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Death Row Marachi & Latino Superstitions

September 13, 2024
Mariachi artist Julian Torres joins us, women want blue collar jobs, Pope Francis calls out pet owners, and Latino superstitions get called out.
Show transcript
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Hey, welcome back to Lincoln Bio.
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I'm Alejandro and I'm Jenny.
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Oh, sorry, welcome back to Lincoln Bio.
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I'm Alejandro and I'm Jenny and we have a great show for
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y'all today. So let's get into it.
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Thanks. It's kind of crazy.
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So apparently more women are skipping college to make six figures as
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electricians, car mechanics and truck drivers,
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brother. Well,,
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in my humble opinion,
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I don't honestly think college is overrated.
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I said what I said,
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I said what I said,
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well, for some professions,
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ok, I get it.
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You need it. But it's like,
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dude, like that's not the only option I've seen really successful
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people doing. Oh,
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yeah, I mean,
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people are saying, you know,
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tuitions are getting crazy so they're looking to blue collar jobs.
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So, yeah, maybe it's the fact that,
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you know, Americans have up to $2 billion in student debt
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So maybe that's why there's a big switch up.
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Yeah, that could be it.
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And it's like, dude,
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like even people that have attended college and not have a job
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like they don't even make six figures,
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they don't make six figures or they do something completely unrelated to
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what they went to school for and I'm like,
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wait, you went to school for psychology and now you're,
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and it's OK but it's,
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but it's like, dude,
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like, definitely, you know,
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while the majority of workers in trades are men,
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a growing number of women are joining the club,
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specifically, 11.6% of those who completed the apprenticeship program in the
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US were female. I honestly think that's pretty cool.
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They said f it like this is for women too.
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Like we're going to go and there's no gender attached to being
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an electrician, a plumber.
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You're a mechanic. My dad,
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my dad teaches me everything.
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Yeah, he taught me how to change a tire.
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He taught me oh Mi Mi Lucecita,
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this is what you need to check.
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Like so it's like it's not uncommon for women to know these
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things and to learn these jobs and to have an interest in
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them. No, I think it's bad ass.
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I think it's bad ass too.
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Imagine your ladies like I got,
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I got a baby.
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She like changing your time.
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I want to be passenger.
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A babe. I got,
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it made me switch out the ac filter in the house for
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you. Babe. I'm like,
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oh you can reach that house.
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And also if you think about it,
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a lot of these jobs are A I proof there's some A
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I involved but ultimately there's not going to be robot that comes
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in 100% says Sr Luz means this like,
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job security, but there's a little more job security in the
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sense that they're going to need more mechanics,
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they're gonna need more,
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you know, plumber,
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plumbers, truck drivers and,
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oh, yeah, that's crazy.
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I mean, essentially,
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I feel like you're on the same boat.
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That idea of you have to go to college or you're failing
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life is kind of not a thing anymore.
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It's kind of fading a little bit.
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I remember in high school,
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if you, if people would ask you,
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what college are you going to?
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What college are you going to?
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And it's like, and if you weren't like,
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oh, well, I'm not going to college and you were
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kind of seen as like,
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oh, like a loser.
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I know. Not saying like,
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it's like, that's how people would perceive,
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oh, I'm not going to college but at the end of
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the day, dude,
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I've seen people, like I kid you not,
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that were saying, oh,
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yeah, I'm not going to college.
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They're taking a different path.
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They started working right when they got out of high school,
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they freaking own a house.
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They have a family,
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like, they're doing honestly better than some people that went to
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college. So I feel like college is kind of like sometimes
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people push it on you and it's not everyone's thing,
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you know, it's not the only not to talk down on
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it by all means get graduated.
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It's still a huge accomplishment.
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But it's just like,
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yeah, I feel like,
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you know,
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we were in high school and I was like,
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oh, you don't have to figure it out yet.
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It's like, bro,
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I'm 17. Like,
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how do you want me to know what is going to happen
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in the next 5,
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10 years, whatever.
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So,, there's not just one path everyone has to
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follow, everyone has different paths,
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everyone lives their life.
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And like you said,
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homeboy has a house,
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it's a family, a kid,
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it's like they're doing something right home girl.
