Episode 14: Before He Was Cacique - a podcast by Timestorm and TRAX from PRX

The Ventura twins are sent to Guaynia, Borikén, in 1488 to carve the beat of three motherlands. They meet Aguey, a teen boy afraid to recite the Taíno creation tale at his village’s areíto.

EPISODE CREDITS

Written by Andrew Siañez-De La O

Additional writing, story, and direction by Dania Ramos

Audio engineering, sound design, and music by Michael Aquino

Episode art layout: M. Aquino; original image: shutterstock/Olha Turchenko

Leilany Figueroa as Alexa Ventura

Claudio Venancio as Beni Ventura

Orlando Segarra as Horacio Méndez

Alicia Rivas as Atabey

Luis Figueroa as Aguey

Joseph Respicio as Bana

Tanya Pérez as Bibi

Guest Musician: William Ruiz

Culture/Language Consultant: Candy Warixi Soto

Timestorm is produced by Cocotazo Media and is a proud member of TRAX from PRX. Support for TRAX comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional support from the Google Podcast creative program and our Patreon community - shoutout to our new patron SL Bowman!

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