Best Jose Alejos Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 196 - Martin Arellano Jr. - TacoMex 32:49

1M ago32:49

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If you grew up in the 90's and early 2000's here in Calexico you probably remember the name TacoMex. The Arellano's and their food have been a staple in our community since 1992 when they first opened TacoMex. For most people who are in the restaurant business they know that owning a restaurant is a family affair and most of the time the younger me…

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Episode 195 - Jonathan Angulo 48:04

1M ago48:04

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Today I had a really interesting conversation with Jonathan Angulo an El Centro native who is in the process of researching some of our local swap meets and open aired markets like Las Palmas, Santo Thomas and even the Price Center. Although he's in the early process of research and the writing of his book I learned a lot from some our local shops …

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Episode 194 - Lewis Pacheco - IID Division 4 44:37

2M ago44:37

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Today I had the pleasure of talking to a returning guest who is now running for board of directors for IID Division 4, my guest is Mr Lewis Pacheco. A lot Calexican might remember him as the principal for Jefferson Elementary for many many years and also as a former city council member for the city of Calexico. Thank you Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Gar…

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Episode 193 - Diahna Garcia-Ruiz - Imperial County Supervisor District 2 48:07

3M ago48:07

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It's election season once again and today I had the pleasure of talking to a returning guest, she is currently on the Central Union High School Board of Trustees and has been an elected official for the last 27 years and is now running for Imperial County Supervisor District 2, my guest today is Diahna Garcia-Ruiz. Follow Diahna's campaign on Faceb…

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Episode 192 - Sergio Ojeda Jr. - Takito11 55:01

3M ago55:01

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Today I had the pleasure of taking to a very talented local artist who is doing some amazing murals all over the valley in local businesses and pretty soon you'll be seeing them in other public places, my guest today was Sergio Ojeda Jr ands some people might also know him as Takito91. Sergio is one of the 15 Imperial Valley artist who are part of …

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Event Factory by Renee Gladman 1:17:22

4M ago1:17:22

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Event Factory is the first in a cycle of novellas by Renee Gladman. An unnamed linguist-traveler arrives in the city-state of Ravicka, whose inhabitants speak a uniquely place-based, relational, and physically gestural language. The narrator is on a quest for meaning, understanding, and connection, but everything, even the buildings themselves, eva…

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Episode 191 - Ana Vazquez - Imperial Valley Colectivo 59:02

6M ago59:02

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Hoy tube el plaser de visitar Imperial Valley Colectivo y platicar con Ana Vazquez la creadora y duena del colectivo. Me conto un poco de sus experiencias que a vivido en los casi 3 anos de tener el colectivo. Tambien platicamos de los articolos que venden en el colectivo y como es que funciona ser parte del colectivo. Sigue a Imperial Valley Colec…

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Episode 190 - Gil Rebollar 1:23:49

6M ago1:23:49

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Today I had a returning guest, the guest with the most appearances on the podcast. He's a former podcaster, stand up comedian, former Brawley elementary board of trustee, the 2023 Hidalgo Society Hispanic Male of the year and current Brawley city council member, Gil Rebollar. In today's episode we talked about local politics, what its been like bei…

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Publishing The Commune, w/ Mitch Anzuoni of Inpatient Press 29:28

6M ago29:28

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Mitch Anzuoni of Inpatient Press on discovering Marios Chakkas and finding a translator who would do justice to Chakkas’ unique voice. Review of The Commune in Jacobin Magazine Mikis Theodorakis' obituary in Monthly Review

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The Commune by Marios Chakkas, w/ translator Chloe Tsolakoglou 1:23:41

6M ago1:23:41

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Marios Chakkas wrote The Commune in 1972 shortly before his death of cancer at the age of 41. Chakkas was a prolific Greek writer who lived through decades of hope, aspiration, repression and ultimately defeat for the country’s Left. A unique and unclassifiable novella, The Commune charts the state of Chakkas’ psyche through a dense sequence of mem…

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Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko 1:40:29