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In this case, you don't feel the pressure of needing to
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go to college, you know,
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the, the pro and so you do,
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you, obviously a lot of people are going into the,
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what is it blue collar job space and it's working out for
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them. So. Exactly.
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And then you don't have to like if you hire a woman
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plumber, I mean,
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you don't have to be worried about seeing their crack.
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That's true. Yeah,
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I mean, they,
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they were the little they were.
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Yeah, that's true.
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Good point. Honestly,
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sister, it's a bad time to be a pet parent.
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So remember first JD Vance came out and said specifically for cat
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ladies, he was like,
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we effectively run this country by a bunch of childless cat.
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Ladies are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they've
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made. Damn coming from someone who's in an open relationship with
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a futon. I'm just saying,
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hey, just so you have where Dave Chappelle said fuck y
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co no dude. But it gets worse.
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El Papa the Pope.
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He's freaking throwing jabs over here too.
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He's taking shots. What are you saying?
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While in Indonesia? He said your country has families with 34
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or five Children keep going like this.
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This is an example for all countries,
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right? It may seem funny that perhaps some families prefer to
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have a cat or a small dog and not a child.
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But this is not right.
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So, yeah, he's just taking a shot at pet parents
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y'all here over in the west.
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You know, it's not right.
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This economy, brother,
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the economy is not right.
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That's what I'm trying to say.
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Oh, yeah, I just be again speaking his mind but
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he, he's contradicting all the time.
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Exactly. But, I mean,
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it's just weird that he's so uptight about it.
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Right. And it's crazy because,
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you know,
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fertility rate is an all time low in the US.
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It's all 3% from last year.
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So it's a second consecutive year.
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that, you know,
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it's been dropping. Well,
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I have a solution.
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The money that gets donated to the Catholic church at the end
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of the misa should go to people to have kids.
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I think if you're gonna help us out,
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help us out, you know,
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you have kids. Well,
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but yeah, I don't know.
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Yeah, it's like,
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you know, everything's inexpensive.
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Pedro Papa he's like,
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no, I have kids.
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Well, imagine taking a family of 4 to 5 guys.
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Like, you gotta take out a mortgage to pay off those
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burgers, brother. Like,
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it's like es Carro taking the kids to Disneyland,
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five kids. That's not the whole,
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like we're saving up for like 10 years.
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They make this trip count.
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But I don't know again if Papa has thoughts and what
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do you guys think?
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Is he just is he losing it?
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Is he just yapping like we are or does he have a
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point? Oh Jenny know what today is.
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No, no, brother.
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I don't, don't bring too much attention to it because mm
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mm OK. Well,
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it's Friday the 13th and you know,
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as Latinos, we have so many superstitions that we grew up
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hearing and you know,
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believing. So you never know on Friday the 13th it's kinda
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you gotta be a little more aware,
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right? A little more.
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So where are some crazy superstitions that you've heard of?
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So, ok, this actually happened purse on the floor,
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money out the door,
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you know, you have to keep your purse on something.
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You can't put it on the floor or else you know,
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they say money disappears,
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your, your money.
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Like so it happened to a friend and I actually recorded it
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like, oh my God,
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like why would you put your purse on the floor?
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You know, and I put it on Tik Tok and it
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did good people were like,
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no, why would you do that?
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Turns out that same weekend her dude's account got hacked.
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So they stole money from him.
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Yeah. And they're married.
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So it's like her money too.
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So it happened to her.
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Yeah. So, so that's living proof that that actually does
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happen. Ok, so no purses on floors.
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And have you heard of the itchy palm thing?
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So like if your palm is itchy,
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it means like,,
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money's coming. So don't scratch it.
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But I didn't even know that.
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And so I'd be like,
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it gets itchy, bro,
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because sometimes that itch,
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you know, it's like weird.
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It's right here. It's actually itchy now.
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We're good. Oh my God.
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Jesus Christ. Well,
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that's not a superstition but now I'm spooked but I'm like,
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ok, well, sorry,
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sister, what else do you got?
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What, what other superstitions did you grow up with?
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I was told. And this also came true.
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Apparently you can't sweep people's feet.
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What do you mean?
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Like if someone sweeps your feet by accident,
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you know what that means?
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That they're like, it's going to be hard for them to
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find a partner, like,
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get married and stuff.
