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Speaker 1: Loka Tora Radio is a radiophonic novella.

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Speaker 2: Which is just a very extra way of saying a podcast.

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Speaker 1: I'm Fosa m and I am Mala Munjos. Lokatra Radio

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Speaker 1: is yr Brima's favorite podcast, hosted by us Mala and Viosa.

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Speaker 2: We're two ig friends turned podcast partners, breaking down pop culture, feminism,

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Speaker 2: sexual wellness, and offering fresh takes on trending topics through

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Speaker 2: nuanced interviews with up and coming LATINX creatives.

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Speaker 1: Known as Las Lokatas, Las Mammis of Myth and Bullshit

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Speaker 1: and Las Borgass Prosas. We were podcasting independently since twenty sixteen,

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Speaker 1: but joined iHeartMedia's Microtura network in twenty twenty two.

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Speaker 2: This year, we're continuing to share stories from the LATINX community.

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Speaker 2: Bartoo el Mundo.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to season eight. Are you listening? O Lao La

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Speaker 1: Loka moti Is, Welcome to Season eight of lok at

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Speaker 1: Tora Radio. I'm Theosa and I'm Mala. You're tuning in too.

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Speaker 1: Capit one eighty one.

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Speaker 2: Last time on Locata Radio, we discussed solidarity between Latin

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Speaker 2: America and Palestine, decolonization framework, and political and personal practice.

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Speaker 2: Go ahead, tune into that episode, leave us a review,

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Speaker 2: subscribe to lok at our Radio, and share with a friend.

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Speaker 1: We also want to note that we will be continuing

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Speaker 1: our coverage of Israel and Palestine throughout this season. We

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Speaker 1: know that this is an ongoing crisis and we have

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Speaker 1: more episodes planned, but for today, we will be shifting

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Speaker 1: gears a little bit and talking about Locata Radio and

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Speaker 1: our seven year lok a versary.

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Speaker 2: Our little podcast just keeps growing episode after episode, season

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Speaker 2: after season. We've been at it since twenty sixteen, and

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Speaker 2: we're going to just take a little trip down memory

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Speaker 2: lane today and talk about where we've been and where

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Speaker 2: we're going.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I also want to plug a previous episode, our

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Speaker 1: Micaeldura Live episode where we talk about our journey from

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Speaker 1: indie podcasters to network darlings, and so you can find

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Speaker 1: that on the feed. I will link it in the

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Speaker 1: show notes and we go in depth for thirty minutes

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Speaker 1: about our history, our process, and where we've been and

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Speaker 1: where we're going. But you can tune into that one.

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Speaker 1: But we're gonna also talk about some past things and

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Speaker 1: some current things and some future things.

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Speaker 2: You know, we love telling our story and we'll tell

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Speaker 2: our story over and over again. It's an audio archive.

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Speaker 1: It's for the archives.

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Speaker 3: That's what it's all about.

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Speaker 2: And you know, sometimes we have people tune in and

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Speaker 2: the story. So I think it's good for us to

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Speaker 1: I also wanted to say that at the Michael Dura

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Speaker 1: Live show, it was a clean show, so we couldn't

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Speaker 1: necessarily say everything, and so I think this is also

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Speaker 1: how we express ourselves. And so we're going to be

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Speaker 1: doing that today and.

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Speaker 2: The stories we share. Yes, yes, this is our look

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Speaker 2: Aversary unplugged. Yes, this is our after Dark. There we go,

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Speaker 2: this is our this is for adults. Yes, so let's proceed.

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Speaker 2: So you know, we launched in twenty sixteen, and nowadays

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Speaker 2: when we tell people that, the reaction that we get is,

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Speaker 1: And still standing. Like we've said over the years, there

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Speaker 2: We are still standing, and a lot of it has

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Speaker 2: And now, you know, we still think about our listeners

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Speaker 2: when it's important to like explore, like we've explored live shows.

