1 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: Look at Our Radio is a radiophonic novela, which is 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 1: just a very extra way of saying a podcast. I'm 3 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:14,239 Speaker 1: theos f M and I am Malays. Local Radio is 4 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 1: your free, must favorite podcast hosted by us Mala and Theosa, 5 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 1: where two I G friends turned podcast partners, breaking down 6 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: of pop culture, feminism, sexual wellness, and offering fresh pikes 7 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: on stending topics through nuanced interviews with up and coming 8 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: lat Next creatives known as Las Locals, Las Mammy, Submit 9 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: and Bullshits, Next Store and Last. We've been podcasting independently 10 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:47,240 Speaker 1: since and we're bringing our radiophonic novela to the Mikeikura 11 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: Network to continue sharing stories from the Latin Next community. 12 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: Welcome to Local Radio Season seven, Take us to your network. 13 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: Oh La La Locomotive, Welcome back to season seven of 14 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: Local Radio. We are your hosts. I'm Malamu and and 15 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: we're so excited to be back. This is absolutely a 16 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: weekly show now. For the past few years we were 17 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: kind of a weekly show. We just didn't put our 18 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: episodes every week. But we're network girls now, so we've 19 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 1: got to be on schedule and on time. So here 20 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: we are reporting for duty with another episode of our 21 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: radiophonic novella. So thank you for tuning in. We are 22 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 1: contractually a weekly show now, so thank you Michael for 23 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: the accountability. I'm so excited. We got this, We got 24 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: this era. It's a new day. And we launched this 25 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 1: new era with a gorgeous, fabulous, breathtaking, dream like dinner 26 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: that Michael Duda, I Heart and Word Agency put together 27 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: for us. We felt like princesses the bells of the 28 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: ball and it took place at nottvo in Highland Park, 29 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: a Latino owned restaurant. Yeah, it was such a beautiful evening. 30 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: Thank you so much Word Agency for really seeing us 31 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,559 Speaker 1: and ringing everything that we've done over the last six 32 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: years to life. There were some beautiful posters that they 33 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: had made of all of our season visuals. They had 34 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 1: a beautiful bouquet station where all of our guests for 35 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: the evening took bouquet's home. Nauticals were taken, Okay, just 36 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: the bouquet. There was a beautiful three sixty photo booth, 37 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: a beautiful wall like with like what are those called? 38 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: There was foliage, there was strawberry foliage. It was it 39 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 1: was a backdrop wall like one of those the Instagram 40 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: no bow walls. It was beautiful and it was just 41 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: overall a really lovely evening. We had a sobrit Missa 42 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 1: which will be playing at some point either on this 43 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: episode or in a coming episode. We just had like 44 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 1: a bunch of friends, family community podcasters. They're like to 45 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: talk about Latinos, Latinos in media and entertainment representation, folks 46 00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:00,519 Speaker 1: like La La Romero of Belladonna, Eric Galindo, Patty Red Driguez, 47 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,799 Speaker 1: Melina Bobadilla, And it was really cool to hear all 48 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: of their different perspectives from their various like places in 49 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: the industry. And um, we're excited for you to hear 50 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: part of that conversation, so we'll play you some clips. 51 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,359 Speaker 1: It was also such a great evening just hearing how 52 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: great we are and how much people love us. Yeah, 53 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: that's always fun. That's always fun. Yeah, all in one place. 54 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: Usually it's a d M here, a comment there, you know, 55 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 1: a passing, you know, accolade. But for it to be 56 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: a focus, dedicated love fest for local with a budget, 57 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: honey O King, Yeah, we have. We definitely have a 58 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: collective praise King. I love being told I'm a good girl. 59 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: And I'm doing a great job. It's my favorite. Yeah. 60 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: I love words of affirmation. So I was like, living, 61 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: we love a pluses and gold stars. It's true. Yeah, 62 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: like we do extra credit. We were we were those 63 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: girls girls credit all the time. No one asked us 64 00:03:58,280 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: to do half the things that we do and we 65 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: do anyway. Yeah, with a smile. So in other news, also, 66 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: we want to thank Johnny Walker and iPhone Women for 67 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 1: granting us a ten dollar grant. It was honestly out 68 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: of for us, like a surprise and somewhat out of nowhere. 