8M ago1:40:29

1:40:29

Leslie Marmon Silko, Laguna Pueblo author and prominent figure in the first of wave of the Native American Renaissance, spent ten year crafting Almanac of the Dead, published in 1991. Almanac is a sprawling, prophetic, epic novel populated by coke smugglers, arms dealers, sex workers, homeless veterans, scheming businessmen, corrupt politicians, an…

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Episode 189 - Fernando Fro Reza 1:08:12

9M ago1:08:12

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Today I had a returning guest, amazing artist, a Raves and Rants of Imperial Valley exile and now he's one of our local artist selected for the Far South/Border North grant my guest is Fernando "Fro" Reza. Today we talked a little bit of everything local politics, movies, funko/Mondo, movies, nostalgia and life in general. It's always fun catching …

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Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie 1:27:28

9M ago1:27:28

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Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error, by French historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, is a landmark work of social history first published in 1974. Le Roy Ladurie reconstructs the lives, relationships, and theological worldview of everyday people in the small village of Montaillou in the Pyrenees mountains at the beginning of the fourteenth century.…

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Episode 188 - Ricardo Islas 1:03:24

9M ago1:03:24

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Today I had the pleasure of talking to an amazing artist out of San Diego but who was "born" and raise in Calexico, Ricardo Islas. We talked about what it was growing up in Calexico, how he started drawing and how it's going now that he's a full time artist. Visit Ricardo's Big Cartel Shop! https://ricardoislas.bigcartel.com Follow Ricardo Islas on…

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Episode 187 - Roxsanna Pacheco 46:25

10M ago46:25

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Today I had the please of talking to the president of the Imperial County Central Committee and current community services commissioner for the city of Calexico, my guest today was Roxsanna Pacheco. She is also "born" and raised in Calexico with long roots in city of Calexico. Follow Roxsanna on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/roxypac/ Follow …

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Episode 186 - Alexandra Rangel 52:34

11M ago52:34

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Today I had the please of catching up with a returning guest, Alexandra Rangel. Our first conversation was back in 2019 and Alex was a local reporter working for KYMA. A few years later she left KYMA and started freelancing for KPBS in San Diego. She then decided to expand her range and move to Florida and work for a local network. She recently cam…

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The White Guard by Mikhail Bulgakov 1:53:35

12M ago1:53:35

1:53:35

Writer and translator Bela Shayevich joins the Unseen Book Club to talk about Mikhail Bulgakov’s The White Guard. Bulgakov is primarily known in the West for his novel The Master and Margarita, but his most successful work in his lifetime was The Days of the Turbins, a wildly successful play about a family of White Guard officers in the besieged ci…

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Episode 185 - Jeff Lozano 1:33:42

12M ago1:33:42

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Today I had the pleasure of talking to a fellow Caleciano, podcaster, beer drinker and Brand Ambassador for Ballast Point Brewing Co., my guest today was Jeff Lozano. After living in SD for quite a while Jeff has temporarily come down to the Imperial Valley, specifically Calexico. We talked about what his experience was like growing up in Calexico,…

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Episode 184 - Angel Esparza - Magic Chai 1:00:47

12M ago1:00:47

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Today I had the pleasure of having a meal, drinking some chai and having a conversation with Angel Esparza. Many of you might know Angel as the creator of Mi Calexico or as a former Calexico City Council candidate or as one of the organizers for one of the many Calexico Art Walks. Angel is now working on a new project and he's hoping he can get som…

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Episode 183 - Fernanda Vega and Richard Brown - Salton Sea Community Outreach Education & Engagement 50:06

1y ago50:06

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Today I had the pleasure of visiting the Comite Civico Del Valle headquarters and talk to two people that wear many hats at Comite but one of the most important roles they play is as the coordinators of the Salton Sea Outreach Program Mr Richard Brown and Ms Fernanda Vega. One of the biggest reasons I wanted to meet with Fernanda and Richard was to…

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The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier 59:09

