November 15, 2023 • 45 mins
Welcome to the Locaversary episode! We've been producing our Radiophonic Novela since November 2016. In this special anniversary episode, we reflect on this podcast journey and what we've learned along the way. We also hear from our listeners at the end.
Thank you to Jenn, Jackie, Erika, Caroline, Lala, and our audio editor, Stephanie for contributing to this episode.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Loka Tora Radio is a radiophonic novella.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Which is just a very extra way of saying a podcast.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
I'm Fosa m and I am Mala Munjos. Lokatra Radio
is yr Brima's favorite podcast, hosted by us Mala and Viosa.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
We're two ig friends turned podcast partners, breaking down pop culture, feminism,
sexual wellness, and offering fresh takes on trending topics through
nuanced interviews with up and coming LATINX creatives.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Known as Las Lokatas, Las Mammis of Myth and Bullshit
and Las Borgass Prosas. We were podcasting independently since twenty sixteen,
but joined iHeartMedia's Microtura network in twenty twenty two.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
This year, we're continuing to share stories from the LATINX community.
Bartoo el Mundo.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Welcome to season eight. Are you listening? O Lao La
Loka moti Is, Welcome to Season eight of lok at
Tora Radio. I'm Theosa and I'm Mala. You're tuning in too.
Capit one eighty one.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Last time on Locata Radio, we discussed solidarity between Latin
America and Palestine, decolonization framework, and political and personal practice.
Go ahead, tune into that episode, leave us a review,
subscribe to lok at our Radio, and share with a friend.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
We also want to note that we will be continuing
our coverage of Israel and Palestine throughout this season. We
know that this is an ongoing crisis and we have
more episodes planned, but for today, we will be shifting
gears a little bit and talking about Locata Radio and
our seven year lok a versary.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Our little podcast just keeps growing episode after episode, season
after season. We've been at it since twenty sixteen, and
we're going to just take a little trip down memory
lane today and talk about where we've been and where
we're going.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Yeah, I also want to plug a previous episode, our
Micaeldura Live episode where we talk about our journey from
indie podcasters to network darlings, and so you can find
that on the feed. I will link it in the
show notes and we go in depth for thirty minutes
about our history, our process, and where we've been and
where we're going. But you can tune into that one.
(02:24):
But we're gonna also talk about some past things and
some current things and some future things.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
You know, we love telling our story and we'll tell
our story over and over again. It's an audio archive.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
It's for the archives.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
That's what it's all about.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
And you know, sometimes we have people tune in and
not start from the very beginning and they don't know
the story. So I think it's good for us to
just remind the folks and the new listeners out there.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
I also wanted to say that at the Michael Dura
Live show, it was a clean show, so we couldn't
necessarily say everything, and so I think this is also
a way for us to to be a little more
grounded in our personalities and the way we talk and
how we express ourselves. And so we're going to be
doing that today and.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
The stories we share. Yes, yes, this is our look
Aversary unplugged. Yes, this is our after Dark. There we go,
this is our this is for adults. Yes, so let's proceed.
So you know, we launched in twenty sixteen, and nowadays
when we tell people that, the reaction that we get is,
oh damn, you guys are like ogs. Like you are
(03:30):
some of the original podcasters. You've been doing this like
since the beginning.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
And still standing. Like we've said over the years, there
is a graveyard of latinx podcast incredible shows, but for
one reason. A lot of it has to do with
sustainability and equity. Right, there's not a lot of money
when you're an indie podcaster, and so we're I really
don't take for granted that we're still here seven years later,
(03:59):
and that we've been able to maintain our audience and
also find new audience, new listeners with the help of
Michael Dura and iHeart. But yeah, I definitely don't take
for granted that we're still standing.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
We are still standing, and a lot of it has
to do with our relationship with the Michael Duda Podcast
Network and the ability to support ourselves and create the
podcast full time. And this be what we do as
opposed to sort of like a hobby, which is what
it started out as. We made the show for our friends,
(04:33):
and we marketed the show to our friends, and we
had our friends and our little micro followings on Instagram
in mind when we were putting the show together and
thinking of the name and the logo and the color scheme.
And now, you know, we still think about our listeners
and our community and our friends, but we're also thinking about,
(04:55):
like I think, longevity and the overarching project and what
have we already talked to out and what is still
left to talk about and who else is out there
that we can introduce to our listenership. Like I think
we've just the idea of the audio archive. As we've continued,
It's like that is, in and of itself, the incentive
to keep going, so the archive is as complete as
(05:16):
it can possibly be, Like there has to be more episodes.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Yeah, And I think that I love that you say
that because the longevity piece, I think is really important,
especially in the age of we've been in this age
of viral moments of you have to have a million
followers on social media in order to get a deal, right,
making up a number and as an example, but we've
heard things like that when we've met with executives years ago,
(05:41):
right like oh, you want to show, you want a
talk show, a TV show, like you need a minimum
two hundred and fifty thousand followers, And I remember us
looking at each other like how would we even get
to that number? And I think we stopped really caring
about the numbers and like going viral and really focusing
on the longevity. And yes, of course we want an
(06:04):
active social media accounts, But what we really say to
ourselves is, like what matters is the feed, What matters
is the audio feed? Like are you gonna follow us
on social media or are you gonna listen to the podcast? Well,
we want you to listen to the podcast. We want
you to listen to the to the audio, to the archive,
to the interviews, and for us, like we've really put
emphasis on that over the years.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Yeah, And I think like also recognizing the importance of
the offline work and art. And I think where a
lot of like young creatives get get into kind of
a rut or a trap is putting all the eggs
into the social media basket, you know, into content, content, content,
(06:48):
when it's important to like explore, like we've explored live shows.
We do live shows, we do live events, you know,
workshops like kind of keeping our sort of like teaching
academic backgrounds, like involved and developing as artists in other
ways as well, you know, like you went back to
school or like I've been doing stand up and like
(07:11):
learning how to become a comedy writer. And I think
that what I've loved so much about the project is
how it's sort of been our anchor. But like it's
also allowed us to go and develop these other parts
of ourselves.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Yeah, and I don't think that we saw that. We
didn't foresee that back in twenty sixteen. It's did. Like
Mala mentioned, like this did start as a hobby, and
I'll never forget when we started. We literally thought we
were going to do this once a month, and then
it moved to twice a month, and then there was
like a period wh where we were doing weekly and
(07:45):
we just really couldn't keep up with it. And I
also think listeners can't necessarily keep up with weekly shows
because there's so many other things. Like when I look
at our numbers, like I see episodes from a month
ago have more listens because people people are like slowly
working their way and we always catch up. But like
it takes a minute to listen. Yeah, and so the week,
(08:08):
like not everyone tunes in weekly, we do have our
listeners shout out to you all that tune and weekly.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
I think what I appreciate about our episodes too is
how they're very evergreen, and we do include current events
and trending topics, but especially our interviews. For the most part,
you can go back and listen at any time and
they're still going to be relevant.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Yeah, I do appreciate that about our show, and I
think we've done that pretty intentionally. You know, over the years,
we've done very thematic things, thematic episodes. We've created our
own terminology within the Loka universe, like loc epistemologies, multi
dimensional hoe, goddess worship, yes, fem defense.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
The word Loka itself.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Yeah, femtech. Lok a Dota is trademarked. It's a trademark word.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
We invented a word and then we trademarked. We've got
to because that's what you got to do these days,
and I think that's also something to talk about. We've
had these milestones along the way as far as becoming
like a more professional project. We've done things like hired accountants,
and we have a lawyer who we love honestly and
(09:14):
who cracks us up. And we have trademarks, and we
are an LLC. You know, we have our articles of incorporation,
we're a formal business and so much more. And that
has come with years and time and has also been
what has allowed us to sustain is creating the framework
so that we could get the big jobs and sign
(09:36):
with the network and invest the money in the appropriate ways,
you know. So I think that's a big part of
it too, is I think we've gotten good advice and
we've like put it to work.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Yeah, We've had a lot of mentors over the years
that have pointed us in the right direction, connected us
with lawyers, connected us with accountants, with people that are
going to give us the infrastructure to really thrive. And
I think that that's one thing that artists don't talk about,
is the business side of your business of your art
because even if you're you don't see yourself as a
(10:08):
business owner or an entrepreneur. If you're an artist, you're
likely running your own books, You're you're making invoices, you're
doing all these nitty gritty business things. And that's not
what a lot of us talk about because we don't
like it, Like that's not where we thrive. Maybe it
is for you, but like I enjoy like creating the
process of like, Okay, this is how everything is gonna look,
(10:29):
and this is where everything's gonna go, and this is
how we organize it. But I don't necessarily want to
do it. And that's why we hire people.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Okay, So here's part of it.
Speaker 4 (10:38):
Too. Is like.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
We started as a DIY project, but you get to
a point where you literally cannot do it, and you can't.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
You cannot be DIY. Like I remember when we got
a job offer and they were talking about payment and
we were like, well, we just alternate. We use a
WT a personal W two when we alternate who it
goes to, and they were like, no, we can't do.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
That, like like absolutely not.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
So we that forced us. We were already in talks
of it. But it's a process. It can be expensive
to create an LLC. Like back in its heyday, LLC
Twitter was like it's so easy to make an LLC.
Everything was about creating your LLC. Let me tell you
if you live in a depending on where you live,
you have to pay state taxes. If you have an
LLC in California, that's eight hundred dollars and.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
Their city stuff too.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Yes, and some businesses don't generate that much, so like
you don't necessarily need it right away. But I would
say ignore the advice of like put everything make multiple LLCs.
