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Speaker 1: So in case you missed it, it's that time of
Speaker 1: year again where Latinos and Hispanic folks come out of
Speaker 1: hiding to celebrate Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month.
Speaker 4: And you know, over here at Look, I thought our radio,
Speaker 4: it's always Latino, Latina, Latine and my personal favorite LATINX
Speaker 4: Heritage Month, each and every day. But that doesn't mean
Speaker 4: that we don't have some things to say about these
Speaker 4: four extra special extra LATINX weeks that we have to
Speaker 4: celebrate between September and October. I've always wondered, why do
Speaker 4: we start in the middle of September and then end
Speaker 4: in the middle of October. Why do we straddle these
Speaker 4: two months, like why not one full month? What is
Speaker 4: the purpose? But there's actually a reason, and it's not
Speaker 4: just because Hispanic Heritage Month in this way is kind
Speaker 4: of like a Mestizo month.
Speaker 1: I was about to say, yah, yeah, it's like symbolic,
Speaker 1: it just makes sense, But there is an actual history
Speaker 1: about Hispanic Heritage Month and why these four weeks were
Speaker 1: specifically chosen. According to Hispanic Heritage Month dot GOV, each year,
Speaker 1: Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September fifteenth to
Speaker 1: October fifteenth by celebrating the histories, cultures, and contributions of
Speaker 1: American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean,
Speaker 1: and Central and South America.
Speaker 4: So something interesting is that this observation of Hispanic Heritage
Speaker 4: Month actually started a while back in nineteen sixty eight,
Speaker 4: and it was originally Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson.
Speaker 4: Hispanic Heritage Week was actually expanded by President Ronald Reagan
Speaker 4: in nineteen eighty eight to cover a thirty day period
Speaker 4: starting on September fifteenth and ending on October fifteenth. It
Speaker 4: was enacted into law on August seventeenth, nineteen eighty eight,
Speaker 4: on the approval of Public Law one hundred through four
Speaker 4: or two. You can look that up if you're interested
Speaker 4: in that.
Speaker 1: The day of September fifteenth is also significant because it
Speaker 1: is the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries like
Speaker 1: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In addition,
Speaker 1: Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September sixteenth
Speaker 1: and September eighteenth, respectively.
Speaker 4: So why celebrate Hispanics in the United States?
Speaker 2: Why give us a month?
Speaker 4: The Why celebrate us as a people and as a population.
Speaker 4: So we're going to share some key facts about US
Speaker 4: Latinos for National Hispanic Heritage Month. And this coming from
Speaker 4: Pew research from a study in twenty twenty three. The
Speaker 4: US Hispanic population reached sixty three point six million in
Speaker 4: twenty twenty two, which is up from fifty point five
Speaker 4: million in twenty ten. This is a twenty six percent
Speaker 4: increase in the Hispanic population. And this increase in the
Speaker 4: Hispanic population was actually faster than the nation's eight percent growth,
Speaker 4: but slower than the thirty four percent increase in our
Speaker 4: Asian American population. In twenty twenty two, Hispanics made up
Speaker 4: nearly one in five people in the United States, meaning
Speaker 4: if you're in a group of five people, at least
Speaker 4: one of us is probably of Latin descent.
Speaker 1: Latinos or Hispanics, have also played a major role in
Speaker 1: US population growth over the past decade. The US population
Speaker 1: grew by twenty four point five million from twenty ten
Speaker 1: to twenty twenty two, and Hispanics accounted for fifty three
Speaker 1: percent of that increase.
Speaker 4: The number of Latinos who say that they are multiracial
Speaker 4: has also increased dramatically.
Speaker 2: We are a very.
Speaker 4: Multicultural, multi ethnic, multiracial people group, and more than twenty
Speaker 4: seven million Latinos identified with more than one race in
Speaker 4: twenty twenty two.
Speaker 1: These data points are so interesting because obviously the term
Speaker 1: Hispanic was created by the US Census, So I'm so curious,
Speaker 1: what is Hispanic and what is Latino? Are these stats
Speaker 1: also including folks from Spain because it is they are
Speaker 1: part of the Hispanic population If you.
Speaker 4: Will, yes, I imagine that the span population is probably
Speaker 4: pretty tiny compared to folks of Latin American origin. And again,
Speaker 4: according to Pew Research, roughly thirty seven point four million
Speaker 4: people of Mexican origin in the US represent almost sixty
Speaker 4: percent of the nation's Hispanic population, this at least as
Speaker 4: of twenty twenty two, and those of Puerto Rican origin
Speaker 4: are the next largest group at five point nine million,
Speaker 4: which does not include the three point two million Puerto
Speaker 4: Ricans who lived on the island of Puerto Rico in
Speaker 4: twenty twenty two. So my, okay, here we go. In addition,
Speaker 4: in twenty twenty two, Spaniards accounted for nearly one million
Speaker 4: US Latinos. So they do have, it seems, at least
Speaker 4: according to Pew Research, they have their own place in
Speaker 4: our census data and in the counting of Hispanics.