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Speaker 2: We do live shows, we do live events, you know,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and I don't think that we saw that. We

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Speaker 2: I think what I appreciate about our episodes too is

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Speaker 1: we've done very thematic things, thematic episodes. We've created our

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Speaker 1: Yeah, femtech. Lok a Dota is trademarked. It's a trademark word.

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Speaker 2: We started as a DIY project, but you get to

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Speaker 1: Yes, and some businesses don't generate that much, so like

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Speaker 2: Friendship we should do we do it more often. Well,

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Speaker 1: Well, Mole and I have talked about like if we

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Speaker 1: ever have kids, like, well, we obviously have to plan

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Speaker 1: our pregnancy together, Like duh. But no, yeah, like that's

438
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Speaker 1: the type of content you won't necessarily hear anymore.

439
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Speaker 2: Right, we're a little bit more what's the word. We're

440
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Speaker 2: a little more demure now, Yeah, a little more demure.

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Speaker 1: I think we just save that for the offline car. Yes,

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Speaker 1: you know it's before it was very much a part

443
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Speaker 1: of We're just going to talk about it on air,

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Speaker 1: I think, because.

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Speaker 2: Okay, there was there was there was a moment year

446
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Speaker 2: this is years ago, okay, right, and I'm going to

447
00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,520
Speaker 2: leave out names. There was an elected official that someone

448
00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,640
Speaker 2: someone we know was working for an elected official, remember,

449
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Speaker 2: and we had put an episode out and I was

450
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Speaker 2: saying something about Dick obviously yes, and then this elected

451
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Speaker 2: official like brought up or his one of his staffers

452
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Speaker 2: had brought up a story that I had told, yes

453
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Speaker 2: about Dick in front of this council person. Yes, yes,

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Speaker 2: And I was kind of well, first of all hilarious,

455
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Speaker 2: but also mortified.

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Speaker 1: Totally yeah, because like it's.

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Speaker 2: One thing for this these elect this man to listen

458
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Speaker 2: to it, but then for it to come up in

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Speaker 2: conversation in front of the council member, you know, it's

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Speaker 2: just like, Wow, that's a lot for me.

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Speaker 1: I agree. I agree. I think to like, you know, Fernando,

462
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Speaker 1: my partner, like he runs into a lot of people

463
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Speaker 1: that listen to the show, So I think that kind

464
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Speaker 1: of has changed the way I talk about him, because

465
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Speaker 1: there was this one episode with Curly Yea and I

466
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Speaker 1: talked about the physical anatomy of my partner, and you know,

467
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Speaker 1: this was a baby show at the time. This was

468
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Speaker 1: years ago.

469
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Speaker 2: We didn't know where it was going.

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Speaker 1: And then he tells me that someone is coworker, someone

471
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Speaker 1: that he met a colleague mentioned that they listened to

472
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Speaker 1: that episode and Penandeno knew exactly what he was referring to,

473
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Speaker 1: and he was kind of embarrassed, but just you know,

474
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Speaker 1: what was he going to say? And that kind of

475
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Speaker 1: also was like, okay, like this is your work, this

476
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Speaker 1: is different. I shouldn't be talking about any physical things

477
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Speaker 1: about you on the show. We can talk about the

478
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Speaker 1: relationship a little bit, but like that kind of stuff

479
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Speaker 1: I had to keep private because it's one like you.

480
00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:02,679
Speaker 1: I had made like a passing comment. It was a

481
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Speaker 1: joke about you know, when we were at look at

482
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Speaker 1: That Alive, Curly was talking about someone with big balls,

483
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Speaker 1: and so I made this joke and you know, I

484
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Speaker 1: didn't know that his colleague was going to listen to it.

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Speaker 1: And so I think that all that changed, you know,

486
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Speaker 1: as it grows, it kind of changes, like, Okay, I

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Speaker 1: can't really talk about people that I'm dating or people

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Speaker 1: my family in the same way that I did maybe

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Speaker 1: five six seasons.

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Speaker 2: Ago, totally. And I mean, look, I thought, if you're

491
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Speaker 2: not if you guys are not catching the gist here,

492
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Speaker 2: people listen.

