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Episode 135 – Imperial Valley Desert Museum

Today I had the pleasure of visiting this place a lot of us who live in the Imperial Valley or people just driving through the valley whether going up the hill or coming down we see this place located right smack in the middle of interstate 8 and highway 98, the Imperial Valley Desert Museum. […]

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Episode 133 – Ramon Castro – Walk the Line

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a returning guest, he’s a fellow podcaster, city council member for the city of Brawley and a US Marine Veteran. My guest for today’s episode is my friend Ramon Castro.  I met Ramon back in December of 2019 to talk about a Podcast he and his fellow

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Episode 131 – Jesus Gallardo – Calexico Independent Chamber of Commerce

Today I had the opportunity to talk to a Calexico resident and local small business owner Jesus Gallardo. The pandemic has been hard for a lot of our small business owners not only in Calexico but all across the country. As city and county officials struggle to get information and help out to people sometimes

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Episode 126 – Summer Wong and Jonathan Hernandez – AmeriCorps Imperial Valley

For episode 126 I had two amazing guest, Summer Wong and Jonathan Hernandez, they are two team leaders for AmeriCorps Imperial Valley. Follow AmeriCorps Imperial Valley otherwise know as AmeriCorps Borderlands on Instagram or visit their Website. Listen to episode 126 with Summer Wong and Jonathan Hernandez, team leaders for AmeriCorps Imperial Valley now available

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Episode 125 – Haydee Yañez and Gisel Barrett – Niños Book Fest

This week I had the pleasure of talking to two wonderful women who are giving independent minority authors a platform to showcase their work.  At the same time they are giving children of color the opportunity to discover books with characters who they can relate to.  My guests on episode 125 were Gisel Barrett and

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Episode 123 – Mark Beltran – El Honcho

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a local artist who has had a successful career as an illustrator/designer, my guest for episode 123 was the talented Mark Beltran aka El Honcho.  Mark grew up in the Imperial Valley, mainly in El Centro.  After stumbling on a copy of Photoshop, Mark started playing around

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Episode 121 – Victor “Shamu” Navarro – Tribal Seeds

Today I had the opportunity to talk to an old friend who happens to be the bassist for a “local” band from San Diego called Tribal Seeds, my guest is Victor “Shamu” Navarro,  I’ve known Shamu since we were really young kids … not kids but young adults, high school aged kids.  Shamu has always

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Episode 120 – Sweet Orange

Today I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to some returning guests Richie, Fernie, Reyes and Quintin otherwise known as Sweet Orange.  It’s obvious that during these times many bands like Sweet Orange have had a rough time, they obviously can’t play for crowds and even practicing is hard.  Instead of letting this

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Episode 119 – Raul Ureña

Today I had the opportunity to have a talk with Calexico city council member and returning guest, Mr Raul Urena.  I first had the opportunity to talk to Mr Urena when he was running for the 2 year position for Calexico City Council, a race he won by a landslide against an incumbent.  If I’m

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Episode 116 – Vanessa Kilps and Yomar Aguilar – Familia del Valle

The pandemic has brought hardships to a lot of us but it’s also made a lot more people appreciate what we have and at the same time fight for those that might not be as lucky as some of us.  Yesterday I had the opportunity to talk to two young Imperial Valley residents, Vanessa Kilps

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