I think if you live in a state where yeah,
you pay fifty dollars a year, sure, but in California
that's not how it works.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
It's expensive, and there's different types of are you an
s corp?
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Are you what are you doing?
Speaker 1 (11:49):
You know, there's a whole there's a lots of things.
Speaker 5 (11:52):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
And the accountants of the attorneys they know things that
we don't know. Yeah, they know a lot of things
and we need their knowledge. They know how especially with
the taxes, like the business taxes and this and the that,
and they know all the loopholes and the secret compartments
and the codes and the forms and you know, like
everything you need that you need that professional help.
Speaker 6 (12:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
And I the reason we bring that up because you
wouldn't think that that's such a big part of having
a podcast, right, but for us, as we launch local productions,
like it really did become, there was a need like
we needed to become an LLC, We needed to hire
an attorney and an accountant. And we share this because
(12:33):
it's part of the growing pains and like the growing lessons,
Like it's not all the creative I wish it was,
but a lot of it is this business part where
you have to pay invoices out you know, one day
and you have to send your receipts and all these
different things and I think that it's just the on
the not glamorous side of art and being an artist
(12:55):
and being a creative that no one really likes to
talk about. But it's such a big part of your
data day operations.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Totally, even things like storage, right, you know, like oh,
we want to make all this stuff where we're going
to put it exactly, it's the it's the basic yeah,
it's the operations. So all that to say, don't be discouraged.
If you want to start your own business or project.
It can be done you know, gradually and with help
(13:23):
and seek advice and mentors. And I think it's really
important too. And I think we've done this, like we
take advice from people who have also built something successful
that we like, you know, And I think that's the
key is. I think there's a lot of people, like
you mentioned LLC Twitter there, there's a lot of people
just chatting, just flapping their lips.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
Yes, selling e courses like I'm sorry, respect if you
have an E course, but not everything needs to be
an E course, right. And I've seen this kind of
oversaturation where it's like people saying how they earned you know,
six figures in a month, but are you earning your
six figures from your E course, like right, which is fine,
(14:06):
but then it's like, are you is that how you're
flipping the script then and saying you earn six figures
and you're teaching someone how to earn six figures, but
you're selling them an E course.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
Is your six figures coming from the E course?
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Exactly? That's what I'm trying to say.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
Yes, yes, And you know, like what what have you
done to make the E course worth it?
Speaker 5 (14:25):
Yeah? You know?
Speaker 2 (14:26):
Yes, do you have that expertise? Do you have that
track record? I implore you all, yes, you know, to
like ask those.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Questions, ask those questionss not don't seek it out, don't
do it because there are a lot of helpful women
who heads out there doing that type of work. So
this isn't to discredit them, but it's more so ask
those questions because I've seen a lot of disingenuous things
over the years. Oh sure, where mil and I have
discussed like oh this doesn't look legit, or this there's
(14:54):
I'm raising my eyebrow at this, And then there's some
really great things. Right, I think we all grow Latina
they have a a really cool online community where they
have women that post about their services, and I would
start there if that's where you're looking, if you're looking
to for whatever it is that you need in your business,
I would say, like we all grow. Latina is like
(15:14):
a good network of people to look at that are
offering services. But don't go off of just an Instagram post.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah totally even us, you know
what I mean. Like, I think another piece of the
growth is like trying and failing or trying and redirecting.
And over the years, we've done things like pitched to networks,
you know, to try and get shows made, and we
got a lot of no's.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Right.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
We've talked about this because we realized if we can
make Locat, we can make Marijuan Eeda podcasts for potheads,
and these shows can do well and they can be
successful then and when awards and things then and get
network deals, then we can like make other shows.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
You know.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
I think for us, getting know's allowed us to say, well,
why don't we just keep doing it ourselves? You know,
we just make our own originals because we can and
because that's what's working, and we can reenlight our own staff,
you know. So that's another I think takeaway from all
these years is like you have to build.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Your own yes, yeah, you really do, and you have
to work with your friends or your fellow creatives. I
think that really helps when you're starting out. That's really
how we started, from our logo to our photos, to
our first jingle everything, Like we have worked with fellow
creatives that you know. Back when we were all starting,
(16:43):
we were all like at the same level, like getting
our foot in the door, finding our creative outlets. So
we were charging each other like fifty bucks a hundred bucks.
Like we don't obviously charge that or pay that now
to our friends. But I think that that's one of
the fun things of creating with people when you're both
start off, is that you're really just trying to make
something and whatever that is, You're not necessarily trying to
(17:07):
make money off of it. You're just trying to see
if something lands and then when it lands and that
you know, the budgets change and all of that. But
I think that's one of the fun things about starting
off and starting something new with friends that are also
like in their own creative lane.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
And as the project has grown, the team has grown.
We work a lot now with Stephanie Franco. We've been
working with Stephanie for a long time now. She is
our audio editor and make sure that our episodes are
like crisp and clear and put together beautifully. We love
Stephanie and working with her. I can't believe like it's
been as long as it's been.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
It's been years.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Now, been three years now, it's been three.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
Years, and she's been great.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
And you know are our photographers and hair and makeup
artists of course, Robert Robertrios, he does our hair and
makeup whenever we have.
Speaker 3 (17:57):
Events and photo shoots and.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Irma's recent and a set of headshots were shot by
Danny Elmosillo. So it's just been really fun to just
cultivate the team and the team has been sticking with
us for a long time now, so we love that.
Speaker 3 (18:12):
Thank god, thank god, thank god.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
It's been a good team. It's been a good time.
Speaker 5 (18:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
And I think part of it is too when you
have such a great creative team and just creative circle,
it kind of fills those gaps for when your family
doesn't really understand what you do. Like I remember telling
my mom the story of how to me this was
like this was like a bittersweet story. It was like,
we are in Times Square and we can't afford to go.
(18:41):
We have like twenty dollars in our bank account. We
can't afford to fly out to see our faces on
Times Square. And then a year later we had signed
with maybe two years later we had signed with Mike Utura.
We were in New York around the same time receiving
the Award for Money Juaneda and we got to have
(19:03):
this really fun, beautiful, kind of decaden trip in New York.
And I was telling my mom and trying to explain
the contrasting years, and she was like she kind of
just laughed at me. She kind of was just like Okay.
She kind of was just like, well, okay, because it's like, yeah,
to seat that you couldn't go to New York, right, wow.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
Right, and now we finally could.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
Go yes, And it's so sure, like she humbled me
a little bit. But I think it's like those moments
when so funny, I know, the mom's dude, it's those
moments of like, yeah, you're like if we had told
one of our creative friends, they'd be like, oh yeah,
that is sad, Like dang, you couldn't go yes, and
then your mom is like, Bob to see.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
That, yes, you couldn't go yeah, poor thing, poor baby.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
But it's true.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
And then when we did go to New York, you know,
we saw we saw uh Leah Michelle in Funny Girl
on Broadway. She was fantastic and we Hades Cargo and
and it was fabulous, and I mean we were receiving
an award and it was just like a great time.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
It was a time to celebrate. Yeah, And I think
that's what we've really made a point at look at
though over the years, is like celebrating the project even
like not just the big milestones, but the small ones too.
You know, I'm so grateful that we get to do this,
And it's not lost on me, like how much of
a privilege this is that we can just come in
(20:26):
week after week and record for our show and do
this full time. Like I really could not have imagined
it a couple of years ago.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
No, Yeah, it's it's something that you can't imagine it
until it happens, you know, like until the ink is
dry and the money is in the account.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
You know, it's like this is real.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
And for Michael Dura to renew our contract and to
bring us back is also very exciting, and we hope
to continue podcasting with Michael Duda for many, many, many
sees to come. There's just so much more to talk about,
so many more people to interview, a lot more stories
to tell, and as things unfold, not only in La
but around the world.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
We love coming on the show and talking about it.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Yeah, and I think that's in one way what has
stayed the same about look At over the years. But
in some ways I think what's changed. I was thinking
about that today when I was driving over and thinking
about this recording this episode, is like, well, what's changed?
And I would say what's changed in terms of what
we talk about is we don't necessarily talk about Elis
(21:32):
Madre La like going out. I think the pandemic obviously
changed the way we experience nightlife, the way we move
in the world, and so that but I that was
such a part of the show and our early twenties,
our mid twenties even and so I still love that
(21:53):
it's part of the audio archive totally. Like I'll never
forget when we talked about both getting railed separately the
night before and we have we made this connection. You
wouldn't hear that now, Like we would not be talking
about that now, but it's part of the archive.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
I don't remember what episode that either, but we did
have this one episode where we were like just in
the midst of conversation and it was like, oh, we
were both getting it in. Oh, like at what time? Like, oh,
we were being penetrated at the exact same time, which.
