#92 Favor Atender: The Return

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Technology

4.7 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2017

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In the United States, the idea of having a conversation with the President is pretty outlandish. But in Latin America, it’s a regular occurrence. The most accessible president on Latin American social media is Ecuador’s Rafael Correa. But what’s it like to get the attention of a head of state when you may not exactly want it? (NOTE: We first broadcast this story in 2015, but we have since gone back and added a new chapter.) This story was originally reported by Silvia Vinas of the radio show Radio Ambulante. Listen to a Spanish language version of the story on their website. Subscribe to the Reply All newsletter over at replyall.soy/newsletter! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, PJ here.
0:01.8	So this week we are revisiting a story
0:04.8	that we first looked into two years ago.
0:07.9	A lot has changed since we reported the story,
0:10.5	which means that first of all,
0:11.8	we've added a whole new chapter to this story.
0:14.6	Also, you might notice that a lot of things,
0:17.6	a lot of our assumptions about,
0:19.7	say political reality have shifted since the story's broadcast.
0:23.4	We are aware of this too.
0:25.1	It doesn't make it any less enjoyable.
0:27.0	Please enjoy.
0:27.8	All right, so let's say you're the one person in the country
0:32.8	with a knowledge that in 24 hours,
0:34.8	aliens will invade the earth.
0:36.8	Your only hope of stopping them
0:39.8	is warning the president in time.
0:41.8	How do you get the president's attention?
0:43.8	It was a question that my friend Sam threw out there.
0:47.8	It was basically a thought experiment.
0:49.8	Like, how would you get in touch with the president?
0:51.8	This is Daniel Alecone,
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