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Rubirosa: Haunted

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

Politics, Society & Culture, News, Documentary

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The real James Bond was Dominican. No, really! When I found out about Porfirio Rubirosa from a Vanity Fair article in college, I had no idea he would change my life forever.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Oh, la lethino USA listener, it's Maria Ignoosa.

0:11.0

Today we want to share with you a new podcast from our colleagues at Witness Docs at Stitcher.

0:16.4

It's called Ruby Rosa.

0:18.6

What would you do if I told you that James Bond?

0:22.2

Yes, James Bond.

0:24.2

The white British character was actually based on a real Dominican man.

0:31.2

Hosted by Dominican American author Christopher Rivas, Ruby Rosa is a ten-part series about

0:36.4

the fantastic true story of Bordefican, Ruby Rosa.

0:40.5

What Christopher's years-long investigation taught him as he also found his true self

0:46.0

in a world not made for brown folks just like him.

0:50.2

After its finale, the podcast will turn into a weekly show hosted by Chris called Brown

0:55.7

Enough, which is also the title of his forthcoming memoir out in October.

1:01.0

So give the podcast's first episode a listen and don't forget to subscribe to Ruby Rosa.

1:07.8

That's Ruby Rosa.

1:09.2

Are you B-I-R-O-S-A?

1:12.4

Not the way, yes.

1:16.1

Witness Docs from Stitcher.

1:23.1

Oh, it's right there.

1:30.9

Oh, right here.

1:32.7

This is it.

1:33.9

Everything's exactly the same, the colors are the same.

1:38.9

This is PS 175.

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