{"podcast":{"title":"Espooky Tales","slug":"espooky-tales-1328270","podcast_index_feed_id":1328270,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5931957/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/espooky-tales","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1909201327b5d9b62a373baebfccb546.jpg","author":"Cristina Lumague","episode_count":288,"summary":"Latin American folklore, myths, legends, haunted places,true crime and espooky cuentos del rancho. Hear the stories you grew up with like La Llorona, as well as true stories from listeners and guests. Join twins, Cristina & Carmen (formerly MJ), every other Friday as they share these tales and have a few laughs. Stay espooky!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T12:17:41.350341+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/espooky-tales-1328270"},"episode":{"title":"The Dark Side of Cesar Chavez","slug":"the-dark-side-of-cesar-chavez","published_at":"2026-03-20T10:45:22+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/espooky-tales-1328270/the-dark-side-of-cesar-chavez","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/espooky-tales-1328270","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dark-side-of-cesar-chavez--70772732","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/clrtpod.com/m/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70772732/245finalmix.mp3","summary":"On 3/18, the NYT dropped its years-long investigation into Cesar Chavez, and in it, survivors told their stories for the first time. It revealed that he abused them when they were minors. In this episode, we share the new allegations, but also discuss a troubling past that involves anger issues, being controlling, the wet lines, his admiration for a cult leader, and more. sexual assault resources: https://doloreshuerta.org/sexual_assault_resources/ Historias Unknown: https://www.historiasunknown.com/ sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/cesar-chavez-sexual-abuse-allegations-ufw.html?smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/cesar-chavez-sexual-assault-allegations-takeaways.html?rsrc=flt&smid=url-share https://medium.com/@dolores_huerta/march-18-2026-e74c20430555 The Crusades of Cesar Chavez by Miriam Pawel https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/07/the-madness-of-cesar-chavez/308557/ https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/cesar-chavez-complicated-legacy-united-farm-workers-immigration/ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-29/cesar-chavez-problematic-miriam-pawel","meta_description":"On 3/18, the NYT dropped its years-long investigation into Cesar Chavez, and in it, survivors told their stories for the first time. It revealed that he a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4412,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/espooky-tales-1328270/episodes/the-dark-side-of-cesar-chavez/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/espooky-tales-1328270/the-dark-side-of-cesar-chavez.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}