1y ago59:09

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The Kingdom of this World, written by French-born Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier in 1949, is a cosmologically immersive novel of Haitian society and its ruptures during the Haitian Revolution. Carpentier sought to evoke the texture of 18th century Haiti through exploration of what he termed lo real maravilloso, or the marvelous real. Through the eye…

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Danton's Death by Georg Büchner 1:34:58

1y ago1:34:58

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Sasha Warren of the Unsound Mind blog returns to the Unseen Book Club to talk with about the life and work of revolutionary, proto-communist German playwright Georg Büchner (1813 - 1837). Büchner’s sparse writings were influential in the development of German modernist literature and socialism, mixing Hegelian materialism with biting satire and int…

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Episode 182 - Caitlin Chavez - ICHS Pioneers Museum 56:22

1y ago56:22

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Today I had the pleasure of meeting the new director for the ICHS Pioneers Museum Mrs Caitlin Chavez. A lot of us from the Imperial Valley might have seen the Pioneers Museum on our way to IVC or whenever we take Aten road but we ask ourselves, "I wonder what's inside?" And let me tell you there's a lot of amazing displays showcasing animals from o…

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Episode 181 - Anabel Lippmann - Tropicana Fruit and Juice Bar 39:42

1y ago39:42

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This episode is in Spanish. Hoy tube el placer de platicar con una dueña de pequeña empresa de la cuidad de Calexico, la Sra. Anabel Lippmann. La Sra Lippmann junto con sus dos hijas y su hijo abrieron Tropicana Fruit and Juice Bar poco antes de la pandemia. Desafortunadamente hace mas de un año se empeso a renovar la carretera 98 y su negocio fue …

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El Apando by José Revueltas 1:15:25

1y ago1:15:25

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José Revueltas, revolutionary communist and writer, wrote El Apando (The Hole) while incarcerated in the bowels of El Palacio de Lecumberri for his participation in the Mexico City student movement of 1968. It is a stark, gritty, and haunting prison novel that pits the petty violence and depravities of incarcerated addicts against the immobilizing …

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Episode 180 - Yaya and Liz Oceguera - Oceguera Boxing 32:09

1y ago32:09

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Welcome to the 2023 season of the podcast! Today I had the pleasure of talking to two very talented female boxers who happen to be sisters Liz and Yaya Oceguera. Trained and coached by their dad they have won national championships and aspire to one day represent the USA in the Olympics, if possible Paris 2024. These young ladies shared with us som…

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Make the Golf Course a Public Sex Forest with Jimmy Cooper and Lyn Corelle 1:31:38

1+ y ago1:31:38

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Make the Golf a Public Sex Forest is an eponymously themed and self-published anthology of queer smut curated and edited by Jimmy Cooper and Lyn Corelle. In summer 2021, an anonymous manifesto declared war on the Hiawatha Golf Course in Minneapolis, enrolling regional queer history to catalyze a reclamation of autonomous public spaces: Places to be…

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Mezzanine with Mitch Anzuoni and Peter Christian 1:34:27

1+ y ago1:34:27

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In a break from our usual format, we interview Mitch Anzuoni and Peter Christian of Inpatient Interactive about their video game Mezzanine, a MYST-style point-and-click puzzle game of techno terror and occult mystery. The game relies heavily on textual exploration. The plot emerges from pages of richly composed and frequently hilarious magazine art…

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The Tricking Hour and My Pleasure by Irene Silt 1:13:33

1+ y ago1:13:33

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We talk to poet and writer Irene Silt about their two new books published by Deluge Books in October 2022. The essays in The Tricking Hour (2018-2019) and the poems in My Pleasure (2019-2021) are expansive, and broadly concerned with sex work, anti-work feeling, and the cultivation of capacity through intimacy and experience. They contain profound …

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Episode 18.1 Translating Marx’s Capital into Spanish 11:13

1+ y ago11:13

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In episode 18, we talked about Raquel Salas Rivera’s use of key lines from Marx’s Capital in Lo Terciario/The Tertiary. Later, Max did some research and wrote more about the Spanish translation/critical edition of Capital that Salas Rivera quotes (and re-translates) in his poems, a collaborative work by Pedro Scarón and Siglo XXI Editores Argentina…

