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Yes, Uber still works.

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All right. So hi, this is Pablo. By the way, this is not an ad. This is me actually trying to explain why it is that the episode you've clicked on today is going to be the episode you're going to hear.

And the reason that I'm bringing you today's episode is not because when we ran it in November, it resulted in a Peabody nomination and all that, you know, very gratifying good stuff.

The reason I'm bringing you this episode today is because the story of Charles Flores,

the subject of this episode, just became a lot more urgent.

Yesterday, May 12th, 2025, the Texas Attorney General's office sent a letter to the trial court in the case of Charles Flores requesting that the judge set an imminent execution date for Charles.

His lawyer is going to file an opposition statement, but what she advises us is that it is quite likely that the legal fight of Charles Flores, the man you're about to meet here, has reached its end.

And so we're going to advise you here and then at the end of the episode to please visit free charlesflores.com.

Because my hope is that when you listen to his story you'll know exactly why it is that we

wanted to make sure that you heard it so much of living under a death sentence is is the unknown

you know we're sent here we were convicted and sent us to death

and sent to death row.

To have our lives taken from us, to be executed, you know?

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