Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Hola Friends!
Revisiting this episode from 2024, our host Natalie Gonzalez and sound designer Adrian Villalobos plunge into the heart of the pop culture phenomenon known as Comic-Con, experiencing it through the eyes of its devoted fans in Tijuana who make the annual journey across the border to attend the convention in San Diego. Their experiences highlight how Comic-Con has become a cross-border celebration and an annual tradition for many fans in the Tijuana-San Diego region.
About Season 6 (kpbs.org/podcasts/port-of-entry/season-6-visionaries-and-shapers-of-the-borderlands)
Port of Entry has a fresh new season for you, with richer stories of our border region.
This season spotlights shapers and visionaries of the borderlands — people impacting the region, and in some cases the world, with their work and research.
From urbanism and architecture to education, and politics, to art and robotics, these stories explore the region’s most innovative voices.
Listen in and join us!
Social media and contact
From KPBS, Port of Entry tells cross-border stories that connect us. More stories at portofentrypod.org
Facebook: facebook.com/portofentrypodcast
Instagram: instagram.com/portofentrypod
Support our show at kpbs.org/donate. Search “Port of Entry” in the gifts section to get our sling bag as a thank-you gift.
If your business or nonprofit wants to sponsor our show, email corporatesupport@kpbs.org.
Text or call the Port of Entry team at 619-500-3197 anytime with questions or comments about the show, or email us at podcasts@kpbs.org.
Credits
Hosts: Alan Lilienthal and Natalie González
Writer/Producer: Julio C. Ortiz-Franco
Technical Producer/Sound Designer: Adrian Villalobos
Editor: Chrissy Nguyen
Episodes translated by: Natalie González and Julio C. Ortíz Franco
Director of Audio Programming and Operations: Lisa Morrisette
Hola Friends!
Revisiting this episode from 2024, our host Natalie Gonzalez and sound designer Adrian Villalobos plunge into the heart of the pop culture phenomenon known as Comic-Con, experiencing it through the eyes of its devoted fans in Tijuana who make the annual journey across the border to attend the convention in San Diego. Their experiences highlight how Comic-Con has become a cross-border celebration and an annual tradition for many fans in the Tijuana-San Diego region.
About Season 6 (kpbs.org/podcasts/port-of-entry/season-6-visionaries-and-shapers-of-the-borderlands)
Port of Entry has a fresh new season for you, with richer stories of our border region.
This season spotlights shapers and visionaries of the borderlands — people impacting the region, and in some cases the world, with their work and research.
From urbanism and architecture to education, and politics, to art and robotics, these stories explore the region’s most innovative voices.
Listen in and join us!
Social media and contact
From KPBS, Port of Entry tells cross-border stories that connect us. More stories at portofentrypod.org
Facebook: facebook.com/portofentrypodcast
Instagram: instagram.com/portofentrypod
Support our show at kpbs.org/donate. Search “Port of Entry” in the gifts section to get our sling bag as a thank-you gift.
If your business or nonprofit wants to sponsor our show, email corporatesupport@kpbs.org.
Text or call the Port of Entry team at 619-500-3197 anytime with questions or comments about the show, or email us at podcasts@kpbs.org.
Credits
Hosts: Alan Lilienthal and Natalie González
Writer/Producer: Julio C. Ortiz-Franco
Technical Producer/Sound Designer: Adrian Villalobos
Editor: Chrissy Nguyen
Episodes translated by: Natalie González and Julio C. Ortíz Franco
Director of Audio Programming and Operations: Lisa Morrisette