Speaker 1 (22:27):
I think is beautiful friendship.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
Friendship we should do we do it more often. Well,
set like a timer, there we go, like it's time.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
Well, Mole and I have talked about like if we
ever have kids, like, well, we obviously have to plan
our pregnancy together, Like duh. But no, yeah, like that's
the type of content you won't necessarily hear anymore.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
Right, we're a little bit more what's the word. We're
a little more demure now, Yeah, a little more demure.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
I think we just save that for the offline car. Yes,
you know it's before it was very much a part
of We're just going to talk about it on air,
I think, because.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
Okay, there was there was there was a moment year
this is years ago, okay, right, and I'm going to
leave out names. There was an elected official that someone
someone we know was working for an elected official, remember,
and we had put an episode out and I was
saying something about Dick obviously yes, and then this elected
official like brought up or his one of his staffers
(23:34):
had brought up a story that I had told, yes
about Dick in front of this council person. Yes, yes,
And I was kind of well, first of all hilarious,
but also mortified.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Totally yeah, because like it's.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
One thing for this these elect this man to listen
to it, but then for it to come up in
conversation in front of the council member, you know, it's
just like, Wow, that's a lot for me.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
I agree. I agree. I think to like, you know, Fernando,
my partner, like he runs into a lot of people
that listen to the show, So I think that kind
of has changed the way I talk about him, because
there was this one episode with Curly Yea and I
talked about the physical anatomy of my partner, and you know,
(24:24):
this was a baby show at the time. This was
years ago.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
We didn't know where it was going.
Speaker 1 (24:29):
And then he tells me that someone is coworker, someone
that he met a colleague mentioned that they listened to
that episode and Penandeno knew exactly what he was referring to,
and he was kind of embarrassed, but just you know,
what was he going to say? And that kind of
also was like, okay, like this is your work, this
is different. I shouldn't be talking about any physical things
(24:52):
about you on the show. We can talk about the
relationship a little bit, but like that kind of stuff
I had to keep private because it's one like you.
I had made like a passing comment. It was a
joke about you know, when we were at look at
That Alive, Curly was talking about someone with big balls,
and so I made this joke and you know, I
didn't know that his colleague was going to listen to it.
(25:13):
And so I think that all that changed, you know,
as it grows, it kind of changes, like, Okay, I
can't really talk about people that I'm dating or people
my family in the same way that I did maybe
five six seasons.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Ago, totally. And I mean, look, I thought, if you're
not if you guys are not catching the gist here,
people listen.
Speaker 3 (25:33):
People in very high places are listening to look up
what a radio.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
Okay, the most influential people in Los Angeles, the height
of LA politics. They are tuning in and they are listening,
and so I think that has given us a little
bit of like, Okay, let's be a little more, let's
refine this content a little bit. We were at USC
for homecoming and standing right next to us was a
(25:56):
professor who is also a listener, and she like in
trued U herself and Hi, Gabby, very nice to have
met you.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
If you're listening, hey girl.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
But you never know. And so, yes, we have very
influential listeners.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
We do.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
So we want to cater to the to our listenership
and make sure the content is good enough for them.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
You know, yes, yes, And so I think that that's
probably been the biggest thing that's changed about But it's
still in the archives. You can go back and hear
those type of conversations there. It's still there in any
of the early episodes. You know, we were really getting
wild in the convos.
Speaker 3 (26:32):
Yeah, I mean, don't don't get us.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
We're still getting We're still getting railed.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
Yeah, we still are.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
We're just yeah, we're just not talking about it every week.
But don't worry, guys, don't worry.
Speaker 3 (26:43):
Still happening.
Speaker 1 (26:44):
It is.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
So let's talk about some more milestones that we've had
along the years. I mean from live shows at some
of the most iconic venues in Los Angeles. We've remember
our actually, our very very very first party was at
El Dorado.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
That's right. It was our one year Loca versary. We
did it in collaboration with La Hunda and their Pigna party. Yes,
and we sprayed paint because they had their little traveling
pigna and so for our party, our like little takeover.
They were so sweet to offer us their night to
celebrate us. We like painted their gold pina pink and
(27:27):
that was like, we're here. So I thought that was
taking over. And that was our very first time throwing
a party for our anniversary. There was no live show component,
but the listeners came out in droves. It also happened
to be the same weekend of Tropicalia, do you remember Tropicalia?
Speaker 2 (27:46):
Very fun and so.
Speaker 1 (27:47):
People were coming in from all parts of California. We
had folks visiting from northern California from San Diego and
then they also came to the party, and I think
that was the very first time we realized, like, oh,
we can bring out a crowd, like we can plan
a live show with a show component, with a live
podcast and a party.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
Absolutely, And so after that first party at El Dorado,
then the next year we launched Loka I Thought a
Live a podcast party at Civic Center Studios and we
had guests, We had Curly and Maya and we kind
of did a little bit of a variety show and
DJ Sizzle was there and it was a good time
and we danced and we drank and we were merry
(28:29):
and our listeners came out, and Yeah, we took loc
I Thought Alive also to the Paramount. We did an
addition there where we also screened our short film, Lokitha's Anonymous.
It's an eight minute short. You can watch it on YouTube.
We have a full cast and you'll recognize a lot
of people in that cast. Vanessa Romo is in Lokkeitha's Anonymous,
(28:52):
Jen from the block, Gen Torres, Grisol, who else.
Speaker 3 (28:57):
There's a bunch of people.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Everybody, everybody is in.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
Oh, Zuri Djzuri is in Loki does Anonymous as well.
Check that out.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
So we did a screening and a live show at
the Paramount and it was very fun.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
Yeah, and then I think the pandemic like slowed us
down in terms of obviously like slowed us down in
terms of live shows. We came back in twenty twenty
two with a live show at Resident and that was
a lot of fun. And then this past year we
had a look at well not a look at a
live but a live show with Michael Dura, like we
mentioned at the top of the episode, And you know,
(29:29):
we hope to have more live shows in the future.
That's definitely something that we're working ones. But since we
couldn't have a live event this year for our Lookovers three,
that's also why we wanted to commemorate this lucky number
seven of lok at Dora Radio with this episode.
Speaker 3 (29:47):
Absolutely and it has been.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
It's been. I think we've had a very lucky seven years.
I mean, I think I look at some of the
other podcasts and the fact that we're still going and
that we have like never fought each other.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
Oh my god, I'm so glad we like each other.
Speaker 3 (30:03):
There are some there are some podcasts, popular podcasts out there,
duos where they like they have like physically fought each other.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
And I remember Mom and I were like, imagine physically
fighting each other First of all, I couldn't.
Speaker 2 (30:16):
No, no, no, no, we would never. It would be all slaps.
First of all, it'd be all open ponds.
Speaker 1 (30:21):
It would be biting. It would be like, no, not
even biting like mouths, I mean like biting language, Like
we would be fighting with words. We wouldn't even be
It would be a verbal spat of verbal jous.
Speaker 2 (30:32):
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes no. We would never
physically harm each other, but there are duos out there
that do.
Speaker 7 (30:40):
So.
Speaker 2 (30:40):
Yeah, it's been a lucky seven years and we had
like other little events like we did remember at chic
Ali Studios. We did like that live recording session look
at a Light.
Speaker 1 (30:50):
Yes, that was fun with.
Speaker 3 (30:51):
The live audience. That was very fun.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
Jokes and Tokes was like a mighty one at a
offshoot series that went on for like almost well like
two seasons, like almost a year at the Artist Try
Studio Lounge.
Speaker 3 (31:04):
That was very fun.
Speaker 2 (31:05):
So we've tried to like keep yes, keep doing things
here and there.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
You know, we try to keep our foot in the community.
If you will, like still doing live events. It's one
of our favorite things to do. They just take a
lot of work.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
A lot of work.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
We were doing those Benesota parties with Grissol for a
while at resident as well.
Speaker 3 (31:24):
We've done a lot actually.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
We've done a lot of things a lot of the years. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I would. I I'm already kind of plotting what we
both are. But I'm already envisioning like we're an episode
one eighty one, Like what is our two hundredth episode
of Celebration. Right, We've already been talking and planning, and
so in the spirit of talking about live shows, I'm
just gonna plant that seed right now.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
It's got to be something. It's going to be spectacular.
It's gonna be something unlike you've ever seen.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
Okay, I don't know about that, but you know, Ma's
always you know, puts us all the way up there,
which is a good thing.
Speaker 2 (31:59):
Yeah, which is a good Yeah.
Speaker 3 (32:00):
So keep your eyes peeled.
Speaker 2 (32:01):
Make sure you guys are following us because whenever there's
a live event, we're going to be advertising on Instagram.
Of course we'll share here on the podcast, but make
sure you're following us at look at thora Underscore radio
for all the things.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
Okay, I wanted to talk about what has outlived? Oh,
I had a running list at some point like a
funny one, like a funny running list. One of them
was the Queen.
Speaker 2 (32:24):
Yes, look at thought, our radio has outlived Queen Elizabeth,
And I think that's a feat. I think that's pretty historic,
if you ask me, it's good. It looks like, look
at thought. Our radio is also going to outlive what
the red dye fifty red fifty. That's true, they're manning it.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
It's going away.
Speaker 1 (32:42):
What's gonna happen? Hot cheetos?
Speaker 3 (32:45):
Who knows? Who knows? Let's see what else?
Speaker 2 (32:54):
Have we outlived Twitter? We outlive Twitter now x now x.
We outlived Twitter. We've outlived who got a divorce? Whose marriage?
And lots. We outlived a lot of marriages.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
We'd have We have outlived a lot of marriage.
Speaker 2 (33:12):
Have outlived many many marriages. We we outlived the well.
The pandemic is still kind of ongoing.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
Pandemic is ongoing, but we're older.
Speaker 3 (33:21):
Than the pandemic.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
We are, so that's something.
Speaker 3 (33:24):
I want to predict.
Speaker 2 (33:25):
We're going to outlive the pandemic. It'll end at some point.
We're going to still be going, I hope.
Speaker 1 (33:29):
So I don't want to be documenting through another pandemic, honestly, like, no, please,
please please, Lord, one is enough, Please, we can't do
this again.
