Cinco de Mayo forever
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🗓️ 5 May 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | As an American, let me tell you about the one holiday in the U.S. that's more loved and loath than any other, the one no one takes seriously. |
| 0:10.0 | Especially us Mexicans, even though we totally should. You know which one. |
| 0:16.0 | We're talking all about Cinco de Mayo. |
| 0:20.0 | Arriva, I'm Gustavo, Rihano. |
| 0:25.9 | You're listening to the Times, |
| 0:27.5 | daily news from the LA Times. |
| 0:29.3 | It's Thursday, |
| 0:30.2 | yep, May 5th, 2022. |
| 0:32.6 | Today, we're going to re-air |
| 0:34.4 | our Cinco de Mayo episode |
| 0:35.7 | from last year |
| 0:36.5 | because it's that bean chiga. |
| 0:41.4 | Let's get it out of the way. The 5th of May is not Mexican Independence Day. That's actually on |
| 0:47.6 | September 16th. But for many of us, today is mostly about restaurant specials on nachos and |
| 0:52.5 | margaritas. Too many white people wearing sombreros and fake mustaches. |
| 0:57.0 | Normally, this is where we'd play you some sound of Cinco de Mayo's commercialization, |
| 1:01.2 | especially from beer companies. |
| 1:02.9 | But because our lawyer said no for copyright reasons, |
| 1:05.7 | here's our own The Times, daily news from the LA Times rendition. |
| 1:09.4 | It's based on real life. |
| 1:13.3 | Have you heard of Cinco de Mayo? |
| 1:15.6 | Cinco de what? Cinco de Mayo. You know, the Mexican holiday. |
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