have You Been Loca?
Say hi or share a story!América has been on a long hiatus. It’s a long story, but she won’t trauma dump or bore you with it today. She’s here to give a quick update and let her friends know what…
S1E3 “You sound like a valley girl”
Say hi or share a story!Stephanie is back and listens to America discuss the Writer’s Guild of America strike. Then they, like, talk about what being a valley girl is and the misrepresentation in…
S1E2 Stepping Out of the Shadows
Say hi or share a story!In this episode, America discusses the health care expansion to include DACA recipients and Florida’s new anti-immigration bill. Then, she proceeds to dive into the topic of…
S1E1 Puro Lousy Chisme
Say hi or share a story!What is Chisme? In this first episode America and Stephanie discuss what it means to be a chismosa and whether gossiping is good or bad. Support the showHelp shape future…
S1 El Trailer
Say hi or share a story!Every other week, America Castillo tries to convince her sister Stephanie Zuniga into having a conversation about things going on in the world. Whether it’s about pop culture…
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La Chismosa Del Valle has published 7 episodes since February 2023, covering topics in Arts, Entertainment News.
La Chismosa Del Valle is currently sporadic with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 29m.
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