The Boricua Culture Mix
The Boricua Culture Mix
39 episodes listed below
Boricua belonging, spoken in Spanglish.
The gist
The Boricua Culture Mix moves between English and Spanish with the ease of family talk over cafecito. Wilma Lebron-Moore and Dayan Rivera turn island trips, Bad Bunny discourse, bomba, holidays, food, and community events into grounded reflections on being Boricua enough.
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About The Boricua Culture Mix
The Boricua Culture Mix is a bilingual culture podcast with a strong kitchen-table pulse. Wilma Lebron-Moore and Dayan Rivera speak from the space between Puerto Rico and the diaspora, and the show treats that in-between place as rich, complicated, funny, and worth protecting. Episodes move quickly. One minute the hosts are joking about numbers, missed recordings, cold weather, or a first-birthday party for the pod, and the next they are naming the pull of the island with real tenderness. The Spanglish is not decoration. It is the show’s working language, the way jokes land, memories surface, and cultural meaning gets passed back and forth. Recent episodes circle around Puerto Rico travel, music, Bad Bunny, the Super Bowl, SanSe, bomba, Loíza, Black Boricua identity, and the everyday rituals that keep people connected across distance. The hosts are especially strong when a small detail opens into something larger. A walk through Old San Juan becomes a story about heat, coffee, impulse, and being home. A conversation about a Philly food spot becomes a reflection on grief, presentation, color, Puerto Rican visibility, and making room at the table. A community run becomes a chance to talk about showing up for one another with body, culture, and care. The show also has a celebratory streak. There is room for piñatas, maltas, sándwiches de mezclita, music, and the tired joy of making it through a first year. But the warmth does not make the conversations soft-focus. The hosts can be blunt about representation, dignity, and how Puerto Rican identity is misunderstood or pushed aside. They explain references without turning the show into a lecture. They leave room for laughter, correction, affection, and the kind of back-and-forth that only works when the speakers trust each other. The result is culturally specific and emotionally open. It is for people who want diaspora conversation with memory, chisme, music, food, and corazón in the same breath.
Made for: For Puerto Rican diaspora listeners, island-connected families, and anyone drawn to culturally specific conversations about identity, music, food, memory, and community. It especially suits people who feel at home in natural Spanglish.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its lived-in bilingual rhythm: jokes, references, corrections, and serious cultural questions all happen in the same flow. It feels less like a formal interview show and more like community being built out loud.
In their own words
Where La Isla vibes meet diaspora realness—Boricua Culture Mix is the go-to podcast pa’ nuestra gente que vive entre aquí y allá. From música and memories to identity, resistance, motherhood, and bochinche que importa, we talk cultura sin filtro y con corazón.Cada semana, we bring voices from la isla y el mainland pa’ celebrar lo que somos, question what we’ve been told, y crear espacio pa’l corillo Boricua worldwide.Press play y dale oído a cómo nuestra cultura se desenreda, se remixea, y se afirma con every beat.
As heard by us
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · August 2026
The Boricua Culture Mix turns diaspora identity into lived conversation, carried by music, food, travel, and warm bilingual detail.
The Boricua Culture Mix is a Society & Culture show about Puerto Rican identity as people keep living it: through music, food, travel, family memory, jokes, and pride.
Why you'd press play
The cafecito comes with Bad Bunny opinions; stay if music makes you miss Puerto Rico.
Press play if you want
- a song to spark the kind of family story you wish you'd asked about sooner
- to hear a Philly cook insist that pollo guisado belongs at the culinary table
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Episodes
- 1
When Diaspora Shows Up: A Light in the Dark
Jul 6, 2026·54m - 2
Nueva Yol, La Isla & Fiji: We Celebrated, We Cried, We Watched the Villa
Jun 19, 2026·1h 19m - 3
Jay Wheeler, Love Island & Unsolicited Opinions
Jun 12, 2026·1h 22m - 4
Life Be Lifin’: Mudanzas, Karol G, Coachella & Boricua Pop Culture Catch-Up
May 29, 2026·1h 49m - 5
One Year of Boricua Culture Mix | Un año de cultura, comunidad y conexión
Hidden gemThe Boricua Culture Mix marks a late one-year celebration with Wilma Lebron-Moore and Dayane Rivera reflecting on how the show started in Josie's house with microphones and no polished plan.
Apr 16, 2026·44m·3 clips - 6
Pa’lante with Purpose: Cambios, Comunidad y Corazón Boricua
Hidden gemWilma Lebron-Moore says she resigned from a five-year job because she and the company were "growing apart," then found another role in a brutal job market.
Apr 8, 2026·41m·2 clips - 7
La Bomba Is a Language: Loíza, Migration & Black Boricua Identity
This episode explores La Bomba as a language connecting Loíza, migration, and Black Boricua identity within Puerto Rican culture and the diaspora.
Feb 25, 2026·1h 23m - 8
Seguimos Aquí: Bad Bunny, cultura y orgullo Boricua en el Supertazón
This episode is an in-person conversation recapping Bad Bunny's performance and cultural impact at the Super Bowl, exploring Puerto Rican pride and related controversies.
