Green Chili Chisme

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Georgina Lightning — filmmaker, storyteller, and truth‑bearer.

Georgina was one of the first voices we captured on Green Chili Chisme, and her presence reminded us why we do this: to record the stories of artists who might otherwise go unheard. She spoke with courage, humor, and heart — sharing her journey as a First Nations creator who used film ...

Lexi Baca has lived her entire life on set — literally. Growing up in California, she remembers being five years old on film sets, watching the magic happen, and never once stepping away from it. With over 200 IMDb acting credits, she credits the spark to her aunt, the person who first opened the door to the world she now calls home.

A second‑generation American, Lexi shares her family’s journey, including her grandmoth...

Twelve years. That’s how long it’s been since I last saw Shy Pilgreen — and the second she opened her mouth, it felt like no time had passed at all.

The giggle. The “y’all.” The Alabama sunshine in her voice. The way we slipped right back into calling each other “dude.”

This episode is pure chemistry, pure joy, and pure GCC energy from the moment she says “Hi! Can you hear me?&r...

Bull Diego Avello steps into Desert Rose Studios for a raw, electric conversation about music, identity, and the long road of becoming. Armed with his Gibson ES‑335 and a lifetime of stories, Bull opens up about the grind, the glory, and the grit that shaped him into a true Rock and Roll Avenger.

This Legacy Project episode dives into the crossroads of culture, sound, and survival — from the early days of chasing riffs to the...

This episode opens with something truly rare: an unreleased performance of “You’re Cheatin’ Heart” by Dr. Patsy Torres herself. And from there… it only gets better.

I sat down with Patsy to talk about the life behind the legacy — from her earliest memories of her grandmother’s cinnamon‑and‑egg bottles, to choosing the trumpet from her grandfather’s closet, to accidentally becoming a ...

Skunk is on the pod this week. He shows up with a snowy background, runs through a whole litany of names, and before we even start he’s already faking me out.

From there it gets wild:

• He’s flying to Europe THIS WEEKEND for a Battle of the Bands finals showdown

• Grew up like Conan O’Brien was his dad

• His real dad tried to name him after the American Civil War

• His grandad designed military installations i...

In one of the most emotional episodes of Green Chili Chisme to date, host Dave Pedraza sits down with Gil Jimenez, son of the legendary Flaco Jimenez, for a conversation that spans four generations of musical lineage, cultural weight, and the emotional cost of carrying a dynasty.

The episode opens with both men unexpectedly breaking down as Dave shares how Flaco became the pillar of DB Media — from the Tardeada Music Festival...

Some episodes stay on the rails. This one… absolutely did not.

From the moment we said hello, Natasha and I were talking tacos, tequila, spirit guides, cooking, Europe, Hendrix, Joplin, and the left turn that will take her into Texas this summer.

We talk childhood, culture, film sets, touring, and the music that shaped her — and then she hits me with a brand new song, performed live, for the first time ever, right...

This week’s Green Chili Chisme guest is former DCCW Champion Solrac Thunder — and this conversation goes deep. We talk about him losing his dad at four, being raised by his mom and grandparents in Los Lunas, and how wrestling became the place where performance and identity finally clicked.

We dive into NWA territory roots, the Guerreros, the Romeros, and what it means to carry a legacy in the ring. A powerful, honest ep...

Albuquerque’s own Hobo Hank breaks down his journey from backyard dreams to the big leagues. Hear how Ernest “The Animal” Baca trained him, how the Hobo Hank gimmick came to life, and what it was like sharing locker rooms with Tommy Dreamer, Bret Hart, Kurt Hennig, Bubba Ray, and the Guerreros. Plus — Hank talks money, promotions, and what it really takes to run DCCW as one of its co-owners. Wrestling fans, ...

Released in sync with Ron Franscell’s new novel, Deep End

This episode of Green Chili Chisme drops in perfect sync with the release of Ron Franscell’s new novel, Deep End: A Deaf Row Mystery — a timing we didn’t plan but absolutely leaned into on‑air.

What starts as a conversation about his book becomes something far deeper: a raw, unexpected meditation on fear, lineage, and the stories that keep us alive.

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In this sweeping, deeply personal conversation, legendary drummer Ernie Durawa takes us through a lifetime shaped by rhythm, resilience, and destiny. Raised behind his aunt’s San Antonio bar after losing his mother as a toddler, Ernie spent his earliest years falling asleep to conjunto music — a soundtrack that would define his life.

By 17, he was already playing with giants: Spot Barnett, John Lee Hooker, and Big ...

From Guanajuato to the South Side of San Antonio, former Mrs. San Antonio Emilce Goreti Ferreira has been writing her own story since she was a kid — even before she knew she was a storyteller.

She grew up where you smell BBQ in the air and hear music on every block. A young mother who pushed through judgmental pageant rooms, she eventually became Mrs. San Antonio, then stepped into print work, music videos, films, and even a...

When Henry Gomez was ten years old, he joined his cousin, his brother, and a friend to form The Starlights — his first band. But the real story? He learned guitar by spying on his brother’s lessons from behind a bush, then sneaking in to practice when nobody was looking.

That’s the kind of origin story you can’t make up.

In today’s episode, we go from those early days all the way to Selena, Chris Pérez...

Born in Scotland and raised in Darby, filmmaker Mollie Leivars grew up in a working‑class family with deep roots — she still has all her grandparents and great‑grandparents in her life. School was never easy; anxiety pushed her out of the classroom and into homeschooling long before it was common. But at home, something else took shape. Her mother introduced her to film, and Mollie began putting on shows for her family before...

Robert LaRoche’s story begins in the paper mill town of Holyoke, Massachusetts, where music filled the house thanks to older siblings and a grandfather who immigrated from Canada. By twelve he had a guitar in his hands, and by fifteen he was earning money playing the songs that shaped him — especially the harmonies of The Everly Brothers, his lifelong influence.

In the late ’80s, Robert formed The Sighs, a ba...

Born on the Isle of Skye, Rona Walters was raised by her grandfather from age three to fourteen — a man who enrolled her in ballet before she could even understand what discipline meant. By four, she was already in a ballet club, dancing with a seriousness most adults never find. She stayed there until fourteen, when her life shifted dramatically.

She was moved into a private school and forced to negotiate for every moment sh...

Season 2 opens with a conversation that feels less like an interview and more like two West Side kids catching up after a lifetime of living. We sit down with filmmaker, engineer, actor, and San Antonio original Jay Pennington, a man who grew up literally one street over from the Pedraza family. The episode begins where all great stories do — with bikes, cracked pavement, and a childhood fishing hole Jay revisits fifty years ...