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Yeah, someone did that to you.
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I'm pretty sure because look at me now.
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Oh, man. Well,
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how do you undo it?
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En suite and I think they have to mop your feet.
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I'm just kidding. I don't know.
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I know. No,
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I'm just kidding. I don't know how to undo it,
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brother. I mean,
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if I knew I would,
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you know, is there any good superstitions or anything else?
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The evil eye, you know,
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people wear the bracelets for protection,
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they put the thing on our door so to turn away the
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bad, the bad energy or people that wish bad upon you
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And that's why they also say,
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don't tell people your plans.
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Don't, don't, don't like,
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say you want to accomplish something.
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Don't be like, oh I want to accomplish this because there's
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mano out there. If people see that you want to accomplish
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something and that they get jealous or envious,
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then they put it out in the universe for you not to
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accomplish it. But thats it.
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This protects you of the bracelet or the thing on the wall
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But that's what I know.
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Do you know of any good ones?
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I mean for New Year's is a lot right?
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Where it's like you the 12 grapes for 12 wishes.
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There's the maleta for traveling that year.
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Is it, is it red underwear for love?
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Finding red underwear? Oh,
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that's how you undo the esco.
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So I know it's a couple of months away.
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But for New Year's,
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I think if you wear red underwear at midnight,
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you're going to find love.
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So where are your Red Chinese unnoted?
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So guys, if we missed any,
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let us know, yo,
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welcome back to La Vota.
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The debate just went down and honestly,
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the comment sections everywhere are on fire,
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good and bad, right?
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Depending on who you ask.
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But what are people actually saying like on the streets?
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Right? We send Jenny and Daniel to do some reporting for
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us and see what people are saying.
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Hey, ladies, where are you at?
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Hey, what's up Paleo?
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We are here at the Santi Alley.
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We're gonna ask people who they think won the presidential debate.
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Ko Kamala Aron. so Kamala Tra Kamala or Kamala Kamala
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O No, para Kalla O Kamala Trump,
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what Trump is doing is wrong man.
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So, are you scared of like immigrants eating you?
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I mean, do you think that's true?
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Who do you think like won the debate yesterday?
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Oh, what's up Jenny?
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I'm out here at us c and I honestly just want to
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know what people are thinking about last night's debate.
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Let's go see Kamala or Trump have a class in like five
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minutes. Kamala or Trump,
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Kamala Kamala or Trump,
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Kamala or Trump. Kamala,
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Kamala or Trump, Kamala all the way.
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Trump's an idiot. Trump's an IOT.
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That's all I have for right now.
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Kamala or Trump? Kamala.
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What's an important issue for you on the ballot this year?
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Abortion period. Kamala or Trump?
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Oh Kamala what, last night it was so bad and she
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just secured the win.
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So Trump kind of got shut down in a way that he
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couldn't have been with Biden Kamala or Trump.
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I don't know. I don't really watch the debate like that
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I just think that Trump or,
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you know, whoever the other lady is can't solve any of
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it. So God vote for God Trump or Kamala.
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I'm an independent, I'll say Trump though.
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No reason. Kamala or Trump.
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Well, after the debate,
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like Kamala for sure.
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Oh, my God.
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She's like, really well spoken,
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well spoken. Yeah.
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Way more than Trump.
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She has a good policy on immigration because my parents are immigrants
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Kamala or Trump.
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Kamala all the way,
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all the way. Yeah.
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Yeah. Yeah. Same for me.
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Yeah, I only watch like the main clips or whatever but
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she ate him up.
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She ate Kamala or Trump.
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Of course, let's be real.
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Let's be real. Things like emigration for me are just really
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important. My parents are immigrants and this is difference in how
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they talk about. It is just so influential.
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So come along the way,
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we are here with Death Row Records artist Julian Torres.
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Oh Yes. So I'm going to just get into it because
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you've come so far and it's just crazy because right before you
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know, we, we press the record button.
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This man used to sing at my uncle's restaurant like he used
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to sing at my uncle's restaurant.
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So shout out to the Guada grill.
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Yeah. So it's crazy because it's full circle and I probably
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saw you sing at his restaurant and now you're signed with Death
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Row Records. Snoop Dogg.
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Like the Snoop's record label.