Speaker 1: Right, I mean, and that continues to be the conversation,
Speaker 1: what do we call ourselves? And we're not getting into
Speaker 1: that today because so many people have that conversation. And
Speaker 1: I think, self identify how you want to identify. I
Speaker 1: identify as Latina, which I know some folks don't like
Speaker 1: that either, but that is true to my identity. There
Speaker 1: was a while when I was in college, when I
Speaker 1: was identifying as Chicana because it made sense for me
Speaker 1: and my political understanding. But then the more time I
Speaker 1: spent in Peru and in South America, I just felt
Speaker 1: it didn't fit anymore, which is why as someone in
Speaker 1: the US, Latina fits. But I also like just saying
Speaker 1: we're my background, Well, my background is you know, I'm
Speaker 1: proving Mexican. And then if you want to give me
Speaker 1: an umbrella term, I'm proudly Latina.
Speaker 4: Absolutely, there's the hyper specific of who we are as
Speaker 4: individuals and who our parents are, and then there's like
Speaker 4: are in group, you know, membership. I identify as Mexican
Speaker 4: American or Chicana. I think that's just the most specific
Speaker 4: thing identity for me. I was very much raised by
Speaker 4: my parents to identify as a Chicana. My dad identifies
Speaker 4: as a Chicano, and I just feel like that's my
Speaker 4: culture and that's my people, and I'm an la Mexican
Speaker 4: American and this is.
Speaker 2: Just where we're from and what we do.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and you know, but I'm not a I'm not
Speaker 4: a Chicana that wears like you know those T shirts that.
Speaker 2: Say like not Islan.
Speaker 4: Yeah, let's say like Uslan and Vivola Rasa and like
Speaker 4: not Hispanic, not Latino, not Mexican, Indigenous, you know like those.
Speaker 2: I'm not one of those. I just want you guys
Speaker 2: to know that.
Speaker 4: And so for today's episode, we're gonna talk about some
Speaker 4: of our top Hispanic Heritage moments of twenty twenty four.
Speaker 4: And these being in no real particular order, we just
Speaker 4: kind of thought about, like what was in the zeitgeist
Speaker 4: this year as far as Latino, Latina, latinx Latina Hispanic people.
Speaker 4: This is not an exhaustive list. If there were things
Speaker 4: this year that really stood out to you that you're
Speaker 4: celebrating this Hispanic Heritage Month or thinking about, let us know,
Speaker 4: leave us a comment, leave us a review, and tell
Speaker 4: us what we're missing from this list.
Speaker 1: Don't go anywhere, lookamotes.
Speaker 3: We'll be right.
Speaker 2: Back, and we're back with more of our episode.
Speaker 1: So it isn't a conversation about latinos latinas I think
Speaker 1: if we don't start with the iconic, the beloved and
Speaker 1: hated Jennifer Lopez.
Speaker 4: JLO has given us so much, so much to think about,
Speaker 4: so much to watch and listen to, and a lot
Speaker 4: to criticize and make fun of.
Speaker 2: So this year was no exception.
Speaker 4: And if you've been on the internet at all, and
Speaker 4: even if you haven't been on the internet, you've probably
Speaker 4: seen this meme that took off in a lot of
Speaker 4: different forms talking about a Jlo quote from an acceptance
Speaker 4: speech that she made in twenty eleven at the American
Speaker 4: Music Awards for her win in the Latin Music category.
Speaker 4: During her acceptance speech, Jlo thanked mihinte latino, which is
Speaker 4: an incorrect use of Spanish. It should be mihinte latina.
Speaker 5: Thank you so much, and all the producers on the
Speaker 5: album everybody, Uh, don't have to say mi henda latino.
Speaker 4: But I didn't realize that this clip and this moment
Speaker 4: was from twenty eleven because it was circulating this year,
Speaker 4: in twenty twenty four, in the past few months, and
Speaker 4: circulating in a big way, and people making tiktoks with
Speaker 4: the sound, a lot of tiktoks with the sound, people
Speaker 4: doing a lot of like theorizing and analyzing and making
Speaker 4: fun of It's really taken off. And I just feel
Speaker 4: like every single year since Jlo has been working, which
Speaker 4: has been decades now, she's been part of the conversation
Speaker 4: whether a good way or a bad way, And this
Speaker 4: was just one of many ways this year that Jlo
Speaker 4: was in the conversation in a major way. She also
Speaker 4: had movies out this year that she like self funded
Speaker 4: and self produced. Of course we had benefit back in business,
Speaker 4: and now they're not anymore. She's just been very busy
Speaker 4: and she like she does. She's given us a lot.
