Ricans on My Mind

A media art project on Puerto Rican history, cultures, and futures | Live conversations with Boricua artists, scholars, and activists | English/ Spanish / Spanglish | Locations: Puerto Rico, Chicago, New Jersey, & New York City| Three Seasons: Jan-April 2021 / Feb-March 2025 / Feb 2026-Present

Season 3

Episode 1: Contemporary Puerto Rican art, Chicago cultures, & barrio aesthetics | José Rosa | 2/18/2026
Upcoming episodes:
- Justice, Race, and Chicago’s public schools | Dr. Ángel Vélez | 2/23/2026
- Puerto Rican food cultures & the development of Urban Pilón | Roberto Pérez Pérez | 2/25/2026
- El futuro de las nuevas artes afro y la creación de un Puerto Rico libre | Dr. Bárbara Abadía-Rexach | 3/1/2026

Watch on IG LIVE, here.

Watch on IG LIVE, here.

Season 2

Episode 1: State of the Boricua community | Elisabet Velásquez | 2/9/2025
Episode 2: Puerto Rican histories, present-day struggles, & dreaming of Puerto Rican futures | José Díaz | 3/10/2025
Episode 3: Dominican-Puerto Rican identities, Art, Fashion, & Queerness | Elizabeth Peralta | 3/13/2025
Episode 4: Environmental Justice in Puerto Rico & Boricua cinema | Debbie Pérez | 3/20/25

Season 1:

Episode 1: Fake Ricans: Making sense of Puerto Rican cosplay | Nic López Rodríguez | 1/9/2021
Episode 2: Life of a Puerto Rican political prisoner | Ricardo Jiménez | 1/18/2021
Episode 3: Psychology of the Rican: therapy, healing, & liberation | Dorian Ortega | 1/22/2021
Episode 4: Art, Blackness, & Puerto Rican Chicago | Brenda Torres-Figueroa | 2/4/2021
Episode 5: Organizing while Afrodescendiente in the Puerto Rican movement | Alyssa Rodríguez Villegas | 2/6/2021
Episode 6: Masculinity, Gotham City politics, & Hip-Hop | Jaefkae | 3/3/2021
Episode 7: Art movements, Cooperatives, & Black Futures | Ariel Luisa Mercado | 3/12/2021
Episode 8: Music, Aesthetics, & Imagining Boricua futures | Lester Rey | 4/15/2021