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You're listening to Locatora Radio, and I'm Diosa.

And I'm Mala.

Welcome to Season 11, the season that almost didn't happen.

And this episode almost didn't happen. But here we are

back in the studio recording another episode for all of you at home. So you might have noticed that we

kept putting out episodes, even though we were technically off season, but there was so much

going on behind the scenes. And honestly, each episode might have been our last episode. That was the

energy we were carrying for the first months of the year.

We had each other to lean on.

Thank God.

Thank God. And we talked about it with a few people, but as our listeners, you didn't know

what was going on behind the scenes and how hard it's been for us to continue podcasting

without a formal contract, without a formal green light, and without a budget.

But we're here to talk about it, to talk through it, and tell you all the story of how we came

back for an 11th season of Locatoira Radio.

Yeah, we're talking about the season that almost didn't happen and how we push through the uncertainty. So let's get into it. Let's get into it. I want to start by talking about just the state of podcasting, the state of the industry, because I think anyone who consumes media knows that this is true, that things get canceled all the time. All the time, constantly.

Your favorite TV show, your favorite podcast, they don't get renewed.

Think about all of the Latino-led shows that have been canceled over the years.

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