Speaker 1: She's given us a lot, and it's one of those
Speaker 1: things where like nobody asked for this. I feels like
Speaker 1: the consensus from the internet. But I for one, will
Speaker 1: continue to follow Jlo on her work because I just
Speaker 1: think she's someone for me.
Speaker 3: Like we can critique. There's like critiques and then.
Speaker 1: There's like criticizing, right, So I'm like, we can critique her,
Speaker 1: but I'm not going to criticize her, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, Like, yeah, she's given us a lot, she
Speaker 1: continues to give and she's just an icon, you know,
Speaker 1: love her or hate her. I've been saying this for years.
Speaker 1: She's the Elizabeth Taylor. She's gonna get married again. She
Speaker 1: loves to get married, she loves love. She's a lover girl,
Speaker 1: true and true and true, Like she's a lover girl.
Speaker 1: And so you know, I love Jlo.
Speaker 4: The next one is a sound that we have been
Speaker 4: living for on TikTok. It is so freaking funny and
Speaker 4: I love the way that Latinas are using this sound.
Speaker 4: So it's kind of like a little bit of a poem.
Speaker 2: Tears in my Latina eyes, blood on my Latina thighs,
Speaker 2: dreams in my Latina head, I rest in my Latina bed.
Speaker 1: It sounds like a poem written in a Chicano Cities class.
Speaker 1: When you're like a freshman in college.
Speaker 4: Oh absolutely, and you enter into like a spoken word
Speaker 4: competition or showcase.
Speaker 2: Oh absolutely, and this is what you share this. We've
Speaker 2: all done it.
Speaker 3: We've all done it. No shame, That's how we grow.
Speaker 1: Speaking of bad art, exactly what is the source of
Speaker 1: this sound?
Speaker 3: Do you know?
Speaker 4: I have no idea because I was, you know, as
Speaker 4: one does. I'm scrolling on TikTok, scrolling mindlessly, and I
Speaker 4: saw a TikTok that was like just like an image
Speaker 4: with these lyrics and the sound, which sounds like one
Speaker 4: of the voice effects. Yeah, on the app, And that's
Speaker 4: where I first heard it. And then I started and
Speaker 4: I think I sent it to you, and then I
Speaker 4: started seeing people Latinas putting themselves on camera, especially and
Speaker 4: using the sound, but to like playfully mock their own
Speaker 4: use of their various LATINX traumas, especially in their applications
Speaker 4: for college, grad school, grants, jobs, opportunities, et cetera.
Speaker 2: And I think it's really funny.
Speaker 4: It's very like, yeah, maybe we're like kind of indulging
Speaker 4: in our own trauma a little bit, but maybe that's
Speaker 4: a good thing, because like you got to get something
Speaker 4: out of your trauma, and so if that gets you
Speaker 4: into college or grad school, then write about it. Write
Speaker 4: about your Latina tears.
Speaker 2: Do it. You know somebody's gonna love it. There's an
Speaker 2: audience for that.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean it's also definitely like mocking certain Latinas and
Speaker 1: how they show up in their identity online. Some of it,
Speaker 1: I think we know the ones. We know the ones
Speaker 1: where it's a caricature. It's like what you think Latini
Speaker 1: that is. And then there's like, you know, something that's
Speaker 1: more authentic, you know.
Speaker 3: But that's the thing.
Speaker 1: It's like I saw a comment that was like, Latini
Speaker 1: that is meant to be corny because it's a colonial project, right,
Speaker 1: it's not meant to be like this deep ass thing, right,
Speaker 1: which I think is something to consider. Like, there's a
Speaker 1: lot of things on like the latinx Internet, if you will,
Speaker 1: that's corny.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 4: I also see like younger Latinas on TikTok in particular
Speaker 4: talking about how they're very tired of gunchas on everything,
Speaker 4: freedom on everything, hot cheetos on everything, no pilas on everything,
Speaker 4: And we've talked about that too. Yeah, there is more
Speaker 4: out there there for us to pool from. But it's
Speaker 4: also you know, once something becomes mainstream, it's mainstream. And
Speaker 4: like we just talked about with the Pew data, Latinos
Speaker 4: our mainstream. There's millions of us. There's a lot of us.