Speaker 7 (33:39):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (33:39):
We outlived Nuri Martinez his role as city council president.
Speaker 1 (33:45):
We did.
Speaker 2 (33:46):
We totally outlived we did.
Speaker 3 (33:48):
So that's good.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
That's a good one.
Speaker 3 (33:50):
That's a good one.
Speaker 1 (33:51):
We outlived Shakiampigae's relationship.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
We did, we did.
Speaker 3 (33:56):
We outlived Kim and Kanye.
Speaker 1 (33:58):
We did, we did, and Unwell, I'm so glad she's
done with that fool.
Speaker 3 (34:03):
Outlive them.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
We outlived Britney's conservatorship.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
Yes, yes, free Britney.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
She's still not all the way for you.
Speaker 1 (34:13):
I don't think, No, I don't think. But we wish
her healing always, we wish her healing. I want to
listen to her memoir. I like listening to the celebrity
memoirs versus reading them because they're usually read by someone fabulous,
like Mariah Carey's memoir was read by Mariah Carey and.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
It was fabulous.
Speaker 1 (34:34):
Yeah, and I do want to listen to her memoir
narrated by the white Michelle Williams.
Speaker 3 (34:40):
Oh really, Oh, I didn't realize that.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
She didn't narrate herself. Allegedly, it was too hard to
narrate herself, which valid I'm sure, but yes, we wish
Healing to Britney Spears. Are we going to outlive justin
Timberlake's career, because I'm foreseeing a takedown. I mean, he's
already been kind of taken down a couple of notches
(35:03):
with the memoir, and I'm ready for this man's downfall, honestly.
Speaker 2 (35:06):
Yeah, people are not loving him like they once did,
and for good reason.
Speaker 3 (35:09):
You know, it's his time.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
It's his time, and all of the indiscretions are out
in the open.
Speaker 3 (35:15):
Yes, you know, so it's it was it was going
to happen. Yes, it was bound to happen.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
You know, when I think about lokath onter Radio in
the next ten years, just the next seven years, right,
I think about like Futuro's Latino USA, they've been They've
had that show for thirty years, Like surely you know,
it's a thirty year long, living and thriving show, and
I don't know how long will go. But I don't
(35:44):
necessarily see like an end time, you know what I mean.
It's like, there's just so much to keep the show
going totally, and I think as long as we're invested
and we want to keep it going, like we're going
to keep it going.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
It'll live, It'll live forever if we want it to
live forever. We outlived Jesus and Marrow.
Speaker 1 (36:02):
Oh, sadly, sadly.
Speaker 3 (36:04):
We love Jesus and Marrow.
Speaker 1 (36:06):
We did. We loved the Bodega Boys the podcast.
Speaker 3 (36:09):
We miss them.
Speaker 1 (36:10):
Yeah, we are sad. We wish that these men would
just work it out back, come on, come back, you
need a mediator.
Speaker 3 (36:17):
You can always come back.
Speaker 1 (36:18):
Whatever bullshit happened, it can. It should be resolved.
Speaker 3 (36:23):
It should be resolved.
Speaker 2 (36:23):
It makes me sad that apparently their issue was because
of a third party, because you're a manager. That does
make me sad, you know, as opposed to being it
wasn't like a specific creative difference right between the two hosts.
Speaker 1 (36:36):
Yes, and that also makes me think about you know,
when they would they would podcast, when they would have
their episodes, they would talk about like, imagine if we
broke up.
Speaker 2 (36:45):
No, like they.
Speaker 1 (36:45):
Would say it in like a way that was like
it was impossible, like that could never happen, Like there
was a love there for each other. And so yeah,
it's sad that we all lived them, but we did
all live them.
Speaker 2 (36:55):
We did outlive them. Yeah, I mean, I just think
that we're killing it. We're just doing a really good
job and that's that. And thank you guys for listening
and supporting me, because if you guys weren't listening.
Speaker 1 (37:07):
You know, there would be no show.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
There really wouldn't be a show, It's true.
Speaker 1 (37:12):
And on that note, we have some voice memos sent
by our listeners, so we're gonna play them as a
way to wrap up the show. Thank you so much
for rocking with us all these seven years. If you're
an OG listener, a new listener, there's so much, so
many episodes for you to go back and listen to
or re listen to, and you can really hear the
(37:34):
evolution in the show, the growth in the show, not
just from sound quality, but just I think us also
as host and as producers, you can definitely see the growth.
So I'm really proud of what we've done. And yeah,
here's to another seven years.
Speaker 3 (37:48):
Here's to another seven years.
Speaker 1 (37:49):
Good job, great job. Okay, so we're gonna play our
listener voice memos and that concludes the episode and details.
Speaker 2 (38:05):
Lis up, y'all.
Speaker 8 (38:06):
My name is Jen Torres or Jump from the Block.
I'm from South central Los Angeles, the three two three.
More specific I live in Wants. I've been listening to
Lokata Radio since I was in college, which is about
five years ago. And since i've been listening to the podcast,
I've also learned so much about community and also about
(38:27):
taking up space and understanding and learning that our stories
really matter. So thank you Liosa, thank you Mala for
giving us a platform.
Speaker 2 (38:38):
And a space for us to just like tell our stories.
Speaker 8 (38:41):
It means so much.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
And also I'm so.
Speaker 8 (38:43):
Proud of y'all. Happy birthday, Happy anniversary.
Speaker 5 (38:47):
Hello Locandia. My name is Jackie and I'm from the
San Gievra Valley and I've had the fortune to find
Loka Tora Radio in twenty twenty. I've been listening since then.
During the pandemic and honestly ever since.
Speaker 4 (39:03):
Then, I went back and I listened to all of
the previous episodes because I was like, how did these
girls start? I really was interested, and ever since then,
I've been listening and now too marijuana as well. I've
been supporting Marla in Diosa's journey together and also their
(39:24):
independent journey because I was looking for something like this
for so long, not only a podcast but also a
community of Latina fem energy who are radical baddies. And
I have learned so much from this podcast embracing being
(39:45):
a loka because honestly, I thought being called a loca
for so long was always something that I didn't mind
being called because I know I was a loka. But
look at helped me embrace that with even better, with
a better energy, and of course for marijuana. Thanks Marla,
I have found out being a Monday juana is okay,
(40:10):
and so that's always been like something that I thought
about because honestly has created a community, and I can
say this even for Locus liberals.
Speaker 5 (40:20):
I've been part of that.
Speaker 4 (40:21):
I've read so many more books and dove into fiction.
Speaker 6 (40:24):
Now.
Speaker 4 (40:25):
Thank you so much Deosah for having that ola.
Speaker 9 (40:28):
My name is Erica. I am from the East Coast
in Connecticut. I am an og lokamore listener. I have
been listening to y'all since twenty sixteen, twenty seventeen when
y'all first came out with Yoka Pitulos, and I remember
(40:48):
the esthetic and the branding and the promo and it
just drew me in and I fell in love. I've
learned so much by listening to y'all, there's just so
much information, so much knowledge, a wealth of teesemuth from y'all,
you know, bringing in local activists, local community members, local artists,
(41:13):
to even the interview you did with Anatiju, Like just
so many great folks that y'all have interviewed and just
really speaking to so many different topics.
Speaker 10 (41:23):
Hey, y'all, it's le Ju Seva do Ha, otherwise known
as Caroline. I have known about Loka for years. Y'all
did a thing for me too or BuzzFeed or something
like that years ago, and one of the things that
stuck with me was how y'all said, we're like, oh,
(41:44):
we're recovering Catholics, and I'm like, bitch, it's me. I'm
a recovering Catholic. I don't identify with these puritanical and
you know, egotistical, toxic, masculinely bullshit. So that stuck with me,
and I actually didn't start listening to you guys until
a couple of years or maybe less later. It was
(42:05):
during the pandemic when I had so much time on
my hands. I was like, I'm gonna start listening to podcasts,
and I binged the shit out of lok at Dora
and at the time, you guys were like three or
four seasons in and I was just so enthralled by
you guys and your strength and the community and the
(42:25):
acceptance that you guys like shared and I'm just like,
I need this in my life and I do.
Speaker 7 (42:32):
Happy seven years Loka Tora. It's Laala checking in from
the eight win to eight. I just wanted to stop
by and wish my homegirls a happy birthday anniversary all
of the things. Seven years seven is a very magical
and powerful number. Just want to thank you both for
all the work you do for the community. You keep
us inspired, you keep us empowered, you keep us going.
(42:54):
I love you guys so much. I'm so proud of
you again, La La eight win eight. I am a
OG Loka to a listener, been here since day one
year one.
Speaker 2 (43:05):
I love you guys.
Speaker 6 (43:07):
Happy birthday, Loka Tora. It's been such a joy to
watch you all grow. I've been an OG listener and
I remember feeling really inspired to explore podcasting when I
first saw your content and heard you both archiving the
amazing stories you shared with audio. I appreciate the creativity
you all bring to your seasons and the branding of
(43:28):
Loka Tora, and I wish you all many, many, many
more years filled with storytelling, being unapologetically yourselves and creating
as a form of liberation.
Speaker 2 (43:43):
Lokata Radio, a radio funding novela, is executive produced and
hosted by Me Mala Munjos and Biosa.
Speaker 1 (43:49):
Fem Story editing by Me Fiosa.
Speaker 3 (43:52):
Audio editing by Stephanie Franco.
Speaker 1 (43:53):
Thank you to our lokamotives, our listeners for all of
your support.
Speaker 5 (44:01):
Bessie First.
