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Housing Crisis & Marketing Wins

February 3, 2024
London born and raised Dominican creator Kata Medina shows off her American accents while housing expert Noerena Limón explains why you can’t afford the rent. Plus the secrets of Chupa Panza, the Hydro Flask v. Stanley beef and Vince McMahon’s final round.
Show transcript
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Yeah, this and that.
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Santa E. Hey,
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thank you. Thank you.
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Happy Friday. Everybody.
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I'm punk. That's energy we need on a Friday.
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That's right, brother and on a Monday and Monday and on
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a Tuesday. But anyways,
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how are you?
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I'm good. I'm good.
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And you, I'm good.
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Nice. Well, let's jump in.
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Shall we? We have a fun show planned for you today
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We have UK Latinos,
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we have Chupa Panza,
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we got Vince mcmahon,
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the housing crisis, NFL and a Stanley Cup challenge.
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All right. Well,
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let's get into it.
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Oi bro. Score me a point.
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Eh, oi sister.
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It sounds like you're excited for our next segment.
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That feels like it's Australian.
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I don't know. Anyway.
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Oh, speaking of accents,
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we are joined with Kata Medina all the way from London to
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tell us about her experience as a Latina in the UK,
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Ka. Do we,
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do we have you on?
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Oh, how was our accents?
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They were all that excited.
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Sounded a little bit Australian,
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but about six out of 10,
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6 out of 10.
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All right. I want to know is your family from London
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My family's from Dominican Republic,
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but we're living in London.
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So, I guess,
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yeah, like the majority of us are in London but with
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Dominicans. Yeah, I think we forget about that too because
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we're so stuck in our US ways where it's like to,
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like, I, we're just mind blown.
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Like, when I saw on Tik Tok your video,
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I was like, like,
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how is she saying,
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Mia? And then going back to the accent and then it's
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crazy. It's crazy.
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A lot of people just expect me like,
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when they think that like Dominicans or Latinos in general have gone
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to another country, they just think,
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oh I'm sure they have like still the like the fresh
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accent. Like they can't develop the British accent or wherever they're
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from. But I'm just like,
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from a young age,
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I just got so used to it.
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So I'm just like the,
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the MLA and Piao la Deanol and then all of a sudden
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I'm like, you're right governor.
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Like, I love that.
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Oh my God. And do people ever say like your accent
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is like, oh,
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that's hot. Like that's sexy.
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Like do people say that or no all the time,
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all the time? Do you put it on your Tinder or
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like your dating profile?
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Like, you know,
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UK Latina with a sexy accent or how does that work?
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That would be a bit cringe,
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I guess some people do and some people are like,
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like when I, so I'm so I'm with someone at the
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moment. But when I was dating before it'd be like,
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oh, can you call me Poppy?
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And I'm just like,
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can you say Poppy with the accent or?
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How does that? I want to hear it.
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Like, it just sounds gross.
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You would, we would say how py,
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like Poppy, it feels like grandpa,
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grandpappy. Yeah. That's what I'm saying.
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And it's like, I,
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I don't know why they just kind of like sexualize the whole
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being Latina thing. I'm just like,
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I go back home and everyone's like,
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you know, you're a good guy and I'm just like,
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no, it's like the struggle of like,
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need that. Yeah.
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Right. It's like you're not,
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you, you know,
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British enough and you're not Latino enough.
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So it's kind of like,
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well, I'm, I'm unique.
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So, yeah. And actually speaking of like,
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you know, Dominicans in the UK,
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is there any good food spots out there?
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Like, absolutely so funnily enough.
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There's, there's one place that most Dominicans know and it's called
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Casa Mofongo and that's where I did one of my tiktoks
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showing them kind of like Dominican restaurants.
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But in the last couple,
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like I wanna say,
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34 years, there's been a couple of like takeaway spots and
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little spots. It's,
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it's the, it's the La Dia Mia,
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a semi sita Tenero de El Primo and then you can get
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your food. So it's like,
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and to be honest,
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like my grandma makes banging food,
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I really don't need,
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like Dominican delivery like that.
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Good to know it when we visit.