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Speaker 3: People in very high places are listening to look up

494
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Speaker 3: what a radio.

495
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Speaker 2: Okay, the most influential people in Los Angeles, the height

496
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Speaker 2: of LA politics. They are tuning in and they are listening,

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Speaker 2: and so I think that has given us a little

498
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Speaker 2: bit of like, Okay, let's be a little more, let's

499
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Speaker 2: refine this content a little bit. We were at USC

500
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Speaker 2: for homecoming and standing right next to us was a

501
00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:59,720
Speaker 2: professor who is also a listener, and she like in

502
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Speaker 2: trued U herself and Hi, Gabby, very nice to have

503
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:03,240
Speaker 2: met you.

504
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:04,920
Speaker 3: If you're listening, hey girl.

505
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Speaker 2: But you never know. And so, yes, we have very

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Speaker 2: influential listeners.

507
00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:10,520
Speaker 1: We do.

508
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:14,280
Speaker 2: So we want to cater to the to our listenership

509
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Speaker 2: and make sure the content is good enough for them.

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Speaker 1: You know, yes, yes, And so I think that that's

511
00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:23,080
Speaker 1: probably been the biggest thing that's changed about But it's

512
00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,160
Speaker 1: still in the archives. You can go back and hear

513
00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:28,320
Speaker 1: those type of conversations there. It's still there in any

514
00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:30,960
Speaker 1: of the early episodes. You know, we were really getting

515
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Speaker 1: wild in the convos.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, don't don't get us.

517
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Speaker 2: We're still getting We're still getting railed.

518
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Speaker 1: Yeah, we still are.

519
00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,720
Speaker 2: We're just yeah, we're just not talking about it every week.

520
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:43,680
Speaker 2: But don't worry, guys, don't worry.

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Speaker 3: Still happening.

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Speaker 1: It is.

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Speaker 2: So let's talk about some more milestones that we've had

524
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Speaker 2: along the years. I mean from live shows at some

525
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Speaker 2: of the most iconic venues in Los Angeles. We've remember

526
00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:04,640
Speaker 2: our actually, our very very very first party was at

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Speaker 2: El Dorado.

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Speaker 1: That's right. It was our one year Loca versary. We

529
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:14,000
Speaker 1: did it in collaboration with La Hunda and their Pigna party. Yes,

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00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,000
Speaker 1: and we sprayed paint because they had their little traveling

531
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Speaker 1: pigna and so for our party, our like little takeover.

532
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Speaker 1: They were so sweet to offer us their night to

533
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Speaker 1: celebrate us. We like painted their gold pina pink and

534
00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,600
Speaker 1: that was like, we're here. So I thought that was

535
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,280
Speaker 1: taking over. And that was our very first time throwing

536
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Speaker 1: a party for our anniversary. There was no live show component,

537
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:41,879
Speaker 1: but the listeners came out in droves. It also happened

538
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,879
Speaker 1: to be the same weekend of Tropicalia, do you remember Tropicalia?

539
00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:47,560
Speaker 2: Very fun and so.

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Speaker 1: People were coming in from all parts of California. We

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Speaker 1: had folks visiting from northern California from San Diego and

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Speaker 1: then they also came to the party, and I think

543
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,119
Speaker 1: that was the very first time we realized, like, oh,

544
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Speaker 1: we can bring out a crowd, like we can plan

545
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,800
Speaker 1: a live show with a show component, with a live

546
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Speaker 1: podcast and a party.

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00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:10,400
Speaker 2: Absolutely, And so after that first party at El Dorado,

548
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:14,040
Speaker 2: then the next year we launched Loka I Thought a

549
00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,960
Speaker 2: Live a podcast party at Civic Center Studios and we

550
00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,400
Speaker 2: had guests, We had Curly and Maya and we kind

551
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:22,480
Speaker 2: of did a little bit of a variety show and

552
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 2: DJ Sizzle was there and it was a good time

553
00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:29,560
Speaker 2: and we danced and we drank and we were merry

554
00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:34,240
Speaker 2: and our listeners came out, and Yeah, we took loc

555
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:37,040
Speaker 2: I Thought Alive also to the Paramount. We did an

556
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Speaker 2: addition there where we also screened our short film, Lokitha's Anonymous.

