About this podcast
The Persistence, hosted by Angélica Cordero, dives into the untold stories of people who’ve shaped history but rarely get the spotlight. Mixing bold personal stories, deep historical insights, and today’s fight for justice, each episode uncovers the connections between past movements and modern struggles. If you’re ready to see history through a fresh, intersectional lens, this is the podcast for you.
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Episodes
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- Episode 21: Just Little Bits of History Repeating · 47 minWe love saying that history repeats itself. Usually when things start looking a little too familiar and we’d really like the past to tell us how this mess ends. Unfortunately…
- Episode 20: Who Made These Rules? · 48 minWe like history with clean endings. Rights were won. Doors opened. Progress happened. But what survives after the victory? In this episode of The Persistence, we look at who gets…
- Episode 19: Freedom for My Body · 1 h 19 minIn 1990s America, progress had a look: diverse casts, school assemblies, glossy Benetton ads, “girl power,” public testimony, and a mainstream culture ready to believe the room…
- Episode 18: Left in the cold, Kept in the Dark · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 18In the 1980s, America was sold a picture of recovery: morning light, trimmed lawns, rising confidence, and a country ready to feel good again. But recovery has a frame. And…
- Episode 17: Now They Do What They Told Ya · 52 minWhat do you do when the system publicly breaks in front of everyone… and then just keeps going? In the early 1970s, America looked like it was restoring order. The protests of…
- Episode 16: I See No Changes · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 16The late 1960s were supposed to be proof that things were working. Civil rights legislation had passed. The language of progress was everywhere. On paper, it looked like the…
- Episode 15: Strange You Never Knew · 40 minIn this episode of The Persistence, Angélica Cordero examines the breaking point of the 1960s, when the promises of the Civil Rights Movement collided with the reality of the…
- Am I invisible 'cause you ignore me? · 22 minIn this minisode of The Persistence, Angélica Cordero takes a hard look at the phrase “If you see something, say something” and what it’s really taught us about staying quiet…
- Episode 14: The World Keeps Turning · 38 minIn this episode of The Persistence, Angélica Cordero traces how some of the most consequential changes in history didn’t begin with explosions or speeches, but with stillness…
- It's coming on Christmas · 15 minChristmas is often sold as a season of arrival and perfection, but its oldest stories tell something very different. In this episode of The Persistence, Angélica Cordero explores…
- Episode 13: Hypnotized, Mesmerized by What Our Eyes Have Found · 41 minThe latest episode of The Persistence opens with a very relatable childhood crisis: that first moment when a story you believed your whole life suddenly unravels. Host Angélica…
- Don't Kid Yourself Baby · 31 minFinding the perfect theme song is almost impossible, until you stumble on Folds Band’s “Don’t Kid Yourself, Baby,” a funk-infused tribute to Fannie Lou Hamer, the civil rights…
- A Special Conversation with Bob Hotard · 40 minWhen does paying attention become a form of protest? In this episode of The Persistence, host Angélica Cordero sits down with Bob Hotard, a UX designer who turned his skill for…
- Episode 12: There is fiction in the space between · 42 minWhat do Cold War witch hunts and old-school fables have in common? In this episode of The Persistence, host Angélica Cordero connects The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Emperor’s New…
- Episode 11: Living in Captivity · 39 minThe 1950s sold us smiling housewives, white picket fences, and tidy sitcom kitchens. But behind the canned laughter? Millions of women were juggling two jobs. One at home, one on…
- It don’t matter what you wear · 33 minDrag in uniform? Believe it. In this episode of The Persistence, host Angélica Cordero uncovers the hidden world where World War II soldiers swapped rifles for wigs and turned…
- Episode 10: Walking on Broken Glass · 44 minForget Rosie the Riveter’s flex. In this episode of The Persistence, host Angélica Cordero flips the script on the usual WWII girl-power narrative and digs into the real story of…
- Episode 9: B***h · 33 minIn Episode Nine of The Persistence, Angélica Cordero connects today’s personal and societal headaches to the messy fight for progress throughout history. She zeroes in on…
- Episode 8: You can get with this Or you can get with that · 33 minIn this compelling episode of The Persistence, host Angélica Cordero explores the idea of life as a never-ending performance, where each of us plays multiple roles to meet…
- Episode 7: Games, Changes, and Fears · 37 minIn this thought-provoking episode of The Persistence, host Angélica Cordero dives into the theme of growth through struggle. Using Henry Kissinger's controversial legacy as a…
