Xorje Olivares

San Francisco

Host and Senior Producer at KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA)

Queer Latinx host of Hyphenación from @KQED Studios | Then: @SiriusXM @LemonadaMedia | Opinions = mine

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Articles

Am I Bilingual Enough?

4 days ago | flipboard.com | Xorje Olivares

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Am I Bilingual Enough?

4 days ago | kqed.org | Xorje Olivares

Episode TranscriptThis is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors. Xorje Olivares: I’m giving you two seconds to tell me how to say the word grapefruit in Spanish. Alright, guess the one. Now, the correct answer, at least the one I know, is toronja. But the judges here are telling me that we’re also accepting pomelo. So if you said either one of those two, felicidades, te debo unos cancitos.
What’s Life Really Like on the US-Mexico Border?

1 week ago | kqed.org | Xorje Olivares

Episode TranscriptThis is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors. Xorje Olivares, Host: So it turns out that JD Vance and I have something in common. We both paid a visit to my hometown on the Texas-Mexico border earlier this year. Surprise! Now the VP was in Eagle Pass doing the kind of political parade that my neighbors and I had seen for years.
Do Latinos Still Believe in the American Dream?

2 weeks ago | kqed.org | Xorje Olivares

Episode TranscriptThis is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors. Xorje Olivares: Ah, the American dream. How we’ve heard of her for generations. Well, I should say versions of her, because this is the version that I grew up with. Well for starters, I’d be a homeowner. I’m thinking a spacious three-bedroom, two-bathroom in a nice neighborhood with some killer curb appeal.
Where Is Our Faith Taking Us?

3 weeks ago | kqed.org | Xorje Olivares

Episode TranscriptThis is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors. Xorje Olivares, Host: Y’all, the Walter Mercado candles WORKED. We have a new pope!! Which still feels a little weird to say. Que en paz descanse Papa Francisco. But on May 8th, the papal conclave elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the Catholic Church’s new leader.
Am I a Prude for Choosing Monogamy?

1 month ago | kqed.org | Xorje Olivares

Episode TranscriptThis is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors. Xorje Olivares: I know we’re only just now starting to get to know each other, but there’s something about me you have to know. And believe me, once I tell you, you’re probably going to look at me in a completely different light. Which is a risk I’m willing to take if it means standing in my truth. Ok. Here it goes: I – Xorje Andrés Olivares Urbina – am an aggressive monogamist.
Papeles: What Does U.S. Citizenship Mean Today?

1 month ago | kqed.org | Xorje Olivares

Episode TranscriptThis is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors. Xorje Olivares, Host: You know, I’ve probably been asked more than 1,000 times if I’m a U.S. citizen, and that’s not even an exaggeration. Growing up in a town along the U.S.-Mexico border, I constantly had to verify my documentation status and citizenship to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents. And to be clear, this wasn’t even when we were crossing the border.
Caregiving: Balancing Joy and Sacrifice

1 month ago | kqed.org | Xorje Olivares

Episode TranscriptThis is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors. Xorje Olivares, Host: Let’s say in the next couple of minutes you were to get a phone call from, I don’t know, your sister, and she says something’s wrong with mom. They don’t quite know what it is, but just to be safe, they’re gonna take her to the emergency room. Now, maybe you’re like me and you live thousands of miles away from your immediate family.
Who Gets to Be Latino?

1 month ago | kqed.org | Xorje Olivares

Failed to save articlePlease try againHost Xorje Olivares (Photo by Alex Tran)View the full episode transcript. There’s been much debate amongst Latinos about the proper term to use when addressing the community at large. Who exactly is included in the word Latino? Who is left out of their own demographic based on appearances or perceptions?
Adorned: Host Marisol Medina-Cadena Exits Her Flop Era

Aug 31, 2023 | kqed.org | Marisol Medina-Cadena |Xorje Olivares

Episode Transcript[Music]Xorje Olivares: Hey there. I’m Xorje Olivares and you may have heard my name over the past few weeks because I have been producing this wonderful Adorned series that Rightnowish has been doing this whole summer. And you’ve heard the main producer of the show, Marisol Medina-Cadena go on this journey to figure out all the different definitions of adornment that she can ascribe to herself.