557
00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 2: It's an eight minute short. You can watch it on YouTube.

558
00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,920
Speaker 2: We have a full cast and you'll recognize a lot

559
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:51,959
Speaker 2: of people in that cast. Vanessa Romo is in Lokkeitha's Anonymous,

560
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 2: Jen from the block, Gen Torres, Grisol, who else.

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Speaker 3: There's a bunch of people.

562
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Speaker 2: Everybody, everybody is in.

563
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:04,600
Speaker 3: Oh, Zuri Djzuri is in Loki does Anonymous as well.

564
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Speaker 3: Check that out.

565
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Speaker 2: So we did a screening and a live show at

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Speaker 2: the Paramount and it was very fun.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and then I think the pandemic like slowed us

568
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,160
Speaker 1: down in terms of obviously like slowed us down in

569
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Speaker 1: terms of live shows. We came back in twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: two with a live show at Resident and that was

571
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,200
Speaker 1: a lot of fun. And then this past year we

572
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Speaker 1: had a look at well not a look at a

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Speaker 1: live but a live show with Michael Dura, like we

574
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Speaker 1: mentioned at the top of the episode, And you know,

575
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Speaker 1: we hope to have more live shows in the future.

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Speaker 1: That's definitely something that we're working ones. But since we

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Speaker 1: couldn't have a live event this year for our Lookovers three,

578
00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:42,440
Speaker 1: that's also why we wanted to commemorate this lucky number

579
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Speaker 1: seven of lok at Dora Radio with this episode.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely and it has been.

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Speaker 2: It's been. I think we've had a very lucky seven years.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I think I look at some of the

583
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,680
Speaker 2: other podcasts and the fact that we're still going and

584
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Speaker 2: that we have like never fought each other.

585
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Speaker 1: Oh my god, I'm so glad we like each other.

586
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Speaker 3: There are some there are some podcasts, popular podcasts out there,

587
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,240
Speaker 3: duos where they like they have like physically fought each other.

588
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,280
Speaker 1: And I remember Mom and I were like, imagine physically

589
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Speaker 1: fighting each other First of all, I couldn't.

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Speaker 2: No, no, no, no, we would never. It would be all slaps.

591
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Speaker 2: First of all, it'd be all open ponds.

592
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Speaker 1: It would be biting. It would be like, no, not

593
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Speaker 1: even biting like mouths, I mean like biting language, Like

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Speaker 1: we would be fighting with words. We wouldn't even be

595
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Speaker 1: It would be a verbal spat of verbal jous.

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Speaker 2: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes no. We would never

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Speaker 2: physically harm each other, but there are duos out there

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Speaker 2: that do.

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Speaker 7: So.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been a lucky seven years and we had

601
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Speaker 2: like other little events like we did remember at chic

602
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Speaker 2: Ali Studios. We did like that live recording session look

603
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Speaker 2: at a Light.

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Speaker 1: Yes, that was fun with.

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Speaker 3: The live audience. That was very fun.

606
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Speaker 2: Jokes and Tokes was like a mighty one at a

607
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,959
Speaker 2: offshoot series that went on for like almost well like

608
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Speaker 2: two seasons, like almost a year at the Artist Try

609
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:04,440
Speaker 2: Studio Lounge.

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Speaker 3: That was very fun.

611
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Speaker 2: So we've tried to like keep yes, keep doing things

612
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Speaker 2: here and there.

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Speaker 1: You know, we try to keep our foot in the community.

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00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,719
Speaker 1: If you will, like still doing live events. It's one

615
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,360
Speaker 1: of our favorite things to do. They just take a

616
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Speaker 1: lot of work.

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Speaker 3: A lot of work.

