Bonus: Interview with Locatora Radio
A Tradition of Violence
A Tradition of Violence
4.7 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
The deputy gang story continues to unfold every day. Cerise is taking a much needed break this week from reporting. For now, a special bonus interview with Locatora Radio highlighting ongoing issues with the LA County Sheriffs department, what went into making this podcast, and how people can support victims.
A Tradition of Violence is hosted and executive produced by Cerise Castle. She's an award winning journalist who wrote the first ever history of deputy gangs for Knock LA, available at lasdgangs.com
For breaking news and updates on deputy gangs, follow @lasdgangs on social media.
To support Cerise’s reporting, and for exclusive bonus content, subscribe to the patreon.com/lasdgangs.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Serise. Quick programming update for you. A tradition of violence is a 14-part audio |
| 0:06.8 | investigation. We've done 10 episodes so far, and we have four left. I'm going to be taking this |
| 0:12.9 | week off from reporting for some very much needed R&R, but I didn't want to leave you hanging. So this |
| 0:19.5 | week, you'll be hearing an interview I did with Locatora Radio. |
| 0:23.5 | We talked about my investigation into the LA County Sheriff's Department's deputy gangs, |
| 0:28.8 | the negative repercussions that I've faced from my reporting, |
| 0:32.3 | and what went into making the podcast a tradition of violence. |
| 0:36.1 | If you like what you hear, please make sure you |
| 0:38.3 | subscribe to their podcast. Okay, here we go. Locatora Radio is a radiophonic novella, which is just a very |
| 0:48.0 | extra way of saying, a podcast. I'm Diosafem, and I am Mala Munoz. |
| 0:54.7 | Locatora Radio is your prima's favorite podcast hosted by us, Mala and Diosa. |
| 1:00.7 | We're two IG friends turned podcast partners breaking down pop culture, feminism, sexual wellness, |
| 1:07.5 | and offering fresh takes on trending topics through nuanced interviews with up-and-coming Latinx creatives. |
| 1:13.9 | Known as Las Locatoras, Mami's of Mitten Bullshit, the Porgasteras next door, and Las Borgasteras Deligrosas. |
| 1:22.1 | We've been podcasting independently since 2016, and we're bringing our Radiophonic novella to the My Cultura Network |
| 1:29.3 | to continue sharing stories from the Latinx community. Welcome to Locatora Radio season seven. |
| 1:36.4 | Take us to your network. |
| 1:39.9 | Hello, Ola, Loca Mores. Welcome back to season seven of Locatora Radio. I'm Diosa. And I am Mala, and we are your hosts. We have a super incredible extra special guest here in studio with us today. Serice Castle. And we're just going to do a real quick intro and then bring on Surice and start talking. |
| 2:02.0 | Saris Castle wrote a 15-part series about the L.A. Sheriff Deputy Gangs. She is an L.A. journalist |
| 2:07.2 | and podcast host. And we're here to talk all about a brand new podcast that Sirise is hosting a |
| 2:14.1 | tradition of violence, which is a show about the deputy gangs that operate within the L. Sheriff's Department. So, Saris, can you please say hello and introduce yourself for our listeners? |
| 2:24.0 | Hi, it's so great to be here. Thank you so much for having me. Yes, it's truly an honor, Ceres, to be able to interview you. I happened to be at USC a couple weeks ago when you were on a panel there. |
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