69 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: We've worked with iPhone Women in the past. If y'all 70 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 1: remember we fundraised. We crowdfunded with them to launch look 71 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: at our productions, and we got this email from them 72 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago and we're like the email 73 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: was like, please read all caps. We're giving you a 74 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: grant from Johnny Walker and iPhone Women. And I like 75 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,559 Speaker 1: called Mala right away and I was like, this looks legit. 76 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 1: What do we do? Like, oh my god, because we 77 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: don't apply for anything, but because we're in the iPhone 78 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 1: Women's circle, like in the network, they have had their 79 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 1: eye on us. And we were also presented with we 80 00:04:54,520 --> 00:05:00,840 Speaker 1: were presented the grant by none other than Sophia Bush. 81 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: There are a lot of die hard Sofia Bush fans 82 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 1: out there, especially if you're like kind of local to 83 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: l A. If you remember One Tree Hill, if you 84 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: watch Chicago Fire, John Tucker must die, John Tucker Must die. 85 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: I mean, the list goes on and on. She is 86 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: an iconic s t V queen. She was a Rose 87 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:22,840 Speaker 1: Parade queen back in what shout out San Gabriel Valley. 88 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: We love a Pasadena girl. We love a San Gabriel 89 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: Valley girl. We do we do. So she's the One 90 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: Tree Rose Parade Queen, and she presented us with a 91 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 1: ten thousand dollar novelty check essentially. And what's so exciting 92 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: about this is this is really only a year after 93 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: launching look at that our productions. Now, with the help 94 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: of this grant, Thank you Johnny Walker and Sophia Bush 95 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 1: and I Fund Women, we are now working on taking 96 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 1: things to the next level and upgrading our tech, upgrading 97 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: our microphones, and building out a physical studio space for 98 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: us to record not only our projects, but I don't know, 99 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: maybe others, maybe a variety of projects in the future. 100 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 1: So you know, we're always scheming and planning on something, 101 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 1: so this grant is like a really big step towards 102 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: making that goal possible. Yeah, and with that, we've actually 103 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: reopened our iPhone women campaign. We are asking for an 104 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 1: additional five thousand to meet our goal. So if you 105 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: feel so moved to contribute or you want to send 106 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: to a rich friend, you are more than welcome to 107 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: do that. Head to the show notes for more info. Yes, 108 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:32,159 Speaker 1: we're at I fund Women dot com. We've got a 109 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 1: whole campaign page up which explains what we're working on 110 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 1: and what we've accomplished since launching Look at Thought our Productions, 111 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: and we have accomplished quite a bit. I have to say. 112 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: We're really just a small two person team. And since then, 113 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 1: we we're in Times Square for Spotify's Hispanic heritagement and 114 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: I mean like our faces, you guys, like big images 115 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: of our faces in the middle of Times Square. What else? 116 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: I launched a podcast, asked our first look I Thought 117 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: our Productions original. It's called Mighty one, a podcast for potheads. 118 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: That's been very fun. Yes, I launched a project. We 119 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: launched a book club under Patreon. We have been in 120 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: existence for over a year now. We read books by 121 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: Latin x poc authors. It's a great time. You can 122 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 1: join us by heading to patreon dot com. Slash Dash 123 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: Productions accomplished so much, so much, and this this is like, 124 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: this is the pivotal moment. You know, we're with my Heart, 125 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: were with Michel dur Now and so and we're a 126 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: weekly show and so this is definitely like one of 127 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: the biggest things. And today we're going to bring you 128 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: some kind of fresh topics, some trending topics for us, 129 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: and we're recording this is like just happened. And when 130 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: you hear this episode, maybe a little bit later for you, 131 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: but we still think it's worth talking about because there's 132 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: there's a lot going on on the timeline this week. 133 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: There's a lot and you know, it may not be 134 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: the healthiest thing for us, but the also and I 135 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: definitely wake up and immediately checked Twitter. I'm trying to 136 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: break that habit, but it's been it's been years, and 137 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: it's years of conditioning my psyche to like reach for 138 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: my phone and now to undo it and unlearned. It's hard. 139 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: It's hard. I try sometimes I like will charge my 140 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: phone in the other room, but once I get out 141 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: of my bed and grab my phone that I'm on Twitter. 