Speaker 4: We are increasing the overall population of the United States.
Speaker 4: One in five people is probably of Latino discent on us.
Speaker 1: We're not increasing the population depending on we're educating.
Speaker 2: Oh, we're educating the population.
Speaker 4: You know, one in five people is probably Latino depending
Speaker 4: on where you are in the United States. So we're
Speaker 4: not like, you know, a tiny people group that's that's
Speaker 4: disenfranchised across the board, right, So, yeah, Latinos our mainstream.
Speaker 1: Y'all, don't go anywhere lokomotives.
Speaker 2: We'll be right back, We're back with more. We hope
Speaker 2: you didn't go anywhere.
Speaker 4: So moving on our next favorite Hispanic heritage moment, which
Speaker 4: is a really recent moment. We are so super duper
Speaker 4: proud of our friend DJ Sizzle Fantastic and the Kumiaton Collective,
Speaker 4: who have not only performed at the Ford, but at
Speaker 4: this point they've also performed on stage at the Hollywood
Speaker 4: Bowl alongside such iconic acts as La Sonorra Dnamita the
Speaker 4: Hollywood Bowl. Honestly, that Kumbia night, the Hollywood Bowl has
Speaker 4: never been so lit. There has never been so much
Speaker 4: dancing in the aisles in the stairway. I mean, the
Speaker 4: audience was up, they were active and people were.
Speaker 2: Having an incredible time. Sizzle looked amazing. She had this
Speaker 2: gorgeous dress and this fabulous updu.
Speaker 1: She was like channeling Selena. I know she was. I
Speaker 1: know that was definitely on her Pinterest board and she achieved.
Speaker 3: She looked beautiful.
Speaker 2: She did it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, she looked gorgeous. So proud of Sizzle and the
Speaker 1: Kumiaton Collective and all the folks that were involved, because
Speaker 1: the Hollywood Bowl is such an iconic venue in LA
Speaker 1: and not just anyone performs there. When I went to
Speaker 1: see Carla Morrison last year perform at the Hollywood Bowl,
Speaker 1: she said, I can't believe I'm performing at the Hollywood Bowl.
Speaker 1: Like Gotla Montesen is like a star, and I think
Speaker 1: even she had that moment on stage where she was like,
Speaker 1: I can't believe I'm performing here.
Speaker 3: And so then to see our friends on.
Speaker 1: Stage and to see Sizzle looking so beautiful and repin
Speaker 1: for La and her community so hard was such a magical,
Speaker 1: beautiful thing to.
Speaker 2: See, extremely incredibly.
Speaker 4: You can get more Sizzle and actually hear from Sizzle
Speaker 4: if you tune into our other podcast, our brand new show,
Speaker 4: Senora sex Ed.
Speaker 2: Sizzle actually has.
Speaker 4: Her own episode with her mom, Goco Loco, and it's
Speaker 4: an intergenerational conversation between the two of them about sex
Speaker 4: and sexuality and how they learned about sex and sexuality.
Speaker 4: So make sure you tune into that episode of Senora Sexed,
Speaker 4: also on the MICHAELA Podcast Network.
Speaker 1: Next on the list, Mala, have you been following the
Speaker 1: Anheila Aguilar and Christinolal drama?
Speaker 2: Okay?
Speaker 4: Is there some like infidelity and cheating and somebody stole
Speaker 4: somebody's man allegedly. Okay, tell me about it, because I only,
Speaker 4: like very vaguely have seen mentions of this.
Speaker 3: Okay.
Speaker 1: So Christiano is a Mexican singer performer. He's very famous,
Speaker 1: very popular, and he has kind of now created this
Speaker 1: reputation of being like Omohiriego, being a cheater. And so
Speaker 1: first he was dating Belinda, the Belinda.
Speaker 2: Okay, I know who she is nova, right, she was
Speaker 2: in Cheater Girls.
Speaker 3: Yes, Belina wasn' that's how I love that's how.
Speaker 4: See, that's my reference. That's how I found out about
Speaker 4: her for the Barcelona cheatera Girls movie, specifically because she
Speaker 4: was in it.
Speaker 3: Okay, she was in it.
Speaker 1: Okay, So he was dating her, and then he eventually
Speaker 1: started dating Gasu. And Gasu is another singer from Argintina.
