Miguel is a Commissioner at Colorado State Fair, Board Member at Coalition Against Global Genocide and On-Air Personality / Producer at Latin Life Denver. He has served on Dolores Huerta Foundation and Mi Casa Resource Center. He is an active participant in elections and has been in law enforcement and worked as a journalist. Miguel's Facebook Page | https://www.facebook.com/MiguelBacaBarragan/aboutLatinlife Denver | https://www.latinlifedenver.com/Become an Elecation Judge | https://www.denvergov.org/Government/Agencies-Departments-Offices/Office-of-the-Clerk-and-Recorder/Elections-Division/become-an-election-judgeCOAGG | https://www.coagg.o★ Support this podcast ★

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4.10 Colorful Colorado Life

Desiree, co-founder of Grinding Stone Collective and producer of the First Foods Podcast, is a Miwok multimedia journalist, and a live-media event producer. You can see lots of her documentary photography now in the New Mexico Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, NM at the Beyond Standing Rock exhibit. Some of her recent notable work is speaking at Princeton University in April 2019 and again in November 2020. With the Firestarter Films crew as an Associate Producer, Camera Operator and Investigative Journalist on the feature-length documentary film Akicita: The Battle of Standing Rock, our project premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. She was part of the organizing body the did Boulder Valley Indigenous People’s Day 2019, which was heavily focused on #MMIWG2S, the epidemic that takes so many lives of Native women, girls, and two spirits.(Read her full bio here- https://bit.ly/3i57nVA) Roger Wolsey (@RogerWolsey) is a Spiritual Director, United Methodist pastor, Speaker, Writer, and fellow Human. He leads with his heart to bring us into community with one another. A passionate advocate for social justice, Roger has the unique capacity to sit with the discomfort of difference. This allows him to move past the common reactions to find connections others might not be able to achieve. He writes for several online publications and published his first book, Kissing Fish, in 2011 and currently serves on the board of ProgressiveChristianity.org.Erik and I invited them on the show because they are both inspiring humans who have developed the skills to engage folks effectively in the face of disinformation. Given everything we have been facing and expect to face, we thought other folks would appreciate the opportunity to learn from their experience and expertise. Questions can be submitted before the event here: https://app.sli.do/event/jod8sbka #604434Referenced items:The illusion of explanatory depth (IoED), Do you understand how a zipper works?First Foods- https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=230281248632461&ref=watch_permalinkGrindingstone- https://www.Grindingstone.orgWhat To Know About Disinformation History, Tactics, and Real-Life Examples- https://e-rosalie.medium.com/what-to-know-about-disinformation-history-tactics-and-real-life-examples-95ab13f0254Books recommended on the show:When Everything Matters by Dr Cindy Blackstock The Way of Love by Bishop Michael CurryCult of Trump by Steven Hassan- https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Cult-of-Trump/Steven-Hassan/9781982127343★ Support this podcast ★

4.8 DisInformation Society

Vanessa Otero is the creator of the Media Bias Chart, and the Founder and CEO of Ad Fontes Media A licensed patent attorney in the Denver, Colorado area, Vanessa holds  a B.A. in English from UCLA and a J.D. from the University of Denver. Vanessa’s formal education and professional career has centered on analytical reading, writing and reasoning, creating an ideal background for her to create a content analysis methodology for evaluating text.  Alarmed by the unhealthy state of the media ecosystem, Vanessa used  her expertise in content analysis  to create the original Media Bias Chart in 2016. Then in 2018, she founded Ad Fontes Media to fulfill the need revealed by the popularity of the chart–namely, to meet the demand for a map to help people navigate the complex media landscape, and for comprehensive content analysis of media sources themselves. Today, Ad Fontes Media uses a systematic approach to content analysis in which a team of politically-balanced professional analysts examine and categorize news content creating data that is useful to news consumers, educators, marketers, and even publishers themselves. Ad Fontes also offers training in its content analysis methodology through products and services for educational institutions and for individuals.Vanessa is on the Board of Directors of Community Radio for Northern Colorado and is on the Advisory Council of Media Literacy Now. Vanessa has also been published or featured in articles and blogs on news literacy, news bias and free speech, social media, and conspiracy theories. These sources have included the Poynter Institute, BigThink, MarketWatch, Lifehacker, City A.M. and more.  She is a much sought-after speaker at national news literacy workshops and webinars, and presented a workshop at the Northeast Media Literacy Conference this past fall.  Vanessa is committed to making the world a better place with her passion and belief in decreasing the polarization in our news and our society, as well as educating students, teachers, and the public on the true value of media literacy and the importance of a healthy news ecosystem.Follow and connect with Vanessa: @vlotero, @adfontesmedia, https://www.facebook.com/adfontesmedia, https://www.linkedin.com/company/adfontesmedia/Promo: Sarah Wells http://www.liveworkdenver.com/★ Support this podcast ★

4.7 Developing Media Literacy

This week's guest, Selys, wrote us to express her thoughts about our use of the word crazy on an earlier show. We invited her to come share her views and learned a lot in the process. We hope you enjoy this as much as we did!

4.6 Empathy & Consideration

This episode of BiCurean we spoke with A'Magine about their documentary film, At Your Cervix, the history of gynecology, and some traumatizing medical teaching practices.

4.5 At Your Cervix

On this episode of BiCurean, we are joined by Sarah Wells, a community advocate for cooperative housing. We learned about zoning codes and recent changes to the Denver City housing laws.

4.4 Zoned Out

Tara Galeano met with us to share about her new book, Rediscovering My Body. The book will help you learn to fortify your soul through the physical replenishment of sexual connection with yourself and others. Galeano also told us what inspired her to to become a sex therapist and taught us the phrase 'erotic sovereignty'.

4.3 Rediscovering My Body

This episode of BiCurean Alex Hollingsworth of Crossover Media spoke with us about Gamestonk, what a short squeeze is, and the bigger issues we face in 2021.

4.2 $GME

Kicking off our 4th season and 2021 with Oak Chezar as our guest, public defender and retired barbarian. Listen to her insights about protesting and learn from her experiences at Greenham Common, a womyn's peace camp left out of history, until now.

4.1 Trespassing

We spoke with More In Common's Director of Research, Stephen Hawkins, about their recently released study, The New Normal? An in-depth review of 7 countries and how they have been impacted by COVID.

3.16 The New Normal?

This episode of BiCurean Erik and Aicila talk about Decision 2020. And Erik comes out on the side of ethics.

3.18 Decision 2020

On this episode of BiCurean we had Linda Templin, Executive Director of RCV for Colorado back on the show. We talked about how to get involved in a Pan Political Project.

3.17 Making Democracy Fair & Functional

We spent time with Lorena Garcia. Garcia shared about her recent Senate campaign and the current state of affairs in US politics.

3.15 Put People First

This episode of BiCurean Erik and Aicila talk a little about the Democratic Vice Presidential pick, Kamala Harris.

3.14 In The Running

This episode of BiCurean we spoke with Stephen Hawkins, Director of Research from More in Common. From COVID to election integrity, More in Common seeks to understand our divisions and how to bridge them.

3.13 More in Common

BiCurean takes typically combative topics and teaches them to play nice. Our view is that the mainstream reactionary rhetoric divides us and only helps those invested in the status quo. We seek to find answers beyond the most obvious. Join hosts Aicila and Erik as they dig into topics ranging from social and political to geeky and fun. Erik and Aicila are looking for the "BiCurean Moment" a point where contradictions meet.

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