142 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: That's it. It's horrible. For a while I was doing 143 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: the like timed apps, so like you're not allowed to, 144 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 1: but it's manual, so it's like I can just exit 145 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: out of it if I want to, you know what 146 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: I mean, I can let myself into the app. It 147 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: does take a little step so that I have a 148 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 1: little more conscious of like girl, shoot, you'll be doing 149 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: that right now. But then I've removed it and I 150 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: never put it back, so you know, stay tuned next episode, 151 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 1: I will have it back. Yeah. Yeah, it's an ongoing 152 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: battle to an ongoing struggle. But we inform ourselves so 153 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: much off of Twitter, Like there's really breaking news on there, 154 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: so we're going to bring some of that to you today. 155 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: And I also think it's fascinating because we do not 156 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: all have the same Twitter timeline. Like I'll talk to 157 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: a white man and that things that are trending on 158 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: his timeline are so vastly different than what's trending on mine, 159 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: and I'm like different worlds here. So we're going to 160 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: talk to you about what wor seeing. I mean, not 161 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: to go on a tangent too much or really steer 162 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: away from the conversation, so I'll just say this and 163 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: then we can move on. I still don't know what 164 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:21,559 Speaker 1: happened with Olivia Wilds and Harry's like and I it 165 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 1: kind of it did come up on my timeline, but 166 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 1: it felt like one of those things like I actually 167 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: don't want to know, right, don't worry, darlings. Yeah, and 168 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: I'm going to keep scrolling. So if anyone would like 169 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: to break it down for me, by all means, but 170 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 1: I also don't care to know, and so don't tell me. Yeah, 171 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: it's my very loose understanding. I try to don't tell me. 172 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: I just told you not to tell me. We're not 173 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: going to taint this episode with that very plebeian drama 174 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 1: Harry Styles and Florence Fuge. It's very beneath us over 175 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: here at look, I thought our radio. So we're not 176 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 1: going to bother with such things. We're gonna We're gonna 177 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 1: go on to like Latinoxes is back in the news 178 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: for not great reason. The icon Yes we love her 179 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: our name one of our names, is actually inspired by 180 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: one of her poems, Less Mommies of myth and Bullshit, 181 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: taken from inspired by loose woman, the woman of myth 182 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 1: and bullshit is her line, and that very much informed 183 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 1: our work here. I look at that our radio, so 184 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: I do want to call back to that. However, in 185 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: the last few years, you know, what I've noticed is 186 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 1: that the older Chicanas or the older Latinas, you know, 187 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,319 Speaker 1: they're very much in their set, in their ways, they 188 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: have their ideologies, they have their way of thinking, and 189 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 1: that's kind of it. And so it's when these things happen, 190 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 1: we're like, definitely disappointed. But I also, like, I think, 191 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: think about it that way, like damn, like this person 192 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: is probably not going to change. Yeah, I agree, and 193 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: it's in seem to watch play out, I think, especially 194 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: in this era where like you're there was a time 195 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 1: where your icons they wrote their books, they wrote a letter, 196 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 1: they wrote an article in print, and the extent of 197 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: their words and their thoughts were things that had already 198 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: gone through editing and they've been published. And we're in 199 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: this place now where for years and years and years, 200 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:24,679 Speaker 1: as people get older and older and older, you can 201 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: see their every thought and it's not going through editors 202 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 1: and publishers and screenings and things like that. So we 203 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: just get to see this insight into these thinkers and 204 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 1: writers