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Speaker 2: We were doing those Benesota parties with Grissol for a

619
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Speaker 2: while at resident as well.

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Speaker 3: We've done a lot actually.

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Speaker 1: We've done a lot of things a lot of the years. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I would. I I'm already kind of plotting what we

623
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Speaker 1: both are. But I'm already envisioning like we're an episode

624
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Speaker 1: one eighty one, Like what is our two hundredth episode

625
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Speaker 1: of Celebration. Right, We've already been talking and planning, and

626
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,680
Speaker 1: so in the spirit of talking about live shows, I'm

627
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 1: just gonna plant that seed right now.

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Speaker 2: It's got to be something. It's going to be spectacular.

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Speaker 2: It's gonna be something unlike you've ever seen.

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Speaker 1: Okay, I don't know about that, but you know, Ma's

631
00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 1: always you know, puts us all the way up there,

632
00:31:58,200 --> 00:31:58,840
Speaker 1: which is a good thing.

633
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, which is a good Yeah.

634
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 3: So keep your eyes peeled.

635
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Speaker 2: Make sure you guys are following us because whenever there's

636
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 2: a live event, we're going to be advertising on Instagram.

637
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,680
Speaker 2: Of course we'll share here on the podcast, but make

638
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,960
Speaker 2: sure you're following us at look at thora Underscore radio

639
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:12,479
Speaker 2: for all the things.

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00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 1: Okay, I wanted to talk about what has outlived? Oh,

641
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:19,800
Speaker 1: I had a running list at some point like a

642
00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:22,680
Speaker 1: funny one, like a funny running list. One of them

643
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:23,240
Speaker 1: was the Queen.

644
00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:27,200
Speaker 2: Yes, look at thought, our radio has outlived Queen Elizabeth,

645
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:31,440
Speaker 2: And I think that's a feat. I think that's pretty historic,

646
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,880
Speaker 2: if you ask me, it's good. It looks like, look

647
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,200
Speaker 2: at thought. Our radio is also going to outlive what

648
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:41,520
Speaker 2: the red dye fifty red fifty. That's true, they're manning it.

649
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:42,280
Speaker 3: It's going away.

650
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:44,960
Speaker 1: What's gonna happen? Hot cheetos?

651
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:54,200
Speaker 3: Who knows? Who knows? Let's see what else?

652
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:58,960
Speaker 2: Have we outlived Twitter? We outlive Twitter now x now x.

653
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 2: We outlived Twitter. We've outlived who got a divorce? Whose marriage?

654
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 2: And lots. We outlived a lot of marriages.

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Speaker 1: We'd have We have outlived a lot of marriage.

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Speaker 2: Have outlived many many marriages. We we outlived the well.

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Speaker 2: The pandemic is still kind of ongoing.

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Speaker 1: Pandemic is ongoing, but we're older.

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Speaker 3: Than the pandemic.

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Speaker 1: We are, so that's something.

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Speaker 3: I want to predict.

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Speaker 2: We're going to outlive the pandemic. It'll end at some point.

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Speaker 2: We're going to still be going, I hope.

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Speaker 1: So I don't want to be documenting through another pandemic, honestly, like, no, please,

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Speaker 1: please please, Lord, one is enough, Please, we can't do

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Speaker 1: this again.

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Speaker 7: Oh.

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Speaker 2: We outlived Nuri Martinez his role as city council president.

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Speaker 1: We did.

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Speaker 2: We totally outlived we did.

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Speaker 3: So that's good.

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Speaker 1: That's a good one.

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Speaker 3: That's a good one.

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Speaker 1: We outlived Shakiampigae's relationship.

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Speaker 2: We did, we did.

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Speaker 3: We outlived Kim and Kanye.

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Speaker 1: We did, we did, and Unwell, I'm so glad she's

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Speaker 1: done with that fool.

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Speaker 3: Outlive them.

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Speaker 2: We outlived Britney's conservatorship.

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Speaker 1: Yes, yes, free Britney.

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Speaker 2: She's still not all the way for you.