Speaker 1: She has her own musical career and she had a
Speaker 1: baby with him very recently. And so it appears that
Speaker 1: Anhila Aguilar, who is famously daughter of Pepe Aguilar okay a,
Speaker 1: they're a dynasty in Mexico. So she was friends with
Speaker 1: Gasu and there was a point where on an Instagram
Speaker 1: photo of Christian and Casu, she says fan the sura Lacion, Yes,
Speaker 1: shady yes, so she knew them as a couple, she
Speaker 1: loved allegedly loved them as a couple. Next thing, you know,
Speaker 1: we see Ahila Aguilad and Christian Olan are together and
Speaker 1: Gasu just had a baby, like when their relationship went public.
Speaker 1: She had her baby with Christian was like only months old,
Speaker 1: so there was definitely some overlap.
Speaker 3: And of course who got the heat.
Speaker 1: From the public was Ahila not Christian, And so there
Speaker 1: was like a lot of polemica drama about that. It
Speaker 1: was all over my TikTok, honestly, and so I was
Speaker 1: keeping up with that for a while. So then next
Speaker 1: step Anghela and Christian get married.
Speaker 3: No wow, yeah, and so the room is that.
Speaker 1: Beilard was like, you are not gonna do that. You
Speaker 1: are not gonna embarrass my daughter.
Speaker 2: They ma ass us.
Speaker 3: So they get married.
Speaker 1: So they get married, and there's this video that goes viral.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of videos that have gone viral where
Speaker 1: people are now making fun of an Hilda gui Lad.
Speaker 1: She's kind of the butt of the joke right now.
Speaker 1: She's not really liked it. And Mexico in in terms
Speaker 1: of like popular culture public consensus, people don't like the
Speaker 1: other woman.
Speaker 4: We know that, especially when there's a tiny baby.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Yes, So there's a couple videos that have gone viral,
Speaker 1: but one of them is where she's screeching amor so.
Speaker 3: Now folks have replicated that sound.
Speaker 1: They've stitched it with the video of her saying ahmod
Speaker 1: and they're like opening a ca they're closing something, they're
Speaker 1: finding all these ordinary household objects that replicate that same
Speaker 1: high screech. And so to me, that has been like
Speaker 1: one of the most funny moments if we're thinking about
Speaker 1: it for Latino Heritage Month, that like say, youse be done.
Speaker 4: Yeah, okay, thank you so much for catching me up. Yes,
Speaker 4: I have learned a lot.
Speaker 3: You're welcome.
Speaker 4: That is drama.
Speaker 2: Okay, no wonder it's all over the place. Yes, O
Speaker 2: M G.
Speaker 3: Yes, and there's so much more. But that's the gist.
Speaker 2: That's pretty good.
Speaker 4: I know.
Speaker 2: That's pretty good drama. There's more drama on our list.
Speaker 1: I was gonna say, onto the next because this is
Speaker 1: something I'm not familiar with.
Speaker 3: But you are.
Speaker 4: Oh yes, yes, so talk me through this one. Let's
Speaker 4: talk about the rise and fall of Shoddy Bay. You guys,
Speaker 4: I have been watching from a distance and saying nothing
Speaker 4: and not to me. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I've been
Speaker 4: I'll like send of a long voice memo to Viosa
Speaker 4: like theorizing about Shadi Bay and like her place in
Speaker 4: popular culture. And I just find the whole Shoddy Bay
Speaker 4: trajectory to be fascinating and tragic to watch from a distance.
Speaker 4: But there really is no denying her place in like
Speaker 4: LATINX popular culture and social media. She has captured the
Speaker 4: attention of millions of TikTok users, I think most of
Speaker 4: whom are of the Latino community. And she apparently has
Speaker 4: had her own following for many years now. A Shadi
Speaker 4: Bay is Ecuadorian and she's from Minnesota, and she had
Speaker 4: sort of her own kind of underground like following for
Speaker 4: a few years, and then in the past couple of years,
Speaker 4: maybe two or three years, she has just taken all.
Speaker 2: The way off.
Speaker 4: And what people seem to initially have liked about her
Speaker 4: are her like funny little catch phrases, like she has
Speaker 4: a fun way of saying things. She almost has her own,
Speaker 4: like shoddy speak and debias and oh my gothos and
Speaker 4: all these things that are very quotable. She apparently like
Speaker 4: escaped from her mother's home, she says, in Minnesota, because
Speaker 4: she like went to some event in a different state
Speaker 4: and then just like never went home and then just
Speaker 4: came to La and then she moved into like one
Speaker 4: of these like content creator houses with like this other
Speaker 4: LATINX influencer Uilito and another influencer, Jose Bay is like
Speaker 4: in the mix as well. There's like a whole little
Speaker 4: group of them. There's a girl named Wendy, and then
Speaker 4: they all got beef. They all started fighting with each other.