and scholars that I don't think has ever been 205 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 1: possible for folks unless you like personally, one on one 206 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: knew somebody. So most recently, you know, Sandra got a 207 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: lot of flag because of course the American Dirt scandal, 208 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: the disgraced book a few years ago, right, this book 209 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:58,319 Speaker 1: was called out and its author for a huge advance, 210 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: like a million dollar advance paid out to the author, 211 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 1: and the book being a book about sort of like 212 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 1: a Mexican immigration story, and a lot of Mexican and 213 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: Mexican American and Latin X authors did not like the book. 214 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: Took a lot of issue with the book, that there 215 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:19,439 Speaker 1: were pieces of the book lifted from other Mexican American writers, 216 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 1: that there were other Mexican American writers whose works have 217 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 1: been ignored for years. And you have a very sort 218 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:31,320 Speaker 1: of like ghosh like romantic size, like stereotypical depiction of 219 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 1: immigrant life and such in American Dirt, and it's getting 220 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 1: all this funding right. It was also I read that 221 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: some of the critique was also just the portrayal of 222 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:44,560 Speaker 1: the characters very caricature, you know, very stereotype of what 223 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:48,199 Speaker 1: immigrants are like or what Mexico is like, and so 224 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:51,960 Speaker 1: there was a big pushback when this book was released. 225 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: This person in the public sphere, at least the author 226 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: had only recently started identifying as Latina, and so people 227 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:01,560 Speaker 1: of course had issues with that, and we did, we 228 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: did do an extensive episode on this in our our chives. 229 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 1: If you want to search through it, we can also 230 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 1: link that in the show notes. And so Sanjossdos of 231 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: course got some pushback. She got some criticism for even 232 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 1: providing she wrote a blurb before the book, and so 233 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 1: since then she has doubled down on her support of 234 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 1: the book. Yes, and so today the tweets that we 235 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: were seeing right, people are asking Sandra about it again, 236 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: like why give a co sign to a book by 237 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: a non mix And one of the issues being that 238 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,959 Speaker 1: the author is not Mexican. I think she's like half 239 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: Puerto Rican or a quarter Puerto Rican or something like that, 240 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: and this being in theory a story about Mexico and Mexicans. 241 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 1: So Sandra wrote a forward for the book, or wrote 242 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: a blurb for the book, like a very positive one, 243 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: and at the time when people were asking her about it, 244 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: she said, well, kind of, she just wants people to 245 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 1: consume this type of literature kind of regardless of who's 246 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: writing it, are necessarily the nuance is she just wants 247 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 1: people to be having immigration conversations, and of course Mexican 248 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 1: American authors take issue with that, and Sandra being a 249 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 1: Mexican American author, it's like, what gives lady? And then today, 250 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: I guess people are asking her about it because it's 251 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 1: been a couple of years, you know, time has passed, 252 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: and it was very interesting to see Sandra, you know 253 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: recently now saying well, I at the time, I was 254 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: reviewing twenty six different books, and you know, it's just 255 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 1: one of the books, and I thought it was fine 256 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 1: and just very much doubling down. And so my conversation 257 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 1: with us as like, when you are a creator and 258 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: an author like this and you get all this feedback 259 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: from your readership, even if you don't necessarily agree with 260 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: all of it or you don't plan on applying it 261 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: in your life, Like something very simple that Santa could 262 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 1: have said if I'm her PR person, if she has 263 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: PR is like, well, thank you all for the feedback. 