Nury & The Secret Tapes: Part 3
Imperfect Paradise
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4.5 • 535 Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Host Antonia Cereijido presses former L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez to account for the racist, hurtful comments she made on the secret recording that rocked Los Angeles and led to her resignation.
CONTENT WARNING: Sensitive subject matter.
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| 0:42.4 | Music This episode includes explicit and derogatory language. You're listening to Imperfect Paradise from L.A. Studios. |
| 0:46.5 | This is part three of our series Nuri and the Secret Tapes, |
| 0:50.2 | an exclusive look behind the scenes of the L.A. City Council tape scandal. |
| 0:54.3 | I'm your host, Antonia Ceregido. |
| 0:57.1 | In October 2021, then L.A. City Council President, Nuree Martinez, walked into the L.A. County |
| 1:03.7 | Federation of Labor for a meeting with council members Gil Seidio, Kevin De Leon, and |
| 1:08.5 | labor leader Ron Herrera. The secret recording of their conversation exposed Nuri making racist and demeaning comments |
| 1:16.1 | about black political power, indigenous people, and a councilman's child. |
| 1:22.8 | When the tapes were leaked to the public, a year later, protests erupted across the city. |
| 1:28.0 | Bye-bye, Murray! |
| 1:29.5 | Bye-bye, Mary! |
| 1:31.3 | Hey! |
| 1:31.8 | Hey! |
| 1:32.8 | Ho-huh! |
| 1:33.8 | Jay Martinez has got to go! |
| 1:36.3 | Racism is racism, whether it's coming from a guy in a red MAGA hat or from the president of the LA City Council. |
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