1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: Log radio radio Radio Commi's a myth and bullshit. A 2 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: radio phonic novella Local Radio hosted by Mala Locomotives. Welcome 3 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: to season five of local radio podcast Rosas. Listen at 4 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: your own risk. Local Radio is a radio phonic novella, 5 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: which is just a very extra way of saying, ahast, 6 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: I'm Theosa and I'm Mala. Welcome to season five, the 7 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: start first Law of one. We're so excited to be back. 8 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: We're super excited. 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That's a great question, and now that 43 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,799 Speaker 1: we're a year into it, maybe our answers have changed 44 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: the asa how do you stay happy and same in 45 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: the pandemic? You know, I think I'm figuring this out. 46 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: This is like an ongoing question that I asked myself 47 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 1: because it changes, and I think giving yourself that flexibility 48 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: is fine, Like some things that worked over the summer 49 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: of last year may not work now. I spent a 50 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: lot of like being very active in the sense that 51 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: I was like doing projects, working out daily, working out 52 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: two times a day, walking the dogs, doing the whole thing. 53 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: I felt like to fill a lot of the spaces 54 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: during my day. I would schedule a lot of things 55 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: for myself and that was really helpful for me. Now 56 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: I'm like slowing things down, you know. And it's really 57 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: interesting to start a new year with that kind of 58 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: mindset because I think in the before times, for me, 59 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: a new year always met like the top of the 60 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: new year was all about like hustling, sending my goals, 61 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: feeling motivated. But because we're in a pandemic, and a 62 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: lot happened for me, like the end of that. I 63 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: just started this year like taking a day by day, 64 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: you know, easing into things and just allowing myself that 65 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: grace and literally reminding myself that it is okay to 66 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: have downtime, to take it easy, and really like push 67 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: back on that like girl boss mindset, you know, that 68 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: toxic positivity that go get it, hustle and go get 69 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: it mentality. It doesn't work all the time, and it's 70 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 1: not always productive or conducive to our mental health. Very true, 71 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 1: Very true. I agree with you that maybe some of 72 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,239 Speaker 1: the things that we're working before are not even really 73 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:52,040 Speaker 1: an option right now. So there was still some level 74 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: of for me anyways, comfort with like going on a 75 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 1: picnic or like doing more older skate meetups. I'm still 76 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,839 Speaker 1: roller skating. That's still keeping me staying and happy. But 77 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: things are just more and more like individual and done 78 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 1: in isolation and done alone as we progress, because things 79 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: haven't been getting better in l A as far as 80 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: COVID numbers. In the pandemic. It was raining a lot, 81 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: like a week or two ago, and it was raining 82 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: like torrential downpours like and as ANGELINEO. As we exaggerate 83 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:33,799 Speaker 1: about the weather a lot, but they were torrential downpours, 84 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: so we were inside. Um, I was inside and leave 85 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,119 Speaker 1: that whole week while it was raining, I just stayed in. Yeah, 86 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: what is the point honestly that I feel like Angelino's 87 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 1: shut down when it rains, and I see it every 88 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:51,720 Speaker 1: time it rains. And you know that's compounded by a pandemic. 89 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: You really see less and less people outside when it's raining. 90 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 1: Pull us a pandemic. But yeah, I feel like in 91 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 1: a if in l A, people forget how to drive, 92 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: or people would want to drive super fast as if 93 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: the roads aren't wet. Um, And it's very interesting. We 94 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 1: really don't know how to function when it's not sunny outside. 95 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: So I will say that that stereotype is true about Erine. 96 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: It's really I own it as just part of our 97 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: identity and our global brand has people from l A County, 98 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 1: the Greater l A area. It's just how we roll. Yeah, 99 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 1: you know, not to veer off of subject too much. 100 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: Did you feel we're in February now we're at the 101 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: top of February. Did you feel like we did not 102 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: have a winter this year? Interesting? I felt like for me, 103 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: the things that really make the season winter time are 104 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: the holidays and the gatherings. Without them, there's not much 105 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 1: besides some rain and pulling out my little space heater 106 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 1: that like makes it winter. That's it. So it didn't 107 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: really feel like the winters that we induce that we're 108 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: used to. I would say, yeah, okay, So we have 109 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: another question for our Oya look As segment, and it's 110 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 1: about Valentine's Day. How do we plan on celebrating Valentine's 111 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: Day this year? Mala? Do you want to start? Yeah, 112 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: I'll start as the residents single of Look at the Radio. 113 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: I'm actually going to be co moderating a clubhouse room 114 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: called Very Much Single on Valentine's Day February fourteenth with 115 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: my friend and co moderator Lorian Stacy the l A Stacy. 116 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: This clubhouse room Sundays six pm Pacific time, nine pm 117 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: Eastern time every Sunday and on Valentine's Day, We're just 118 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: gonna be talking to all the single souls who show up, 119 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:03,239 Speaker 1: and if they're any unsingles a k a. Couples in there. 120 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: I would also love that because what's going on on 121 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: your ends that you're in the Singles Clubhouse room, but 122 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: all are welcome, and if you are in a couple, 123 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: come and be helpful, like come with advice, come with tips, 124 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: come with referrals, come with a network of other singles 125 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: that you're trying to share. But That's what I'm going 126 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: to be doing. Also in my family, and my mom 127 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: has always been the type to give us little Valentine's 128 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: and give us cards and chocolates and stuff within the family. 