264 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna take a closer look at the books I 265 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: review and maybe instead of reviewing twenty six books at 266 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: a time. I'm going to review fifteen books at a time, 267 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 1: you know. But it's just interesting to see it doesn't 268 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: seem that the feedback is like meaning anything to her 269 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: or or or having an impact on her at all. Right, 270 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: And I think she also, you know, said something somewhat problematic, 271 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: you know, in this recent interview where she know she 272 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: in some ways makes this claim that the Latin X 273 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: or Latino writers, the contemporary ones of this time, in 274 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: the last few years, are also jealous that this person 275 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: got a big book deal. And I think conflating it 276 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: to jealousy is very wrong, because we know that writers 277 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: of color don't get the same opportunities in the book 278 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 1: publishing industry, and she, of all people should know that. 279 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: And so I think that that rightfully, So people are questioning, 280 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: like girl, like yeah, Janine Cummins being the name of 281 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: the author of American Dirt, And it's true and something 282 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 1: that has been pointed out. A bunch of authors in 283 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: the wake of the American Dirt scandal came together and 284 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 1: formed a sort of group BIGNI that and there seemed 285 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: to be like a little shadiness from Sandra toward that 286 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: specific movement and that group. And you know, again there's 287 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 1: always a way to say thank you for letting me 288 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: know that this upset you, like, how can we work 289 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 1: on it? How can we fix it right? And I 290 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: think one of the reasons that csntos supported this book, 291 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: and you know, in her in her interview, I'll read 292 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: the story quote from Sylvia she's the author of Mexican 293 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 1: Gothic Thought It Was a Night. We've read a lot 294 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 1: of her work in Locasto's My Book Club, and she 295 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: is responding to Santa Sis Nettles and what she's saying 296 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 1: about this book changing the minds right of people that 297 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 1: perhaps don't understand immigration. And so what she says is, 298 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 1: no damn book was going to do what c. S. 299 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: Nettles wanted, fight against Trumps Um, and all publishing has 300 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:51,800 Speaker 1: to do is twiddle their thumbs weight and everyone will 301 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: forget about any issues. After all, Hispanic Carritage Month only 302 00:16:55,560 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: runs one month. Good quote. I think that some things 303 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: up very nicely. And that's not all from Latin X 304 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: News on the t L. While we're scrolling this morning, 305 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 1: we also see um not only on Twitter but also 306 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: on Instagram that the Disney Plus documentary mi Haas starring 307 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 1: Doris Anna has been postponed until further notice the release 308 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: of it. Now, this is a documentary of film that 309 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: has been shown at festivals like Sundance. It's done very well. 310 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: It's gotten a lot of hype and critical acclaim. We're 311 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: very excited for Doris and for the story. For those 312 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 1: who maybe are unfamiliar with Doris Muns, Doris being known 313 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 1: primarily for her work in music management. Her miha management 314 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:50,360 Speaker 1: company is responsible for the rise of artists like Google, 315 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: for example, and she had this really iconic concert series 316 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 1: that was taking place in New York in l a 317 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 1: called Selena for Sanctuary, and Disney Plus came out with 318 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 1: a documentary about her, her life, her family, her work, 319 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: and according to a post on Instagram by Doris on 320 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:09,439 Speaker 1: her reels and then a tweet that we saw this morning, 321 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 1: it seems like Disney Plus has postponed the release of 322 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 1: this project to wider audiences. So Disney Plus bought the documentary, 323 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: so they had they had produced it and shown it 324 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 1: at different festivals, but Disney Plus like bought it to 325 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 1: stream on their platform and they had a launch date 326 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 1: of September six, and then we see a post this 327 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:33,120 Speaker 1: morning where you know, Dotty shares that it has been 328 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:36,919 Speaker 1: postponed until further notice and the optics are not great. 329 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 1: No love or hate Hispanic Latino Latino Heritage Month, but 330 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 1: this is a month that a lot of our projects 331 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 1: get pushed out, you know. And so while we of 332 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: course support our projects all year round, there are certain corporations, 333 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 1: media companies, they give extra attention this time of month. 334 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: So for this project to be pulled during this month 335 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 1: is one horrible like, yeah, a slap in the face 336 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: and to like, it's not the media landscape right now 337 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 1: for latin X projects and shows, it's bad. Yeah, it's 338 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:13,120 Speaker 1: a little bleak um. Like we discussed in our last episode, 339 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: a lot of shows um are getting canceled or shows 340 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 1: involving latin X creatives and movies are just not being distributed. 