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Speaker 1: I don't think, No, I don't think. But we wish

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Speaker 1: her healing always, we wish her healing. I want to

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Speaker 1: listen to her memoir. I like listening to the celebrity

686
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Speaker 1: memoirs versus reading them because they're usually read by someone fabulous,

687
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Speaker 1: like Mariah Carey's memoir was read by Mariah Carey and.

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Speaker 2: It was fabulous.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and I do want to listen to her memoir

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Speaker 1: narrated by the white Michelle Williams.

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Speaker 3: Oh really, Oh, I didn't realize that.

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Speaker 1: She didn't narrate herself. Allegedly, it was too hard to

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Speaker 1: narrate herself, which valid I'm sure, but yes, we wish

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Speaker 1: Healing to Britney Spears. Are we going to outlive justin

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Speaker 1: Timberlake's career, because I'm foreseeing a takedown. I mean, he's

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Speaker 1: already been kind of taken down a couple of notches

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Speaker 1: with the memoir, and I'm ready for this man's downfall, honestly.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, people are not loving him like they once did,

699
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Speaker 2: and for good reason.

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Speaker 3: You know, it's his time.

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Speaker 2: It's his time, and all of the indiscretions are out

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Speaker 2: in the open.

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Speaker 3: Yes, you know, so it's it was it was going

704
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,480
Speaker 3: to happen. Yes, it was bound to happen.

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Speaker 1: You know, when I think about lokath onter Radio in

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00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,480
Speaker 1: the next ten years, just the next seven years, right,

707
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:33,320
Speaker 1: I think about like Futuro's Latino USA, they've been They've

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00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,520
Speaker 1: had that show for thirty years, Like surely you know,

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Speaker 1: it's a thirty year long, living and thriving show, and

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Speaker 1: I don't know how long will go. But I don't

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00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:48,919
Speaker 1: necessarily see like an end time, you know what I mean.

712
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,359
Speaker 1: It's like, there's just so much to keep the show

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Speaker 1: going totally, and I think as long as we're invested

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Speaker 1: and we want to keep it going, like we're going

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Speaker 1: to keep it going.

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Speaker 2: It'll live, It'll live forever if we want it to

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Speaker 2: live forever. We outlived Jesus and Marrow.

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Speaker 1: Oh, sadly, sadly.

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Speaker 3: We love Jesus and Marrow.

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Speaker 1: We did. We loved the Bodega Boys the podcast.

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00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:10,399
Speaker 3: We miss them.

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00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:13,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, we are sad. We wish that these men would

723
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Speaker 1: just work it out back, come on, come back, you

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00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:17,719
Speaker 1: need a mediator.

725
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:18,359
Speaker 3: You can always come back.

726
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 1: Whatever bullshit happened, it can. It should be resolved.

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00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:23,760
Speaker 3: It should be resolved.

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Speaker 2: It makes me sad that apparently their issue was because

729
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,319
Speaker 2: of a third party, because you're a manager. That does

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00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 2: make me sad, you know, as opposed to being it

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00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 2: wasn't like a specific creative difference right between the two hosts.

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Speaker 1: Yes, and that also makes me think about you know,

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Speaker 1: when they would they would podcast, when they would have

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Speaker 1: their episodes, they would talk about like, imagine if we

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Speaker 1: broke up.

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Speaker 2: No, like they.

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Speaker 1: Would say it in like a way that was like

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Speaker 1: it was impossible, like that could never happen, Like there

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Speaker 1: was a love there for each other. And so yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's sad that we all lived them, but we did

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Speaker 1: all live them.

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Speaker 2: We did outlive them. Yeah, I mean, I just think

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Speaker 2: that we're killing it. We're just doing a really good

744
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:04,360
Speaker 2: job and that's that. And thank you guys for listening

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Speaker 2: and supporting me, because if you guys weren't listening.

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Speaker 1: You know, there would be no show.

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00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 2: There really wouldn't be a show, It's true.