Speaker 1 (44:09):
Look at the Radio, a radiophonic novella hosted by Mala
Munjos and the ASAF Fan.
Speaker 10 (45:00):
Take us to your network,
Loka Tora Radio is a radiophonic novella.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Which is just a very extra way of saying a podcast.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
I'm Fosa m and I am Mala Munjos. Lokatra Radio
is yr Brima's favorite podcast, hosted by us Mala and Viosa.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
We're two ig friends turned podcast partners, breaking down pop culture, feminism,
sexual wellness, and offering fresh takes on trending topics through
nuanced interviews with up and coming LATINX creatives.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Known as Las Lokatas, Las Mammis of Myth and Bullshit
and Las Borgass Prosas. We were podcasting independently since twenty sixteen,
but joined iHeartMedia's Microtura network in twenty twenty two.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
This year, we're continuing to share stories from the LATINX community.
Bartoo el Mundo.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Welcome to season eight. Are you listening? O Lao La
Loka moti Is, Welcome to Season eight of lok at
Tora Radio. I'm Theosa and I'm Mala. You're tuning in too.
Capit one eighty one.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Last time on Locata Radio, we discussed solidarity between Latin
America and Palestine, decolonization framework, and political and personal practice.
Go ahead, tune into that episode, leave us a review,
subscribe to lok at our Radio, and share with a friend.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
We also want to note that we will be continuing
our coverage of Israel and Palestine throughout this season. We
know that this is an ongoing crisis and we have
more episodes planned, but for today, we will be shifting
gears a little bit and talking about Locata Radio and
our seven year lok a versary.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Our little podcast just keeps growing episode after episode, season
after season. We've been at it since twenty sixteen, and
we're going to just take a little trip down memory
lane today and talk about where we've been and where
we're going.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Yeah, I also want to plug a previous episode, our
Micaeldura Live episode where we talk about our journey from
indie podcasters to network darlings, and so you can find
that on the feed. I will link it in the
show notes and we go in depth for thirty minutes
about our history, our process, and where we've been and
where we're going. But you can tune into that one.
(02:24):
But we're gonna also talk about some past things and
some current things and some future things.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
You know, we love telling our story and we'll tell
our story over and over again. It's an audio archive.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
It's for the archives.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
That's what it's all about.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
And you know, sometimes we have people tune in and
not start from the very beginning and they don't know
the story. So I think it's good for us to
just remind the folks and the new listeners out there.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
I also wanted to say that at the Michael Dura
Live show, it was a clean show, so we couldn't
necessarily say everything, and so I think this is also
a way for us to to be a little more
grounded in our personalities and the way we talk and
how we express ourselves. And so we're going to be
doing that today and.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
The stories we share. Yes, yes, this is our look
Aversary unplugged. Yes, this is our after Dark. There we go,
this is our this is for adults. Yes, so let's proceed.
So you know, we launched in twenty sixteen, and nowadays
when we tell people that, the reaction that we get is,
oh damn, you guys are like ogs. Like you are
(03:30):
some of the original podcasters. You've been doing this like
since the beginning.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
And still standing. Like we've said over the years, there
is a graveyard of latinx podcast incredible shows, but for
one reason. A lot of it has to do with
sustainability and equity. Right, there's not a lot of money
when you're an indie podcaster, and so we're I really
don't take for granted that we're still here seven years later,
(03:59):
and that we've been able to maintain our audience and
also find new audience, new listeners with the help of
Michael Dura and iHeart. But yeah, I definitely don't take
for granted that we're still standing.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
We are still standing, and a lot of it has
to do with our relationship with the Michael Duda Podcast
Network and the ability to support ourselves and create the
podcast full time. And this be what we do as
opposed to sort of like a hobby, which is what
it started out as. We made the show for our friends,
(04:33):
and we marketed the show to our friends, and we
had our friends and our little micro followings on Instagram
in mind when we were putting the show together and
thinking of the name and the logo and the color scheme.
And now, you know, we still think about our listeners
and our community and our friends, but we're also thinking about,
(04:55):
like I think, longevity and the overarching project and what
have we already talked to out and what is still
left to talk about and who else is out there
that we can introduce to our listenership. Like I think
we've just the idea of the audio archive. As we've continued,
It's like that is, in and of itself, the incentive
to keep going, so the archive is as complete as
(05:16):
it can possibly be, Like there has to be more episodes.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Yeah, And I think that I love that you say
that because the longevity piece, I think is really important,
especially in the age of we've been in this age
of viral moments of you have to have a million
followers on social media in order to get a deal, right,
making up a number and as an example, but we've
heard things like that when we've met with executives years ago,
(05:41):
right like oh, you want to show, you want a
talk show, a TV show, like you need a minimum
two hundred and fifty thousand followers, And I remember us
looking at each other like how would we even get
to that number? And I think we stopped really caring
about the numbers and like going viral and really focusing
on the longevity. And yes, of course we want an
(06:04):
active social media accounts, But what we really say to
ourselves is, like what matters is the feed, What matters
is the audio feed? Like are you gonna follow us
on social media or are you gonna listen to the podcast? Well,
we want you to listen to the podcast. We want
you to listen to the to the audio, to the archive,
to the interviews, and for us, like we've really put
emphasis on that over the years.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Yeah, And I think like also recognizing the importance of
the offline work and art. And I think where a
lot of like young creatives get get into kind of
a rut or a trap is putting all the eggs
into the social media basket, you know, into content, content, content,
(06:48):
when it's important to like explore, like we've explored live shows.
We do live shows, we do live events, you know,
workshops like kind of keeping our sort of like teaching
academic backgrounds, like involved and developing as artists in other
ways as well, you know, like you went back to
school or like I've been doing stand up and like
(07:11):
learning how to become a comedy writer. And I think
that what I've loved so much about the project is
how it's sort of been our anchor. But like it's
also allowed us to go and develop these other parts
of ourselves.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Yeah, and I don't think that we saw that. We
didn't foresee that back in twenty sixteen. It's did. Like
Mala mentioned, like this did start as a hobby, and
I'll never forget when we started. We literally thought we
were going to do this once a month, and then
it moved to twice a month, and then there was
like a period wh where we were doing weekly and
(07:45):
we just really couldn't keep up with it. And I
also think listeners can't necessarily keep up with weekly shows
because there's so many other things. Like when I look
at our numbers, like I see episodes from a month
ago have more listens because people people are like slowly
working their way and we always catch up. But like
it takes a minute to listen. Yeah, and so the week,
(08:08):
like not everyone tunes in weekly, we do have our
listeners shout out to you all that tune and weekly.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
I think what I appreciate about our episodes too is
how they're very evergreen, and we do include current events
and trending topics, but especially our interviews. For the most part,
you can go back and listen at any time and
they're still going to be relevant.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Yeah, I do appreciate that about our show, and I
think we've done that pretty intentionally. You know, over the years,
we've done very thematic things, thematic episodes. We've created our
own terminology within the Loka universe, like loc epistemologies, multi
dimensional hoe, goddess worship, yes, fem defense.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
The word Loka itself.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Yeah, femtech. Lok a Dota is trademarked. It's a trademark word.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
We invented a word and then we trademarked. We've got
to because that's what you got to do these days,
and I think that's also something to talk about. We've
had these milestones along the way as far as becoming
like a more professional project. We've done things like hired accountants,
and we have a lawyer who we love honestly and
(09:14):
who cracks us up. And we have trademarks, and we
are an LLC. You know, we have our articles of incorporation,
we're a formal business and so much more. And that
has come with years and time and has also been
what has allowed us to sustain is creating the framework
so that we could get the big jobs and sign
(09:36):
with the network and invest the money in the appropriate ways,
you know. So I think that's a big part of
it too, is I think we've gotten good advice and
we've like put it to work.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Yeah, We've had a lot of mentors over the years
that have pointed us in the right direction, connected us
with lawyers, connected us with accountants, with people that are
going to give us the infrastructure to really thrive. And
I think that that's one thing that artists don't talk about,
is the business side of your business of your art
because even if you're you don't see yourself as a
(10:08):
business owner or an entrepreneur. If you're an artist, you're
likely running your own books, You're you're making invoices, you're
doing all these nitty gritty business things. And that's not
what a lot of us talk about because we don't
like it, Like that's not where we thrive. Maybe it
is for you, but like I enjoy like creating the
process of like, Okay, this is how everything is gonna look,
(10:29):
and this is where everything's gonna go, and this is
how we organize it. But I don't necessarily want to
do it. And that's why we hire people.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Okay, So here's part of it.
Speaker 4 (10:38):
Too. Is like.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
We started as a DIY project, but you get to
a point where you literally cannot do it, and you can't.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
You cannot be DIY. Like I remember when we got
a job offer and they were talking about payment and
we were like, well, we just alternate. We use a
WT a personal W two when we alternate who it
goes to, and they were like, no, we can't do.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
That, like like absolutely not.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
So we that forced us. We were already in talks
of it. But it's a process. It can be expensive
to create an LLC. Like back in its heyday, LLC
Twitter was like it's so easy to make an LLC.
Everything was about creating your LLC. Let me tell you
if you live in a depending on where you live,
you have to pay state taxes. If you have an
LLC in California, that's eight hundred dollars and.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
Their city stuff too.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Yes, and some businesses don't generate that much, so like
you don't necessarily need it right away. But I would
say ignore the advice of like put everything make multiple LLCs.
I think if you live in a state where yeah,
you pay fifty dollars a year, sure, but in California
that's not how it works.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
It's expensive, and there's different types of are you an
s corp?
