Brown Enough Presents: Rubirosa by Christopher Rivas

The Man Enough Podcast

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Education, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Episode Description: Man Enough is proud to introduce Rubirosa, a podcast by Brown Enough host and Man Enough guest host, Christopher Rivas, in partnership with Stitcher. Rubirosa is a documentary podcast produced by Stitcher and hosted by Christopher Rivas (Call Me Kat) in which Rivas explores the life of Porfirio Rubirosa, the man who inspired the character of James Bond. Besides being a Dominican diplomat, Porfirio was an international polo champion, a race-car driver, and a pilot. He was a renowned casanova, who was married five times to women including Barbara Hutton and Doris Duke. He spoke five languages and twice became the wealthiest man in the world. Rivas, a Dominican-American actor, author, and storyteller, not only offers a portrait of Porfirio’s life but also investigates the whitewashing of Hollywood and considers how his childhood may have been different had more of his favorite movie heroes looked like him. The character and life of Rubirosa reveal so much about the dichotomy of masculinity across cultures and generations while Christopher Rivas and expert guests work to unravel the mysteries of a man that was so infatuating to the men and women of his time. We’re sure you’ll enjoy this episode as much as we did! New episodes every Monday 🎙️ Special video clips each week on https://youtube.com/WeAreManEnough Sign up for the Man Enough newsletter to get full video episodes and positive masculinity news every Monday: http://manenough.com/newsletter The Man Enough Podcast is produced by Wayfarer Studios and presented by Procter and Gamble, in partnership with Cadence13, an Audacy company. About Christopher Rivas: Christopher Rivas is an actor, author, podcaster, and storyteller. He is the host of two podcast series with SiriusXM's Stitcher: Brown Enough, which explores the parallel themes of this book through interview-style episodes; and Rubirosa, a 10-episode documentary-style investigation of Porfirio Rubirosa. On screen, Rivas is known for his work on the Fox series, Call Me Kat, opposite Mayim Bialik, Leslie Jordan, Kyla Pratt and Cheyenne Jackson. He has recently released his first book Brown Enough, which explores what it means to be Brown in America. The book is part memoir and part social commentary, a roller coaster of finding one's true self while simultaneously having a racial awakening. Christopher Rivas Links: Instagram @christopher__rivas Twitter: @chris__rivas Read Brown Enough :: Brown Enough | Book by Christopher Rivas - Simon & Schuster ---- Man Enough book: https://manenough.com/books Boys Will Be Human book: https://boyswillbehuman.com FOLLOW OUR HOSTS: Justin Baldoni https://instagram.com/justinbaldoni https://www.tiktok.com/@justinbaldoni https://facebook.com/justinbaldoni https://twitter.com/justinbaldoni Text: +1 (310) 845-6909 Liz Plank https://instagram.com/feministabulous https://tiktok.com/@lizplank https://facebook.com/feministabulous https://twitter.com/feministabulous http://www.elizabethplank.com/ Jamey Heath https://instagram.com/jamey_heath_ https://tiktok.com/@jameyheath https://twitter.com/jamey_heath_ https://facebook.com/jameyjaz http://www.jameyheath.com/ PRODUCED BY: Wayfarer Studios: https://www.wayfarerstudios.com P&G Studios Executive Producers: Justin Baldoni, Jamey Heath, Tarah Malhotra-Feinberg, Marc Pritchard, Anna Saalfeld, Chris Corcoran Producer: Kayla Nicholson #boys #men #masculinity #rubirosa #dominican #jamesbond #adultery #brownenough Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone I hope you're all enjoying the special content we've been featuring this week we're excited to introduce you to a really special podcast Ruby Rosa by man enough's very own guest host, Christopher Rivas.
0:13.6	In Ruby Rosa, Christopher Rivas explores the life of Porferio Rube Rosa,
0:18.0	the man who inspired the character of James Bond.
0:21.8	Besides being a Dominican diplomat, Ruby Rosa was a polo champion, a race
0:27.3	car driver, a pilot, a womanizer, a playboy, and a cultural icon. The character in life of Ruby Rosa reveals so much about the dichotomy of masculinity across cultures and generations.
0:42.0	While Christopher Rivas and expert guests work to unravel the mysteries of a man that was so infatuating to the men and women of his time.
0:52.0	We're sure you'll enjoy this episode as much as we did. from Stitcher.
1:08.0	But here, what is a Tigre?
1:15.0	You can mess with a Tigre, because you know, tigere will come back to bite you. Tigere a tiger. It is widely understood that in Dominican life an element of tigereismo
1:22.2	is something you need to succeed.
1:24.0	He's sneaky. He's like a cat.
1:28.0	A Tigre is fast, fearless, fortunate. He has street smarts, wagger.
1:34.4	You see this character embodied in Dominican music
1:37.6	and Dominican movies.
1:39.8	A Thigare emerges well from nearly any situation.
1:43.0	He twist misfortune and spins a happy ending even out of the most outrageous of circumstances.
1:48.6	Someone who gets away with everything, who doesn't have any guidelines just goes for it.
1:54.4	Doesn't matter who's in the way, I'm just gonna pave them down, like...
1:58.4	A Tigada is able to climb to unlikely heights, and should he fall being feline always
2:04.8	lands on his feet. He always moves to advantage.
2:08.8	Tigger has also sexual connotation. A tiger can move with sensuality or violence. a we are at perfect digger you have to be a big follow you know a big you know
2:25.1	penis and Ruby he was the epitome of a Dominican digger. Whether you were an 80-something Dominican man or whether you were 15 or something Dominican men,
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