Hey everyone, welcome back to this highly anticipated episode of the Hand Me Down Podcast! Today Natalia & Alan are joined by a VERY special guest…*drumroll*...the remarkable & talented Christina Nieves! In this episode of the podcast, Natalia & Alan have very insightful conversations of queer Latina representation, as they learn about Christina’s journey into becoming a screenwriter, along with her impact on the HBO show Genera+ion (2021). But before they dive into that, the episode starts off with a check in where the three share their 2024 ins and outs. After revealing each othe ..read more

Hola! Somos Hand Me Down Podcast! Welcome back to another exciting episode. Can you say Hand Me Down? ??? As usual, Natalia & Alan start with a brief check in, where the two reflect on what’s going on in their lives. Then, Alan shares his thoughts on the new season of Love is Blind, while also discussing what he should do next with his hair. Then the two discuss the prankster cat that gave everyone a heart attack over the weekend! Natalia talks about her experience about going knuckles deep in on her Raising Cane’s and also expresses her excitement for the Lady Gaga x Fortnite collab. Afte ..read more

Helloooooo! Do y’all still remember us?After a brief hiatus & battling seasonal illnesses, Natalia & Alan are back!! So grab your snacks or your dinner, relax, and enjoy this silly episode of the podcast! First things first, our hosts catch up (cause it's been a minute) and share their experiences with weird Mexican remedies and Ash Wednesday. Then, Natalia discusses her recent Fortnite grind and how one can obtain more VBucks. Alan then talks about his recent discovery of the amount of childhood photos on his family’s computer. Later, the two discuss the lottery trend on Tik Tok and t ..read more

Welcome back to another episode of the Hand Me Down Podcast! This week we have a very special guest…*drumroll*...South East LA’s very own Chris Carmona! Join Natalia & Alan in learning about Chris’s journey to become an independent filmmaker as he shares his many experiences trying to break into Hollywood as a Latino. The episode starts off with a quick check in by everyone, followed by a quick lore deep dive about Chris, as he and Alan talk about how they met. Later, Chris shares his experience participating in Team Oscar, which granted him the opportunity to be a part of the 87th Academy ..read more

Welcome back to another VERY special episode of the Hand Me Down Podcast. Natalia and Alan are joined this week by… *drumroll*... the remarkable Los Brownies Podcast! Coming in from Santa Ana, CA, Cheeto, Joanna, and Jessica, join the HMD studio in a very silly, yet enlightening episode. Now a quick breakdown of what's on! This episode starts off with a quick introduction of our guests, followed by a check in of what's been going on with Los Brownies. Jessica talks about how her apartment got broken into, which trickles into everyone’s hand me down objects. Los Brownies then reflect on growing ..read more

Take it easy!!! Welcome back to another super fun and exciting episode of the podcast. So anyways, let’s get down to the nitty gritty. In this episode, Natalia and Alan share their weekend where they discuss the joy of taking pictures while doing fun activities with their friends. This conversation leads into the comeback of Y2k digital cameras, followed by an honest conversation about Tiktok shop, the credibility of the Bikini Bottom News Fish, and the universal fear of the world ending in 2012. The two also watch America Ferrera’s groundbreaking speech after being awarded the “See Her” Award ..read more

Hold on to your hat sailor! Join Natalia and Alan as they reflect on the relevance of hometown malls. Are they dying? Or have some started making a comeback? They then discuss the scary incident of the Alaska Airlines flight, followed by a small discussion of North Sea Tik Tok. Finally, the two have a conversation on the importance of seeing Chicana queer representation through the 2012 independent film Mosquita y Mari. They explore topics such as the need for more media depictions of intimacy between LGBTQ+ characters, the importance of having conversations around queerness, first gen and und ..read more

Happy 2024! We are thrilled to be starting the new year with all of you! For the first episode of the year Natalia and Alan take a little stroll down memory lane and revisit their Spotify (and Apple Music) wrapped and replays. They also discuss some of the movies that they watched in 2023 (Bottoms, Oppenheimer, Barbie, Elvis, and Speed Racer), weird list we know, please leave us alone. Finally they spend the majority of the episode discussing their most memorable parts of the year, month by month. Strap in because as always we never have enough time! Thank you for letting us be apart of your 2 ..read more

Hohoho! Join us today as we celebrate the holidays with the last episode of the year! We build gingerbread houses while talking about everything Christmas. During the second half we shift gears to finally review "Blue Beatle" (2023). Natalia and Alan then mention how 2023 has been a great year for Latino movies and then rank the ones that they have seen! You are not going to want to miss this extra long episode of the podcast! (If you will miss us over the holiday break, watch half of this episode and save the other for next week!) Reduce, reuse, recycle! We hope you all have a happy holidays ..read more

Have you seen the movie "Radical" (2023) starring Eugenio Derbez? Whether that answer is yes or no, join us as we review (spoiler free) and analyze this wonderful piece of film that will go down as one of the best movies of the year! Before all that goodness Natalia and Alan discuss job rejections and their thanksgiving weekends! Thank you for listening and enjoy the episode! Follow us on Instagram: The Hand Me Down Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/handmedownpod/ Alan: https://www.instagram.com/a.gallardork/ Natalia: https://www.instagram.com/nataliaadelgvdo/ Milena: https://www.instagram.c ..read more