SANTES a podcast for future ancestors
Episode 6: Lazarus Nance Letcher -
The Patron Saint of Fierce Protection and Respite
Image Description: Lazarus Letcher, a medium build light skinned Black trans masc with a short Black afro, wears a dark fuchsia and grey plaid flannel shirt. They sit relaxed in a wooden chair with their hands folded in their lap. They look off to the distance with a peaceful smile in their eyes.
A graphic of a brilliant halo lays behind Lazarus’s head over a gold leaf background.
Text: SANTES Featured Guest Lazarus Letcher
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Welcome to episode 6 of the SANTES Podcast! We are excited to share our conversation with Lazarus Letcher where they discuss the current erasure of trans history, how house decor turned out to be protective wards, and an ancestor story involving a horseback break for freedom.
Lazarus Nance Letcher is an artist and writer from the Midwest, now living on the ancestral and unceded Tiwa land in New Mexico. Lazarus is a string instrument player, primarily playing the viola, and a singer-songwriter. They are also a Ph.D. Candidate in American Studies with a focus on Black and Indigenous liberation and queer and trans studies. To learn more about their work check out their website, follow their band Eileen & the In-Betweens on Instagram @eileenandtheinbetweens, and check out the exhibit Stages of Tectonic Blackness, "Return to Blackdom" playing at the Tacoma Art Museum through March 2027 |
Episode 5: Tina Valentin Aguirre - Inspirational Sparks
Tina Valentin Aguirre, a genderqueer artist wearing a pink floral shirt on top of a t-shirt of a unicorn in front of a rainbow. Tina is smiling and wearing black cat eye glasses. The text above them reads “SANTES Featured Guest” and the bottom text reads “Tina Valentin Aguirre.”
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Cheers to episode 5 of the SANTES Podcast! In this episode, we talk with Tina Valentin Aguirre about queer history in San Francisco in the Mission and Castro districts, as well as their deep love and adoration for Teresita La Campesina.
Tina Valentin Aguirre is a pillar in the San Francisco Bay Area arts community. They moved to the Bay Area for college in 1986 where they found a vibrant queer Latinx community mobilizing against AIDS. Tina is also a published poet, arts curator, serves as the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District Director, and has also served as Chair of the Board of Directors for the GLBT Historical Society. You can follow Tina’s work on Instagram @tinalatinasf or on Facebook at Tina V. Aguirre. Don’t forget to check out their exhibit “Conjuring Power: Queer and Trans Movements Roots and Futures” at YBCA on display March 13 - August 23, 2026! |
Episode 4: Gerard Miller - The Patron Saint of Spiritual Reflection
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We hope you’re ready for episode 4 of the SANTES Podcast! In this episode, we talk with Gerard Miller about recovering lineages of ancestry, when to call upon ancestors, and how to reconnect for folks who have had their ancestors taken from them.
Gerard Miller is a Black, non-binary, queer community educator & aspiring Ancestor, as well as a co-founder and member of the Seattle Hoodoo Society. They are a child of Baltimore with deep roots in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and northern North Carolina, on a journey to reclaim their legacy as a Sacred Other. Working with plant medicine, birthwork, movement, and storykeeping/-telling; they hope to integrate the parts of the 7-pointed star: the World Above, the World Beneath, the World Around Us, and the World Within. You can follow their work on their website www.altaredroots.com or on social media on Facebook/Instagram @altared.roots Listen and subscribe! ♥️ |
Episode 3: Joss Barton - The Patron Saint of Filthy Queer Joy
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Welcome to episode 3 of the SANTES Podcast! In this episode, we talk with Joss Barton about her ancestor Patrick Haggerty of Lavender Country, the divine dance floor, and how to invoke her when she becomes a future ancestor. *We recorded this episode in October of 2025.
Joss Barton is a writer, journalist, and spoken word performance artist exploring and documenting queer and trans* life, love, and liberation. Her work blends femme-fever dreams over the soundtrack of the American nightmare. You can check out her work on IG @ganjacum_ Her next book of poetry Goodbye to a Dream Believed! will be published by FuturePoem by Fall of 2026. Listen and subscribe! ♥️ Update: Thanks for your patience, everyone! We're back up and running with the fixed episode on all platforms! |
Episode 2: Roberto Fatal - The Patron Saint of Spiritual Artistry
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In our second SANTES episode, we have a lively conversation with filmmaker Roberto Fatal talking about honoring our indigenous roots, reclaiming memory, and the power of dreaming and creativity.
Roberto Fatal is a Meztize Chicana filmmaker and storyteller. Their Queer, gender fluid, Mestize/Mixed identity informs the sci-fi films they make and their work centers on humans who sit at the intersections of time, space, and culture. You can follow their work on IG @roberto_fatal, their writings on Substack @RobertoFatal, and check out their films on their website www.robertofatal.com. |
Episode 1: KB Boyce - The Patron Saint of Just Keep Going
Image description: KB Boyce, a Black man of trans experience stands proudly with his tattooed arms crossed and a confident and playful sneer.
Text: SANTES (in gold leaf) featured guest KB Boyce
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In our first episode of SANTES, we chat with KB Boyce about their team of ancestors, his love of music, and the ongoing legacy of Bay Area artists.
KB Boyce is the Co-Founder, Co-Director of Queer Rebel Productions, showcasing QTBIPOC artists. Connecting generations & genres. Honoring our Queer legacies with visionary art for the future. Since 2008. |
Trailer: Welcome to the SANTES Podcast
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Hosts Luna Merbruja and StormMiguel Florez chat with trans and queer BIPOC artists and activists about ancestor work, becoming ancestors, and other sweet and morbid things.
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