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Speaker 1: And on that note, we have some voice memos sent

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Speaker 1: by our listeners, so we're gonna play them as a

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Speaker 1: way to wrap up the show. Thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for rocking with us all these seven years. If you're

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00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:27,840
Speaker 1: an OG listener, a new listener, there's so much, so

753
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,160
Speaker 1: many episodes for you to go back and listen to

754
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 1: or re listen to, and you can really hear the

755
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 1: evolution in the show, the growth in the show, not

756
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:40,440
Speaker 1: just from sound quality, but just I think us also

757
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,800
Speaker 1: as host and as producers, you can definitely see the growth.

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Speaker 1: So I'm really proud of what we've done. And yeah,

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Speaker 1: here's to another seven years.

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Speaker 3: Here's to another seven years.

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Speaker 1: Good job, great job. Okay, so we're gonna play our

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Speaker 1: listener voice memos and that concludes the episode and details.

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Speaker 2: Lis up, y'all.

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Speaker 8: My name is Jen Torres or Jump from the Block.

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Speaker 8: I'm from South central Los Angeles, the three two three.

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Speaker 8: More specific I live in Wants. I've been listening to

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00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:20,440
Speaker 8: Lokata Radio since I was in college, which is about

768
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:23,799
Speaker 8: five years ago. And since i've been listening to the podcast,

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Speaker 8: I've also learned so much about community and also about

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00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:32,360
Speaker 8: taking up space and understanding and learning that our stories

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00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,520
Speaker 8: really matter. So thank you Liosa, thank you Mala for

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Speaker 8: giving us a platform.

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Speaker 2: And a space for us to just like tell our stories.

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Speaker 8: It means so much.

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Speaker 2: And also I'm so.

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Speaker 8: Proud of y'all. Happy birthday, Happy anniversary.

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Speaker 5: Hello Locandia. My name is Jackie and I'm from the

778
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Speaker 5: San Gievra Valley and I've had the fortune to find

779
00:38:55,560 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 5: Loka Tora Radio in twenty twenty. I've been listening since then.

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Speaker 5: During the pandemic and honestly ever since.

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Speaker 4: Then, I went back and I listened to all of

782
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:10,520
Speaker 4: the previous episodes because I was like, how did these

783
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:14,160
Speaker 4: girls start? I really was interested, and ever since then,

784
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:19,080
Speaker 4: I've been listening and now too marijuana as well. I've

785
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:24,200
Speaker 4: been supporting Marla in Diosa's journey together and also their

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00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 4: independent journey because I was looking for something like this

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Speaker 4: for so long, not only a podcast but also a

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Speaker 4: community of Latina fem energy who are radical baddies. And

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Speaker 4: I have learned so much from this podcast embracing being

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00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:49,720
Speaker 4: a loka because honestly, I thought being called a loca

791
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 4: for so long was always something that I didn't mind

792
00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,359
Speaker 4: being called because I know I was a loka. But

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Speaker 4: look at helped me embrace that with even better, with

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00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:04,960
Speaker 4: a better energy, and of course for marijuana. Thanks Marla,

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Speaker 4: I have found out being a Monday juana is okay,

796
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:13,839
Speaker 4: and so that's always been like something that I thought

797
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:18,399
Speaker 4: about because honestly has created a community, and I can

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00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 4: say this even for Locus liberals.

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Speaker 5: I've been part of that.

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Speaker 4: I've read so many more books and dove into fiction.

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 4: Thank you so much Deosah for having that ola.

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Speaker 9: My name is Erica. I am from the East Coast

804
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:39,120
Speaker 9: in Connecticut. I am an og lokamore listener. I have

805
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:43,680
Speaker 9: been listening to y'all since twenty sixteen, twenty seventeen when

806
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:48,880
Speaker 9: y'all first came out with Yoka Pitulos, and I remember

807
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,480
Speaker 9: the esthetic and the branding and the promo and it

808
00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:54,680
Speaker 9: just drew me in and I fell in love. I've

809
00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:57,719
Speaker 9: learned so much by listening to y'all, there's just so

810
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:04,280
Speaker 9: much information, so much knowledge, a wealth of teesemuth from y'all,

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Speaker 9: you know, bringing in local activists, local community members, local artists,

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00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,520
Speaker 9: to even the interview you did with Anatiju, Like just

813
00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:21,000
Speaker 9: so many great folks that y'all have interviewed and just

814
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:23,440
Speaker 9: really speaking to so many different topics.

