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A podcast talking about the thought provoking moments that happen in our everyday lives. Join us as we re-imagine what society considers normal. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aprettynormal/support

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United States

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A podcast talking about the thought provoking moments that happen in our everyday lives. Join us as we re-imagine what society considers normal. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aprettynormal/support

Language:

English

Contact:

5167178560


Episodes
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Episode #81: Discussing the Future of Puerto Rico with Independent Journalist & Content Creator, Bianca Graulau

3/4/2021
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, I am your host, Xavier Diaz. Quick reminder that we have started streaming the interviews live on Youtube and Facebook and Twitch! This gives you the opportunity to join the conversation and ask questions to all of the amazing guests that come on the show. Also you can hear these great interviews much earlier than when they are uploaded in audio form. So make sure to follow us on all of our social media handles so you get updated every...

Duration:01:32:03

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Episode #80: Discussing Online Dating and Mental Health with Zach Schleien, Co-Founder of Filter Off

2/17/2021
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, I am your host, Xavier Diaz. Quick reminder that we have started streaming the interviews live on Youtube and Facebook and Twitch! This gives you the opportunity to join the conversation and ask questions to all of the amazing guests that come on the show. So make sure to follow us on all of our social media handles so you get updated every time we go live! In this episode I am joined by Zach Schleien, co-founder of the video speed...

Duration:00:39:51

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Episode #79: Discussing Latinidad and How to Move the Latinx Community Forward with Annabel Garcia Torres, Host of Latinx On The Rise

2/6/2021
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, I am your host, Xavier Diaz. Quick reminder that we have started streaming the interviews live on Youtube and Facebook and Twitch! This gives you the opportunity to join the conversation and ask questions to all of the amazing guests that come on the show. So make sure to follow us on all of our social media handles so you get updated every time we go live! In this episode I am joined by Annabel Garcia Torres, host of Latinx On The...

Duration:01:35:23

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Episode #78: Combatting Loneliness, Isolation, Social Anxiety and More with Pete Bombaci, Founder of The GenWell Project

2/3/2021
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, I am your host, Xavier Diaz. Quick reminder that we have started streaming the interviews live on Youtube and Facebook and Twitch! This gives you the opportunity to join the conversation and ask questions to all of the amazing guests that come on the show. So make sure to follow us on all of our social media handles so you get updated every time we go live! In this episode I am joined by Pete Bombaci, Founder of The GenWell Project, a...

Duration:00:56:39

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Episode #77: Discussing Connecting with God, Fathers in the Home, Gender Norms in Society, and more with Donnie C Co-Host of The Diamond Lounge

1/28/2021
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, I am your host, Xavier Diaz. Quick reminder that we have started streaming the interviews live on Youtube and Facebook! This gives you the opportunity to join the conversation and ask questions to all of the amazing guests that come on the show. So make sure to follow us on all of our social media handles so you get updated every time we go live! In this episode I am joined by Donnie C. co- host of the podcast The Diamond Lounge. We...

Duration:01:38:04

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Episode #76: Discussing Collaging, Latinx Culture, Metrics to Success, Work Life Balance and More with Luis Martin, the Art Engineer

1/23/2021
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, I am your host, Xavier Diaz. Quick reminder that we have started streaming the interviews live on Youtube and Facebook! This gives you the opportunity to join the conversation and ask questions to all of the amazing guests that come on the show. So make sure to follow us on all of our social media handles so you get updated every time we go live! In this episode I am joined by The Art Engineer, Luis Martin, host of the podcast Studio...

Duration:01:08:09

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Episode #75: The Struggles the LGBTQ2S Community Still Faces and More with Krisha, host of Gay Monologues

1/18/2021
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast and I am your host, Xavier Diaz. Quick reminder that we have started streaming the interviews live on Youtube and Facebook! This gives you the opportunity to join the conversation and ask questions to all of the amazing guests that come on the show. So make sure to follow us on all of our social media handles so you get updated every time we go live! In this episode I am joined by Krisha, host of the podcast Gay Monologues and the...

Duration:01:13:23

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Live Stream: Discussing Trumps Impeachment, Social Media Ban, Parler & More

1/14/2021
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, I am your host, Xavier Diaz. Like I announced last week, I have started streaming the show live on Facebook and Youtube so anyone can join me in the chat and get involved in the conversation. Ill always post the audio to the podcast the next day but I do definitely enjoy streaming the show, it makes it more interactive and it lets me cover topics in a faster and more timely manner. So definitely subscribe and like the pages on Facebook...

Duration:01:35:26

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Live Stream: Discussing the Siege at the Capitol Building and the Medias Role

1/9/2021
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, I am your host, Xavier Diaz. Now I didn't plan on releasing a new episode until at least mid January, I wanted to take some more time off to figure out what I wanted to do next and to learn any new software that I would need to take the podcast to the next level. But life has its own plans and 2021 got off to one hell of a start and I couldn't not comment on the recent events at the capitol building. So we expedited the process and...

Duration:01:35:52

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Goodbye 2020! End of the Year Gratitude Message

1/3/2021
GOODBYE 2020!! I can't believe it is the end of the year, but I want to make this short. I'm incredibly grateful for all of the people I have met along this podcast journey. All of you are super talented and I hope to continue to grow and evolve beside you as we head into the new year. 2020 didn't affect everyone in the same way, but we all had our own unique challenges to deal with as we adapted into the new reality. It was great to see all of the things you were grateful despite this...

