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Pablo talks about what caused his podcast to go on unexpected hiatus. He also talks about life since his last episode. This episode was cranked out in the 3×5 Studio in Chicago! Pablo IG: @MyPabloLives / To donate to Black Lives Matter, go to: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019

We’ll be back next week with a new episode, so until then, relive one of my favorite episodes with recent college grad Constantinos Papas. Congrats, Constantinos!

Patty Alvarez Sida and I are the youngest siblings in our families which carries the burden of being our parent’s favorite child (you know it’s true). Today, she tells us about how she found her way growing up in a busy household of 6 siblings, learning from her older siblings’ experience, always following the teachings … Continue reading 023. Patty Alvarez Sida – “Onions are the new medicine” →

Pedro Lima was born in New York, moved to Puerto Rico then spent time in California and finally residing in Florida. I met this hilarious comedian in Tampa and he talks to us through my shitty wifi about making a woman cry with his harmonica, being sponsored by Panasonic, his not-so-sweet grandmother, publicly calling out … Continue reading 022. Pedro Lima – “The Not So Fantastic Four” →

Alex Tsakanikas voluntarily didn’t speak English for almost an entire academic year in elementary school until his father sat in his class to find out why he was failing. It’s commitment like that made me want to sit down with this Chicago comic and hear all about growing up in a Greek household, taking beatings … Continue reading 021. Alex Tsakanikas – “Waterfight at the O.K. Corral” →

“Iasel” Gonzalez joins us today for our first ever Zoom episode! He walks us through being the only boy with 3 sisters, dunking on one of them, properly dressing for a basement party and knowing when to back away from your dad. This episode was cranked out in the 3×5 studio in Chicago! “Iasel” Gonzalez … Continue reading 020. Jose “Iasel” Gonzalez – “AND 1!!!” →

In an alternate universe, Jaime Perez and I are brothers that make blockbuster movies after both being inspired by Robert Rodriguez’s “Rebel without a Crew”. Fortunately for him, we aren’t related and he is still a success story as one of 5 brothers who grew up in Rockford, Illinois. Jaime tells me all about how … Continue reading 019. Jaime Perez – “The Perez 5” (IT’S MY BIRTHDAY EPISODE!) →

Gwen La Roka has two brothers who joined her in bustin’ each other’s chops all through their lives. Gwen joins us today to talk about how bangs were a factor in her childhood, how she asked her brother to wrap her up like a taco and coming out to her family. It’s the April Fool’s … Continue reading 018. Gwen La Roka – “Wrap me up like a Taco!” →

The Hilarious Ed Towns comes to us during this coronavirus quarantine period to tell us about becoming an electrician, being a math wiz, having an “After School Special” success story for an older sibling, the cut throat culture of retail management and role models. He’s one of my favorite people because he’s so funny and … Continue reading 017. Ed Towns – “Wait. He’s doing what now?!” →

With the state of the world right now, I’m bringing in my intelligent and beautiful mother for a very special episode! We talk about how we’re keeping busy in my home, how it was for her growing up the youngest of 9 kids, what it was like asking her dad to move from Colombia to … Continue reading 016. MY MOM!!! – “Mommy Dearest” →