Que Viva la Pepa: Introducing The Experiment

The Experiment

The Atlantic and WNYC Studios

President, Policy, Documentary, Joe, Law, Wnyc, American, Presidency, Supreme, Society & Culture, Congress, The, Racism, Court, State, History, Biden, Government, Race

4.5 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

It’s easy to forget that the United States started as an experiment: a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, with liberty and justice for all. That was the idea. On this weekly show, we check in on how that experiment is going.

The Experiment: stories from an unfinished country. From The Atlantic and WNYC Studios.

Be part of The Experiment. Use the hashtag #TheExperimentPodcast, or write to us at [email protected]. Listen and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts

Music by Ob (“Ghyll” and “Mog”), Parish Council (“Socks Before Trousers” and “Durdle Door”), and water feature (“richard iii (duke of gloucester)”). Additional audio from C-SPAN, Senator Chris Murphy, Lawrence University, the House Judiciary Committee, Washington Post reporter Rebecca Tan, and the City of Lake Worth Beach.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Okay, we're doing like a trailer, you know, like a movie trailer.
0:05.0	You want to be in it?
0:07.0	Of course.
0:10.0	And what's my name?
0:11.0	Julia Longoria.
0:13.0	And who are you to me?
0:15.0	I'm your aunt.
0:17.0	I want to start things off with my aunt Margarita.
0:20.0	Because whenever my big Cuban family gets together in Miami
0:25.0	to drink and dance and argue about politics,
0:29.0	my aunt will get a few to kill as deep
0:32.0	and she will always say this thing.
0:36.0	Kéviwa la peppa.
0:38.0	And she doesn't just say it, she'll like revel in it
0:42.0	and take it into her soul.
0:44.0	Like, Kéviwa la peppa.
0:48.0	Kéviwa la peppa.
0:50.0	Long live la peppa.
0:53.0	Whatever that means.
0:55.0	I don't know.
0:56.0	I heard it in my house.
0:57.0	Like, old people in my house.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Atlantic and WNYC Studios, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Atlantic and WNYC Studios and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.