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Speaker 10: Hey, y'all, it's le Ju Seva do Ha, otherwise known

816
00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:33,800
Speaker 10: as Caroline. I have known about Loka for years. Y'all

817
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:38,560
Speaker 10: did a thing for me too or BuzzFeed or something

818
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,799
Speaker 10: like that years ago, and one of the things that

819
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,080
Speaker 10: stuck with me was how y'all said, we're like, oh,

820
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:47,359
Speaker 10: we're recovering Catholics, and I'm like, bitch, it's me. I'm

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00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:52,719
Speaker 10: a recovering Catholic. I don't identify with these puritanical and

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00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:59,600
Speaker 10: you know, egotistical, toxic, masculinely bullshit. So that stuck with me,

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00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:02,319
Speaker 10: and I actually didn't start listening to you guys until

824
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:05,719
Speaker 10: a couple of years or maybe less later. It was

825
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:07,920
Speaker 10: during the pandemic when I had so much time on

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Speaker 10: my hands. I was like, I'm gonna start listening to podcasts,

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Speaker 10: and I binged the shit out of lok at Dora

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Speaker 10: and at the time, you guys were like three or

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Speaker 10: four seasons in and I was just so enthralled by

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00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:25,920
Speaker 10: you guys and your strength and the community and the

831
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:29,920
Speaker 10: acceptance that you guys like shared and I'm just like,

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00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:31,640
Speaker 10: I need this in my life and I do.

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Speaker 7: Happy seven years Loka Tora. It's Laala checking in from

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Speaker 7: the eight win to eight. I just wanted to stop

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Speaker 7: by and wish my homegirls a happy birthday anniversary all

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Speaker 7: of the things. Seven years seven is a very magical

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Speaker 7: and powerful number. Just want to thank you both for

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00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,200
Speaker 7: all the work you do for the community. You keep

839
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:54,360
Speaker 7: us inspired, you keep us empowered, you keep us going.

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Speaker 7: I love you guys so much. I'm so proud of

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00:42:56,480 --> 00:43:00,160
Speaker 7: you again, La La eight win eight. I am a

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00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:05,040
Speaker 7: OG Loka to a listener, been here since day one

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00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:05,759
Speaker 7: year one.

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Speaker 2: I love you guys.

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Speaker 6: Happy birthday, Loka Tora. It's been such a joy to

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00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:13,560
Speaker 6: watch you all grow. I've been an OG listener and

847
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:18,040
Speaker 6: I remember feeling really inspired to explore podcasting when I

848
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:21,319
Speaker 6: first saw your content and heard you both archiving the

849
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:25,440
Speaker 6: amazing stories you shared with audio. I appreciate the creativity

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00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:28,680
Speaker 6: you all bring to your seasons and the branding of

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Speaker 6: Loka Tora, and I wish you all many, many, many

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00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:39,880
Speaker 6: more years filled with storytelling, being unapologetically yourselves and creating

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00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:41,960
Speaker 6: as a form of liberation.

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Speaker 2: Lokata Radio, a radio funding novela, is executive produced and

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Speaker 2: hosted by Me Mala Munjos and Biosa.

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Speaker 1: Fem Story editing by Me Fiosa.

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Speaker 3: Audio editing by Stephanie Franco.

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Speaker 1: Thank you to our lokamotives, our listeners for all of

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Speaker 1: your support.

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Speaker 5: Bessie First.

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Speaker 1: Look at the Radio, a radiophonic novella hosted by Mala

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Speaker 1: Munjos and the ASAF Fan.

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Speaker 10: Take us to your network,