What's up, Females, you know this is a podcast about politics, race and culture, I'm

Mariano Jose and I'm so excited because you're here with me for Nanda Santos.

Good pick up Females, I know that sometimes I throw to Julio and he's like, wait, what's

up?

I've been waiting for this, I was waiting for this, Maria.

It's so much fun to be hosting with you on In The Fick.

So listen, we are in the midst of what is being called the hot labor summer.

And it's not just because, as you know, we've been going through this frightening, frightening

record breaking heatwaves across the country.

But also there are a record number of labor strikes that are taking place, right?

And right now, thousands of hotel workers, television and movie writers and actors have

gone on strike, calling for higher pay and for better working conditions.

So the union representing about 340,000 UPS workers has also threatened a strike if a

deal is not reached by July 31st, that is the deadline, this could have massive implications

for the country.

Oh, yeah, my friend Nanda, you know, I just want to tell you that one of my all time favorite

actors, Mark Ruffalo and Mark Ruffalo, his Instagram post that I saw, he said, all actors

we should turn to indie films, we should start doing things independently, we should walk

away from the studio monsters.

And I just thought, you know what?

This is like a moment in history that we don't know what could happen.

And I know everybody's feeling it, but in particular, it's like, what should we be doing

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