Capítulo 242: Why Podcasts & Community Journalism Matter with Michelle Zacarias

Locatora Radio [A Radiophonic Novela]

My Cultura, iHeartPodcasts and Locatora Studios

Relationships, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 779 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Diosa covers the defunding of public media and broadcasting at the federal level, Time Magazine's, The 100 Best Podcasts of All Time, and listener questions from our infamous Oye Locas segment.

The second half of the episode features an interview with award-winning journalist and staff reporter for CALÓ News, Michelle Zacarias. We discuss Michelle’s coverage of immigration raids, the importance of community journalism, how communities are responding to ongoing ICE raids, and the practice of self-care as an on-the-ground reporter and organizer.

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0:29.0	one and only stop.
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0:38.8	Health Discovered podcast keeps you up to date on today's most important health issues. Through
0:43.9	in-depth conversations with experts from across the health care community, WebMD reveals how
0:49.2	today's health news will impact your life tomorrow. It's not that people don't know that exercise is healthy.
0:54.7	It's just that people don't know why it's healthy.
0:57.1	And we're struggling to try to help people help themselves and each other.
1:00.4	Listen to WebMD Health Discovered on the IHeart Radio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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1:18.7	expansive survivors of sexual violence rewrite the rules on healing, support, and what happens
1:23.7	after. And I'm your host and co-president of this organization, Dr. Leitra Tate.
1:28.8	Listen to the unwanted sorority, new episodes every Thursday on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:37.0	I'm Jeff Perlman. And I'm Rick Jervis. We're journalists and hosts of the podcast Finding Sexy Sweat.
1:42.3	At an internship in 1993, we roomed with Reggie Payne, aspiring reporter and rapper who went by Sexy Sweat. A couple years ago, we set out to find him. But in 2020, Reggie fell into a coma after police pinned him down, and he never woke up. But then I see, my son's not moving. So we started digging and uncovered city officials bent on protecting their own.
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