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Yeah. I actually have a cousin that actually is studying over
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there in London recently.
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She went over there to study and she was worried she was
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like, oh, my God.
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Like, I wonder if there's any more Latinos out there?
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You know, and are there a lot of Latinos in London
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So many? So we actually have a huge,
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like Colombian, like South American community.
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That's where it all sort of started.
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So when I first came,
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I remember there was barely any Dominicans,
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nobody even knew what Dominican Republic was.
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But there was loads of Colombianos,
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Ecuadorians, Peruvians. So there's loads,
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there's even, there's a little place called Elephant and Castle and
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that they had a shopping center and it was filled with Latinos
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businesses. So if you wanted like a bite of Latin food
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or if you wanted to hear the Spanish accent,
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the Latino accent, you would literally go Elephant and Castle.
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That was just your spot.
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I would love for you to do the American accent.
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Let's rate her. I don't know what y'all want me to
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say. I don't know what kind of accent I can do
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but I try my best.
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Yes, at some point.
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Well, ka thank you so much for your time.
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I know you said you have to go to work soon.
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So we're gonna let you go.
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But again, it was so refreshing to talk to you and
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learn more about the Latinos that are worldwide specifically in the UK
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But yeah,
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any anything you wanna?
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Well, thank you so much ka I super,
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super appreciate. It was so nice to get to know you
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and we really appreciate having you on.
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Yeah, so and if you guys ever want to come to
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London, just let me know.
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And actually one more thing can you plug your social so people
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can find you? Yes.
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So I'm on tiktok and on Instagram.
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I'm Kata Kata A dot Xo.
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Perfect. Got it.
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We'll put that on there so people can find you.
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But thank you so much.
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Thank you. Thank you so much.
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Have a great day guys.
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See you. Bye.
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So brother, I was at the Super Mercado the other
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day and I was actually checking out the the teas and everything
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and I saw Chupa Panza on there and I was
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like, hm my my cousins take this,
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you know, I guess like,
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yeah, yeah. Yeah.
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Yeah. Give me the other one that scared me.
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Oh my God. Where did these come from?
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Well, I mean this is it the Chupa Panza and you
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know what if you think about it?
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Chupa Panza walk so Zec could run.
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This is like the OGD.
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This is like the shit right here like the like diet stuff
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right here. Are they the real deal or is it just
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all? Yeah. Well,
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lucky for us here to talk to us about this phenomenon is
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MC, dietetic intern and grad student at us.
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C hey, how's it going?
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Hi, everybody. I'm doing great.
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How are you? Did you hear Chupa Panza and P Ain
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discussion? Like we want to know if they're actually legit,
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like, do they work with the pros and cons?
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Like what's going on?
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Chupa Panza? It,
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if you look at the ingredients label or list,
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it has five ingredients,
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4 to 5 ingredients on there.
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And the thing about teas and when they promote or say that
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it helps with digestion or weight loss,
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you gotta look at those ingredients and see if that matches.
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So with these ingredients that Chupa Panza has naturally,
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they have properties, they naturally do help with digestion,
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weight loss and all that good stuff.
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So it's not a myth.
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For example, one of the ingredients that Chupa Panza has
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is ginger root. Ginger root contains ginger ale,
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which is pre pretty much a component that helps promote digestion.
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So if you are digest your food really easily and well,
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that's gonna help with less bloating,
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that's gonna help with being able to maintain your weight and so
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many more properties. Another ingredient that Chi Panza has is
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pineapple fruit. They use pineapple fruit because it contains an
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enzyme called rla. And what this enzyme does is it prevents
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bacteria from growing. And also it helps with digestion and your
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absorption. So if you have bad bacteria growing in your body
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that's not going to make you feel well.
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And it's also not going to help with digestion.
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So this component is actually coming in clutch and pretty important.
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Another pal has it tambien.
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Exactly. Ch Panza also has another ingredient called flax seed.
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And what's great about flax seed is that it is high in
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fiber. So again,
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that goes hand in hand with digestion.
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It helps with if you're able to digest again very well
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then that means it's going to help you with managing your
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weight, whether if you want to lose weight or gain weight
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and so forth. And the last ingredient that Chuba Panza
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has is cinnamon and cinnamon actually helps with metabolism and also helps
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control appetite. So,
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but don't get it twisted.