Speaker 4: There was like major drama. They all moved out of
Speaker 4: that content house. Shoddy is like on her own now,
Speaker 4: but she's like the biggest one out of all all
Speaker 4: of them as as far as followers go. What I
Speaker 4: think is really interesting about her is that the attention
Speaker 4: that she's gotten has been like really intense. Like Cheeky's
Speaker 4: had her on stage with her at one of her shows.
Speaker 4: I saw online that Shady Bay did like a meet
Speaker 4: and greet at the Crito's mall, and it was so
Speaker 4: packed out with fans that the sheriffs were like surrounding
Speaker 4: Shoddy Bay to escort her and move her through the
Speaker 4: crowd of like screaming like Latino fans who showed up
Speaker 4: in Currito's, and she's just has like this huge presence,
Speaker 4: and she has merch and she has brand deals. She's
Speaker 4: appearing on radio, like I think she was on Big
Speaker 4: Boy in the morning.
Speaker 2: She's all over the place.
Speaker 4: However, there seems to be this element of like people
Speaker 4: are kind of analyzing her as what some folks would
Speaker 4: call like a loll cow, which is, does this person
Speaker 4: feel like there the audience is laughing with her or
Speaker 4: laughing at her. And it's been odd to like watch
Speaker 4: like our Latino TikTok audience sort of like hyph her
Speaker 4: up and project her into this level of stardom, but
Speaker 4: then also in not unlike in a Jla way, but
Speaker 4: then also be super nasty to her and like denigrate
Speaker 4: her and talk really poorly about her.
Speaker 2: And it seems.
Speaker 4: Like like this very double edged thing with Shoddy Bay.
Speaker 4: And so I also wonder, like with someone like Shoddy
Speaker 4: like did people hype her up specifically because they knew,
Speaker 4: like I don't know, like psychologically that there would be
Speaker 4: a downfall, And do people almost enjoy like that process,
Speaker 4: like this group think of like we're gonna do this
Speaker 4: feverish hyping up of this person, They're gonna get real
Speaker 4: big and then we're just gonna love the tear down.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 4: It's almost like when you go on a bender and
Speaker 4: you know that you're gonna feel like shit the next day.
Speaker 4: You know it's coming, but that's almost part of the experience.
Speaker 4: It's the high and then it's the come down. And
Speaker 4: that is what I have sort of witnessed or observed
Speaker 4: with Shoddy Bay.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think that applies to women in general, where they
Speaker 1: become super popular and then the public turns, like the
Speaker 1: tide turns instantly.
Speaker 3: We've seen that with Jenna Ortega.
Speaker 1: I'm just thinking in the last year, Jena Ortega, recently
Speaker 1: with Chapel Rone, Like, there are so many women that
Speaker 1: reach like a certain level where they're mainstream or they're
Speaker 1: super popular, adoring fans, and then just kidding, you said
Speaker 1: something I didn't like or you did something a certain way.
Speaker 3: I don't know if that's the same.
Speaker 1: Thing here, but I do see a connection with some
Speaker 1: of the other starlets, if you will.
Speaker 3: I also wonder if it's.
Speaker 1: Maybe like the TikTok version of cancel culture, you know,
Speaker 1: like where on Twitter it was, oh, we're all going
Speaker 1: to like go and like tweet at this person, and
Speaker 1: we're all going to talk about them, and we're going
Speaker 1: to like quote bring them down or quote cancel them.
Speaker 1: And you know, whether cancel culture is real or not,
Speaker 1: like that's another conversation. But we saw the people participating
Speaker 1: in like a vitriol or a takedown of a certain person,
Speaker 1: some deserving, some not right, And so I wonder if
Speaker 1: this is maybe the TikTok equivalent, where it's like we're
Speaker 1: all going to like band together and get this person
Speaker 1: here and then sas.
Speaker 4: Yes, that's it, Yeah, it's It reminds me of Anna
Speaker 4: Nicole Smith. It reminds me of Pamela Anderson. I mean,
Speaker 4: there's a very long list, like you mentioned, especially of women.
Speaker 4: Let's build them up so we can then have fun
Speaker 4: tearing them down. It's very strange, but Shoddy Bay like
Speaker 4: seems to be sort of weathering the storm and making
Speaker 4: the best of it. So I don't know, We're I'm
Speaker 4: keeping I'm keeping an eye on her right because I
Speaker 4: find the whole thing very interesting, but also like leave
Speaker 4: her alone, Leave the poor girl alone. I've also noticed,
Speaker 4: you know, there are so many different like subsets of
Speaker 4: like the latinal like I don't know social media world totally,
Speaker 4: and you'll have somebody like Shoddy Bay with millions and
Speaker 4: millions of followers. And then I see, like, you know,
Speaker 4: latinx content creators that are maybe a little more like
Speaker 4: in our sort of sphere, who will ask the question like,
Speaker 4: why do we put quote like these Latinos?
