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- I Don’t Know How to Relax Anymore | Turning 40, Latino Families & Phone Addiction
In this episode:
• Why relaxing can feel like being unproductive
• Growing up with immigrant parents and a scarcity mindset
• Wanting to eventually retire your parents
• Why Gadiel is obsessed with the Irish goodbye
• Why Latino goodbyes can take forever
• Have phones changed the way we socialize?
• Why people don’t dance together anymore
• Approaching 40 without a wife or children
• Dating and relationships as you get older
• Growing up in a family that didn’t openly say “I love you”
• The childhood moment that showed Gadiel his mother loved him
• The responsibility of starting a family
• Dating and raising children in today’s economy
• Millennials, Gen Z and life before social media
• Why your smartphone is like carrying an addiction in your pocket
• Gadiel’s one-week social media experiment
• How listeners can join future solo episodes by leaving a voicemail🎥 Full video on YouTube • Clips on TikTok & IG @GadielDelOrbe
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31 min - Two Girlfriends, Infidelity & the Truth About Relationships | Freddy Valoy & Rashad Bashir
In this episode:
• Freddy explains why he stopped cheating and chose ethical non-monogamy
• How he manages having two girlfriends
• What happens when your girlfriend dates other men
• Why jealousy still exists in an open relationship
• Rashad opens up about divorce and infidelity
• Therapy, honesty and generational trauma
• Why difficult conversations get easier with practice
• The wild Montreal sex-theater story
• Why emotional intimacy can trigger more jealousy than sex
• Sebastian Maniscalco and the SiriusXM Raw Comedy controversy
• Why working comedians need platforms and royalties
• Godfrey’s approach to stand-up and constantly creating material
• Performing for Black and Latino comedy crowds
• What Chris Rock learned from preachers
• Why authenticity matters more than trying to fit an audience🎥 Full video on YouTube • Clips on TikTok & IG @GadielDelOrbe
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59 min - Haiti vs. Dominican Republic: When Patriotism Becomes Nationalism
In this episode:
• Haiti’s 4–1 victory over the Dominican Republic
• Wilson Isidor’s controversial celebration
• Was the comment disrespectful to Dominican sovereignty?
• Why sports and politics collided after the game
• Santiago Matías and the rhetoric surrounding Haiti
• Patriotism vs. nationalism
• Why extremist voices can appear louder than the majority
• Dominican identity and Haitian-Dominican relations
• Gadiel’s experience serving in Iraq and Afghanistan
• How war changed his perspective on nationalism
• Why humanity should come before politicsFollow The Gadiel Del Orbe Show and join the conversation.
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16 min - He Built One of NYC's Hottest Latino Spaces 🇵🇷 | Manolo López
What happens when a coffee shop becomes something much bigger?
Chef and entrepreneur Manolo López joins Gadiel Del Orbe from Café Colmado in New York City's Lower East Side for a conversation about Puerto Rican culture, entrepreneurship, community and building businesses with purpose.
Manolo explains how Café Colmado became more than a place to grab coffee—it became a gathering place where New York's Latino community could see itself represented.
The conversation explores:
• How Café Colmado became a Latino cultural hub in NYC
• Growing up in Puerto Rico and finding Puerto Rican pride in New York
• Building Mofongo through Smorgasburg
• Starting a food business without massive capital
• Why understanding the numbers matters in entrepreneurship
• Discipline versus talent
• The reality behind running multiple businesses
• Building a life between New York and Puerto Rico
• Why Manolo eventually wants Puerto Rico to become his home base
• Puerto Rican, Dominican, Mexican and Peruvian food
• Hidden places to visit and eat in Puerto Rico
• Why Latinos need to financially support Latino-owned businesses
• Building businesses that strengthen the community
• Café Colmado's future beyond the coffee shopThis episode is about more than entrepreneurship. It's about creating spaces that preserve culture, build community and give the next generation something of their own.
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56 min - The Dominican History We Never Learned, with Dr. Margarita Rosa
Gadiel finally sits down with Dr. Margarita Rosa, the Afro-Latina historian everybody kept telling him he had to talk to. She opens up about getting her PhD at Princeton, the summer in Morocco that changed her life, and why she never felt like an impostor until she became a professor.
Then she takes us all the way back to 1492 and walks through the island's history step by step.
What we get into:
• Impostor syndrome, purpose, and showing up as your full self• Learning Arabic in Morocco and reading the Quran in its original language• Why the first Spanish settlement, La Navidad, was in present-day Haiti• How the Taíno resisted from the very first voyage• The debate over the island's name: Ayiti vs. Quisqueya• Maroonage and the roots of Dominican small-farm campo culture• The two slavery systems on each side of the island• Toussaint Louverture's 1801 constitution abolishing slavery island-wide• The 1822–1844 unification and Dominican independenceReading recommendation from Dr. Rosa: the work of Lorgia García-Peña.
Follow Dr. Margarita Rosa's podcast, Invisible History, on YouTube.
What surprised you most? Let us know, and share this with someone who needs to hear it.
🎥 Full video on YouTube • Clips on TikTok & IG @GadielDelOrbe
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1 hr 30 min - I Saw the Second Plane Hit: My 9/11 Story 25 Years Later
On September 11, 2001, Gadiel Del Orbe was a high-school student in Lower Manhattan.