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Don't go shoving mouthfuls of cinnamon after this show.
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Ok. Yeah, we don't want the Cinnamon challenge to happen
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Again. We're not trying to bring back Cinnamon challenge.
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Yeah, these ingredients all together brought together,
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they help one another and all these components do help with the
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overall goal or with what Chip Panza is trying to promote is
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weight loss helping with digestion and so forth.
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So who should take this or would you recommend these teas?
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I looked at Chip Panza ingredients and it's very natural.
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It doesn't have any any processed ingredients.
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It doesn't have any additives,
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it doesn't have any preservatives like it's very natural,
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practicing healthy habits which drinking this tea would be a healthy
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practice. That is definitely great.
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So I gotta work out still.
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But anyways, so our the were right then,
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you know the chant on the side,
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I think we're good.
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Yeah, I think we're good.
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But thank you so much MC.
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We really appreciate you being on the show and where can
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people find you? So I have a nutrition,
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Instagram and tiktok. You guys can follow my handle,
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nutrition, savvy underscore and if anybody has any questions or wants
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to have a chat,
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please feel free to DM me,
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contact me and hope to see you guys soon.
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Thank you so much for having me.
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Thank you and you take care and Happy Friday.
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Thank you. Happy Friday.
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Bye. Let's have a Chupa Panza after this,
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I've done to have Chupa Panza.
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We have some hot water for these.
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I felt like it was a little sketchy at first Chupa Panza
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you know, but now I feel like it's signed off
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like I can try it.
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Yes, legit. I like p and can.
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Have you ever heard of Vince mcmahon of the WWE I have
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a head Honcho ex head Honcho.
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Apparently he stepped down because he has had some sexual misconduct
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allegations against him. Well,
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I believe it. He's with Donald Trump.
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You are who you hang out with.
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that there's prosecutors in New
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York that have been in contact with several women accusing mcmahon of
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sexual misconduct. And this goes back to 2022 this specific investigation
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and as of recent,
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a WWE employee named Janelle Grant has sued mcmahon for sexually abusing
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her and trafficking her to other men inside the WWE.
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She has the receipts,
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she has a text,
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graphic images. So yikes and the fact that he stepped down
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it's just kind of like,
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like kind of admitting like you think it's like an admitting,
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I feel like WW was like,
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hey, do you mind not being attached to this anymore?
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So no Corriero or he stepped down on me.
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What the hell is he doing?
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Yeah, he, he,
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he's had some interesting takes.
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We've seen all the memes about him but there's obviously been other
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stuff where he says some inappropriate words like he drops the
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N word and I saw that one that was like,
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he like beats the crap out of other people on.
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I think it's all entertainment but sometimes I like there's gotta be
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a little truth there like Yikes,
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that's what's currently going on with him.
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So I guess we'll keep you all posted and see what's
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what's happening in the ring with this guy.
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Is that a, is that a good,
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good? Yeah, that was really good brother.
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Oh, who would that be?
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It's us. But I look stressed as fuck and I look
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invested in this Well,
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let's check this out and see what we're discussing.
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So, brother, how are you handling the fact that you'll
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probably never be able to own property?
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It's sad, but I'm staying hopeful.
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So, thank you for lifting my spirits.
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The only thing we can do,
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I'm sure if you have a baby on the way and like
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it's a lot of,
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I guess you could say pressure,
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right? For our generation where it's like we wanna build a
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life and we wanna you know,
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I have a family and all that and it's kinda hard right
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now. I think we,
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we have that illusion of the American dream like you,
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you know, you make your family,
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your house, your car,
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the job, everything.
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So that issue is,
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you know, I'm trying to check all the boxes but the
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house is still kind of.
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Yes, I know.
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I know. Well,
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California ranks among the toughest states to buy a home with
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an overall home ownership rate of just 54.60%.
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Yeah. So one in three adult members of Gen Z plan
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on living with their parents for the foreseeable future.
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He has to move,
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you know, times are tough.