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Are you what are you doing?
Speaker 1 (11:49):
You know, there's a whole there's a lots of things.
Speaker 5 (11:52):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
And the accountants of the attorneys they know things that
we don't know. Yeah, they know a lot of things
and we need their knowledge. They know how especially with
the taxes, like the business taxes and this and the that,
and they know all the loopholes and the secret compartments
and the codes and the forms and you know, like
everything you need that you need that professional help.
Speaker 6 (12:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
And I the reason we bring that up because you
wouldn't think that that's such a big part of having
a podcast, right, but for us, as we launch local productions,
like it really did become, there was a need like
we needed to become an LLC, We needed to hire
an attorney and an accountant. And we share this because
(12:33):
it's part of the growing pains and like the growing lessons,
Like it's not all the creative I wish it was,
but a lot of it is this business part where
you have to pay invoices out you know, one day
and you have to send your receipts and all these
different things and I think that it's just the on
the not glamorous side of art and being an artist
(12:55):
and being a creative that no one really likes to
talk about. But it's such a big part of your
data day operations.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Totally, even things like storage, right, you know, like oh,
we want to make all this stuff where we're going
to put it exactly, it's the it's the basic yeah,
it's the operations. So all that to say, don't be discouraged.
If you want to start your own business or project.
It can be done you know, gradually and with help
(13:23):
and seek advice and mentors. And I think it's really
important too. And I think we've done this, like we
take advice from people who have also built something successful
that we like, you know, And I think that's the
key is. I think there's a lot of people, like
you mentioned LLC Twitter there, there's a lot of people
just chatting, just flapping their lips.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
Yes, selling e courses like I'm sorry, respect if you
have an E course, but not everything needs to be
an E course, right. And I've seen this kind of
oversaturation where it's like people saying how they earned you know,
six figures in a month, but are you earning your
six figures from your E course, like right, which is fine,
(14:06):
but then it's like, are you is that how you're
flipping the script then and saying you earn six figures
and you're teaching someone how to earn six figures, but
you're selling them an E course.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
Is your six figures coming from the E course?
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Exactly? That's what I'm trying to say.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
Yes, yes, And you know, like what what have you
done to make the E course worth it?
Speaker 5 (14:25):
Yeah? You know?
Speaker 2 (14:26):
Yes, do you have that expertise? Do you have that
track record? I implore you all, yes, you know, to
like ask those.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Questions, ask those questionss not don't seek it out, don't
do it because there are a lot of helpful women
who heads out there doing that type of work. So
this isn't to discredit them, but it's more so ask
those questions because I've seen a lot of disingenuous things
over the years. Oh sure, where mil and I have
discussed like oh this doesn't look legit, or this there's
(14:54):
I'm raising my eyebrow at this, And then there's some
really great things. Right, I think we all grow Latina
they have a a really cool online community where they
have women that post about their services, and I would
start there if that's where you're looking, if you're looking
to for whatever it is that you need in your business,
I would say, like we all grow. Latina is like
(15:14):
a good network of people to look at that are
offering services. But don't go off of just an Instagram post.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah totally even us, you know
what I mean. Like, I think another piece of the
growth is like trying and failing or trying and redirecting.
And over the years, we've done things like pitched to networks,
you know, to try and get shows made, and we
got a lot of no's.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Right.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
We've talked about this because we realized if we can
make Locat, we can make Marijuan Eeda podcasts for potheads,
and these shows can do well and they can be
successful then and when awards and things then and get
network deals, then we can like make other shows.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
You know.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
I think for us, getting know's allowed us to say, well,
why don't we just keep doing it ourselves? You know,
we just make our own originals because we can and
because that's what's working, and we can reenlight our own staff,
you know. So that's another I think takeaway from all
these years is like you have to build.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Your own yes, yeah, you really do, and you have
to work with your friends or your fellow creatives. I
think that really helps when you're starting out. That's really
how we started, from our logo to our photos, to
our first jingle everything, Like we have worked with fellow
creatives that you know. Back when we were all starting,
(16:43):
we were all like at the same level, like getting
our foot in the door, finding our creative outlets. So
we were charging each other like fifty bucks a hundred bucks.
Like we don't obviously charge that or pay that now
to our friends. But I think that that's one of
the fun things of creating with people when you're both
start off, is that you're really just trying to make
something and whatever that is, You're not necessarily trying to
(17:07):
make money off of it. You're just trying to see
if something lands and then when it lands and that
you know, the budgets change and all of that. But
I think that's one of the fun things about starting
off and starting something new with friends that are also
like in their own creative lane.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
And as the project has grown, the team has grown.
We work a lot now with Stephanie Franco. We've been
working with Stephanie for a long time now. She is
our audio editor and make sure that our episodes are
like crisp and clear and put together beautifully. We love
Stephanie and working with her. I can't believe like it's
been as long as it's been.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
It's been years.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Now, been three years now, it's been three.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
Years, and she's been great.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
And you know are our photographers and hair and makeup
artists of course, Robert Robertrios, he does our hair and
makeup whenever we have.
Speaker 3 (17:57):
Events and photo shoots and.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Irma's recent and a set of headshots were shot by
Danny Elmosillo. So it's just been really fun to just
cultivate the team and the team has been sticking with
us for a long time now, so we love that.
Speaker 3 (18:12):
Thank god, thank god, thank god.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
It's been a good team. It's been a good time.
Speaker 5 (18:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
And I think part of it is too when you
have such a great creative team and just creative circle,
it kind of fills those gaps for when your family
doesn't really understand what you do. Like I remember telling
my mom the story of how to me this was
like this was like a bittersweet story. It was like,
we are in Times Square and we can't afford to go.
(18:41):
We have like twenty dollars in our bank account. We
can't afford to fly out to see our faces on
Times Square. And then a year later we had signed
with maybe two years later we had signed with Mike Utura.
We were in New York around the same time receiving
the Award for Money Juaneda and we got to have
(19:03):
this really fun, beautiful, kind of decaden trip in New York.
And I was telling my mom and trying to explain
the contrasting years, and she was like she kind of
just laughed at me. She kind of was just like Okay.
She kind of was just like, well, okay, because it's like, yeah,
to seat that you couldn't go to New York, right, wow.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
Right, and now we finally could.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
Go yes, And it's so sure, like she humbled me
a little bit. But I think it's like those moments
when so funny, I know, the mom's dude, it's those
moments of like, yeah, you're like if we had told
one of our creative friends, they'd be like, oh yeah,
that is sad, Like dang, you couldn't go yes, and
then your mom is like, Bob to see.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
That, yes, you couldn't go yeah, poor thing, poor baby.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
But it's true.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
And then when we did go to New York, you know,
we saw we saw uh Leah Michelle in Funny Girl
on Broadway. She was fantastic and we Hades Cargo and
and it was fabulous, and I mean we were receiving
an award and it was just like a great time.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
It was a time to celebrate. Yeah, And I think
that's what we've really made a point at look at
though over the years, is like celebrating the project even
like not just the big milestones, but the small ones too.
You know, I'm so grateful that we get to do this,
And it's not lost on me, like how much of
a privilege this is that we can just come in
(20:26):
week after week and record for our show and do
this full time. Like I really could not have imagined
it a couple of years ago.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
No, Yeah, it's it's something that you can't imagine it
until it happens, you know, like until the ink is
dry and the money is in the account.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
You know, it's like this is real.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
And for Michael Dura to renew our contract and to
bring us back is also very exciting, and we hope
to continue podcasting with Michael Duda for many, many, many
sees to come. There's just so much more to talk about,
so many more people to interview, a lot more stories
to tell, and as things unfold, not only in La
but around the world.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
We love coming on the show and talking about it.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Yeah, and I think that's in one way what has
stayed the same about look At over the years. But
in some ways I think what's changed. I was thinking
about that today when I was driving over and thinking
about this recording this episode, is like, well, what's changed?
And I would say what's changed in terms of what
we talk about is we don't necessarily talk about Elis
(21:32):
Madre La like going out. I think the pandemic obviously
changed the way we experience nightlife, the way we move
in the world, and so that but I that was
such a part of the show and our early twenties,
our mid twenties even and so I still love that
(21:53):
it's part of the audio archive totally. Like I'll never
forget when we talked about both getting railed separately the
night before and we have we made this connection. You
wouldn't hear that now, Like we would not be talking
about that now, but it's part of the archive.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
I don't remember what episode that either, but we did
have this one episode where we were like just in
the midst of conversation and it was like, oh, we
were both getting it in. Oh, like at what time? Like, oh,
we were being penetrated at the exact same time, which.
Speaker 1 (22:27):
I think is beautiful friendship.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
Friendship we should do we do it more often. Well,
set like a timer, there we go, like it's time.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
Well, Mole and I have talked about like if we
ever have kids, like, well, we obviously have to plan
our pregnancy together, Like duh. But no, yeah, like that's
the type of content you won't necessarily hear anymore.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
Right, we're a little bit more what's the word. We're
a little more demure now, Yeah, a little more demure.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
I think we just save that for the offline car. Yes,
you know it's before it was very much a part
of We're just going to talk about it on air,
I think, because.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
Okay, there was there was there was a moment year
this is years ago, okay, right, and I'm going to
leave out names. There was an elected official that someone
someone we know was working for an elected official, remember,
and we had put an episode out and I was
saying something about Dick obviously yes, and then this elected
official like brought up or his one of his staffers
(23:34):
had brought up a story that I had told, yes
about Dick in front of this council person. Yes, yes,
And I was kind of well, first of all hilarious,
but also mortified.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Totally yeah, because like it's.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
One thing for this these elect this man to listen
to it, but then for it to come up in
conversation in front of the council member, you know, it's
just like, Wow, that's a lot for me.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
I agree. I agree. I think to like, you know, Fernando,
my partner, like he runs into a lot of people
that listen to the show, So I think that kind
of has changed the way I talk about him, because
there was this one episode with Curly Yea and I
talked about the physical anatomy of my partner, and you know,
(24:24):
this was a baby show at the time. This was
years ago.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
We didn't know where it was going.
