{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Miguel Mend\u00edas","description":"  Miguel Mend\u00edas is an interdisciplinary artist living in Marfa, Texas, occupied Jumano and Apache lands.  He is Chicanx, Mexican-American, or Latinx (a term he dislikes). He is mestizo; of Czech, Basque, and Rar\u00e1muri (Tarahumara) descent. His father\u2019s family has lived in Marfa, Texas for five generations. In this episode K\u016b\u02bbi\u02bbolani Cotchay (she\/they) interviews Miguel about his work to restore the adobe home that's been in his family for generations, lessons his grandparents taught him, and his relationship to his father, his ancestry, and the land. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K\u016b\u02bbi\u02bbolani Cotchay (she\/they) is a queer, mixed-K\u0101naka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) living in their ancestral lands in M\u0101kaha, Hawai\u02bbi. She is an educator, learning experience designer, musician\/creative and plant person.  She is the interivewer and creator of this week\u2019s episode featuring Miguel Mend\u00edas, and you can find his interview of her in Episode 2. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * For this episode, Miguel is asking you to support Ekvn-Yefolecv: an intentional ecovillage community of Indigenous Maskoke persons who, after 180 years of having been forcibly removed from traditional homelands - in what is commonly\/colonially known as Alabama - have returned for the purpose of practicing linguistic, cultural and ecological sustainability. You can donate and learn more on their website: https:\/\/www.ekvn-yefolecv.org\/how-can-i-help * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To learn more about this collaboratively produced 2nd season check out our websites at www.countryqueers.com and www.weareoutintheopen.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Created and produced by K\u016b\u02bbi\u02bbolani Cotchay, with support from HB Lozito from Out in the Open, and Rae Garringer of Country Queers. Sound Design by Hideo Tokui. Audio editing by: K\u016b\u02bbi\u02bbolani Cotchay and Rae Garringer. Editorial advisory dream team: Hermelinda Cort\u00e9s, Lewis Raven Wallace, and Sharon P. Holland Our Featured Song on this episode is \u201cSurftastic\u201d by Slutpilll. Slutpill is a Whitesburg, Kentucky based band made up of Carrie Carter, Paulina Vasquez, and Mitchella Phipps. Additional music in this episode is by Tommy Anderson! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * If you'd like to support this rural queer and trans led project head on over to our Patreon page. ","author_name":"Country Queers","author_url":"https:\/\/www.countryqueers.com","html":"