Speaker 2: Why don't we put these latinos on?
Speaker 4: Okay, you know, I saw there was another I don't
Speaker 4: remember the name of this person, but there was a
Speaker 4: Latina who was like on a podcast somewhere and her
Speaker 4: clip went super viral because she was talking about how
Speaker 4: she didn't graduate from high school. I saw that one, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 4: and we were talking about this that went super viral,
Speaker 4: and there was a lot of conversation around it, and
Speaker 4: it was the same sort of questions, why do we
Speaker 4: hype these Latinas up who like don't have education, or
Speaker 4: they're not social justice oriented, they don't do anything for
Speaker 4: the community. And I'm like, well, yeah, that's a good question.
Speaker 4: Why are you hyping them up just to turn around
Speaker 4: and talk mad shit about them? We wouldn't know who
Speaker 4: they are unless you us we were putting them out,
Speaker 4: you know.
Speaker 2: So I don't know.
Speaker 4: It's like, don't pedestal people just to turn around and
Speaker 4: complain about the pedestal you put them on.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, let's move on next.
Speaker 1: Well, we obviously have to include ourselves in this list
Speaker 1: because we launched a brand new podcast this year, Senora
Speaker 1: sex Ed. It's years in the making, and it's our
Speaker 1: new podcast featuring intergenerational conversations with Latinas from gen X
Speaker 1: to gen Z. We're interviewing Senora Senoritas and we're talking
Speaker 1: about all things sex and sexuality.
Speaker 4: And now why is this worthy of Hispanic Heritage Month recognition?
Speaker 4: Will you tell me the last time you saw a
Speaker 4: show like this? You know this is show? This show
Speaker 4: is very unique. I think this show is it is
Speaker 4: years in the making, It's taken us years to make it,
Speaker 4: and there's nothing else like it out there. And we're
Speaker 4: interviewing some of the most iconic Latinas ever period about
Speaker 4: things like their periods and how they learned about sex
Speaker 4: and sexuality. We're talking to them about menopause and perimenopause
Speaker 4: and masturbation and virginity and sexual violence and creating art.
Speaker 4: It's really interesting and it's really cool. So it's now
Speaker 4: it's part of the cultural zeitgeist.
Speaker 3: It is.
Speaker 1: And we were actually talking to Vittinia, the editor in
Speaker 1: chief of Hip Latina this morning, and she said that
Speaker 1: when she listened to Senana Sex said it was giving
Speaker 1: NPR and well, personally, as a radio audio enthusiast, I
Speaker 1: loved it.
Speaker 3: I loved that comparison.
Speaker 4: Thank you.
Speaker 1: That's why I went to grad school. Truly, best compliment ever.
Speaker 2: High praise. It's not not everybody gets compared to NPR.
Speaker 3: Honey, next past guest.
Speaker 4: An says Hernandez, Los Angeles City Council person representing Council
Speaker 4: District one, this year launched her very first field office
Speaker 4: in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles. Anie says, famously
Speaker 4: historically ran a very iconic campaign against then incumbent Gil Sidio.
Speaker 4: She was a first time candidate, a young candidate, a woman,
Speaker 4: a Latina, a resident of her district, Highland Park, and
Speaker 4: she won in a very historic upset and she's just
Speaker 4: killing the game. Yeah, so we love Onie says. We
Speaker 4: do have an episode with one says during her campaign,
Speaker 4: go ahead and tune into that episode learn more about her.
Speaker 4: It's a big deal to be elected to the Los
Speaker 4: Angeles City Council. I mean, as far as city Council goes,
Speaker 4: We're it, babe, like it's a big deal.
Speaker 2: Go ahead and tune in.
Speaker 4: We're very proud of that episode and of the work
Speaker 4: Onie Says has done.
Speaker 2: Keep up the good work.
Speaker 1: Next, this is so exciting for me to share. It's
Speaker 1: not even my news, but I'm just excited to talk
Speaker 1: about it and geek out about it. So iHeartMedia joins
Speaker 1: forces with Radio Ambulantes Studios to bring its full slate
Speaker 1: of shows to the Michael Dura podcast Network, our home network.
Speaker 1: If you're not familiar, Radio narrates the stories of Latino America.