Speaker 1 (24:29):
And then he tells me that someone is coworker, someone
that he met a colleague mentioned that they listened to
that episode and Penandeno knew exactly what he was referring to,
and he was kind of embarrassed, but just you know,
what was he going to say? And that kind of
also was like, okay, like this is your work, this
is different. I shouldn't be talking about any physical things
(24:52):
about you on the show. We can talk about the
relationship a little bit, but like that kind of stuff
I had to keep private because it's one like you.
I had made like a passing comment. It was a
joke about you know, when we were at look at
That Alive, Curly was talking about someone with big balls,
and so I made this joke and you know, I
didn't know that his colleague was going to listen to it.
(25:13):
And so I think that all that changed, you know,
as it grows, it kind of changes, like, Okay, I
can't really talk about people that I'm dating or people
my family in the same way that I did maybe
five six seasons.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Ago, totally. And I mean, look, I thought, if you're
not if you guys are not catching the gist here,
people listen.
Speaker 3 (25:33):
People in very high places are listening to look up
what a radio.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
Okay, the most influential people in Los Angeles, the height
of LA politics. They are tuning in and they are listening,
and so I think that has given us a little
bit of like, Okay, let's be a little more, let's
refine this content a little bit. We were at USC
for homecoming and standing right next to us was a
(25:56):
professor who is also a listener, and she like in
trued U herself and Hi, Gabby, very nice to have
met you.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
If you're listening, hey girl.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
But you never know. And so, yes, we have very
influential listeners.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
We do.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
So we want to cater to the to our listenership
and make sure the content is good enough for them.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
You know, yes, yes, And so I think that that's
probably been the biggest thing that's changed about But it's
still in the archives. You can go back and hear
those type of conversations there. It's still there in any
of the early episodes. You know, we were really getting
wild in the convos.
Speaker 3 (26:32):
Yeah, I mean, don't don't get us.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
We're still getting We're still getting railed.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
Yeah, we still are.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
We're just yeah, we're just not talking about it every week.
But don't worry, guys, don't worry.
Speaker 3 (26:43):
Still happening.
Speaker 1 (26:44):
It is.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
So let's talk about some more milestones that we've had
along the years. I mean from live shows at some
of the most iconic venues in Los Angeles. We've remember
our actually, our very very very first party was at
El Dorado.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
That's right. It was our one year Loca versary. We
did it in collaboration with La Hunda and their Pigna party. Yes,
and we sprayed paint because they had their little traveling
pigna and so for our party, our like little takeover.
They were so sweet to offer us their night to
celebrate us. We like painted their gold pina pink and
(27:27):
that was like, we're here. So I thought that was
taking over. And that was our very first time throwing
a party for our anniversary. There was no live show component,
but the listeners came out in droves. It also happened
to be the same weekend of Tropicalia, do you remember Tropicalia?
Speaker 2 (27:46):
Very fun and so.
Speaker 1 (27:47):
People were coming in from all parts of California. We
had folks visiting from northern California from San Diego and
then they also came to the party, and I think
that was the very first time we realized, like, oh,
we can bring out a crowd, like we can plan
a live show with a show component, with a live
podcast and a party.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
Absolutely, And so after that first party at El Dorado,
then the next year we launched Loka I Thought a
Live a podcast party at Civic Center Studios and we
had guests, We had Curly and Maya and we kind
of did a little bit of a variety show and
DJ Sizzle was there and it was a good time
and we danced and we drank and we were merry
(28:29):
and our listeners came out, and Yeah, we took loc
I Thought Alive also to the Paramount. We did an
addition there where we also screened our short film, Lokitha's Anonymous.
It's an eight minute short. You can watch it on YouTube.
We have a full cast and you'll recognize a lot
of people in that cast. Vanessa Romo is in Lokkeitha's Anonymous,
(28:52):
Jen from the block, Gen Torres, Grisol, who else.
Speaker 3 (28:57):
There's a bunch of people.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Everybody, everybody is in.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
Oh, Zuri Djzuri is in Loki does Anonymous as well.
Check that out.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
So we did a screening and a live show at
the Paramount and it was very fun.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
Yeah, and then I think the pandemic like slowed us
down in terms of obviously like slowed us down in
terms of live shows. We came back in twenty twenty
two with a live show at Resident and that was
a lot of fun. And then this past year we
had a look at well not a look at a
live but a live show with Michael Dura, like we
mentioned at the top of the episode, And you know,
(29:29):
we hope to have more live shows in the future.
That's definitely something that we're working ones. But since we
couldn't have a live event this year for our Lookovers three,
that's also why we wanted to commemorate this lucky number
seven of lok at Dora Radio with this episode.
Speaker 3 (29:47):
Absolutely and it has been.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
It's been. I think we've had a very lucky seven years.
I mean, I think I look at some of the
other podcasts and the fact that we're still going and
that we have like never fought each other.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
Oh my god, I'm so glad we like each other.
Speaker 3 (30:03):
There are some there are some podcasts, popular podcasts out there,
duos where they like they have like physically fought each other.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
And I remember Mom and I were like, imagine physically
fighting each other First of all, I couldn't.
Speaker 2 (30:16):
No, no, no, no, we would never. It would be all slaps.
First of all, it'd be all open ponds.
Speaker 1 (30:21):
It would be biting. It would be like, no, not
even biting like mouths, I mean like biting language, Like
we would be fighting with words. We wouldn't even be
It would be a verbal spat of verbal jous.
Speaker 2 (30:32):
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes no. We would never
physically harm each other, but there are duos out there
that do.
Speaker 7 (30:40):
So.
Speaker 2 (30:40):
Yeah, it's been a lucky seven years and we had
like other little events like we did remember at chic
Ali Studios. We did like that live recording session look
at a Light.
Speaker 1 (30:50):
Yes, that was fun with.
Speaker 3 (30:51):
The live audience. That was very fun.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
Jokes and Tokes was like a mighty one at a
offshoot series that went on for like almost well like
two seasons, like almost a year at the Artist Try
Studio Lounge.
Speaker 3 (31:04):
That was very fun.
Speaker 2 (31:05):
So we've tried to like keep yes, keep doing things
here and there.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
You know, we try to keep our foot in the community.
If you will, like still doing live events. It's one
of our favorite things to do. They just take a
lot of work.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
A lot of work.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
We were doing those Benesota parties with Grissol for a
while at resident as well.
Speaker 3 (31:24):
We've done a lot actually.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
We've done a lot of things a lot of the years. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I would. I I'm already kind of plotting what we
both are. But I'm already envisioning like we're an episode
one eighty one, Like what is our two hundredth episode
of Celebration. Right, We've already been talking and planning, and
so in the spirit of talking about live shows, I'm
just gonna plant that seed right now.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
It's got to be something. It's going to be spectacular.
It's gonna be something unlike you've ever seen.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
Okay, I don't know about that, but you know, Ma's
always you know, puts us all the way up there,
which is a good thing.
Speaker 2 (31:59):
Yeah, which is a good Yeah.
Speaker 3 (32:00):
So keep your eyes peeled.
Speaker 2 (32:01):
Make sure you guys are following us because whenever there's
a live event, we're going to be advertising on Instagram.
Of course we'll share here on the podcast, but make
sure you're following us at look at thora Underscore radio
for all the things.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
Okay, I wanted to talk about what has outlived? Oh,
I had a running list at some point like a
funny one, like a funny running list. One of them
was the Queen.
Speaker 2 (32:24):
Yes, look at thought, our radio has outlived Queen Elizabeth,
And I think that's a feat. I think that's pretty historic,
if you ask me, it's good. It looks like, look
at thought. Our radio is also going to outlive what
the red dye fifty red fifty. That's true, they're manning it.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
It's going away.
Speaker 1 (32:42):
What's gonna happen? Hot cheetos?
Speaker 3 (32:45):
Who knows? Who knows? Let's see what else?
Speaker 2 (32:54):
Have we outlived Twitter? We outlive Twitter now x now x.
We outlived Twitter. We've outlived who got a divorce? Whose marriage?
And lots. We outlived a lot of marriages.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
We'd have We have outlived a lot of marriage.
Speaker 2 (33:12):
Have outlived many many marriages. We we outlived the well.
The pandemic is still kind of ongoing.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
Pandemic is ongoing, but we're older.
Speaker 3 (33:21):
Than the pandemic.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
We are, so that's something.
Speaker 3 (33:24):
I want to predict.
Speaker 2 (33:25):
We're going to outlive the pandemic. It'll end at some point.
We're going to still be going, I hope.
Speaker 1 (33:29):
So I don't want to be documenting through another pandemic, honestly, like, no, please,
please please, Lord, one is enough, Please, we can't do
this again.
Speaker 7 (33:39):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (33:39):
We outlived Nuri Martinez his role as city council president.
Speaker 1 (33:45):
We did.
Speaker 2 (33:46):
We totally outlived we did.
