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This is Love

Punch the Moon

This is Love

Vox Media Podcast Network

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.89.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Growing up, Albert Samaha knew his uncle Spanky Rigor had been a musician in the Philippines. Spanky had helped start a band called VST & Company in the 1970s. But it wasn’t until Albert was an adult that he realized how famous Spanky really was. Albert Samaha’s book is Concepcion and you can find more photos of VST here. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2BmMZr5 We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Support for this show comes from Krakan.

0:03.0

Krypto is like the financial system, but different.

0:07.0

It doesn't care where you come from, what you look like, your credit score,

0:11.0

or your outrageous food delivery habits.

0:13.7

crypto is finance for everyone everywhere all the time.

0:18.4

Krakhan, see what crypto can be.

0:21.3

Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.

0:25.0

This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong. What's the oddest piece of baggage that you've ever seen?

0:37.0

Oh, Phoebe, you hit that right and there are several.

0:45.0

Spanky Regore handles bags at San Francisco International Airport.

0:50.0

One night, cargo came along and they said,

0:54.0

please load this cargo if possible in the rear pit

0:58.0

with minimal number of bags.

1:00.0

And don't agitate it.

1:05.0

Well it was covered. It had a sort of a tarp in it and we go, what is it?

1:11.0

Looks like a cage. And we heard a growl. A low, deep growl. I go oops, we better be careful with it. So we we inquired a day later. We asked cargo what was that that we delivered and this flight this and this?

1:35.0

And they say it was a baby gorilla.

1:38.0

Oh wow.

1:40.0

It was sedated.

1:42.0

But still, at 8 to 10 month old baby gorilla isn't really a baby

1:48.4

You know what I mean because it's you ate about 350 pounds already.

1:54.0

Before Spanky Regor became a baggage handler,

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