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How do you feel about that?
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It's an amazing feeling.
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I've been singing since three years old,
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professionally in front of everyone.
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So I love singing.
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I love mariachi music.
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I love Nosa Cultura.
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I'm very proud and I'm very happy to be able to be
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part of history. Yes,
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I remember when you like,
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played at Dodger Stadium and it was like such a beautiful home
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Are your stadium being a huge place.
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a huge moment for me personally because as a
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kid, I was part of the WIC program and for those
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of you that don't know what the wiw I program is women
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infants and Children program that helps families,
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low income. And we were put into the drawing
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to be able to throw the first pitch at Dodger Stadium and
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we were the family that won.
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So we go to Dodger Stadium.
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I, I'm a little kid playing little league baseball.
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So I was a pro and I get there and they're like
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OK, you're going to throw the ball.
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So I threw the ball and I was there on the mound
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and I turn around,
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I turned to my mom,
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I can, I'm going to sing here one day,
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I'm going to sing and,
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and my mom turned around and she was like,
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see me, you're,
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you're, you're gonna,
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you're gonna sing here one day,
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you know, fast forward.
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So many years I get the opportunity to sing at Dodger Stadium
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and was able to be part of so many historic moments
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the All Star games there at Dodger Stadium,
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the celebrity all Star game national anthems and just performances for Taco
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Tuesday. And I invited my parents for the Mexican Heritage
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Night where I was going to sing both national anthems.
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They were there and my sister,
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I was so lucky enough that my sister took a video of
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my parents' reaction of me singing there.
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I've never seen my father cry.
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I mean, there have been very limited times that I've
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seen them actually crying.
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So it was a special moment to give them that in life
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right? They're living and they're experiencing all their sacrifices,
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all their hard work,
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everything they do for us,
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for me, it was,
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it was something that I really wanted to give for sure.
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Like from the moment that you threw the,
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the pitch, the wig like the NP and where you are
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it's like a full circle.
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That's beautiful, beautiful.
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I know that you're also a like an aid,
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right? Because you also have a day job,
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right? So yes,
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I'm doing both full time as of now.
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I mean, when all of this happened,
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I was already on my 19th year as a special ed para
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professional for Los Angeles Unified School District.
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So I had been doing that for a while and I
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had been giving music lessons,
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like vocal lessons, trumpet lessons and it's really gratifying.
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It's, it's rewarding.
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Yeah, definitely. That's awesome.
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That's so cool. And,
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like, do your students,
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like, love you?
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Like, how is your relationship with your students?
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And have you heard,
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like, have they heard you see,
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like, actually perform?
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I keep it on the low.
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I'm sure they're familiar with Snoop Dogg.
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I'm sure they are.
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Do they know, do they know that they don't know what
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here's the thing If I had a teacher and I'm like
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damn, your sign with Snoop Dogg label,
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what the heck? Talk about a secret life.
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I, I try to keep it on.
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I get it. They might get a little starstruck.
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Well, thank you so much Julian.
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Thank you for telling me so proud of you.
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Thank you so much and I can't wait to see you perform
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I will keep looking out for any performances that you have
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It would be so great.
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Definitely, I have some,
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I mean, I'm going to be performing at City Hall for
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Mexican Independence Day. I'm also going to be at the Ford
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Amphitheater on the 14th of September.
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That's awesome. Now I'm going to be singing inside of
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Disneyland's California Adventure for the Coco.
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No, this is so cool.
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Oh my God. Well,
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congratulations with all these opportunities.
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And where can people follow you on social media and keep,
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you know, keep updated with you.
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You can find me on social media.
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Julian Torres underscore official there.
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You could click the link that I have there and you could
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purchase my limited edition vinyl.
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Yes, from that record.
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So you can purchase that there.
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Well, before we let you go for real,
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can you teach me how to do a GRITO?
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Because I suck at it.
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Hard, like heavy.
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Well, it just comes within right when you do a GRITO
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But the easiest way I could tell you if you could
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slide your voice up.
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Ok. Right. Yeah,
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I think so. I think that's the easiest way like Miguelito
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from Coco. Yes.
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Let's see. Let's hear you.
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And I'll try to start at,
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well, you have a higher voice than I do.
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So. Eight. Yeah.