Wine & Chisme

The Wine & Chisme is where meaningful conversations flow as freely as the wine. Host Jessica Yaรฑez creates an intimate space for professionals, artists, and changemakers from communities of color to share their unfiltered stories of career, love, and transformation.

Each week, guests "spill the wine" through authentic chisme (Spanish for gossip) on their own termsโ€”challenging narratives about whose voices deserve to be heard.

More than a podcast, it's a celebration of untold stories that builds bridges and creates lasting change.

Grab a glass and join the conversation every Wednesday. #WineAndChismeWednesday

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Aldina Vineyards with Francisco & Monica Lopez
The final virtual wine tasting from November 2020 features Aldina Vineyards. We brought Napa to the doors of several people across the nation as we hosted virtual wine tastings for the Mexican American Vintners Association (MAVA). This episode features brother and sister owners Francisco & Monica Lopez.
35 min
202
Llamas Family Wines with Oscar & Lola Llamas
In November 2020, we brought Napa to the doors of several people across the nation as we hosted virtual wine tastings for the Mexican American Vintners Association (MAVA). This episode features Oscar and Lola Llamas, the owners of Llamas Family Wines.
54 min
203
Herencia Del Valle Wines with Guillermo and Ang...
In November 2020, we brought Napa to the doors of several people across the nation as we hosted virtual wine tastings for the Mexican American Vintners Association (MAVA). This episode features Guillermo and Angelica Herrera of Herencia del Valle Wines.
54 min
204
The Honrama Cellars Story with Juan and Miriam ...
Juan and Miriam Puentes share the story of how Honrama Cellars was founded as we sip on their 2017 Pinot Noir during a virtual wine tasting of November 2020.
60 min
205
Bully Proof with Dali Rivera
Dali shares the work she does with schools, parents and organizations to identify if children are bullies or being bullied and the tools to help parents work through those behaviors with their children.
77 min
206
Publishing Latinx Voices with Norma Newton
Norma shares her journey from first generation Mexican to law school and becoming a practicing attorney and why she decided to pursue the formation of a publishing house highlighting Latinx stories.
53 min
207
Diversity in Film with Gianfranco Fernรกndez-Ruiz
Gianfranco discusses how storytelling should reflect more than stereotypes and how he works to bring stories of POC to life and breaking the rules.
70 min
208
Manifesting a Life That Loves You Back with San...
"Chica, Why Not?" author, Sandra Hinojosa Ludwig discusses how she went from working as a chemical engineer in the food industry to becoming an author and helping others manifest a life that loves them back.
79 min
209
The Evolution of Live Events in 2021 with Ghayd...
Ghayda shares how LIVE events have evolved since the pandemic and how to move forward
56 min
210
What is OnlyFans with Marcela Alonso
๐˜ฟ๐™„๐™Ž๐˜พ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™„๐™ˆ๐™€๐™: ๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ค๐™™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ช๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™™๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™๐™ฃ'๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ข๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง 18 ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ก๐™™. Marcela shares her story from teen mom to OnlyFans and what she looks forward to one her career in sex work is over.
62 min
211
Sports, Fitness & Self-Care with Samantha Ortiz
Samantha shares what drove her to be a fitness instructor, including her time as a college athlete and her father's health issues.
70 min
212
Redefining Professionalism with Pabel Martinez
Pabel and I discuss the intricacies of what defined as "professional" and how we can redefine that to include ALL people.
68 min
213
A Passion for Fashion and Surviving the Pandemi...
Lidia Ferrufino joins in and discusses coming here as an undocumented immigrant as a child, dropping out in high school and eventually finding her place and purpose in fashion.
77 min
214
Let's Talk About Sex with Ana Lopez
Sex Coach and podcast host, Ana Lopez joins me for a discussion on sex, culture and answers listener questions.
70 min
215
Perseverance, Laughter and TikTok Fame with Jen...
Jenny Solares, AKA "Sad Girl", shares what drove her social media usage and how the pandemic and a man on a skateboard inspired her most popular character "Sad Girl".
54 min
216
Finding Purpose Through Failure with Talia Lopez
Talia shares how health issues prevented her from her original dream of serving in the military to shifting her view and finding purpose through a series of "failures".
62 min
217
Latina Podcasters with Rita Bautista
Rita Bautista, Founder of Latina Podcasters Network shares what drove her to start the network and how Latines across the world are changing the podcast game.
47 min
218
Saved by Soccer with Lizzy Rivas
Lizzy Rivas share her journey as a child of teen parents and how soccer saved her life during some of the most difficult times.
63 min
219
Machismo and Toxic Masculinity with Mozo Cruz
Mozo Cruz shares how toxic masculinity, whether conscious or subconscious, played a part in his life and how he is works with himself, his kids and those around him to bring it to stop perpetuating it.
66 min
220
The Birth of Muchacha Coffee with Diana Hoyos
Founder and Owner of Muchacha Coffee, Diana Hoyos discusses her coffee journey. Her mission is to support female leadership by organizing and promoting women owned companies, through the entire coffee supply chain; from cultivation, exporting, importing, roasting to brand.
64 min
221
El Camino del Amor and Meditation with Yvonne H...
Yvonne Hernandez joins me and we chisme on everything from growing up in South Texas, long distance relationships and how she got into holistic healing.
64 min
222
Behind the Scissors and Helping the Homeless wi...
Joshua Santiago shares his story of growing up with addicts as parents, being in and out of jail from the age of 13 and how becoming a barber changed the trajectory of his life.
59 min
223
J Spills the Chisme
My friend Pam Covarrubias takes the reins and PUT ME into the hot seat as we discuss my journey to the podcast and what I'm looking forward to next.
71 min
224
Holding Brands Accountable with Kimberly Barnes
Kimberly Barnes shares why it's so important that we hold brands accountable, her journey into Veganism and being the first Black Woman to start a movement addressing food instability across the nation.
78 min
225
STEM, Social Justice and Other Hot Girl Sh*t wi...
Hair, wine, STEM and social justice. Aly Wood and I chisme on ALL the things in this episode.
74 min