The Persistence

The Persistence, hosted by Angélica Cordero, dives into the untold stories of people who’ve shaped history but rarely get the spotlight. Mixing bold personal stories, deep historical insights, and today’s fight for justice, each episode uncovers the connections between past movements and modern struggles. If you’re ready to see history through a fresh, intersectional lens, this is the podcast for you. obsessivelycurious.substack.com

The Persistence is a history podcast hosted by Angélica Cordero, with 30 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Angélica Cordero hosts The Persistence, a history show with 30 episodes published.

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  Episode #18

  Episode 18: Left in the cold, Kept in the Dark

  May 29, 202659 minS1

  <p>In the 1980s, America was sold a picture of recovery: morning light, trimmed lawns, rising confidence, and a country ready to feel good again.</p><p>But recovery has a frame. And outside that frame, people were already being asked to survive what the official story refused to see.</p><p>This episode of The Persistence looks at Reagan-era America, ACT UP, the community care networks, and the AIDS crisis as it moved from silence and stigma into public confrontation. From “personal responsibility” politics and the myth of deservingness, to the early framing of AIDS through stigma, to the rise...

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  The Persistence

  Episode 17: Now They Do What They Told Ya

  May 9, 202652 minS0

  <p>What do you do when the system publicly breaks in front of everyone… and then just keeps going?</p><p>In the early 1970s, America looked like it was restoring order. The protests of the 1960s had fractured public trust, televised violence had exposed deep cracks in American institutions, and “law and order” politics promised stability in return.</p><p>But the conflict never disappeared. It just changed location.</p><p>This episode of The Persistence traces the shift from public unrest to bureaucratic management, as social problems became increasingly reframed as crime, punishment, and individual failure. As the Contro...

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  Episode #16

  Episode 16: I See No Changes

  Apr 24, 202648 minS1

  <p>The late 1960s were supposed to be proof that things were working.</p><p>Civil rights legislation had passed. The language of progress was everywhere. On paper, it looked like the system had responded.</p><p>But on the ground?</p><p>That story didn’t hold.</p><p>This episode explores the turning point of the 1960s civil rights movement, where protests, policing, and public trust in American institutions began to shift.</p><p>From the Watts uprising to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., from student protests and occupations at Columbia University to the Chicano walkouts ac...

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  Episode 15: Strange You Never Knew

  Mar 27, 202640 minS0

  <p>In this episode of The Persistence, Angélica Cordero examines the breaking point of the 1960s, when the promises of the Civil Rights Movement collided with the reality of the Vietnam War, political violence, and a growing crisis of trust in American institutions.</p><p>By the mid-1960s, landmark legislation like the Civil Rights Act suggested progress. But on the ground, racial inequality, police violence, and economic injustice persisted. Then 1968 reshaped everything.</p><p>The Tet Offensive exposed the gap between government messaging and the reality of the Vietnam War. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while organizing f...

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  The Persistence

  Am I invisible 'cause you ignore me?

  Feb 6, 202622 minS0

  <p>In this minisode of The Persistence, Angélica Cordero takes a hard look at the phrase “If you see something, say something” and what it’s really taught us about staying quiet, staying safe, and staying out of it. From civic culture to everyday behavior, this episode breaks down how silence often gets framed as maturity or common sense—when in reality, it can protect power and delay change.</p><p>Through moments in history, civil rights struggles, and cultural flashpoints, Cordero shows how refusal, disruption, and non-cooperation have always been part of how progress actually happens. Silence doesn’t just happ...

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