341 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,120 Speaker 1: So a lot of latin X project or projects involving 342 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 1: latin X talent are just put and not seeing the 343 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 1: light of day. So for example, bat Girl with Leslie 344 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 1: Gray starring Leslie Grace was pulled and apparently like incinerated, deleted, 345 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 1: like the movie just doesn't exist anymore. We talked about 346 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 1: Gorda Chronicles has been canceled, not renewed for a second season. Right, Yeah, 347 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:49,719 Speaker 1: so we we covered all these different shows in our 348 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 1: last episode if you want to go back and catch up. 349 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 1: But it's just not it's not good. It's not it's 350 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 1: not great. It's not great. We don't love it, we 351 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,959 Speaker 1: hate it. And it's also I feel me personally like 352 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 1: I feel kind of nervous in the sense like we've 353 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 1: seen this already, Like the early two thousand's there was 354 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:12,719 Speaker 1: like the quote Latino boom in the US, we had 355 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 1: Ricky Martin, we had j Lo, Like we had all 356 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: these different artists, all these all this different support if 357 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,120 Speaker 1: you look at like the the Rise of Daddy Yankee, 358 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: all the different support for artists, and then like people 359 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: were like, never mind, we don't want to do this anymore. 360 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 1: We're pivoting to something else. And I'm wondering if that's 361 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 1: what we're seeing in real time and we're not identifying 362 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 1: it as that yet, And so that does make me nervous. 363 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 1: Like our latinos out now, yeah, like we're not we're 364 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 1: not mainstream anymore or we're not like trendy, and that's 365 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: what is that partly what's happening and these are questions 366 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 1: I'm asking myself, right, and like that's why we're bringing 367 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,879 Speaker 1: them here because we can now look back and see 368 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: like the shift and the changes the end of it 369 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: in the early two thousand's, And is that what we're 370 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 1: experiencing right now? Totally? I mean we had channels. I 371 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 1: mean that we're like US American channels. We had MTV dres, 372 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 1: we had those, right of course there's but on MTV 373 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: like very cool programming like and today we don't have 374 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 1: necessarily those dedicated TV channels anymore. TV and streaming is 375 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: so different, it's changed. What we have instead are like 376 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 1: these individual projects. We have things like the Michael Dura 377 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 1: Network and all these like Latin xpas shows we have 378 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 1: like a documentary like me, how we have books, we 379 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 1: have TV shows like GOA Chronicles. You know. So then 380 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: in the broader context, like it makes sense then why 381 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,400 Speaker 1: a Latin X audience is upset when something like American 382 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 1: Dirk gets green light and heavily funded the New York 383 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: Times bestseller list when our original works are not getting 384 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: green light or they're getting canceled and not getting the 385 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 1: funding and support that they deserve. So kind of like 386 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: all all ties together. Absolutely, yeah, absolutely, And then I think, 387 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,160 Speaker 1: like going back to your comment about TUNDO, like they're 388 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 1: still not really a mainstream like hub or network for 389 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 1: like the US latinos television wise, like we have this 390 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,919 Speaker 1: great platform now like Michael Network, and we have like 391 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 1: other channels as well, but there's still not like a 392 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 1: singular thing that like hosts like all the all the 393 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: film and TV, you know, like we did with the MTV, right. Yeah, 394 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 1: And I mean it's like we talked about this too, 395 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 1: and there's all this digital media. Everything is digital, and 396 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,359 Speaker 1: if it's digital, it can be like erased off of 397 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 1: the face of the planet. Like we don't have physical 398 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 1: copies of things anymore. So you know, Backgirl just being 399 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: not only not released, but just gone just deleted. Right 400 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,439 Speaker 1: And when we have these we talk about this with 401 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: look at our radio, like we're an archive and audio 402 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 1: archive and the importance of us like