129 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: And we've always done that, is like give each other 130 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: little gifts. So that's what I'll be doing with my family. Same. 131 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: My mom is the same way she when I was 132 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: little for Valentine's Day. I mean even now as an adult, 133 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: she like has always given me like a card, a 134 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,239 Speaker 1: little like the and Valentine's Day. It's always very thematic, 135 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: you know, Valentine's Day related. It's not just like a 136 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: random gift. It's specific to Valentine's Day. Um So yeah, 137 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 1: I think that I've practiced that with my loved ones 138 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 1: as well, like with my friends and with my family. Um, 139 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: I like to give little little presents on Valentine's Day. 140 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: So I'll be doing that. I kind of want to 141 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 1: get a little creative this year and like make something 142 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: so we'll see. I'm like thinking about it. And then 143 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: in terms of like Valentine's Day itself, I mean, it's 144 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 1: obviously very different this year because you're not going out 145 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: to dine. We're not going out to dine. Um, last 146 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: year we went to this like little Boogie Proving restaurant 147 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: that had just opened, and then we went to Soho House. 148 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:40,199 Speaker 1: So so you know, yes, I remember your Valentine's Day. Yeah, 149 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,959 Speaker 1: so like very different this year. Um. I also live 150 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: here with my family, so it's like not like we 151 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: can have I mean, we could have dinner here, but 152 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: family dinners, so which is fine. So I don't really 153 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 1: know what that's like, but I know that I will 154 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: be making stuff for my friends and figuring that out. 155 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: That's really cute. I love when you get into your 156 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 1: craft mode because I'm like, Okay, what is she gonna 157 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: whip up next? Like what can we expect? I'm excited. Yes, 158 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 1: thank you. I will keep you posted. I mean, you 159 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: would be on the receiving end of the presence of 160 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: the craft. So thank you, Thank you so much. So 161 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 1: that was Aya Locas. Remember you guys can always send 162 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 1: us questions via email. A local thought Radio dot com. 163 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: You can d m us on Instagram at Local Underscore Radio. 164 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: Email is best and you can always add the subject 165 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 1: line Oya loca. So we know that you want your 166 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: question to be featured on a cup. Yes. Um, if 167 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 1: you have been following us since, you know that we 168 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: were hosting Aya lokas on our i G Live and 169 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: you know we did that because we thought the pandemic 170 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: was gonna last a couple of months, not the entire year. 171 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 1: So now you know we're bringing it back to the 172 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,679 Speaker 1: Guppy the Laws. Yeah, we will talk more about the 173 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: pandemic in uh later in the episode, but there's a 174 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: few things that we really thought, Okay, we're gonna do 175 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:17,439 Speaker 1: some short coverage of this thing, but it's still here, right, 176 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 1: So we're kind of going back to our regularly scheduled 177 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: programming in many ways because suck it. What can we do? 178 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,079 Speaker 1: We gotta keep going. And on that note, we are 179 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: bringing back another listener favorite called Weird Things the White 180 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: Women Did this week Mama get us started. Please. Yes, 181 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: to be quite honest with you, there are so many 182 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:42,680 Speaker 1: examples that we could have pulled from to populate this 183 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: gup Beat the Laws installment of weird things white women 184 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: did this week, but we decided to focus specifically, maybe 185 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:53,959 Speaker 1: on the weirdest white woman um of the current news cycle, 186 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 1: and that's Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green. She's a que and 187 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:02,199 Speaker 1: on darling and honestly a raving right wing ship stir. 188 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:08,439 Speaker 1: She has been making comments about basically endorsing assassinations of Democrats, 189 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 1: including Nancy Pelosi. She's also been on video harassing school 190 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 1: shooting survivors from Parkland, including David Hogg. And you know, 191 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: we recently watched AOC's I G Live where she detailed 192 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 1: the horrific experience she had during the Capital insurrection and 193 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 1: how unsafe she felt, she wasn't sure if the Capitol 194 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,959 Speaker 1: police were there to help her harm her, and how 195 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 1: she was generally genuinely concerned that her fellow elected officials, 196 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 1: especially Republican elected officials, were seeking to do harm to 197 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: her and other Democrats. So to then have this Congresswoman 198 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 1: Marjorie Taylor Green speaking very plainly about how, yeah, she 199 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: endorses the assassination of Democrats. It's wild, it's dangerous, it's 200 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 1: not cool, right, I mean, this is a great example 201 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: for lack of a or phrase, right, of the conspiracy 202 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: theorists having real life repercussions, right, Um, that all of 203 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 1: the victual and hate that is directed at congressmen has 204 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 1: real life consequences, right and the and for us on 205 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 1: and not even just on the far left right, for 206 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,960 Speaker 1: us as women, as survivors, as Latin, as a woman 207 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:32,319 Speaker 1: of color, the death threats like are outrageous, Like we're 208 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: not like shocked, We're not surprised, and that's sad. Right, 209 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 1: there are people that there are conservatives, there are conspiracy 210 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: theorists that believe that she's making this up. And for us, 211 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 1: we're like, yeah, it makes sense, you know, it's awful. 212 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 1: It doesn't make it right, but we don't doubt her story, 213 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 1: Like this is like common Unfortunately, this isn't that, this 214 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 1: isn't that wild or far fetched for us, like, we 215 00:13:56,559 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 1: know that this is plausible based on the vitriol that's 216 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: directed at her. Absolutely and also you know, backed up 217 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 1: and felt by other women of color who are our 218 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: who holds public office, for example Aana Pressley. Like these 219 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: women have also spoken to how unsafe they have felt, 220 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: how they have they felt targeted, and not only that 221 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: they felt unsafe or targeted, but like the evidence being 222 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 1: there that right wing Trump supporters were genuinely and actively 223 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 1: targeting them. Right this is like beyond individual women feeling 224 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: paranoid or just feeling unsafe, it's them acknowledging that you know, 225 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: there are truly attempts at their lives being organized and 226 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 1: made and encouraged by people in high places, like Marjorie 227 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: Taylor Green. And she's not the only one, but she 228 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: her name has been in the news a lot recently. Luckily, 229 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 1: it looks like the House did exile Representative Marjorie Taylor 230 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 1: Green from congressional committees, blacklisting her. She's the first term 231 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 1: Georgian Um black staying for endorsing the executions of Democrats 232 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 1: and spreading dangerous and bigoted misinformation even as fellow Republicans 233 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: rallied around her. And that's from the New York Times. 