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Summary
The Ventura twins are yanked into another dimension where they meet a distant cousin who gives them an extraordinary mission: travel through time to preserve their culture’s true history. Alexa and Beni visit three continents across the span of five centuries, meeting people who have left their mark on Puerto Rican heritage. In the twenty-first century, the twins navigate school, friendship, and family while keeping their time-traveling quests a secret.
Series Producers
Dania Ramos (Creator, showrunner, writer, director)
Michael Aquino (Audio engineer, sound designer, composer)
”In the Timestorm”
Music and performance by Michael Aquino; lyrics by M. Aquino and D. Ramos
Timestorm is produced by Cocotazo Media and is a proud member of TRAX from PRX. Support for TRAX comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional support comes from the PRX Google Podcasts creator program.
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Series art: Hispanic Legacy Studio
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Timestorm is produced in Essex County, New Jersey, which is situated on the traditional territory of the Leni Lenape people.
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About the Hosts
Dania Ramos
Series Creator / Head Writer / Showrunner
Dania Ramos is the series creator and head writer for Timestorm. She's also a playwright, teaching artist, and author of the children’s mystery series The 7th Grade Sleuths. DaniaRamos.com
Michael Aquino
Audio Engineer / Sound Designer / Composer
Michael Aquino is the audio engineer and composer for Timestorm. Michael has released two solo albums, Giants Will Fall (Cocotazo Music 2015) and City Stars (Cocotazo Music 2018). MichaelAquino.com
Reviews
...audio fiction with a mission, a fun kids' sci-fi show that embeds its Latinx history message in young-adult appropriate adventures. - Eve Batey, Inside Podcasting
The representation here is strong in creators and cast, as well as in the message it sends about histories that have been erased by colonization and oppression. - Elena Fernandez Collins, Discover Pods
...stories that scrap the lens of colonization, but never forget its effects, and celebrate Puerto Rican ancestral history. - Elena Fernandez Collins, The Bello Collective
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Timestorm Series Trailer
The Ventura twins travel through time to preserve Puerto Rico’s true history.
Trailer content written by Dania Ramos
Audio engineering, sound design, and original music by Michael …
Episode 1: The Storm
Alexa and Beni Ventura are yanked into a timestorm where they meet a distant cousin who gives them an extraordinary mission: travel through …