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So what you gotta do,
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you have the support of your parents prepare a little bit by
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all means. Yeah,
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exactly. There's no shame at all.
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espe, especially in this day and age.
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So in total America lacks an estimated 3.2 million homes to
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house all of us leading to huge spikes in living costs and
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misery all around.,
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but thankfully, we have Lorena Limon Ceo of Mariposa Strategies Housing
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policy consulting firm on the line.
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Nona Can you hear us?
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Hi. Can thank you so much for having me.
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Thank you for coming on.
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So why is it so hard to buy a home these days
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Even before I get to that question?
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I mean, you talked about how California has the,
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has such a low homeownership rate.
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It actually has the second lowest homeownership rate in the entire country
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And if you think about the fact that Latino community
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25% so one in four Latinos in the entire country lives in
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California. That's, that's scary.
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Right? Especially when you think about the role that homeownership plays
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in, in, in creating wealth.
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And, and you know,
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the, the Hispanic Wealth Project initiative did a report a
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few years back that found that,
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that Latinos who own a home have 28 times the wealth as
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Latinos who rent. So that's about so if you compare
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that, that's roughly about 100 and $70,000 in wealth.
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So that's the amount of assets you have minus your debts,
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right? That's what wealth means.
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That's 100 and 70,000.
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If you own a home,
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it's kind of like the median and then if you rent about
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6000, so that's a huge junk So why is that?
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why is it,
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has it been so hard?
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The issue is supply,
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the issue is that there are not enough homes,
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in, in,
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if you, you talked about,
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about homeownership in, in,
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in the American dream,
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right? Especially if I think about my family.
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I mean, the the concept of you come,
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you come to the United States so that you can buy home
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Like I remember when I got my college degree,
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my, my dad was like,
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all right. So what are you going to buy home?
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So we're looking at a situation where after the great recession.
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So back in 2008,
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you had the construction industry,
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a lot of them went out of business.
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So half of the construction industry left the industry.
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So they went and did something else.
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So you were dealing with recovering from recovering from the recession
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but now you're operating with 50% of the construction industry.
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At the same time,
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the population grew, demand grew.
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And so now you're compounding that,
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that, that gap between the amount of houses needed and
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the amount of houses that are available.
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So we've now dug ourselves into a really,
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really big hole. So we're not constructing what's called the
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entry level housing for that first time home buyer housing that's become
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not viable. So,
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so it, it,
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it doesn't pencil out for developers to build that small home.
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You're here, you're seeing developers develop,
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you know, big mansions.
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And a lot of the reason is because that's what actually
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makes them much that building that small home is,
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is not is not economically viable.
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And so there's a lot of things that go into that we
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have a humongous labor shortage when it comes to the construction industry
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and, and a lot of that is,
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is linked to immigration reform.
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the immigration numbers that we've had in the past,
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we don't have any anymore.
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So there is I think builders will tell you there
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is, there is no industry that,
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that relies on immigrant labor more than the construction industry.
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And then there's everything else like permitting fees,
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like how, how difficult it is to,
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to even break ground.
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and then, and then things like condos or town homes
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which are smaller and are and are easier to become that entry
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level price point.
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So all of that compounded has created this huge housing shortage.
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So I know, I know,
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I know nothing sounds good.
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It's all sounding bleak.
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Here's the good news though,
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here's the good news.
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If we look at the country,
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we look at not just California,
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but we look at the demographics of the Latino community,
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especially Latino starting home at faster rates than,
18:58
than most demographics. If you look at the future of,
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of even the the home buying industry.
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The Urban Institute a few years back,
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did AAA study that said that over the next 20 years.
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So between 2020 2040 70% of new homeowners would be Latino
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So if you were to rely,
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yeah, so many demographics and in terms of the future of
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the country, you look at when people buy homes,
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they buy homes after 30 Latinos are buying homes in areas around
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the country that are more affordable.
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So, so you are seeing growth well again.
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So now I'm feeling a little more optimistic.
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So Norina, thank you so much for your time and explaining
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again, the bad and the good.
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So I just enter my prime home own era.