Feb 20, 2026·1h 4m - 9
Preparamos el Party: Bad Bunny Super Bowl Teaser, SanSe y el Chisme de la Isla
The hosts discuss celebrating their podcast's one-year anniversary with a Puerto Rican-style first birthday party theme while teasing upcoming topics like Bad Bunny's Super Bowl appearance and SanSe festival gossip.
Jan 21, 2026·1h - 10
Cuando la Diáspora Sirve con Intención: Energía, Dignidad y Puerto Rico
The hosts of Boricua Culture Mix announce their return with a new biweekly format focused on featuring experts and community members to discuss Puerto Rican culture and diaspora experiences.
Jan 14, 2026·1h 5m - 11
From Grief to Sazón: Cómo Amy’s Pastelillos Became Philly’s Boricua Food Spot
Hidden gemThe Boricua Culture Mix episode centers on Amy, the Philly owner of Amy’s Pastelillos, and how her food business grew out of grief, postpartum, and a missing family recipe book.
Dec 9, 2025·1h 21m - 12
Puerto Rico Me Abrazó: Un Viaje de Alma y Cultura
Hidden gemWilma Lebron-Moore says a sponsor mention led her to NACO Pro, the National Association Council of Professional Puerto Rican Women, and to the organization’s 52nd conference in Puerto Rico through the Philadelphia chapter.
Nov 14, 2025·1h 15m·5 clips - 13
¿Team Ketchup o No Ketchup? + Chuwi Nos Teletransportó a La Isla
Hidden gemThe Boricua Culture Mix links Halloween check-ins, coquito debates, and a Chewie concert at Taller Puertorriqueño in Philadelphia.
Nov 7, 2025·55m·2 clips - 14
Uno Más: Benito, La Casita y Todo Lo Que Sentimos
Hidden gemThe Boricua Culture Mix spends most of the episode on Bad Bunny's 31st residency show, La Casita, and the Amazon Prime broadcast that let the diaspora watch from home.
Oct 10, 2025·1h 25m·2 clips - 15
Apoyo real, cultura viva y el efecto Benito
Sep 12, 2025·1h 11m - 16
Bad Bunny Choli Recap, Uber Stories y Orgullo
Sep 5, 2025·1h 29m - 17
Clase en Sesión: Cultura Boricua 101
Aug 19, 2025·1h 7m - 18
Nos Rompimos la Espalda, Pero No el Compromiso
Aug 15, 2025·58m - 19
La Casita, La Crítica y La Comunidad: Bad Bunny, El Yunque y Nuestra Gente
Aug 5, 2025·1h 11m - 20
Independence Sin Perfección: We Don’t Need a Plan, We Need a Pueblo
Jul 22, 2025·51m - 21
Del Choli hasta el Love Island Villa: Cultura, Controversia y Accountability
Jul 15, 2025·57m - 22
NuevaYol, Toñita y el Corazón de la Cultura Boricua
Jul 11, 2025·55m - 23
Entre Cultura, Movimiento & Ivy Queen
Jul 3, 2025·53m - 24
Festival Season & Decolonization: Pa’ Dentro y Pa’ Fuera del Archipiélago
Jun 24, 2025·1h 10m - 25
¿Gripe Blanca, política boricua, Karol G y el FOMO de Rauw?
Jun 17, 2025·1h 28m - 26
No sabemos tomar breaks, pero salimos alante
Jun 10, 2025·1h 15m - 27
¡Don’t Touch El Coquí! + Festivales, Música y Cultura Boricua
This episode of Boricua Culture Mix explores Puerto Rican culture, festivals, music, and the significance of the coquí frog, connecting the island with its diaspora.
May 27, 2025·1h 26m - 28
Entre santos, fiesta y fe: La religión en la cultura boricua
May 20, 2025·1h 33m - 29
Mamá, Met Gala y Gobierno: Desde el Daycare hasta la Pava de Bad Bunny
May 13, 2025·1h 31m - 30
Café, Cultura y Controversia: De la Mesa Boricua al Capitolio
The hosts of Boricua Culture Mix celebrate their 10th episode by discussing their experiences as podcasters, including attending a content creator's workshop and dividing responsibilities.
May 6, 2025·1h 10m - 31
Laughing Through the Struggle: Culture, Corruption, and Canciones
Apr 29, 2025·1h 20m - 32
Are You Boricua Enough? – Identity, Galletas Culturales & Flan de Coco
This episode explores Boricua identity and cultural traditions through a lively conversation with a special guest, touching on topics like family, food, and community in the diaspora.
Apr 22, 2025·1h 26m - 33
From Loíza to the Diaspora: Culture, Politics & Allyship
Apr 15, 2025·1h 21m - 34
Cuando la Música Te Hace Ver a Tus Padres Diferente
Apr 8, 2025·46m - 35
Música, Lectura y La Realidad Boricua
Apr 1, 2025·58m - 36
LA PURLAAA
Mar 25, 2025·54m - 37
De Aquí No Me Sacan!!!
The hosts of Boricua Culture Mix welcome listeners to episode three, emphasizing consistency for 2025 and sharing personal anecdotes about Wilma's special coffee ritual as a metaphor for cultural connection and selective sharing within the Puerto Rican diaspora.
Mar 18, 2025·47m - 38
Being Called Out!
Mar 16, 2025·49m - 39
Y Dónde tú eres/ Where you from?
Mar 4, 2025·38m