Tacos of Texas
Mando Rayo
December 24, 2024
The Best thing I ate in 2024 (Live at El Perrito ATX) — BONUS
We’ll bring El Cuatro, season 4 of the Tacos of Texas Podcast with a live event at El Perrito ATX. We recap some of the best things we ate in 2024 and talk to our special guest from Visit El Paso, Julio Cotto about his identity and favorite taco spots.
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December 17, 2024
Taco Font, A Latino Art Weekend – Live at The Cathedral ATX — BONUS
Taco Font, a Latino Art Weekend live event in collaboration with The Cathedral Austin and Of Color. Some taco trucks are colorful, some hand-written and painted, and others are inspired by the food they make. In this episode, we’ll capture the most creative taco trucks, the inspiration, and stories behind the art, and eat along the way. Guests include muralist, Ernesto “Cheche” Hernandez and Reyna Vasquez, Veracruz All Natural (Austin) and moderated by Mando Rayo, Taco Journalist.
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November 19, 2024
Introducing: 24 Hours in Austin
The Tacos of Texas teams want to share a new podcast with you! 24 Hours in Austin tries to answer the question: What does a day in the life of Austin, Texas sound like?
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November 5, 2024
What led HEB to go full Hispanic aisle? With the Mi Tienda brand, HEB went full into targetLatino consumers from barbacoa, salsas y tamales. Guest is Manny Colunga, store leaderat Mi Tienda in Houston, Texas.
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October 29, 2024
Is that Freddy Fender on my tortilla?
Let’s talk about folklore in Mexican cooking from apparitions of La Virgen or Freddie Fender on a tortilla, good and bad omens to ofrendas for our loved ones. Guest is Ayden Castellanos from the podcast, SUSTO.
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October 22, 2024
From Taco shticks, antics in media and pop culture and cultural appropriation, we’ll explore the highs and lows of taco pop culture. Guest is Stephanie Guerra from San Antonio’s Puro Pinche.
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October 15, 2024
Take an audio-tour of the La Tia Pancha Flea Market in Houston, TX with Mando Rayo on this episode of the Tacos of Texas podcast!
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October 8, 2024
Spanglish, Botanas and Border Cultura
If you grew up along the border in Tejas, you can speak con ganas, know where the good tacos and botanas are and your identity runs as long as the Rio Grande across Texas. Guest is Eddie Vega, Taco Poet and San Antonio Poet Laureate.
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About
Let’s talk tacos with TacoJournalist, Mando Rayo in the Tacos of Texas Podcast. We’ve got some muy rico conversations coming up in season tres and this season we’re reconnecting with the roots and history of nuestra gente including Mexican Hands, Redefining Tex-Mex, Black Mexicans, Taco Tuesday in School Cafeterias y más!
CREDITS:
IDENTITY Productions
http://www.identity.productions
Host and Producer: Mando Rayo
Story Producer: Sharon Arteaga
Audio Mixing: Nicholas Worthen &
Ever Calderon
Creative Producer: Dennis Burnett
Host
Mando Rayo’s experience is deep-rooted in Latinx & BIPOC communities. Mando is a digital story-teller and uses his Latinx identity to inspire and build bridges through his production company, IDENTITY. From working with Laredo Taco Company, Beef Loving Texans, KLRU-TV, PBS Austin, Whataburger, Austin Film Society, People en Español y más, Mando shares stories through food, culture, documentaries and digital platforms. As an avid taco ambassador, food explorer and street ethnographers, Mando has traveled across the U.S. to uncover the tastiest tacos, from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to L.A. and New Orleans to New York City. Mando is the producer and co-author of ‘The Tacos of Texas book (UT Press) & docu-series with PBS Digital Studios and United Tacos of America TV Show on El Rey Network. Mando’s work has been featured on Bon Appetit Magazine, The Food Network, NPR, The New York Times and SXSW.
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