Reader Steven Rodriguez writes&#8230; We are spending the next 2 months in MEXICO CITY and OAXACA documenting and working alongside the booming Mexican PIRATE/FREE RADIO scene. We are working hard with these collectives to produce a heavily illustrated bilingual guide titled WAVE MANUAL for constructing and maintaining free radio stations on either side of the…

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Professional punk and Editor-In-Chief for James Beard Award-winning L.A. TACO. Associate Producer for JBA-winning Las Crónicas Del Taco. Former restaurant scout for Jonathan Gold. Co-author of &#8220;Oaxaca: Home Cooking From the Heart of Mexico (2019, Abrams) and &#8220;Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling&#8221; (2023, Abrams).

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