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      After watching BBC's "Lost Kingdoms of Central America," and reading an article titled "La Venta," by Rebecca Gonzalez, us as the audience have gotten lots of information on the Mesoamericans and their history and background.       The Youtube video is about Jacob Cooper, an archaeologist, who explores the rise and fall of the forgotten civilizations. He travels to where the Olmecs settlement used to be thousands of years ago. Cooper talks about the Olmecs and how "no other emerging mesoamerican civilization had an elite class as privileged as the Olmec rulers (Cooper 12:40 - 13:30).  A map of Mesoamerica An Olmec head (One of the 17 heads) The Olmecs and the resources needed to survive      Also on the topic of the Olmecs was the article, which stated that "the s ocio-political organization of the La Venta Olmec has not been clearly defined. It is apparent that this society comprised an elite sector, a wide range of spe...

     In his interview, Erik Rodriguez explains his past, and how only a few years ago he was a medical school student. Fast forward to now, he is an Afro-Cuban artist who made it into Billboard's "Top 10 Latin Artists to Watch." Erik goes on to explain about how someone who had never thought about music before found the confidence to listen to himself and pursue a different career. Listen to the podcast here.  https://www.capradio.org/news/latino-usa/ Artist Cimafunk (via. Agencia EFE)      I really liked this topic, because I personally make music with my friends and it was a big piece of inspiration to me. Although it was very hard, but motivating to hear about someone dropping out of school, but still making a Billboard chart, as that is one of my goals in life. The radio show covered almost everything, from his past life, to medical school experience, to now him becoming Cimafunk and how his life has drastically changed.      As Hall...