saving that and 403 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 1: like archiving the archive, you know, because what happens once 404 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,120 Speaker 1: a streaming digital show is no longer streaming in digital 405 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 1: where can people go and find it. We're gonna bring 406 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 1: back records. We've got to bring back records. We're gonna 407 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 1: bring back Blockbuster. But for podcasts, the resurgence of Blockbuster 408 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 1: thanks to US when um not to bring down the mood, 409 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 1: but there was a horrible hurricane in Puerto Rico. There 410 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 1: was also a terrible earthquake in Mexico City. So while 411 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: we're doing news, we like to bring in some serious 412 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: breaking news as well. And the reason why we're talking 413 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: about this, even though this episode is going to come out, 414 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,120 Speaker 1: you know, after the actual hurricane and after the actual earthquake, 415 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: is because the relief efforts are ongoing and the needs 416 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:54,360 Speaker 1: are ongoing. Because Puerto Rico is only five years out 417 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: from Hurricane Maria and this new hurricane, Hurricane Fiona is 418 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: you know, terrorizing the eye land. So as we know, 419 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 1: PR has not had the best infrastructure or like relief 420 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:09,400 Speaker 1: channels and by design as a colony of the US, absolutely, 421 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: And so just as a reminder, when you're looking to 422 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 1: contribute to like relief efforts on the ground, make sure 423 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 1: that you're doing your research into like Puerto Rican organizations 424 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:23,880 Speaker 1: and Puerto Rican groups and if you know Puerto Ricans specifically, 425 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 1: the best way to help is to like reach out 426 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:30,439 Speaker 1: directly and individually, because there's already this long history of 427 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: like FEMA and like the Red Cross and like these 428 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:39,199 Speaker 1: American you know, like humanitarian groups soaking up funding and 429 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: then not distributing supplies or not distributing aid. So the 430 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 1: best way to help is like talk to Puerto Rican people, 431 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 1: because Puerto Ricans know other Puerto Ricans and that's your answer. 432 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 1: So before we move on to Mexico, I do want 433 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 1: to plug Defend PR there. You can find them on Instagram. 434 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: There grassroots Org and they have like a centralized place, 435 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: a centralized list of different resources that you can send 436 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,719 Speaker 1: money to in PR. They're all different organizations that specifically 437 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 1: support queer and trance people, families in need of food, 438 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 1: families in need of supply. So you can like definitely 439 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 1: encourage you all. If you're looking to support folks in PR, 440 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:19,199 Speaker 1: head over to Defend PR. You can check them out 441 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: on Instagram. Also, want to plug. I want to talk 442 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: about a La Bagon. Bad Money released a music video 443 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,640 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, and he turned the music 444 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,480 Speaker 1: video into a documentary and so it's like an fifteen 445 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:36,200 Speaker 1: minute documentary with reporting from independent Puerto Rican journalists Bianca Garla, 446 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:39,000 Speaker 1: and she is talking to folks on the ground that 447 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: have been affected by the privatization of resources and the 448 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 1: gentrification of Puerto Rico, the privatization of beaches. So especially 449 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 1: for folks like us that are like non Caribbeans but 450 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 1: love like love, bad money, love Puerto Rican culture. Like 451 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,159 Speaker 1: definitely like it's important, I think to pay attention to 452 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 1: what's happening on the island and lend our support and 453 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: so definitely encouraged folks to watch that documentary as well. 454 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:07,440 Speaker 1: And different parts of the island are experiencing this differently. 455 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 1: Like my grandfather was in Puerto Rico all summer. He 456 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: was there for like three months, and like we just 457 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,159 Speaker 1: flew him back recently. So his sisters are still on 458 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,879 Speaker 1: the island and luckily they're experiencing power outages. But I 459 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:21,919 Speaker 1: think that seems to be the extent of it. So 460 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,360 Speaker 1: even if it seems like maybe people are even still 461 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: vacationing there or are like having a grand time, different 462 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:32,400 Speaker 1: parts of the island are experiencing different levels of devastation. 