In this bonus episode, Emmy answers questions from listeners. She shares her thoughts about identity, her transition, and the latest in her love life. CONTENT WARNING: This podcast has content that may not be appropriate for all audiences. You'll hear about some difficult subjects like drug abuse, domestic violence, suicidal thoughts, and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.RESOURCES: There’s a lot of difficult subjects that we cover in this show. If you or someone you know needs...

Monica and Emmy have been friends since high school. And Monica was the first person Emmy told about her transition. In this bonus episode, they'll discuss Emmy's life and family.CONTENT WARNING: This podcast has content that may not be appropriate for all audiences. You'll hear about some difficult subjects like drug abuse, domestic violence, suicidal thoughts, and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.RESOURCES: There’s a lot of difficult subjects that we cover in this show. If you...

Emmy was a sibling and then a parent to Andrea, her younger sister. In this bonus episode, Emmy sits down with Andrea to reflect on their mom, Emmy's time as a parent, her addiction, and their family.CONTENT WARNING: This podcast has content that may not be appropriate for all audiences. You'll hear about some difficult subjects like drug abuse, domestic violence, suicidal thoughts, and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.RESOURCES: There’s a lot of difficult subjects that we cover...

Emmy decides to reach back out to Hilda. She doesn't expect her to get clean. But a sudden death in the family is the catalyst that drives Hilda to change.CONTENT WARNING: This podcast has content that may not be appropriate for all audiences. You'll hear about some difficult subjects like drug abuse, domestic violence, suicidal thoughts, and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.RESOURCES: There’s a lot of difficult subjects that we cover in this show. If you or someone you know...

Emmy is under a lot of pressure, and she starts partying to let off steam. Then she starts partying more - and more. Soon, she realizes she has a lot more in common with her mom than she'd care to admit.CONTENT WARNING: This podcast has content that may not be appropriate for all audiences. You'll hear about some difficult subjects like drug abuse, domestic violence, suicidal thoughts, and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.RESOURCES: There’s a lot of difficult subjects that we...

Things have gotten really bad with Emmy's family. She's trying to stay away, but now, her siblings are at risk. So she decides to get involved again - to save her family.CONTENT WARNING: This podcast has content that may not be appropriate for all audiences. You'll hear about some difficult subjects like drug abuse, domestic violence, suicidal thoughts, and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.RESOURCES: There’s a lot of difficult subjects that we cover in this show. If you or...

Having spent all the family's money, Hilda ends up with her kids in a roach-filled motel. Emmy is tired of the chaos, and she starts to distance herself from the family.CONTENT WARNING: This podcast has content that may not be appropriate for all audiences. You'll hear about some difficult subjects like drug abuse, domestic violence, suicidal thoughts, and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.RESOURCES: There’s a lot of difficult subjects that we cover in this show. If you or...

Hilda's addiction really takes off. With Emmy along for the ride, she's frequenting a Mexican restaurant along the border that's home to junkies and hustlers like her. There, she meets the love of her life.CONTENT WARNING: This podcast has content that may not be appropriate for all audiences. You'll hear about some difficult subjects like drug abuse, domestic violence, suicidal thoughts, and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.RESOURCES: There’s a lot of difficult subjects that we...

Freshly divorced, Hilda begins a string of relationships - including one that brings her and Emmy to a Mormon farm in rural Utah.CONTENT WARNING: This podcast has content that may not be appropriate for all audiences. You'll hear about some difficult subjects like drug abuse, domestic violence, suicidal thoughts, and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.RESOURCES: There’s a lot of difficult subjects that we cover in this show. If you or someone you know needs help - you can reach...

Emmy briefly disappeared as a kid. In trying to figure out what happened, she uncovers something else: the ongoing battle between the two women that raised her.CONTENT WARNING: This podcast has content that may not be appropriate for all audiences. You'll hear about some difficult subjects like drug abuse, domestic violence, suicidal thoughts, and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.RESOURCES: There’s a lot of difficult subjects that we cover in this show. If you or someone you...

Young love feels like it'll last forever - until it doesn't. Emmy and Hilda unpack the end of her marriage to Neto, and the beginning of a new love.CONTENT WARNING: This podcast has content that may not be appropriate for all audiences. You'll hear about some difficult subjects like drug abuse, domestic violence, suicidal thoughts, and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.RESOURCES: There’s a lot of difficult subjects that we cover in this show. If you or someone you know needs help...

Hilda didn't exactly have a conventional childhood. Her mom worked for a Mexican drug cartel, after all. So Emmy and Hilda talk about Mami Licha's life - and how she came from humble beginnings in Mexico to end up as the family matriarch who shaped their lives.CONTENT WARNING: This podcast has content that may not be appropriate for all audiences. You'll hear about some difficult subjects like drug abuse, domestic violence, suicidal thoughts, and sexual assault. Listener discretion is...

To better understand her own story, Emmy Olea is bringing in her mom. And they're going to start at the beginning: Emmy's birth, and how Hilda fell in love with a cholo from the other side of town and thought her life was about to change for the better.CONTENT WARNING: This podcast has content that may not be appropriate for all audiences. You'll hear about some difficult subjects like drug abuse, domestic violence, suicidal thoughts, and sexual assault. Listener discretion is...

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Becoming an Icon chronicles the lives of Latinx artists who have left an indelible mark through the sustained brilliance of their careers. This podcast brings you an exploration of various genre-defining stars, like Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny and more, whose talent is so memorable that they surpass mere performers and ascend to the iconic level. Here, we chart the paths and trails these unique artists have blazed on their way to global fame. Listen here and subscribe to Becoming an...

Adelita Paz is a superstar in the Tejano music world, who gives up the security of her established career, fan base, and brand, to attempt what few Latin music performers have accomplished - becoming a crossover star. But Adelita’s story is not just about a music idol on her way to becoming an even bigger star. It is also about family – the one you are born into and the one you are sometimes forced to create. It is about love and desire, loyalty and betrayal. It is about trusting your...

En la vida y en el amor todo es perfecto hasta que no lo es. Emmy repasa dos días en su vida - uno con un novio, y otro con su familia - en el que el mundo se le vino abajo. ¿Podrá Emmy escribir el final perfecto? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zach es el hombre de los sueños de Emmy, hasta que él hace un comentario que la hace dudar de si misma. Conocer gente online y ser fetichizada ha cambiado la manera en la que Emmy se relaciona. El hombre con el que va a una cita prometedora, desaparece.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emmy sale con alguien que se interesa por ella y se da cuenta que su adicción por la atención viene de un lugar muy específico.  Adam ama una versión de Emmy, pero quiere que ella esconda todo lo demás. Desafortunadamente, Emmy está acostumbrada a esconderse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

En su primera relación después de su transición, Emmy aprende que los celos no son sinónimo de amor, y que lo que presenció cuando era niña no es buen ejemplo de lo que debe ser el amor romántico.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emmy sits down with her best friend Dayna and looks back on how they met in recovery, her coming-out as trans, the challenges of dating as a sober person — and the challenges of exploring all these experiences, publicly through a podcast, during a pandemic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emmy and Hilda discuss two of the people who had the biggest impact on both their lives — Kiko and Mami Licha — and unearth the root causes of cycles of violence and addiction in their lives. They then reflect on their paths to recovery, and the renewed bond that was built along the way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emmy and her mother Hilda revisit some of Emmy’s most formative childhood memories, from San Diego to Guadalajara and back. Hearing these stories from her mother’s perspective, Emmy finds that she and her mother are connected not only through the shared struggle of addiction, but through loss.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everything is perfect until it isn’t. Can Emmy write her perfect ending?