The Reality Dysfunction - Unscripted/Unsilenced

The Reality Dysfunction - Unscripted/Unsilenced

Ernesto Todd Mireles, Ph.D.

Episodes 20
Avg. Duration 26m
Activity Sporadic
Since Apr 2024
Latest Episode Jun 2025

Publishing Details

Schedule
Monthly
Format
Episodic
Hosting
feed.podbean.com

About This Podcast

The Reality Dysfunction Platform is the latest in unapologetic, thought-provoking discourse on Xicano identity, resistance, and liberation. Through podcasts, essays, and dialogue, we challenge conventional narratives, confront colonial legacies, and amplify voices committed to social transformation. Whether exploring cultural politics, insurgent theory, or grassroots organizing, The Reality Dysfunction Platform is where radical thought meets real-world action. #Control the Narrative. #Resist the Dysfunction.

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Recent Episodes

#123 - Reclaiming The Past Through Alex Rivera's Sleep Dealer

Jun 18, 2025 56m

In this episode of The Reality Dysfunction, Dr. Ernesto Mireles is joined by Scott Russell Duncan, Colton Campbell and Alex Garcia fellow thinkers and insurgent storytellers to dive deep into Alex…

#122 - Adan and Pauline interview two first gen NAU professors

Mar 19, 2025 48m

🎙️ First Gen Podcast | Adan & Pauline sit down with Drs. Manny Preciado & Ernesto Mireles to talk academia, hustle, and what brought them to NAU. Plus, their top advice for first-gen students…

#121 - First Gen reveals all

Mar 17, 2025 28m

Adan and Pauline open up about their first year and talk about how things have developed from the first semester to the second semester.  Email Adan and Pauline directly at…

#120 - "I'm proud to be fucking Mexican, and that's on period."

Jan 26, 2025 26m

POWER HOUSE EPISODE! First Gen Podcasters Pauline and Adan talk politics and belonging in their most recent podcast. Their take on the impending (threatened) ICE raids and deportations. This one is a…

#119 - First Gen: We're Back!

Jan 21, 2025 27m

In this episode Adan and Pauline discuss their first winter break, returning to campus and the existential dread of switching majors.

#118 - Perspectiva Chicana

Dec 06, 2024 19m

Join Ernesto Ayala is the Vice Chair for the Partido Nacional de la Raza Unida. Join him as he checks in weekly to talk about the Partido, organizing, activism and growing up in the Movement.

#117 - Anonymously Famous: You'll never see us coming

Dec 06, 2024 35m

Soe and Owahee join The Reality Dysfunction Podcast as regulars with the Anonymously Famous series. Powerful stories to be told.

#116 - First Gen: Pride with no remorse

Nov 26, 2024 25m

In this episode Pauline and Adan talk about their backgrounds and the support of their families as the began their journey through higher education.    Producer: Ernesto Mireles

#115 - First Gen Series - The election.

Nov 11, 2024 29m

This week Dr. Ernesto, Pauline and Adan talk about the recent election of Donald Trump and among other things his promise to end the Department of Education.

#114 - Ren Manning and BorderLinks

Nov 09, 2024 34m

In this episode Dr. Ernesto, talks with Ren Manning the co-director of BorderLinks in Tucson, AZ. BorderLinks is a community-based organization where people collectively learn, teach, reflect, share…

#113 - The First Gen Series

Nov 04, 2024 11m

In this episode I want to introduce you to Adan and Pauline. Two first year students, please take a quick listen to our first conversation. We plan to record on Friday's and post by Monday so that…

#112 Why Peace is Impossible

Oct 22, 2024 1h 11m

This is a recording of a talk I thought I had lost. I gave this lecture on Nov. 15, 2014, at the Prescott College Masters Symposium. They never asked me back? The title of the talk is "Why Peace is…

#111 - Exploring Aztlan: From Myth to Insurgency

Aug 17, 2024 55m

This presentation was given on August 15, 2024, over Zoom. It is a collaboration between the Chicano Liberation Committee of Denver, CO., and the Partido Nacional de la Raza Unida. Below is a…

#110 - Interview with Candelario Moreno and Selah Hernandez on contemporary and historical media misrepresentations

May 21, 2024 12m

In this episode of The Reality Dysfunction I am speaking with two exception young scholars Candelario Moreno and Selah Hernandez. We are discussing their recent presentation at the National…

#109 Melanie Vega - Voices Unheard: Accent Discrimination Against Chicanos in the United States

May 21, 2024 10m

This episode is a recording of a National Association of Chicana Chicano Studies presentation by Melanie Vega. She is a first year student at Northern Arizona University in the political science…

#108 Desirae Diaz - Voices Unheard: Accent Discrimination Against Chicanos in the United States

May 21, 2024 18m

This episode is a recording of a National Association of Chicana Chicano Studies presentation by Desirae Diaz. She is a first year student at Northern Arizona University in the psychology department.…

#107 Violette Valencia - Public Action workers in the Strawberry Campaign: Interviews with Public Action Organizers

Apr 30, 2024 21m

This recording is from the 2024 National Association of Chicana/Chicano Studies held in April 2024 in San Francisco. The three presenters are Brinley Carrillo, Demi Garcia and Violette Valencia. I…

#106 Demi Garcia - Public Action workers in the Strawberry Campaign: Interviews with Public Action Organizers

Apr 30, 2024 13m

This recording is from the 2024 National Association of Chicana/Chicano Studies held in April 2024 in San Francisco. The three presenters are Brinley Carrillo, Demi Garcia and Violette Valencia. I…

#105 Brinley Carrillo - Public Action workers in the Strawberry Campaign: Interviews with Public Action Organizers

Apr 30, 2024 16m

This recording is from the 2024 National Association of Chicana/Chicano Studies held in April 2024 in San Francisco. The three presenters are Brinley Carrillo, Demi Garcia and Violette Valencia. I…

#104 - Why we need a party

Apr 24, 2024 8m

Short piece from Dr. Ernesto on the need for claiming political power in a settler election year and beyond.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does The Reality Dysfunction - Unscripted/Unsilenced have?

The Reality Dysfunction - Unscripted/Unsilenced has published 20 episodes since April 2024, covering topics in News, News Commentary.

Is The Reality Dysfunction - Unscripted/Unsilenced still active?

The Reality Dysfunction - Unscripted/Unsilenced is currently sporadic with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 26m.

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