463 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: So yeah, check in on your Puerto Rican friends. Is 464 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 1: the basically the long and the short. So now, speaking 465 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: on Mexico, there was a big earthquake recently and it 466 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: actually landed on and both of these, the hurricane and 467 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,879 Speaker 1: Puerto Rico and the earthquake in Mexico are landing on anniversaries, 468 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 1: So the anniversary of the earthquake thirty seven years ago, 469 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 1: and that's very scary because that was a very devastating earthquake, 470 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 1: and it seems whenever earthquakes hit Mexico City they're like 471 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,199 Speaker 1: pretty devastated. Like they don't have light earthquakes. Yeah, and 472 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:06,200 Speaker 1: again like they don't have the infrastructure by design, so 473 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 1: they're buildings like don't always they're they're not they're not 474 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 1: necessarily like safe in the sense like we're us in 475 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: the US or in l A specifically, we have like 476 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 1: regulations for earthquakes from like that we're built during a 477 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,679 Speaker 1: certain time. Mechico doesn't necessarily have that, like it's not 478 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 1: all over the country, and so that's one of the 479 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:27,640 Speaker 1: one of the reasons that the earthquakes are devastating. Yeah. Absolutely, 480 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: So we don't have on us today a specific organization 481 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 1: to plug in Mexico, but they have like a pretty 482 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 1: hardcore team of folks that like go in and like 483 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 1: basically like dive into the rubble to you know, save 484 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 1: people and such like when disaster strikes in Mexico, So 485 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 1: keep an eye on that, and we're going to move 486 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: out of our events are trending Topics are current events 487 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,239 Speaker 1: portion and talk to you about an original sort of 488 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:58,199 Speaker 1: a couple of segments that we want to introduce to 489 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,359 Speaker 1: you guys. And look at our radio so we love 490 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: our segments. On different episodes. You might hear us bring 491 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,440 Speaker 1: in a segment like latin us in politics if it's 492 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: an election cycle. We have a segment called Weird Things 493 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:12,679 Speaker 1: White Women Did This Week, where we talk about a 494 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:14,679 Speaker 1: weird thing that a white woman did that week. We 495 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:16,880 Speaker 1: also have two new segments that we want to start 496 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 1: introducing to you guys. My segment that I'm leading is 497 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 1: called ma Lasa labs using bad words to discuss people, 498 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 1: places and things. So if you have a person, a place, 499 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 1: or a thing and you'd like me to use bad 500 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 1: words to talk about it, go to our website, look 501 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: at the our radio dot com. Leave us a message 502 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 1: on our speak pipe and tell me who you want 503 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 1: me to person plazor thing you want me to bad mouth. Essentially, 504 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 1: now be clear, I am going to bleep out most 505 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 1: of my segment because we want our episodes to be 506 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 1: you know, evergreen and usable, and we're also not trying 507 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,320 Speaker 1: to set me up for like a libel lawsuit. So 508 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 1: I will handle the topics in a creative way. But 509 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 1: had to look at the radio dot com and send 510 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:06,920 Speaker 1: me topics for Malasa Labras on our Speak by Piosa 511 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: also is going to be leading a segment in coming episodes. Yeah, 512 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 1: I'm going to be leading a segment called theosas where 513 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 1: I basically get to boss you around and tell you 514 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 1: how to get your ship together by way of me 515 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: telling you how I've gotten my ship together, because like 516 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 1: I'm always brittain and doing the most and so we're 517 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 1: gonna take a step back and decide how to take 518 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: care of ourselves in a fun way and in a 519 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,160 Speaker 1: good way, a healthy way. As a non therapist, I 520 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 1: will give you some advice. Yes, and if you've never 521 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 1: had the ASA boss you around, it's a very enjoyable experience. 522 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 1: You guys are gonna love it, So please tune in 523 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 1: because you don't want to miss that. Yes, you can 524 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:46,880 Speaker 1: also send me a little bit of You can let 525 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:51,520 Speaker 1: me know what advice you need by deer theosa by 526 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 1: heading over to our website, look at a radio dot 527 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 1: com and you can also leave your message in the 528 00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 1: speak pipe. It just might get played on a future 529 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 1: episode of Look at the Radio. Here on the Michael 530 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 1: Tuta Network for I Heart Radio. 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