Beyond Borders – s2e6 – Comunas Lead the Way
Hernan Ramiro Rodriguez Sierra, Judy Talaugon, Martha Cinader
Season 2 Episode 6
March 28, 2026
Martha Cinader and Judy Talaugon welcome Hernan Ramiro Rodriguez Sierra, formerly known as Jay Rodriguez, back to Auntie’s Table. They talk about why he is going back to his birth name, and he brings the question, what can men do right now? Which, how can we talk about that without talking about capitalism and patriarchy? Judy points to the strength and power of Comunas in Venezuela.
Comunas: Grupo de personas que viven juntas sin someterse a las normas sociales establecidas..
And… in the mix is some poetry by Martha Cinader, Colombian Poetas en Cuba, Mary Tallmountain and Vanessa Lee Miller. Original music by Hernan Ramiro Rodriguez Sierra. Summary and full transcript in link above.
CREDITS– HOSTS: Judy Talaugon, Martha Cinader. Featured Guest: Hernán Ramiro Rodriguez Sierra. Sound Design: Jay Rodriguez Sierra. Theme Music: Mana Luca, arranged by Jay Rodriguez Sierra.
FEATURED
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Hernán Ramiro Rodriguez Sierra – Musician, Composer, Producer
Read more: Hernán Ramiro Rodriguez Sierra – Musician, Composer, ProducerHernán Ramiro Rodriguez Sierra – Musician, Composer, Producer
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Judy Talaugon -Land Protector, Storyteller
Read more: Judy Talaugon -Land Protector, StorytellerJudy Talaugon is a Chumash and Filipina Land Protector from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. She is the daughter of farmworkers and immigrant leaders. Growing up among Mexican and Filipina communities in California, she has been a long-time activist in numerous struggles, ranging from human rights to housing, land rights, and the fight…
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Martha Cinader, Author, Performance Artist
Read more: Martha Cinader, Author, Performance ArtistMartha Cinader is a poet and author living in Harlem, NY. Her young adult novel, Marq and the Queen Fish, is forthcoming in 2026 from Atmosphere Press. Cinader is the founder and Director of the Listen & Be Heard Network, where she hosts and produces The Listen & Be Heard Hour, and Beyond Borders, both non-commercial podcasts and syndicated radio shows…
CD’s and Books
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown
Read more: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee BrownBury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West is a 1970 non-fiction book by American writer Dee Brown. It explores the history of American expansionism in the American West in the late nineteenth century and its devastating effects on the Indigenous peoples living there. Brown describes Native Americans’ displacement through…
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Edited by Judith Talaugon and Angela Marino, Tribunal Rising
Read more: Edited by Judith Talaugon and Angela Marino, Tribunal RisingTribunal Rising commemorates the 1992 International Tribunal movement in the city of San Francisco to dismantle the legacy of Christopher Columbus and the Myth of Discovery. In 1990, “[a]t the culmination of the Special International Tribunal on the Human Rights Violations of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War in the US, the American Indian Movement…
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Mary TallMountain – The Light on The Tent Wall: A Bridging
Read more: Mary TallMountain – The Light on The Tent Wall: A BridgingPoetry. American Indian Studies. Illustrated by Claire Fejes. THE LIGHT ON THE TENT WALL: A BRIDGING is a collection of poetry from the late American Indian poet Mary TallMountain
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Mary TallMountain – Listen to the night
Read more: Mary TallMountain – Listen to the nightListen to the night poems for the animal spirits of mother earth Publisher Freedom Voices Publications
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Po’azz Yo’azz – Living It!
Read more: Po’azz Yo’azz – Living It!Living It! is Martha Cinader’s debut as the producer of her own album, and features an eclectic array of arrangements and musical styles. It was recorded in part in a studio in New York City, part in a studio in Hamburg, and part live at the Mojo Club in Hamburg, throw in some bonus tracks…
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