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Episode 179 - Dr Lennor Johnson - IVC President - Measure B 41:06

1+ y ago41:06

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Today I had the pleasure of meeting and talking to Imperial Valley College President Dr. Lennor Johnson. We talked about some of the amazing accomplishments our local community college has accomplished, like being on the top 10 list of ASPEN list. But Dr Johnson was here to talk and promote a measure that's on the November ballot, Measure B. If pas…

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Episode 178 - Sonia Carter - Candidate for El Centro City Council 48:33

1+ y ago48:33

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Today I had the pleasure of talking to a candidate for El Centro City Council Ms Sonia Carter. This is her 2nd time running for city council, back in 2020 she ran for the 1st time and she was amazed of how well her campaign did despite being in the middle of the pandemic. She feels that this time around she can do a much better job now that she can…

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Lo Terciario/The Tertiary by Raquel Salas Rivera 55:10

1+ y ago55:10

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Lo Terciario/The Tertiary, a book of auto-translated poems by Raquel Salas Rivera (based in Puerto Rico and Philadelphia), interrogates the intimacies of familial bonds, gender, and colonization through a unique deployment of key concepts from Marx. “Formal” exposition of Marxian conceptions of debt, circulation, and the value form entangle moments…

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Episode 177 - Gloria Brambila - Candidate for Westmorland Union Elementary School Board 1:00:28

1+ y ago1:00:28

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Today I had the pleasure of talking to hard working stay at home mom who left a successful professional career to spend more time with her son Mathew who is in the autism spectrum. After leaving the workforce she has spent her spare time advocating for all children with autism. She spent a lot of her time living in the outskirts of Westmorland but …

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Episode 176 - Bill Hodge - Candidate for Calexico City Council 42:35

1+ y ago42:35

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Today I had the please of talking to a former Calexico City Council and former Mayor for the City of Calexico and now candidate for Calexico City Council Mr Bill Hodge. If elected this would be his 3rd term as a member of Calexico City Council. Mr Hodge hopes that his experience and willingness to stand up to administration to fight for what's best…

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Minneapolis Book Event Recap 23:32

1+ y ago23:32

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The Unseen Book Club recaps the Minneapolis Everything for Everyone reading event from back in August, for which Dan and Sasha facilitated a tabletop role-play inspired activity. We talk about game design, collective imagination, and the suburbs. Sasha’s madness blog can be found here.By The Unseen Book Club

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Episode 175 - Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia 56:36

1+ y ago56:36

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Today I had the pleasure of talking to assemblymember for California's 56th district, Eduardo Garcia. This is the third time I've had the honor of talking to assemblymember Garcia but this is the 1st time we talked in person. In today's episode we talked about some of the legislature that was recently passed, some of the issues our district is faci…

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Episode 174 - Ida Obeso-Martinez - Candidate for Imperial City Council 49:59

1+ y ago49:59

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Today I had the pleasure of talking to a life long Imperial resident and now candidate for Imperial City Council, Mrs Ida Obeso-Martinez. She is also a member of MANA of Imperial Valley and part of the board for ARC of Imperial Valley. This is her first time running for an elected position and although she already helps her community in many other …

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Episode 173 - Gina Dockstader - Candidate IID Division 3 49:27

1+ y ago49:27

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Today I had the pleasure of having a returning guest, Ms Gina Dockstader. Gina is a 4th generation Imperial Valley native and local entrepreneur who is running for a seat in the IID board of directors. Ms Dockstader is hoping to represent the people of division 3, this is her first time running for a public office position and was able to be the to…

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Episode 172 - George Marquez - Candidate For District Attorney 38:13

1+ y ago38:13

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Today I had the pleasure of talking to an El Centro native who is now running for the position of district attorney in the November election, my guest is Mr George Marquez. He ran a successful campaign in June and now is hoping to have your vote in the November election. Follow George Marquez' campaign on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/georgema…