Twenty-five years later, he sits down to tell the story of what he remembers from that morning.
In this episode:
• Hearing and feeling the first impact from school
• Initially believing the crash was an accident
• Watching the World Trade Center burn
• Seeing the second plane hit the second tower
• Leaving school amid the confusion
• Phone service and NYC transportation shutting down
• Walking uptown through Manhattan
• Seeing the smoke and ash after the tower collapsed
• Finally making it home to his mother
• Returning to Lower Manhattan after 9/11
• The smell and dust that remained in the area
• Remembering New York City's skyline before September 11
• How New Yorkers came together after the attacks
• Why 9/11 influenced Gadiel to join the U.S. Navy
• Patriotism, religious freedom and Islamophobia
• Why Gadiel believes the victims should be remembered through unity rather than hateA personal reflection on one of the most consequential days in New York City and American history—from someone who experienced it as a teenager.
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17 min - Things People Don't Talk About When You Come Back From Dominican Republic | Ep 66Gadiel comes back from stay in the country side in the Dominican Republic and talks on how the experience changed his perspective. 🎥 Full video on YouTube • Clips on TikTok & IG @GadielDelOrbe📣 New episodes every Wednesday — subscribe & leave a 5★ review!💼 Business / booking: [email protected]22 min
- Did Our Parents Leave Paradise for the American Dream? ft. Sister Analee
Episode 65 comes from Gadiel and Analee's grandparents' home in the Dominican countryside.
Growing up Dominican-American, they understood why previous generations moved to the United States in search of greater economic opportunity. But after returning to their family's roots, they're asking a different question: What makes a life “better”?
In this episode:
• Returning to their grandparents' home in the Dominican Republic
• What life in the campo teaches you about being present• Spending entire days at the river with the community• Dominican dating, age gaps and relationships• The American Dream through a Dominican-American perspective• Why their family left the Dominican Republic• Paradise vs. economic opportunity• America's obsession with work and productivity• Escaping the rat race• The disappearance of community in America• How smartphones changed childhood• Social media and the illusion of connection• Phone and algorithm addiction• Growing your own food and living closer to nature• Slowing down and enjoying life• Reconnecting with family, culture and your roots🎥 Full video on YouTube • Clips on TikTok & IG @GadielDelOrbe
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28 min - Why I Traveled to the Dominican Republic Alone 🇩🇴
Episode 64 comes to you directly from the Dominican Republic.
Gadiel reflects on the freedom of solo travel and how being back in his family's homeland has changed his perspective on everyday life. He compares the slower Dominican lifestyle with the constant urgency of the United States and explains why taking time away from work, phones, routines, and other people's expectations can be so valuable.
In this episode:
• Traveling alone to the Dominican Republic
• Using credit card rewards to travel• Dominican Republic vs. American lifestyle• NYC hustle vs. Dominican “island time”• Why everyone should experience solo travel• Traveling alone vs. traveling with friends• Reconnecting with Dominican culture and heritage• Poverty and economic struggles in DR• Why Dominican food deserves more recognition• Mental health and disconnecting from work• Creating experiences instead of living for your job• Individualism vs. community• Returning to your roots for creative inspiration🎥 Full video on YouTube • Clips on TikTok & IG @GadielDelOrbe
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16 min - Is Social Media Rewarding the WORST People? | Norberto Briceño
Norberto Briceño is back to talk about his first year working full-time as a creator and what he's learned about consistency, research and building an audience.
The conversation expands into:
- Making the leap to full-time content creation
- Why consistency matters more than people think
- Being your own boss
- Social-media addiction and information overload
- Red-pill culture and modern masculinity
- Machismo in Latino culture
- Why outrage performs online
- Creators saying things they don't believe for views
- Dominican-Haitian tensions online
- Andrew Tate and internet masculinity
- When comedy crosses into transphobia
- Whether algorithms reward bad behavior
- Maintaining your values while trying to grow online
- 00:00 — One Year as a Full-Time Content Creator
Norberto talks about leaving the 9-to-5 world, freelancing in NYC, making a living online, and why consistency became the biggest lesson.- 05:18 — Is Social Media Destroying Our Attention Spans?
You get into information overload, taking breaks from social media, screen-time limits, and struggling to focus the way you used to.- 11:53 — Why Red Pill Content Is Everywhere
The conversation turns to red-pill culture, insecurity, masculinity, women, immigrants, and trans people.- 24:19 — Does Outrage Get Rewarded Online?
You discuss creators using racist or inflammatory takes for engagement before getting into the backlash over Dominicans and Haitians collaborating.- 34:02 — When Comedy Crosses the Line
You discuss comedians you respect whose content you feel has normalized transphobia and whether creators have a responsibility when they have large audiences.🎥 Full video on YouTube • Clips on TikTok & IG @GadielDelOrbe
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About The Gadiel Del Orbe Show
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The Gadiel Del Orbe Show is your weekly, high-energy dive into comedy, culture & trending topics—served with Gadiel’s signature Dominican-New-York swagger. Every Wednesday we sit down with the…
funniest creators, boldest entrepreneurs, and loudest loquitos shaping Latino pop culture. Expect off-the-rails storytelling, spicy hot-takes, and the kind of real talk your group chat wishes it had.