Basic Brown Nerds

This week Joy and Grecia talk with their friend NIko. Niko is Basic Brown Nerd that likes to dissect chisme intellectually while drinking mate or pumpkin spice lattes. They talk about World Cup and Mexican fans burning the Salvadoran flag, bad sex, and church retreats. Let us know you're listening by tagging @BasicBrownNerds  and host @JoyValeriee on Instagram and Twitter! Don't forget to subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be updated on all our guests, events, and surprises for you. basicbrownnerds.com/newsletter And support us by shopping or donating at BasicBrownNerds.com/Shop Check out our Show notes here bit.ly/BBNMasculinityTBShownotes

We pick up right where we left off and finish answering listener questions while being a little too "happy" . . . oops! We're answering a bit more about our dating history, what is a white ally means, the "extra" woke people, navigating academia, and learning a bit more about each other.  Let us know you're listening by tagging @BasicBrownNerds  and host @JoyValeriee on Instagram and Twitter! Don't forget to subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be updated on all our guests, events, and surprises for you. basicbrownnerds.com/newsletter And support us by shopping or donating at BasicBrownNerds.com/Shop Check out our Show notes here bit.ly/BBNDatingHistoryTBShownotes

This is our listener episode. We briefly talk about Anthony Bourdain and then answer some of your questions! Look out for Part 2 for the rest! Let us know you're listening by tagging @BasicBrownNerds  and host @JoyValeriee on Instagram and Twitter! Don't forget to subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be updated on all our guests, events, and surprises for you. basicbrownnerds.com/newsletter And support us by shopping or donating at BasicBrownNerds.com/Shop Check out our Show notes here bit.ly/BBNAnthonyBourdainTBShownotes

This week, we address the men that keep asking us to give the man's perspective. We also talk about Royal Wedding, why we do what we want, and we drop a lot of F-Bombs in the process. Let us know you're listening by tagging @BasicBrownNerds  and host @JoyValeriee on Instagram and Twitter! Don't forget to subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be updated on all our guests, events, and surprises for you. basicbrownnerds.com/newsletter And support us by shopping or donating at BasicBrownNerds.com/Shop Check out our Show notes here bit.ly/BBNPerspectiveTBShownotes

This week we chat with the amazing hype woman Monica. We talk dancing, Men Are Trash/ Women Are Trash Too stories, and how we all became friends. So who is Monica? Monica (she/her/hers) is an undocumented DACA recipient and works as a social worker in Sacramento, CA. She loves to travel and write/rant about social justice on and off social media. Our brown girl friendship began off of Instagram, or as we call it the tinder for friends where you can use the internet to find your tribe. While she was visiting she took NYC by storm! Bringing her #FridayDanceParty and letting us join in on the streets of NYC doing the #MonicaChallenge. She is what I like to call a professional hype woman. Always there to hype up and supports Latinx creators on and off the ‘gram. She doesn’t just post online talking about human rights but goes out and does the work. In addition to her day job, she is a published writer and self-identified Femme Persona. Listen in to this amazing human’s story. Let us know you're listening by taggi

This week we talk boundaries! Boundaries are a form of self-care. We talk about how to set them with strangers, friends, and even our families. Even how we navigate this growing up in a Latinx family. It's so important to communicate our boundaries in relationships. We're also saying NO! to the Tias and Fam that shames us on our weight and everything that is behind that. To quote our fav CardiB "Let me Fat in Peace" Some added content, we're talking about why CardiB's pregnancy makes people uncomfortable, cause we always talk about how revolutionary she is!  Let us know you're listening by tagging @BasicBrownNerds  and host @JoyValeriee on Instagram and Twitter! Don't forget to subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be updated on all our guests, events, and surprises for you. basicbrownnerds.com/newsletter And support us by shopping or donating at BasicBrownNerds.com/Shop Check out our Show notes here bit.ly/BBNSettingBoundariesTBShownotes

This week Joy and Grecia have a Mental Health Check-In. They discuss some of their coping mechanisms, being aware of their symptoms, and how they're trying to get their lives together. read more on our website Let us know you're listening by tagging @BasicBrownNerds  and host @JoyValeriee on Instagram and Twitter! Don't forget to subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be updated on all our guests, events, and surprises for you. basicbrownnerds.com/newsletter And support us by shopping or donating at BasicBrownNerds.com/Shop Check out our Show notes here bit.ly/BBNMentalHealthTBShownotes