234 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: So it's also important, I think, for us to talk 235 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: about all the complicity around Marjorie Taylor Green, how many 236 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: Republicans are basically very comfortable giving her the keys to 237 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: the kingdom. And as a reminder, nobody took Donald Trump 238 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: seriously at first, but the Republican endorsement of him and 239 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: the enabling of his function got us to where we 240 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: are now. So I think Marjorie is one to watch. 241 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: Let's be careful with this one. I agree. I also 242 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 1: want to add for I want to add another white 243 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: woman too, weird things white women did, because we brought 244 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 1: up a congresswoman is live stream or her I g live. 245 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: Alissa Milano was in the comments and she, you know, 246 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 1: we left a comment like holding space acknowledging CONGRESSOMANNOC and 247 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: the trauma she was airing and what she went through. 248 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: And then at one point when AOC brings up that 249 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 1: she went to Congresswoman Katie Porter's office, Elissa Milano in 250 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: the comments is like, oh, did she have her white 251 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: board with her? And I'm like, why are you making 252 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: a joke right now? Like even like you can't make 253 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 1: a lighthearted joke, you can't joke at all when someone 254 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: is sharing their trauma and their lived experience and it's 255 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 1: visibly shaken up, you know, as their detailing this very 256 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: traumatic event. And so I want to add her to 257 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: the list of weird things why women did. Don't ever 258 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: do that, regardless if you're white or not. Don't ever 259 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 1: make a joke like that when someone is sharing their 260 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: trauma and on such a public stage. I don't know 261 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: how many hundreds of thousands of people were tuned in 262 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: and watching AOC's live stream, But Elissa Milano, being a 263 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: celebrity and being in the public sphere, she knows what 264 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 1: it's like to have a bunch of eyes on her. 265 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: And I agree with you, very uncool for her to 266 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: do that, and not funny, like nobody laugh, not funny 267 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 1: at all. Anyway, if you have a weird Things White 268 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 1: Women did story, also feel free to email us. Y'all 269 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: have shared some weird ship in the past that white 270 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:20,439 Speaker 1: women have done, so feel free to keep those coming again. 271 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 1: You could email us at all that local radio dot 272 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: com and put that in the subject line weird things 273 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: White women did. And just to let you all know, 274 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 1: we have been monitoring the wave of fake Tina's, the 275 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:38,199 Speaker 1: fake latinas the white ladies literally pretending to be of 276 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 1: Latin American descent in different ways. We are keeping track, 277 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 1: we are monitoring the situation we will be putting out 278 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 1: of Fake Tina's episode in the future, So just f 279 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: y on that. Yes, we are aware it's coming, alright, y'all, 280 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 1: So we're going to go into a quick song break 281 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 1: and then we will be right back to get into 282 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: the main arney of today's episode. Or call and and 283 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 1: and and um and and and and and and and 284 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: and um and and and and and and and and 285 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 1: and and and and and um um um um um 286 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: um um um um um um um um um um 287 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 1: of it and little ship Um. 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We assume 305 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 1: that it would be a temporary broadcast, only lasting the 306 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: lifespan of the pandemic. However, the pandemic is still here. 307 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: So this is our way of life for the foreseeable future, 308 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: and we're gonna do what we do best and we're 309 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: just gonna podcast through it. So thank you for being 310 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: here and continuing to rock with us even in the 311 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: midst of global collapse. We really appreciate it. Yeah, thank 312 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: you for rocking with us through all of this. And 313 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 1: if you're a new listener, welcome, Welcome to the best side, 314 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: the dark side, the white I don't know, but welcome 315 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: you have arrived. Welcome to look a Lambia. It's comfy here, 316 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: it's cute here. But you know it's not all doom 317 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:49,640 Speaker 1: and gloom. Life continues, Life finds a way. As my 318 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: favor Jeff Goldbloom said in Jurassic Park Number one, right, 319 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,719 Speaker 1: he's like life is chaos, life finds a way, Like 320 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 1: life is going to continue. And I keep that wisdom 321 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: with me always everywhere I go, and so like with 322 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 1: that energy, I'm on only Fans. I started my Only 323 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 1: Fans in December. I said, you know what, I'm at home. 324 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: I'm at home, and I'm at home, and I have 325 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:19,679 Speaker 1: WiFi and only Fans is a thing. And I have 326 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:24,160 Speaker 1: some cute like lingerie, boudoir and bikini photos to share 327 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,640 Speaker 1: with the world. So I said on my only Fans account, 328 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: I love it. I love it. I love it, I 329 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: love it. Subscribe. I'm at Mala Underscore Munos. You can 330 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,199 Speaker 1: also DM me on Instagram, but I can send you 331 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: my profile link if you would like to subscribe. I 332 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 1: put a lot of my skating videos on there, my 333 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: twerking videos. It's a cute time. Yeah. When Mama told 334 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: me about creating an only Fans, I was like, well, 335 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: your employer, look at the radio, approves this. You could. 336 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,160 Speaker 1: You should do it because your employer will not be angry. 337 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 1: Go ahead, and I appreciate ate that. Since Fiosa is 338 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,919 Speaker 1: technically my boss, I was like, Biosa, do I have 339 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: your blessing? No looks yes, but I have to have 340 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,879 Speaker 1: the Diosa blessing before I pursue a new venture. So 341 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 1: I got it. And at one point I had gotten 342 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: my rating to the top one point eight percent of 343 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: Only Fans creators. I'm currently back at like the two 344 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 1: percent of Only Fans creators. You've got to really work 345 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:34,239 Speaker 1: with it to maintain your rating. But um, it's a 346 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: lot of fun. I'm not going to share with you 347 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:38,399 Speaker 1: guys how much money I've made. I'm thinking I'm going 348 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: to do down the line some type of a reveal, 349 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 1: but only after I've made a substantial amount of money. 