Are you curious about podcasts? At Podcast Wine Down, you’ll listen to a series of audio clips from WBUR and Futuro Studios, Anything For Selena and join a discussion with Host Maria Garcia and moderator Se’era Spragley Ricks. Maria Garcia was 9 years old and living on the U.S. - Mexico border when Selena was murdered. Twenty-five years later, Maria is on a quest to understand what it means to love, mourn and remember Selena. In this intimate journey, Maria explores what Selena’s legacy shows us about belonging in America.
As we go behind-the-scenes of the making of this podcast, you’ll walk away with a deeper appreciation for audio storytelling and some practical approaches for creating your own podcast or audio project.
The gathering is free - grab your favorite beverage and snack and join us online. RSVP below - all are welcome! We will send you instructions on how to join us beforehand.
ABOUT WBUR & FUTURO STUDIOS
WBUR is Boston's NPR News Station, featuring NPR news and programs such as Car Talk, On Point, Here & Now, Only A Game and Radio Boston.
Futuro Studios is a new podcast studio focused on storytelling from POC perspectives and representing the new American mainstream. Futuro Studios is a division of Futuro Media, a non-profit production company founded in 2010 by award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa, and the company behind the longstanding public radio program Latino USA, among other programming.
ABOUT OUR GUEST
Maria Garcia is the Senior Editor of Arts and Culture at WBUR, where she leads The ARTery, overseeing a team of arts writers, reporters and cultural critics. She was born in Ciudad Juarez and was raised there and in El Paso, Texas where her family immigrated to when she was 3 years old. She was a broadcast journalist along the U.S. - Mexico border for more than a decade. After that, she transitioned to arts and culture reporting and narrative radio storytelling. She holds a Masters Degree in Arts and Culture Journalism from Columbia Journalism School. She’s also a queer chola who listens to Selena when she needs some motivation.
ABOUT OUR MODERATOR
Se’era Spragley Ricks is the associate producer of PRX Remix, PRX’s SiriusXM 24/7 channel of audio stories and podcasts, hand-picked from independent creators. Before joining PRX Remix, she was the community manager at PRX Podcast Garage D.C. She is also a voting member of The Podcast Academy.
Prior to producing, Se’era specialized in marketing, events, and special projects at WAMU 88.5, Daily Press Media Group, and Christopher Newport University’s Ferguson Center for the Arts. Learn more at seerasharae.com.