Speaker 3 (33:48):
So that's good.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
That's a good one.
Speaker 3 (33:50):
That's a good one.
Speaker 1 (33:51):
We outlived Shakiampigae's relationship.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
We did, we did.
Speaker 3 (33:56):
We outlived Kim and Kanye.
Speaker 1 (33:58):
We did, we did, and Unwell, I'm so glad she's
done with that fool.
Speaker 3 (34:03):
Outlive them.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
We outlived Britney's conservatorship.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
Yes, yes, free Britney.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
She's still not all the way for you.
Speaker 1 (34:13):
I don't think, No, I don't think. But we wish
her healing always, we wish her healing. I want to
listen to her memoir. I like listening to the celebrity
memoirs versus reading them because they're usually read by someone fabulous,
like Mariah Carey's memoir was read by Mariah Carey and.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
It was fabulous.
Speaker 1 (34:34):
Yeah, and I do want to listen to her memoir
narrated by the white Michelle Williams.
Speaker 3 (34:40):
Oh really, Oh, I didn't realize that.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
She didn't narrate herself. Allegedly, it was too hard to
narrate herself, which valid I'm sure, but yes, we wish
Healing to Britney Spears. Are we going to outlive justin
Timberlake's career, because I'm foreseeing a takedown. I mean, he's
already been kind of taken down a couple of notches
(35:03):
with the memoir, and I'm ready for this man's downfall, honestly.
Speaker 2 (35:06):
Yeah, people are not loving him like they once did,
and for good reason.
Speaker 3 (35:09):
You know, it's his time.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
It's his time, and all of the indiscretions are out
in the open.
Speaker 3 (35:15):
Yes, you know, so it's it was it was going
to happen. Yes, it was bound to happen.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
You know, when I think about lokath onter Radio in
the next ten years, just the next seven years, right,
I think about like Futuro's Latino USA, they've been They've
had that show for thirty years, Like surely you know,
it's a thirty year long, living and thriving show, and
I don't know how long will go. But I don't
(35:44):
necessarily see like an end time, you know what I mean.
It's like, there's just so much to keep the show
going totally, and I think as long as we're invested
and we want to keep it going, like we're going
to keep it going.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
It'll live, It'll live forever if we want it to
live forever. We outlived Jesus and Marrow.
Speaker 1 (36:02):
Oh, sadly, sadly.
Speaker 3 (36:04):
We love Jesus and Marrow.
Speaker 1 (36:06):
We did. We loved the Bodega Boys the podcast.
Speaker 3 (36:09):
We miss them.
Speaker 1 (36:10):
Yeah, we are sad. We wish that these men would
just work it out back, come on, come back, you
need a mediator.
Speaker 3 (36:17):
You can always come back.
Speaker 1 (36:18):
Whatever bullshit happened, it can. It should be resolved.
Speaker 3 (36:23):
It should be resolved.
Speaker 2 (36:23):
It makes me sad that apparently their issue was because
of a third party, because you're a manager. That does
make me sad, you know, as opposed to being it
wasn't like a specific creative difference right between the two hosts.
Speaker 1 (36:36):
Yes, and that also makes me think about you know,
when they would they would podcast, when they would have
their episodes, they would talk about like, imagine if we
broke up.
Speaker 2 (36:45):
No, like they.
Speaker 1 (36:45):
Would say it in like a way that was like
it was impossible, like that could never happen, Like there
was a love there for each other. And so yeah,
it's sad that we all lived them, but we did
all live them.
Speaker 2 (36:55):
We did outlive them. Yeah, I mean, I just think
that we're killing it. We're just doing a really good
job and that's that. And thank you guys for listening
and supporting me, because if you guys weren't listening.
Speaker 1 (37:07):
You know, there would be no show.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
There really wouldn't be a show, It's true.
Speaker 1 (37:12):
And on that note, we have some voice memos sent
by our listeners, so we're gonna play them as a
way to wrap up the show. Thank you so much
for rocking with us all these seven years. If you're
an OG listener, a new listener, there's so much, so
many episodes for you to go back and listen to
or re listen to, and you can really hear the
(37:34):
evolution in the show, the growth in the show, not
just from sound quality, but just I think us also
as host and as producers, you can definitely see the growth.
So I'm really proud of what we've done. And yeah,
here's to another seven years.
Speaker 3 (37:48):
Here's to another seven years.
Speaker 1 (37:49):
Good job, great job. Okay, so we're gonna play our
listener voice memos and that concludes the episode and details.
Speaker 2 (38:05):
Lis up, y'all.
Speaker 8 (38:06):
My name is Jen Torres or Jump from the Block.
I'm from South central Los Angeles, the three two three.
More specific I live in Wants. I've been listening to
Lokata Radio since I was in college, which is about
five years ago. And since i've been listening to the podcast,
I've also learned so much about community and also about
(38:27):
taking up space and understanding and learning that our stories
really matter. So thank you Liosa, thank you Mala for
giving us a platform.
Speaker 2 (38:38):
And a space for us to just like tell our stories.
Speaker 8 (38:41):
It means so much.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
And also I'm so.
Speaker 8 (38:43):
Proud of y'all. Happy birthday, Happy anniversary.
Speaker 5 (38:47):
Hello Locandia. My name is Jackie and I'm from the
San Gievra Valley and I've had the fortune to find
Loka Tora Radio in twenty twenty. I've been listening since then.
During the pandemic and honestly ever since.
Speaker 4 (39:03):
Then, I went back and I listened to all of
the previous episodes because I was like, how did these
girls start? I really was interested, and ever since then,
I've been listening and now too marijuana as well. I've
been supporting Marla in Diosa's journey together and also their
(39:24):
independent journey because I was looking for something like this
for so long, not only a podcast but also a
community of Latina fem energy who are radical baddies. And
I have learned so much from this podcast embracing being
(39:45):
a loka because honestly, I thought being called a loca
for so long was always something that I didn't mind
being called because I know I was a loka. But
look at helped me embrace that with even better, with
a better energy, and of course for marijuana. Thanks Marla,
I have found out being a Monday juana is okay,
(40:10):
and so that's always been like something that I thought
about because honestly has created a community, and I can
say this even for Locus liberals.
Speaker 5 (40:20):
I've been part of that.
Speaker 4 (40:21):
I've read so many more books and dove into fiction.
Speaker 6 (40:24):
Now.
Speaker 4 (40:25):
Thank you so much Deosah for having that ola.
Speaker 9 (40:28):
My name is Erica. I am from the East Coast
in Connecticut. I am an og lokamore listener. I have
been listening to y'all since twenty sixteen, twenty seventeen when
y'all first came out with Yoka Pitulos, and I remember
(40:48):
the esthetic and the branding and the promo and it
just drew me in and I fell in love. I've
learned so much by listening to y'all, there's just so
much information, so much knowledge, a wealth of teesemuth from y'all,
you know, bringing in local activists, local community members, local artists,
(41:13):
to even the interview you did with Anatiju, Like just
so many great folks that y'all have interviewed and just
really speaking to so many different topics.
Speaker 10 (41:23):
Hey, y'all, it's le Ju Seva do Ha, otherwise known
as Caroline. I have known about Loka for years. Y'all
did a thing for me too or BuzzFeed or something
like that years ago, and one of the things that
stuck with me was how y'all said, we're like, oh,
(41:44):
we're recovering Catholics, and I'm like, bitch, it's me. I'm
a recovering Catholic. I don't identify with these puritanical and
you know, egotistical, toxic, masculinely bullshit. So that stuck with me,
and I actually didn't start listening to you guys until
a couple of years or maybe less later. It was
(42:05):
during the pandemic when I had so much time on
my hands. I was like, I'm gonna start listening to podcasts,
and I binged the shit out of lok at Dora
and at the time, you guys were like three or
four seasons in and I was just so enthralled by
you guys and your strength and the community and the
(42:25):
acceptance that you guys like shared and I'm just like,
I need this in my life and I do.
Speaker 7 (42:32):
Happy seven years Loka Tora. It's Laala checking in from
the eight win to eight. I just wanted to stop
by and wish my homegirls a happy birthday anniversary all
of the things. Seven years seven is a very magical
and powerful number. Just want to thank you both for
all the work you do for the community. You keep
us inspired, you keep us empowered, you keep us going.
(42:54):
I love you guys so much. I'm so proud of
you again, La La eight win eight. I am a
OG Loka to a listener, been here since day one
year one.
Speaker 2 (43:05):
I love you guys.
Speaker 6 (43:07):
Happy birthday, Loka Tora. It's been such a joy to
watch you all grow. I've been an OG listener and
I remember feeling really inspired to explore podcasting when I
first saw your content and heard you both archiving the
amazing stories you shared with audio. I appreciate the creativity
you all bring to your seasons and the branding of
(43:28):
Loka Tora, and I wish you all many, many, many
more years filled with storytelling, being unapologetically yourselves and creating
as a form of liberation.
Speaker 2 (43:43):
Lokata Radio, a radio funding novela, is executive produced and
hosted by Me Mala Munjos and Biosa.
Speaker 1 (43:49):
Fem Story editing by Me Fiosa.
Speaker 3 (43:52):
Audio editing by Stephanie Franco.
Speaker 1 (43:53):
Thank you to our lokamotives, our listeners for all of
your support.
Speaker 5 (44:01):
Bessie First.
Speaker 1 (44:09):
Look at the Radio, a radiophonic novella hosted by Mala
Munjos and the ASAF Fan.
Speaker 10 (45:00):
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