350 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 1: So help me towards that goal. Subscribe, Yes, head on 351 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:56,439 Speaker 1: over to Mala's Only Fans, especially if you have a 352 00:22:56,440 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 1: man that follows her. Anyway, maybe you both follow and 353 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 1: you both watch facts. You know what, you make a 354 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 1: really good point. Might as No, you might as well. Okay, 355 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 1: you know, yes, you make a fabulous point. The other 356 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 1: thing that's new that I mentioned a little bit earlier 357 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:18,199 Speaker 1: in the episode is room on Clubhouse that I'm co 358 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:22,639 Speaker 1: modering co moderating with my friends Lorien Stacy, a k a. 359 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: The l A Stacy. It's called very Much Single and 360 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:30,120 Speaker 1: it's for the chronically self partnered Sunday, six pm Pacific 361 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:34,960 Speaker 1: time slash nine pm Eastern Time on Clubhouse all right, 362 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:43,360 Speaker 1: and so getting into the main gotten a content of 363 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:47,479 Speaker 1: today's episode. Um, I'm going to reveal on look at 364 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: the Radio. I have shared on my personal I g 365 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 1: only on my personal Instagram, but at the end of December, 366 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 1: around Christmas time, I tested positive for COVID and it 367 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 1: was a very intense time. I like don't even know 368 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 1: how to describe it. It was awful. I doubt any 369 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: like COVID nonbelievers listen to the podcast, you know, but like, 370 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: this ship is really it's real. It's real, and it 371 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: was horrible. And one of the only things that got 372 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,639 Speaker 1: me through it was my friends and my family that 373 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: literally brought me meals. Mala included UM. Mala came multiple 374 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: times in left food at my doorstep, and she brought 375 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 1: me the mold is she brought me, she brought me groceries. Um. 376 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 1: And those are things that really kept me going. So 377 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:37,159 Speaker 1: just I share that because maybe you you don't have COVID, 378 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 1: maybe you have never had COVID, but if you know 379 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 1: someone that does, that's something that's really helpful because even 380 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:46,640 Speaker 1: asking for help is really difficult because you're so exhausted 381 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,920 Speaker 1: that it's hard to just pick up the phone. It's 382 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,159 Speaker 1: hard to call, it's hard to text all those things. 383 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,920 Speaker 1: So um and I would say I had like a 384 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 1: mild case, mild ish case of COVID and it was 385 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: still really awful. And so that's also what delayed the 386 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 1: launch of season five, and so we took our time. 387 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: You know, usually in December we'd be planning, we'd be plotting, 388 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 1: we'd be scheduling the photo shoots, all of that so 389 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 1: that we can launch in January. But we both decided 390 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: it would be best to take it easy, uh, to 391 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 1: delay the launch, because we are our own bosses. Well, 392 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: I guess y'all are kind of our bosses. Our listeners 393 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:28,639 Speaker 1: are a little bit of our bosses, and they're a 394 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 1: little bit sometimes bossy. Y'all asked us when is the 395 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,400 Speaker 1: new season coming? It's here, it's here, but yeah, that's 396 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: the reason, Um, things have to just be delayed for 397 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 1: a little bit. But here we're back. And that also 398 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 1: is what inspired the content for today's episode, Influencers traveling 399 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: in the pandemic and the the pandemic in Los Angeles, 400 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 1: especially because that's where we're reporting from, where we're recording from, 401 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:01,920 Speaker 1: and also just globally, the pandemic is not over. It's 402 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 1: really not. It's like really nowhere close to being over. 403 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:12,480 Speaker 1: I saw some predictions floating around in different places that 404 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: we really will not be out of this until, you know, 405 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: this is like a long haul situation unless by some miracle, 406 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,440 Speaker 1: we we turn it around completely. I have my doubts 407 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: just given you know, the past year. But it's really 408 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: not customary for us on local thora to necessarily do 409 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:38,720 Speaker 1: like community call out or like community drags, and that's 410 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 1: really not what this is. But we are gonna ask 411 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: some questions out loud and talk about some of the 412 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,879 Speaker 1: observations we've made. We're also going to bring in a 413 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: little bit of research about the state of COVID here 414 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:57,239 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles where we are based. And one of 415 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 1: the things that I want to ask of like our 416 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 1: influencer community, because we are considered influencers micro influencers technically, 417 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: but we've gotten pressed. We sell merge, we we we 418 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 1: do speaking gigs, we have a following, we have people 419 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 1: who call themselves our fans. And there are other creatives 420 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: and influencers who are like us right who are l 421 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: A based or who are from other major cities, who 422 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: have products that they sell, who market predominantly to a 423 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 1: Latin next demographic, who are heavily active on social media, 424 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 1: who have a lot of followers, who have a lot 425 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 1: of self proclaimed fans, who have influence, who have impact, 426 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 1: and who have platforms. And we think it's really important 427 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 1: to talk about if if we have so much influence 428 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:54,439 Speaker 1: and um impact in our communities and we engage in 429 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: commerce with our communities, what responsibilities do we have to 430 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,360 Speaker 1: the people were selling to to, the people were marketing 431 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 1: to to, the people were speaking to when it comes 432 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 1: to the pandemic, Like, what are our responsibilities as influencers 433 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 1: pandemic wise and the things that we share Because I've 434 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: noticed that we have some influencers in our community who 435 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:22,920 Speaker 1: seemingly have been on NonStop vacations since the beginning, since 436 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 1: this thing started, flights airbnbs, but like all over the place, 437 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,680 Speaker 1: like a lot of like over and over and all 438 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:35,359 Speaker 1: of it