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Episode 171 - Don Campbell - Candidate IID Division 3 1:07:53

1+ y ago1:07:53

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My guest today has been an employee for the IID for the past 48 years, he's was a city council member for the city of Brawley for 12 years and now he's a candidate for board of directors for IID division 3, Mr Don Campbell. He was 2nd in votes in the June election and is now facing Ms Gina Dockstader in the November run off election. Huge thanks to…

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Episode 170 - Tomas Oliva - Candidate For El Centro City Council 57:06

1+ y ago57:06

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Today I had the please of sitting down and having a chat with the Mayor for the City of El Centro and now candidate for re election for El Centro city council, Mr Tomas Oliva. Tomas ran for city council a couple of times and lost and then in 2018 he was elected for city council and is now at the tailed of his first term. He feels that with the know…

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Episode 169 - Gil Rebollar - Candidate for Brawley City Council 55:45

1+ y ago55:45

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Today I had the pleasure of talking returning guest, Mr Gil Rebollar. Gil is in the last months of his 1st term as Brawley Elementary Board of Trustees and he is now a candidate for Brawley City Council. Follow Gil's campaign on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/BESDGil Follow Gil's campaign on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/gilrebel/ Huge t…

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Episode 168 - Kristian Salgado -Imperial County Master Gardener Program 52:51

1+ y ago52:51

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Today I had the please of talking to Kristian Salgado, the new Imperial County Master Gardener Coordinator. The UC Master Gardener Program has been in existence for almost 40 year in the state of California but this will be the 1st year we will have one in the Imperial County. Kristian and I talked about gardening, composting and a lot of other thi…

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Episode 167 - Luis Daniel Sandoval - Pinkis 59:30

1+ y ago59:30

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Today I had the please of talking to Luis Daniel Sandoval aka El Pinkis. For those of you who don't know what Pinkis is, it started as a hot dog cart and now it has evolved into a Food truck. Luis and I talked about how and why he decided to start a hot dog cart and the hurdles he faced to get all of his permits and licenses in order. We also talke…

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Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune 2052-2072 with authors M.E. O’Brien and Eman Abdelhadi 1:32:47

1+ y ago1:32:47

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Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune 2052-2072, co-authored by Eman Abdelhadi and M.E. O’Brien, is a series of fictional interviews with future revolutionaries. Through tumultuous decades of ecological, economic and political crises, people worldwide discover and build the commune form. Everything for Everyone is at once…

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Episode 166 - Esperanza Colio Warren - Calexico City Manager 46:35

2y ago46:35

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Today I had the please of having a conversation with Calexico's new city manager, Mrs Esperanza Colio Warren. She is Calexico's 2nd female city manager and the first Mexican Female city manager. Ms Colio Warren shared with me what motivated her to get to where she is now and what she hopes to accomplish has Calexico's new city manager. She knows it…

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Nazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolaño 1:06:53

2y ago1:06:53

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In which Max and Dan tackle a work by Roberto Bolaño, one of the truly great novelists of the late 20th century. Nazi Literature in the Americas, originally published in 1996 and translated to English in 2008, is a biographical encyclopedia: a ficitonal canon of pan-American right-wing avant-garde writers. Despite the simple premise, ‘Nazi Literatu…

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Episode 165 - Lizeth Legaspi - Camarena Memorial Library 43:58

2y ago43:58

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Today I visited a place some of us used to visit as a cool place where you could hand out but quietly and also to do research for any school project, our local library Camarena Memorial Library. I had the pleasure of talking to library manager Mrs Lizeth Legaspi. We talked about how she became the library's manager and how they've adapted during CO…

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Episode 164 - Eric Reyes 50:33

2y ago50:33

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Today I had a returning guest, Mr Eric Reyes. The fist time Eric was on we talked a little bit about himself and we didn't get a chance to talk about some of the committees he's involved and why he feels it's important for everyone to have a seat on the table. We also talked about the June 7 elections and why we need more people to vote and to beli…

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