Unregistered 143: Gustavo Arellano

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4.2 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2020

⏱️ 116 minutes

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I was joined by Gustavo Arellano—author of Ask A Mexican and Taco USA, formerly the sage of the OC Weekly, and now a columnist for the Los Angeles Times—to discuss why Trump got so many Latino votes, the plight of immigrants in the pandemic and under lockdowns, the rich and complex history of Mexico, and … Continue reading →

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0:00.0	This is the Unregistered Podcast, and I'm Thaddeus Russell.
0:07.0	This is a show about ideas, people, and behaviors that are considered inappropriate, out of bounds, or beyond the pale.
0:15.0	The things you're not supposed to talk about if you're a schoolteacher, a college professor, a businessman, a politician,
0:23.2	a parent, a neighbor, or even a podcast host. These are the things you're not supposed to say
0:29.4	or even think if you're a good liberal, a good conservative, or a good citizen. Each week,
0:36.9	I'll interview a person who has something bad to say. They might be a journalist or a good citizen. Each week, I'll interview a person who has something bad to say. They might be a
0:41.0	journalist or a professor. They might be a porn star or a drug dealer. They might just be an ordinary
0:46.9	person with an ordinary job who doesn't care about the rules of polite society. I'm not interested
0:53.5	in breaking the rules just to be a troublemaker. I'm interested in people who break the rules of polite society. I'm not interested in breaking the rules just to be a troublemaker.
0:56.2	I'm interested in people who break the rules of conventional thought and to expand the scope of
1:01.5	what is possible to say in our society. I'm interested in people who make me think.
1:09.5	There have been many questions about these people called Latinos lately.
1:12.6	Some people say that they are taking over the country and destroying American civilization.
1:17.6	Others say that they are vital to the success and vitality of the United States,
1:23.6	and that more of them should be let in.
1:25.6	Others like me simply ask, what is a Latino?
1:30.9	So for this week, I asked a Mexican. This is my interview with Gustavo Ariano. I am joined from what I've been told is a PO box in Anaheim, California, in Orange County.
1:57.3	That's right.
1:58.7	That's where Gustavo Oriano has now been relegated to.
2:03.6	To live inside of a PO box, but he's here. He's the king of journalism of Orange County.
2:12.6	Arguably the most important journalist to come out of Orange County. Is there a competitor, by the way?
2:19.5	Who's like another important journalist who's come out of O.C.?
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