documented online. You know, it confuses me And 439 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 1: you've noticed something similar to right, Yeah, I think like 440 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 1: one thing is and granted everyone has everyone is able 441 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 1: to set their own rules, their own standards of what 442 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 1: is safe to them. Some people feel comfortable renting an 443 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 1: airbnb somewhere in their city right, they want a little 444 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 1: staycation to get away, and they feel that that's relatively safe. Uh, 445 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 1: maybe it is right. And so I think that's one 446 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 1: thing because I did do a poll on my Instagram 447 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 1: asking folks if they felt it was safe to travel 448 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: right now, and I didn't clarify via airplane, via internationally, 449 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 1: and so I did have some conversations with people about that, 450 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 1: and they expressed to me that they felt road trips 451 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 1: were safe if you make very few stops. Um. Getting 452 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,480 Speaker 1: an airbnb maybe in a cat like in Big Bear, 453 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 1: in a cabin like is relatively safe if it's with 454 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 1: someone in your household. Um. But specifically I want to 455 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 1: clarify we're talking about airplane travel, international travel going to 456 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 1: Latin America, because that's what we've seen going to the Caribbean. 457 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: And yeah, there's lots of thoughts, there's lots of feelings. 458 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 1: I think that it's very interesting to see what folks 459 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 1: are willing to call out. Not that I condone call out, 460 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 1: encourage call out. I don't think that they're actually productive. 461 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: But I think that during a pandemic, when people are 462 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,239 Speaker 1: literally dying, no one is willing to say anything. And 463 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:10,480 Speaker 1: that is where I have questions because it's not it's 464 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: really not hyperbole to say people are dying. You know, 465 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,160 Speaker 1: I think I think as millennials, like we really do 466 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 1: speak in hyperbole a lot of the times. But it's 467 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 1: really not hyperbole to say people are dying, right Like 468 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 1: that that meme of Kim or is it Chloe or 469 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:30,040 Speaker 1: Courtney saying Kim people are dying? It's true people are dying. 470 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 1: It's not hyperbole. And so I that it for me, 471 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 1: like that is the energy that I UM am feeling 472 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:43,400 Speaker 1: right now, like people are dying and are are people 473 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 1: within our community that have influence are traveling. And I've 474 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:53,920 Speaker 1: had people say to me in my d M s um, 475 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 1: it's interesting that it's community when it's for profit, when 476 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 1: you want to sell something, um, but not when it 477 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:05,600 Speaker 1: comes to keeping our community safe. And I think that 478 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 1: that is one thousand percent valid and real. And she 479 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:12,960 Speaker 1: questioned and challenged, I agree with you and literally speaking 480 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 1: of one thousand percent. Since no from the l A Times, 481 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 1: since November, deaths of Latinos due to COVID have increased 482 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: by one thousand percent. To quote l A County Public 483 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: Health Director Barbara for Rare, our Latinox community is in 484 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:32,920 Speaker 1: fact bearing the worst of this pandemic. From the same 485 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 1: l A Times article, right, Latinos make up over fifty 486 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 1: percent of waitress waiters and waitresses, cashiers, janitors. I mean, 487 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:49,080 Speaker 1: the service industry is very, very, very heavily populated by 488 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 1: Latin X people, which is why so many folks in 489 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 1: our communities are dying and are struggling. And it is 490 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 1: so disappointing to see what appears to be just either 491 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 1: ignorance of the situation or disregard and lack of care 492 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:11,840 Speaker 1: for the situation. And you're right, everybody's gonna do what 493 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 1: they want to do. But we've been online and creating 494 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,640 Speaker 1: for long enough that we have seen and been on 495 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:22,360 Speaker 1: the receiving end of as have our friends on the 496 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 1: receiving end of like really really like intense angry like 497 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:32,720 Speaker 1: callouts and drags for things like I remember I was 498 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 1: in Mexico City last year, like this time last year, 499 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,880 Speaker 1: and me and Monica were on the phone with Yessica 500 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:44,760 Speaker 1: because she was being horrifically dragged on Twitter for days 501 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 1: because of a high ku she wrote because people didn't 502 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:52,959 Speaker 1: like that she was writing poetry about the experience of 503 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:59,080 Speaker 1: her immigrant mother. Right, something like that is honestly so 504 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:05,680 Speaker 1: ridiculous list to me because it's a hi kup, you know. 505 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:12,240 Speaker 1: And for everyone reader who doesn't like the Hiku, there's 506 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 1: gonna be a hundred other readers who do like the Hiku. 507 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 1: But for whatever reason, something is benign as a high 508 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:25,239 Speaker 1: Ku shared on Twitter, or using one wrong word in 509 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 1: a campaign um or maybe not presenting a project in 510 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,080 Speaker 1: a way that is completely in alignment with the views 511 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 1: of every single Instagram user has been enough of a 512 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 1: reason to really like call women every name in the book, 513 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:48,080 Speaker 1: to drag them through the fucking mud across multiple platforms. 514 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:52,440 Speaker 1: And we've seen it happen. But what's the point. What's 515 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:58,240 Speaker 1: the goal? Did did any of those drags correct social 516 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:04,280 Speaker 1: injustice to the point that we could avoid a global 517 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:06,959 Speaker 1: disaster like the one we have now? All those drags 518 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,400 Speaker 1: took place, all those callouts took place. They were intense, 519 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:12,880 Speaker 1: they were vicious, and they were fucking mean, we still 520 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,879 Speaker 1: ended up in a place where Latinos are dying at 521 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:19,960 Speaker 1: the highest rates, where people of color and immigrant people 522 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:22,479 Speaker 1: are suffering the most, poor people are suffering the most. 523 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:26,160 Speaker 1: All of those drags happened, not one of them contributed 524 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:29,600 Speaker 1: to a safer or more stable world for the most 525 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:34,200 Speaker 1: impacted individuals. And when I see non black latinos like 526 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:39,319 Speaker 1: doing these ridiculous drags all the time, I'm like, what 527 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:42,960 Speaker 1: are you building? What are you contributing to? And who 528 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:47,120 Speaker 1: are you speaking for or on? Behalf of? Really and honestly, 529 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 1: and those same folks who had so much energy repeatedly 530 00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:56,040 Speaker 1: for such benign stuff like you said, are nowhere to 531 00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:59,840 Speaker 1: be found when now we're dealing with literal death like 532 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:06,360 Speaker 1: mass death. Where's the anger, Where's the energy? Where the drags? 