This week Joy and Grecia talk about traditions, religions, quinciañeras, some Latinx history all while drinking some mimosas.  Let us know you're listening by tagging @BasicBrownNerds  and host @JoyValeriee on Instagram and Twitter! Don't forget to subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be updated on all our guests, events, and surprises for you. basicbrownnerds.com/newsletter And support us by shopping or donating at BasicBrownNerds.com/Shop Check out our Show notes here bit.ly/BBNMimosaRantTBShownotes

This episode is for everyone that has ever had to hear the phrase "¿Y el novio?" from the Tias and Wela.  Joy Valerie and Grecia talk about being single, Latina, and career-oriented and how their families have reacted to this through the years. Joy starts a new segment called Taking Out the Trash. Let us know you're listening by tagging @BasicBrownNerds  and host @JoyValeriee on Instagram and Twitter! Don't forget to subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be updated on all our guests, events, and surprises for you. basicbrownnerds.com/newsletter And support us by shopping or donating at BasicBrownNerds.com/Shop Check out our Show notes here bit.ly/BBNYElNovioTBShownotes

This week, Joy and Grecia talk about the Latinx NYC Meetup and disrupting the spaces on Broadway and Brunch. Along with their thoughts on John Leguizamo's one-man show "Latin History for Morons."  Touching about African erasure & homophobia in Latinx history and teaser to Juana Inez de La Cruz on Netflix. And what is peak wokeness? Are we ever woke enough? And how do we stop ourselves from being the woke-police (cause they really don't wanna be the woke-police)? Oh and Fangirling to LatinosWhoLunch Podcast that created spaces for Latinx and inspired us to start!!!! Link to required reading/ books mentioned for Latin History for Morons Shout out to everyone involved! Susie from Latinx Project David from Techqueria   Let us know you're listening by tagging @BasicBrownNerds  and host @JoyValeriee on Instagram and Twitter! Don't forget to subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be updated on all our guests, events, and surprises for you. basicbrownnerds.com/newsletter An

Joy and Grecia make their argument of how men are trash, how to rise above and be the compost of the man world, and they discuss their experiences with trash men and not so trash men. *Warning: May not be suited for fragile men egos. If you're a man, yes you might be low key offended but listen and hear point to start unlearning your own trashy ways.  Let us know you're listening by tagging @BasicBrownNerds  and host @JoyValeriee on Instagram and Twitter! Don't forget to subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be updated on all our guests, events, and surprises for you. basicbrownnerds.com/newsletter And support us by shopping or donating at BasicBrownNerds.com/Shop Check out our Show notes here bit.ly/BBNMenAreTrashTBShownotes

In Episode 1, Joy and Grecia talk about seasonal depression, anxiety, and the taboos of mental health issues in the Latinx community.  Let us know you're listening by tagging @BasicBrownNerds  and host @JoyValeriee on Instagram and Twitter! Don't forget to subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be updated on all our guests, events, and surprises for you. basicbrownnerds.com/newsletter And support us by shopping or donating at BasicBrownNerds.com/Shop Check out our Show notes here bit.ly/BBNLetsTalkMentalTBShownotes

Welcome to Basic Brown Nerds hosted by Grecia from @GreciaHDom and @JoyValeriee introducing themselves and what the podcast will be about. We're excited to get to know you all and deconstructing identity, talking current events, and the intersections of being a Latina in suburbia in biweekly episodes.  In Episode 0, we introduce who we are and talk about why we are Basic Brown Nerds and what we want to talk about! In this episode, we talk about how we met, DACA, growing up undocumented, immigration, the surprising effects the Trump phenomena having on our generation, rising up as people of color, nerdy Latinx, CardiB, and of course our brunch addiction in suburbia. Let us know you're listening by tagging @BasicBrownNerds  and host @JoyValeriee on Instagram and Twitter! Don't forget to subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be updated on all our guests, events, and surprises for you. basicbrownnerds.com/newsletter And support us by shopping or donating at BasicBrownNerds.com/Shop Check out our Show n