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Okay, I'm here.

You're here. I had to get a massage this morning. I need a massage. No, actually, what I'm trying to do is I'm trying to get a massage from this like curandera energy healer because after my doctor told me I was cursed, when you heard about all my history of injuries, I was like, I think I need to go see a curandera and see what's up. Because my friend was like, there must be something wrong. Like, you keep having these weird feet injuries. Boy, if I could find a curandera here in Washington, D.C., I have a job for her. Full time. On the payroll. You have Kingspa for that, Felix. It's okay. No, I mean, for the country.

Oh, this is not the politics podcast.

This is not.

Sorry.

From NPR music, this is out Latino.

I'm Felix Contreras.

And I'm Ana Maria Sayer.

Let the Chisme begin. Okay, Anna, we have been crazy busy the last month.

Crazy.

Emphasis on the crazy.

Amazing tiny dust concerts, tiny, lots of activity, lots of us moving around. I think we were in Puerto Rico, you're in D.C. Now you're where. Where are you now?

Mexico. I finished out the month where I properly needed to finish out the month in Mexico.

So while we were doing all that, of course, our new music stuff

backed up. Of course it did. This has been kind of a crazy experience, Felix, because really I've

never felt such an urge of like, I have such a mountain of music. I can't, we can't do it all in one

episode. There's such a pile up of amazing, like everyone decided to throw all the best records towards the end of the year, as they often sometimes do. This year is no exception. So that's what we're doing this week. We're kind of clearing out our mailbags, getting back to whatever it is. Okay. Mail bags. Yeah. That's old school. The CDs is one thing, Felix, but the visual of the mailbags is really, you've taken it to another level. Well, my dad used to be a postman, so that's what comes to my. Really? Yeah. I don't think I knew that. Yeah. I've heard it's great for your health, lots of walking. He did a lot of walking. So, who's first? Who's on the list? Can I go first? Yes, go. I know you're first on the doc, but I really am really just way too excited about what I have, so I think I have to go. Okay, you have to understand. I have been waiting to play this record since I first listened to it. Last time I was Mexico, actually, in May,

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