533 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:10,479 Speaker 1: It's really revealing because if they worked, if they made 534 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,960 Speaker 1: life better for people, if they brought about justice, then 535 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,759 Speaker 1: we would be employing them right now. But they don't work. Right. 536 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:22,480 Speaker 1: They are good for exposing people, They're good for letting 537 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,200 Speaker 1: large amounts of people know that something is happening. But 538 00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:28,640 Speaker 1: there are also sites of performance. All of these platforms 539 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:34,239 Speaker 1: are performance spaces. Even the most self righteous, um you know, 540 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:38,359 Speaker 1: woke Twitter or Instagram user engaging in a drag, that 541 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 1: person is engaging in a performance. That person is performing, 542 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,719 Speaker 1: and that person is often cloud chasing because a lot 543 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:48,680 Speaker 1: of people have learned that if you engage in drags, 544 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,960 Speaker 1: you can increase your own social media presence, and you 545 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,960 Speaker 1: can establish a name for yourself as being woker than 546 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,480 Speaker 1: the last one. Right, It's a tactic that a lot 547 00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:01,720 Speaker 1: of people use, and it's just interesting that that tactic 548 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,200 Speaker 1: is not useful for people right now. And I think 549 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,200 Speaker 1: that's one reason why people are not doing it, because 550 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:10,400 Speaker 1: it's not useful and they're really not engaging in the 551 00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:13,640 Speaker 1: drags for the betterment of any Benny, I don't know, 552 00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:18,080 Speaker 1: it's crazy, it's too much. Yeah, it's wild, because I 553 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:22,120 Speaker 1: mean I don't follow a lot of white influencers. I 554 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:24,960 Speaker 1: mean I follow I do follow quite a few beauty influencers. 555 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 1: They're all um, black women or Latina latinas in the 556 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:34,560 Speaker 1: beauty space. Um. And so my point is that even 557 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:37,680 Speaker 1: influencers not in our community, like the ones that are 558 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:40,520 Speaker 1: still traveling, are still like the people of color. And 559 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:42,440 Speaker 1: so it's not like I can it's not like we 560 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:45,960 Speaker 1: can sit here and be like, oh, yeah, like white 561 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:51,360 Speaker 1: people are traveling to Mexico and the Bahamas and Puerto Rico. 562 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 1: Yeah they are, but it's not just them, you know, 563 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,840 Speaker 1: it's also it's our own people. It's like the Latin 564 00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,359 Speaker 1: X community that I've seen that I follow that are 565 00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:04,480 Speaker 1: also travel ling right now, and it just really disappoints me, 566 00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:09,560 Speaker 1: shocks me. There is there. Whenever things like this happened, 567 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:13,239 Speaker 1: I always ask myself, like, who's in your circle? Like 568 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:16,359 Speaker 1: I asked myself about the other person, because if I'm 569 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,799 Speaker 1: doing some dumb ship, I know my friends are going 570 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:22,919 Speaker 1: to be like girl, no, Like, first of all, don't 571 00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:26,360 Speaker 1: do it. The second of all, don't post. Don't post 572 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,359 Speaker 1: that what you're doing, you know, and that I mean 573 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,719 Speaker 1: the fact that you're on a trip and you're consciously 574 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:37,920 Speaker 1: posting like tells me like you really don't care, truly, truly, 575 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:44,480 Speaker 1: at minimum, don't post, at minimum, post yourself wearing a 576 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:50,240 Speaker 1: damn mask, like you're pretending to participate in the public 577 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:54,040 Speaker 1: safety and public health measures that have been recommended. Like again, 578 00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:57,320 Speaker 1: it's a performance space, so the performance that you're putting 579 00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:59,560 Speaker 1: on is one of someone who doesn't give a ship. 580 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:03,359 Speaker 1: You could perform and pretend to care, you know, So 581 00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:06,560 Speaker 1: all the choices being made her fascinating. We're talking about 582 00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:13,920 Speaker 1: multiple people, multiple people. This is a trend across across fields, 583 00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:18,560 Speaker 1: across influencers, spaces, not like just one particular, like not 584 00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:22,440 Speaker 1: just media, right, lots of people earlier, I stated that 585 00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:25,759 Speaker 1: I posted a poll or I did a poll on 586 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,879 Speaker 1: my Instagram stories and I had like a little over 587 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:34,000 Speaker 1: a thousand people respond and like nine percent of the 588 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:39,239 Speaker 1: people that answers said that influencers do encourage people to 589 00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:43,480 Speaker 1: travel during the pandemic. With their post, I for one, 590 00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:46,719 Speaker 1: don't feel I would be influenced to travel right now. 591 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,719 Speaker 1: I would I may be influenced to purchase something. So 592 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:54,040 Speaker 1: I was curious to see or to ask, like what 593 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:58,200 Speaker 1: do people think right now, Like do influencers actually encourage 594 00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:01,319 Speaker 1: people to travel during a path endemic? We know that 595 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:05,480 Speaker 1: influencers do encourage people to purchase a particular product, but 596 00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:08,440 Speaker 1: how does it work out? What does it look like 597 00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:12,680 Speaker 1: in a pandemic when it comes to traveling. And of 598 00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:15,640 Speaker 1: the people that answers said, yeah, it does encourage traveling, 599 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,239 Speaker 1: It does make it look safe, or does make it 600 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,600 Speaker 1: seem like a lot of fun, And like maybe I 601 00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:22,640 Speaker 1: should be doing that too. And I feel like there's 602 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:27,040 Speaker 1: a form of gas lighting that's happening right now when 603 00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:30,400 Speaker 1: we see people living their life like they're not in 604 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:33,439 Speaker 1: a pandemic um, Because if you're on the end where 605 00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:36,839 Speaker 1: you've been really cautious you haven't You've been you haven't 606 00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:40,279 Speaker 1: been going anywhere, you haven't been dining out, you've been 607 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:45,000 Speaker 1: literally safer at home. Um, it can kind of feel 608 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,080 Speaker 1: like what have I been doing for the past year? 609 00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:49,600 Speaker 1: If these people are out at a restaurant and literally 610 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:54,680 Speaker 1: traveling to another country, and it feels like you're a 611 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:59,040 Speaker 1: little crazy. I agree completely because I have felt that way. Right, 612 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:01,959 Speaker 1: Like I turned twenty line this year, I'm gonna turn 613 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:06,120 Speaker 1: thirty within the pandemic, Like this is dragging on and 614 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:09,799 Speaker 1: we're losing our years of our life, right, I mean, 615 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:12,960 Speaker 1: our twenties are not necessarily the end all be all, 616 00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:18,239 Speaker 1: but it's an important decade, you know. And I've I've 617 00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:21,640 Speaker 1: had the exact same thoughts, like, am I being ridiculous 618 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:28,759 Speaker 1: by not traveling? But no, that's not the reality. It's 619 00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:32,360 Speaker 1: it's And there's also a difference between folks who have 620 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:36,200 Speaker 1: to travel for work, you know, it's the thing has 621 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:40,279 Speaker 1: dragged on for so long that again, life has to continue. 