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S02 Ep. 03: AFTERSHOCK / La Réplica -- Grenade Launcher

April 03, 2021 Thinkery & Verse Season 2 Episode 4
Thinkery & Verse present
S02 Ep. 03: AFTERSHOCK / La Réplica -- Grenade Launcher
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Episode three explores the explosive nature of RELATIONSHIPS while serving in the military. Tejana Host, Karen Alvarado, shares audio-adapted Latinx veteran stories from the 2019 stage play AFTERSHOCK / La Réplica. Alvarado then interviews combat veterans/writers Rocio Iribe (Marine) and Dr. John Meyer (Army Ranger), as well as Latinx Historian, Mary Alice Carnes who is the daughter of a WWII veteran. 

**Warning: This episode contains references to trauma and discrimination.**

GUESTS:
Rocio Iribe 
Dr. John Meyer
Mary Alice Carnes 

Audio Scenes from AFTERSHOCK / La Réplica: (4)

  1. “Mr. Perfect” written by Karen Alvarado, performed by Diana Guizado
  2. “Element of Freedom” written by Rocio Iribe, performed by Christina Romero
  3. “Dear John” written by Dr. John Meyer, performed by Diana Guizado
  4. “Lamppost” written by Mary Alice Carnes, performed by David Segura

RESOURCES:

Divorce Statistics - Military.com, Marketwatch.com, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Instant Separation: A Journal of Military Experience featuring Iribe’s “Element of Freedom”
Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara 
UCSB INT 185VW: Writing Workshop for Student Veterans 
Summer writing workshop for U.C. Veterans 
“Luis Leyva” Interview by Mary Alice Carnes for Voces Oral History Center
"An Oral History: A Lifetime of Learning" by Mary Alice Carnes for Voces US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal
Shakespeare at Winedale
Teatro Vivo
Voces Oral History Center
Thinkery & Verse
Art Spark Texas 

This podcast was produced by Art Spark Texas and made possible by grants from National Endowment for the Arts and Texas Commission on the Arts. AFTERSHOCK / La Réplica PODCAST is a collaboration by Thinkery & Verse and Celia Hughes of Art Spark Texas. 

Direction and hosting by Karen Alvarado, dramaturgy by Dr. JM Meyer, management/ sound engineering by Erin Bogert, original sound by David Demaris, image design by Paul Del Bosque, video by Jose Lozano/Magic Spoon Productions, guitar by Estrella Saldana and Ulises Ortega Escalante, and vocals by Estrella Saldana (Maria Consuelo Arroyo) and Diana Guizado (Cielito Lindo). 

Special thanks to Mateo Marlowe, Babylove,  and Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez at Voces.

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Audio Scenes by Actors
Discussion with Rocio, Mary Alice, & Johnny
Closing Thoughts from Karen Alvarado