Duration:00:06:20

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Episode #74: Exploring the Meaning of Liberty with Jalen Vasquez

12/17/2020
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, I am your host, Xavier Diaz and I am excited to announce that this will be the final episode of 2020. The year started off with episode 29 and I am super proud to say we have made it all the way to episode 74. That's not even including all of the monologues, all of the lives, all of the video content that we produced this year. 2020 has been one hell of a ride and I know that is has affected people in very different ways. But go back to...

Duration:01:16:02

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STEREO LIVE: Who Can You Vent to, Why Does Family Hurt Us, What Is Technology Doing to Society and More with Reme Flyizhie

12/7/2020
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, I am your host, Xavier Diaz and we have something a little different for you this week. Recently I discovered the app, Stereo. Stereo describes themselves as a LIVE broadcast social platform that enables people to have and discover real conversations in real time. They aim to combat loneliness and provide a platform for debate and education. To be clear this is not an advertisement, I just started using the app and I think its pretty...

Duration:01:40:17

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Episode #73: What is Democratic Libertarianism. Money in Politics and How the People Can Reclaim Their Power with Simon Chadwick

11/26/2020
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, I am your host, Xavier Diaz and we have an amazing new interview for you this week! I had the pleasure of speaking with Simon Chadwick, the Author of For The People: A Citizen's Manifesto to Shaping Our Nation's Future. Simon is the managing partner of Cambiar, a management consulting company dedicated to the market research industry. He grew up in two totalitarian societies and is the son of Bishop Graham Chadwick, a prominent...

Duration:00:53:52

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Episode #72: Discussing Intersectionality, What Politicians Got Wrong about the "Latinx" Vote and More with Jackie, La Gorda Corajuda

11/17/2020
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, I am your host, Xavier Diaz and we have an amazing new interview for you this week! I had the pleasure of speaking with Jackie, aka La Gorda Corajuda on Instagram, Tik-Tok and Twitter. She’s a Latinx, intersectional feminist making really awesome and educational content on social media and I came across her profile right before the 2020 election and instantly knew that I needed to have her come on the show. She wants the best for her...

Duration:00:57:07

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Episode #71: How Community Organizers Helped Legalize Recreational Marijuana in Arizona with Alejandro Chavez

11/10/2020
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, I am your host, Xavier Diaz and we have an amazing new interview for you this week! Its been a week since the election was held and there were some amazing results on a variety of fronts including the fact that 5 different states passed some form of marijuana legalization measures. This was a huge victory for the cannabis industry and another step forward in ending the drug war. One amazing comeback story came to us from the state of...

Duration:00:48:55

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Special Election Coverage Part 3: Whats the Deal with Latinos for Trump, and Election Coverage with Rocio Vives

11/5/2020
This is part 3 of my special election coverage. I did three different interviews throughout the night with people of different political backgrounds and demographics. Here I speak with Rocio Vives, co-host of Chica Chats a Liberal Democrat from New York City about why some Latino voters are choosing to support Trump. Check out part 1 where I discuss big tech monopolies and part 2 discussing whether or not Texas will ever turn blue. Check out our merch and more content at...

Duration:00:38:17

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Special Election Coverage Part 3: Whats the Deal with Latinos for Trump, and Election Coverage with Rocio Vives

11/4/2020
This is part 3 of my special election coverage. I did three different interviews throughout the night with people of different political backgrounds and demographics. Here I speak with Rocio Vives, co-host of Chica Chats a Liberal Democrat from New York City about why some Latino voters are choosing to support Trump. Check out part 1 where I discuss big tech monopolies and part 2 discussing whether or not Texas will ever turn blue. Check out our merch and more content at...

Duration:00:00:50

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Special Election Coverage Part 2: Will Texas Eventually Turn Blue and Election Coverage with Floyd Hope

11/4/2020
This is part 2 of my special election coverage. I did three different interviews throughout the night with people of different political backgrounds and demographics. Here I speak with a political independent from Texas who leans Democrat about the election results and whether or not Texas will ever turn into a blue Democrat state. Check out part 1 where I discuss big tech monopolies and stay tuned for part 3 where I speak with a Democrat from New York City. Check out our merch and more...

Duration:00:35:06

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Special Election Coverage Part 1: Discussing Censorship, Breaking Up Tech Monopolies and the 2020 Election Results with Rob A

11/4/2020
This is part 1 of my special election coverage. I did three different interviews throughout the night with people of different political backgrounds and demographics. Here I speak with a political independent about big tech censorship, how to balance combatting misinformation while also not giving complete power to the tech monopolies and more. Stay tuned for part 2 & 3 where I speak with an Independent from Texas and a Democrat from New York City. Check out our merch and more content at...

Duration:00:28:45

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Episode #70: Counting Down the 2020 Election, More Politics in Hip Hop, and Black Lives Matter with Triston Jackson

11/2/2020
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, I am your host, Xavier Diaz and we have an amazing new interview for you this week! Tomorrow, November 3rd is the election here In the United States. I can't believe 4 years have come and gone already. No matter what happens it's truly amazing to see the amount of voter enthusiasm this time around. Early voting records have already been surpassed and whatever happens I hope people continue to participate this much in our election...

Duration:01:02:35