Speaker 1: They have been doing it for years. They just launched
Speaker 1: their fourteenth season with the Michael Tura podcast Network. And
Speaker 1: not just radim Bulante joined the Michael Dura podcast Network,
Speaker 1: but also their other show, El Elo, which I listen
Speaker 1: to every week. El Elo covers the news and breaking
Speaker 1: stories of Latino America, and for me, I love it
Speaker 1: because I really try really hard to keep up with.
Speaker 3: The news and happenings in Latin America.
Speaker 1: So they do political coverage, election coverage, and really just
Speaker 1: day to day coverage of what's happening in different countries
Speaker 1: in Latin America, and they also have another show called
Speaker 1: Central and so those are now on the Michaeldura podcast Network.
Speaker 1: We're in good company and I just feel like I
Speaker 1: can say Danielle Alarcon is my colleague now because he's
Speaker 1: on our network.
Speaker 2: We're coworkers, we work together.
Speaker 1: They're also producing two new shows with Michael Tura podcast Network,
Speaker 1: which is sing So if you're a lover of audio,
Speaker 1: if you're a lover of storytelling, I think that you know.
Speaker 1: If you're not familiar with these shows, then you should
Speaker 1: definitely check them out as well.
Speaker 4: Next, I just want to give a quick little shout
Speaker 4: out to Marcelo Hernandez, who is an SNL cast member.
Speaker 4: And Marcelo has just been generally killing it and just
Speaker 4: being the cutest, funniest Cuban Dominican poppichulo ever. I absolutely
Speaker 4: love him in the sketches that he does, but specifically
Speaker 4: I love him on Weekend Update whenever he's opposite Colin Jost.
Speaker 4: He is just a standout. Every time he's on Weekend Update,
Speaker 4: his clips go viral. He's also a very talented stand
Speaker 4: up comedian, so check him out.
Speaker 2: As well.
Speaker 4: I'm just super proud of him, and I think he's
Speaker 4: doing a great job.
Speaker 3: I love that. I think.
Speaker 1: Also in comedian podcast Updates, former guest of Look at
Speaker 1: Dora and Senora Sex said Heidro Rodriguez, she just launched
Speaker 1: a new podcast called Say What You Mean, and I'm
Speaker 1: super excited to check that one out to listen because
Speaker 1: Ida is just so smart, so funny, so thoughtful, So
Speaker 1: I just know it's going to be a great podcast.
Speaker 4: She drops gems always always. Definitely tune into that and
Speaker 4: our final Hispanic Heritage moment coming up. It's Yasa's birthday,
Speaker 4: so what better way to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month than
Speaker 4: by celebrating the birth of everyone's favorite libra. But I
Speaker 4: want to make Kana bs FM.
Speaker 3: I love that.
Speaker 1: Thank you because I did not expect you to put
Speaker 1: that on the list.
Speaker 3: But you're right.
Speaker 1: I guess it is a part of Latino Heritage Month.
Speaker 2: You are part of this country's Latino heritage.
Speaker 3: You know what I am. You are in the Library
Speaker 3: of Congress, So yes, I am.
Speaker 4: That's true. I bet you guys didn't know that. I
Speaker 4: bet you guys didn't know we're in the Library of Congress.
Speaker 3: Yeah, our website.
Speaker 1: Our website was included in the Library of Congress.
Speaker 2: It's kind of a big deal, kind of a big deal.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you've heard of the Library of Congress.
Speaker 1: Are you familiar?
Speaker 4: We should visit the Library of Congress. We should go
Speaker 4: and we should be like, we're in your webs.
Speaker 1: Just like that, exactly like that word for words for beta. Yeah.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, Oh man.
Speaker 4: This has been our Hispanic Heritage Month episode roundup, et cetera,
Speaker 4: et cetera. I think this just needs to be a
Speaker 4: yearly a tradition.
Speaker 3: I think.
Speaker 1: So this is now our second episode of this kind.
Speaker 1: Last year, season eight, we did a LATINX Heritage Month
Speaker 1: phase as well, but we looked at more so the
Speaker 1: last decade. So this year we got more specific and
Speaker 1: honed in on twenty twenty four and nobody come for us.
Speaker 1: We know it's Latino Latina, not necessarily Hispanic, but you
Speaker 1: know that's the designated national month.
Speaker 2: So yes, Hispanic Heritage Month dot gov. We didn't it.
Speaker 4: Okay, blame Lyndon Johnson and Ronald and Ronald.
Speaker 1: Because he is the source of many of these countries
Speaker 1: problems even now.
Speaker 3: So talk to your family's about one's so twisted.
Speaker 4: Anyways, this has been another episode of look at Our Radio.
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