622 00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:44,800 Speaker 1: People have to work because we are being forced to write. 623 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,320 Speaker 1: But there is a huge difference between traveling for work, 624 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:52,760 Speaker 1: traveling out of necessity, traveling in an emergency, and literally 625 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:59,239 Speaker 1: vacation hopping for months, it's different. I also think it's 626 00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:04,800 Speaker 1: so irrisponsible, not only I mean one thing is the family, 627 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:09,759 Speaker 1: the coworkers, the space you're going to return to after traveling. 628 00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:12,680 Speaker 1: But you don't have to care or think about the 629 00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:16,640 Speaker 1: people that you left behind that served you your food, 630 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:21,720 Speaker 1: served major drinks, served your water, cleaned your hotel room. 631 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:24,160 Speaker 1: You know, all the people that you've interacted with at 632 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:26,440 Speaker 1: the airport, at the hotel, wherever it is that you go. 633 00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:29,920 Speaker 1: You don't have to care about them, you know. Like 634 00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:32,280 Speaker 1: for me, like, that's what it tells me when people 635 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,840 Speaker 1: do that, Like you don't care about all the service 636 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:40,080 Speaker 1: workers that you interacted with while on this trip. And 637 00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:44,160 Speaker 1: they may not have the infrastructure their countries, their cities, 638 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:46,799 Speaker 1: their states, wherever it is that they live, may not 639 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:51,759 Speaker 1: have the infrastructure to handle COVID And that's just the reality. 640 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:55,040 Speaker 1: And to me, that's like one of the most heartbreaking 641 00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:58,200 Speaker 1: things is you get to go on your vacation, have fun, 642 00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:01,760 Speaker 1: do it in the name of self care and mental 643 00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:05,240 Speaker 1: health return and who gives a funk about the people 644 00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:09,440 Speaker 1: that were They lived there daily truly, and to be clear, 645 00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:15,680 Speaker 1: we're not perfect people. We're doing our best. We are 646 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:18,839 Speaker 1: learning along the way, and we're trying to survive this 647 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:24,759 Speaker 1: thing too. We have also been affected and impacted by 648 00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:28,520 Speaker 1: the pandemic. The also literally just got through talking about 649 00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:32,959 Speaker 1: how she survived and her household survived, because he also 650 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:36,640 Speaker 1: comes from a household full of essential workers, you know. 651 00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:41,320 Speaker 1: And I lost a coworker at the beginning of the pandemic, 652 00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:44,160 Speaker 1: like the second week into it, you know, like I 653 00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:47,640 Speaker 1: lost a family friend a couple of months ago to 654 00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:51,400 Speaker 1: the pandemic. We're losing people, you know, we are the 655 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:54,440 Speaker 1: people that we know are getting sick. We are not 656 00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:58,680 Speaker 1: speaking about this from a place of distance, you know, 657 00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:01,720 Speaker 1: we're not far away from this issue. We're in l a, 658 00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:04,359 Speaker 1: We're like in the center of it all, and we're 659 00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:08,320 Speaker 1: trying to survive and we are being impacted too. So 660 00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,680 Speaker 1: for all of those reasons, we've been talking about this 661 00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:14,920 Speaker 1: and making these observations just andres and just talking in 662 00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:17,239 Speaker 1: the d m s and texts. But we really felt like, 663 00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:21,319 Speaker 1: you know what we are and you are tuning in 664 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:24,800 Speaker 1: at your own risk. So let's talk about this. Because 665 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:29,080 Speaker 1: if you if you don't stand up for anything, you 666 00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:33,040 Speaker 1: stand for nothing right, and if nobody's going to bring 667 00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:37,759 Speaker 1: the the anger, because I think we're really talking about genuine, genuine, 668 00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:42,160 Speaker 1: heartfelt anger, you know. And sometimes it's okay to hear 669 00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:47,239 Speaker 1: here when women are angry, when it's justified, when it's realistic, 670 00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:50,040 Speaker 1: and we just want to put out a call to 671 00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:53,040 Speaker 1: our folks to do better, do better, be better, do 672 00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:58,160 Speaker 1: better because people are dying, people are dying dying. I 673 00:43:58,239 --> 00:44:01,240 Speaker 1: literally see a go fund me, a new go fund 674 00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:05,000 Speaker 1: me daily from either someone that I know that has 675 00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:08,239 Speaker 1: lost a relative here or in Latin America. I have 676 00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:13,480 Speaker 1: a thea in Fidu that is non ambulatory. Her caregiver 677 00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:16,920 Speaker 1: has COVID, so she had nobody caring for her, and 678 00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:19,840 Speaker 1: we were like figuring out care here in the US 679 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,760 Speaker 1: via WhatsApp. We were all like coordinating with our potmos 680 00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:26,399 Speaker 1: that live in Fidu. And everyone is affected in some 681 00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:30,319 Speaker 1: way or another. Um and if you haven't been, I'm 682 00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:34,240 Speaker 1: happy for you. Keep like keeps staying safe, keeping safe, 683 00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:37,280 Speaker 1: make right choices, you know, Like it really comes down 684 00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:40,640 Speaker 1: to a lot of the choices that we make because 685 00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:44,840 Speaker 1: we have been left alone to handle this, to be safe, 686 00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:49,719 Speaker 1: to be healthy, to keep going because our state, our 687 00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:53,879 Speaker 1: state government left has left us, our federal government all 688 00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:57,160 Speaker 1: of last year, didn't care, left us literally left us 689 00:44:57,200 --> 00:44:59,239 Speaker 1: to die. And so a lot of it has come 690 00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:02,399 Speaker 1: down to into dual individual choices. So what you do 691 00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:06,040 Speaker 1: does matter. Yeah, I mean indoor dining has been opened 692 00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:12,000 Speaker 1: up again. Um, they opened up indoor dining and the 693 00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:16,799 Speaker 1: malls were already open, the shopping was still happening. They 694 00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:22,440 Speaker 1: opened the indoor dining after the city lifted the daily 695 00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:26,600 Speaker 1: limit on cremations because there are so many dead bodies 696 00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:30,440 Speaker 1: piling up in l A that the crematory, the crematoriums 697 00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:35,400 Speaker 1: needed to cremate more bodies than they're even allowed to. 698 00:45:35,719 --> 00:45:43,279 Speaker 1: And that's why are already horrible air quality beyond the wildfires, 699 00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:49,080 Speaker 1: beyond the smog, we've been breathing crematorium air because they're 700 00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:51,359 Speaker 1: cremating so many bodies in l A. But you want 701 00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:54,160 Speaker 1: to go on non stop vacations. You want to go 702 00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:59,960 