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So maybe in the next 20 years you are,
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you know, and it doesn't have to be your dream home
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You just, you know,
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buy something small that you can just start building wealth,
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but we also have to speak up about solutions to fix the
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supply issue. I agree.
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I agree and, and how can people find you nona so
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you can go on my Twitter.
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You can look me up in Nona Limon on Twitter and excited
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and engage in that dialogue.
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Awesome, because I might want to look you up later down
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the line once I'm ready to buy a home.
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So thank you so much.
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Sounds good. Appreciate it.
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Bye. It's not all bad.
20:34
It's not all bad.
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Oh my God. Hey brother,
20:45
did you hear the latest Stanley Cup che me.
20:48
Did you? No,
20:50
no, actually. Well,
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I on my standing while you tell me this.
20:54
Sure. So Stanley Cups,
20:57
you know, Stanley Cups went super viral recently and its profit
21:00
shot from 70 million in 2016 to 750 million in 2024.
21:08
But WSJ reported that Stanley's leaks fled when damaged.
21:16
So it's competition. Hydro Flask got super petty and started some
21:22
beef with the post hands.
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They are throwing hands and so they posted this for over a
21:32
decade. Hydro Flask has not had lead in the ceiling process
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If that's not like shots fired,
21:38
then I don't know.
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What is that? Yeah,
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the perit where she's like,
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where, where, where like your mom is telling her something
21:47
bad or not so good that you did and then that Tia
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is like o Mija noise that it has that vibe for sure
21:56
But I remember when Hydro Flask was like,
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like, I mean,
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it's still top notch but I'm just saying like,
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I feel like the as,
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as far as virality goes right now,
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Stanley, it's their Hydro Flask is I think kind of making
22:12
a comeback because of this like petty,
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you know, that's what they did.
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You know what I mean?
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They just stir the pot up and they're like,
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oh, exactly like we'll take this brother.
22:26
I mean, we're here to put each of these products to
22:30
the test and see who leaks lead.
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We're gonna do. Yeah,
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we're gonna do it.
22:34
We're gonna beat the shit out of some Hydro flask and Stanley
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cups. We're testing for lead.
22:41
So you don't have to.
22:42
So how are we gonna like see if there's actually lead?
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I feel like the terminator.
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Ok, let's go.
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So we're gonna test the durability and then see if the lead
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leaks and then we're gonna have to try it and see if
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the lead kills us.
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Just kidding. You just do it.
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Let's just OSHA. I hope you're watching.
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Let's see. So the one that's calling them out,
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let's see how they do try them out first.
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00 shit. It's getting dented.
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Do I keep going?
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And now team Stan Lee feel more flimsy.
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But let's see. Oh shoot.
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Hey, hey, that's the lead right there,
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baby. Let's do number two.
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Shall we? Number two?
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Bigger hammer. You,
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let's see. Damn.
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Hooked off. D I like,
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look, I, I'm scared.
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Oh What? Dude?
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I wanna go more.
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I'm so. Oh shit.
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Oh You think so?
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Oh I'm scared. Yeah,
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that's at least some pressure.
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Well, a little bit more brothers,
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I'm scared. OK,
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go, go, go.
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It's gonna be a bomb.
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Are you sure guys?
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I hope I'll do one more time.
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OK? There we go.
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I know, brother.
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Oh shit. I thought that's the one genius mali time.
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All right. Two hands.
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Oh shit. What do you think with the PICO or with
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the flat? All right.
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Should I, oh,
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how much force? This is.
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The last one is the Convos Cone.
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Oh, 01 more.
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Fuck it. Ah,
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ok. So there's the hydro and then we'll do Stanley
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and Con Con de La Paita.
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Me more. Pienza.
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Te te ao poo.
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You're though a careful,
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right. Get closer.
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But like just kidding.
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But don't practice because I still want the cup.
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So like over here you still want the cup after this?
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You go ahead. Nice.
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One more. I'm gonna step over here.
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Oh, well, I should probably sit down.
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Huh? Oh, do we still do not try this at
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home? Don't try this at home.
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Don't try this at home unless you're with prof professionals one minute
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Truth. What?
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That's the, can we thank you for doing it again.
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I'm Alejandro and I'm Jenny.