Speaker 1: to Toloom. No, right, you want to go to the loom. Also, 703 00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:05,600 Speaker 1: like one day, not today. One day we will unpack 704 00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:12,040 Speaker 1: like tourism as colonialism will unpack that one day. But 705 00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:14,680 Speaker 1: I want to like just mention that because that is 706 00:46:14,719 --> 00:46:18,880 Speaker 1: all related. Um, you're literally going which you're colonize your 707 00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:23,080 Speaker 1: energy to other parts of the world. Um, and you 708 00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:25,120 Speaker 1: can come back and get your health care and get 709 00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:28,240 Speaker 1: your vaccine or get your COVID test when not everybody 710 00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:31,160 Speaker 1: even has access to COVID test. And we're still in 711 00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:32,839 Speaker 1: the thick of it. We are still in the thick 712 00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:36,680 Speaker 1: of it. And like, keep in mind pre pandemic, right, 713 00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:42,320 Speaker 1: funeral costs we're so expensive and now like because funeral 714 00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:46,359 Speaker 1: homes are so impacted, Like I hate to say this 715 00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:50,080 Speaker 1: because it's awful, because just the idea of it is horrible. 716 00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:55,040 Speaker 1: But people are having to pay daily to keep their 717 00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:59,200 Speaker 1: loved ones at the mortuary because there's no space at 718 00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:02,640 Speaker 1: the funeral home to have a service to bury their 719 00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:05,920 Speaker 1: loved one. So they're paying to store their loved store 720 00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:09,399 Speaker 1: keep the keep the body of their loved one at 721 00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:13,160 Speaker 1: a mortuary daily. That daily cost is like a hundred 722 00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:17,040 Speaker 1: plus dollars. I saw a go fund me literally because 723 00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:19,240 Speaker 1: someone was saying, we have to pay for a month 724 00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:22,560 Speaker 1: to keep our loved one out of mortuary. And so 725 00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:26,960 Speaker 1: this is just the hard reality. This is the hard reality. 726 00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:32,600 Speaker 1: And um, we are sitting in our houses and working 727 00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:36,640 Speaker 1: through it and podcasting through it, and just what else 728 00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:39,160 Speaker 1: can we do but talk about it, you know, but 729 00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:44,880 Speaker 1: stay inside and disinfect and just talk about it. We're podcasters. 730 00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:47,759 Speaker 1: We speak about the world around us, and so we 731 00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:51,399 Speaker 1: felt an obligation to bring this conversation to our very 732 00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:55,080 Speaker 1: first episode of season five, like we needed to prioritize 733 00:47:55,080 --> 00:47:59,719 Speaker 1: this talk. Yeah. Absolutely, we had some other things slated, 734 00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:02,799 Speaker 1: but things got got moved around because we saw so 735 00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:05,719 Speaker 1: many of our community traveling and so we had to 736 00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:09,319 Speaker 1: bring this to y'all's attention. There are times where we 737 00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:13,239 Speaker 1: do not cover everything. I don't want our lack of 738 00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:17,400 Speaker 1: an episode to signify we don't care about something I don't. 739 00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:19,799 Speaker 1: I don't want it to ever appear that way. There 740 00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:25,080 Speaker 1: are times where we can't move things around. UM, timing 741 00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:28,200 Speaker 1: doesn't work out. We record later than things have happened. 742 00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:31,680 Speaker 1: Things there's always a reason, right, But because it's the 743 00:48:31,719 --> 00:48:34,160 Speaker 1: first episode of the season, we're still in a pandemic, 744 00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:36,439 Speaker 1: we're in a new year. We felt called to do this. 745 00:48:36,719 --> 00:48:39,920 Speaker 1: So thank you for listening and rocking with us. We 746 00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:43,440 Speaker 1: know this episode or this content isn't easy, especially if 747 00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:46,760 Speaker 1: you've lost a loved one. Uh, take care of yourself. 748 00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:49,920 Speaker 1: If this was a hard episode for you, UM, if 749 00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:53,640 Speaker 1: you're recovering from covid. I'm with you. You know we 750 00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:58,080 Speaker 1: got this. Take it easy. Uh, you know, we'll we'll 751 00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:01,240 Speaker 1: feel like we're on the other side at some point. Absolutely, 752 00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:05,400 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening, Thank you for holding space. We 753 00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:07,440 Speaker 1: always love to hear your thoughts. We always want to 754 00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:09,960 Speaker 1: hear from you. Make sure you leave a comment on 755 00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:13,399 Speaker 1: Apple Podcast let us know what you think about this conversation. 756 00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:16,000 Speaker 1: Maybe you've noticed something similar, or maybe you have a 757 00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:19,520 Speaker 1: different perspective than we do. Um, it's hard for me 758 00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:22,799 Speaker 1: to try and conjure up a different perspective on this 759 00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:25,960 Speaker 1: particular topic given everything, but we do want to hear 760 00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:27,960 Speaker 1: from our listeners. And as always, you can d m s, 761 00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:33,520 Speaker 1: you can comment on Instagram. Yeah, and so On that note, UM, 762 00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:35,960 Speaker 1: thank you again for tuning in. We also want to 763 00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:40,120 Speaker 1: let you know that we have a Patron exclusive interview 764 00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:44,480 Speaker 1: with actress and costumer A Laura Casados a k a. 765 00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:49,319 Speaker 1: Jackie on Thevedos on the hit Netflix series Mr Eagles. Yes, 766 00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:51,480 Speaker 1: we're gonna share with y'all a sneak peek of our 767 00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:54,399 Speaker 1: interview with Laura, where she shares how she went from 768 00:49:54,440 --> 00:49:58,600 Speaker 1: costumer to landing a recurring speaking role on the Netflix 769 00:49:58,640 --> 00:50:03,600 Speaker 1: show So Head to Patreon for the full interview, and 770 00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:07,080 Speaker 1: watch Mr Iglesias on Netflix if you haven't. It's a 771 00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:11,239 Speaker 1: really fun show with an all star cast. Oscar from 772 00:50:11,239 --> 00:50:14,719 Speaker 1: the Office is on this show. Um who I love. 773 00:50:15,120 --> 00:50:17,880 Speaker 1: I actually know Laura from high school, so this is 774 00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:20,680 Speaker 1: a really fun interview. We talked about being high school 775 00:50:20,680 --> 00:50:25,040 Speaker 1: theater nerds and how she had a really interesting time 776 00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:28,320 Speaker 1: working on this show and then she ended up getting 777 00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:30,920 Speaker 1: a recurring speaking role for the entire what third season? 778 00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:34,040 Speaker 1: Um so I had to Patreon dot com and become 779 00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:37,800 Speaker 1: a patron alright, look on what is and don't forget 780 00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:41,719 Speaker 1: that Local Now has merged. We have a ton of 781 00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:44,839 Speaker 1: merch and it's so exciting to see you all rock 782 00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:47,120 Speaker 1: your look at Thota merge. 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But until then, you can tune 793 00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:29,640 Speaker 1: in on all streaming platforms. If you want extra additional content, 794 00:51:29,719 --> 00:51:32,359 Speaker 1: you can head over to Patreon dot com slash look 795 00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:36,560 Speaker 1: at the Underscore Radio and as always, you know, follow 796 00:51:36,640 --> 00:51:38,440 Speaker 1: us on the social media. Let us know what you 797 00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:40,719 Speaker 1: think of the episode and we will catch you next time. 798 00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:56,920 Speaker 1: Let us radio Radio Radio com He's a Myth and 799 00:51:57,040 --> 00:52:01,879 Speaker 1: Bullshit a radio phonic novella local toa Radio hosted by 800 00:52:02,320 --> 00:52:04,080 Speaker 1: Malamunos and diosa fem