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A Pretty Normal Podcast
by Xavier Diaz
A podcast talking about the thought provoking moments that happen in our everyday lives. Join us as we re-imagine what society considers normal.
Episodes
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Episode #81: Discussing the Future of Puerto Rico with Independent Journalist & Content Creator, Bianca Graulau
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…
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Episode #80: Discussing Online Dating and Mental Health with Zach Schleien, Co-Founder of Filter Off
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…
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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
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…
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Episode #78: Combatting Loneliness, Isolation, Social Anxiety and More with Pete Bombaci, Founder of The GenWell Project
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…
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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
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...
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Episode #76: Discussing Collaging, Latinx Culture, Metrics to Success, Work Life Balance and More with Luis Martin, the Art Engineer
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...
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Episode #75: The Struggles the LGBTQ2S Community Still Faces and More with Krisha, host of Gay Monologues
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...
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Live Stream: Discussing Trumps Impeachment, Social Media Ban, Parler & More
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...
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Live Stream: Discussing the Siege at the Capitol Building and the Medias Role
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…
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Goodbye 2020! End of the Year Gratitude Message
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…
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Episode #74: Exploring the Meaning of Liberty with Jalen Vasquez
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...
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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
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...
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Episode #73: What is Democratic Libertarianism. Money in Politics and How the People Can Reclaim Their Power with Simon Chadwick
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...
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Episode #72: Discussing Intersectionality, What Politicians Got Wrong about the "Latinx" Vote and More with Jackie, La Gorda Corajuda
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...
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Episode #71: How Community Organizers Helped Legalize Recreational Marijuana in Arizona with Alejandro Chavez
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...
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Special Election Coverage Part 3: Whats the Deal with Latinos for Trump, and Election Coverage with Rocio Vives
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...
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Special Election Coverage Part 2: Will Texas Eventually Turn Blue and Election Coverage with Floyd Hope
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...
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Special Election Coverage Part 1: Discussing Censorship, Breaking Up Tech Monopolies and the 2020 Election Results with Rob A
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…
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Episode #70: Counting Down the 2020 Election, More Politics in Hip Hop, and Black Lives Matter with Triston Jackson
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…
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Episode #69: Why POC Youtuber, Qyarris Has Decided Not to Vote This Election featuring Qyarris
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast. This week I had the opportunity to speak with Qyarris, a New York based Youtuber, and this was the perfect person to have on after taking a break from the show. I had so much fun speaking with Qyarris about why he has made the decision to not...
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Episode #68: Race, Reproductive Rights and Mass Incarceration in America with Dr. Michele B. Goodwin
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about.This week I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Michele Goodwin, a professor, social commentator…
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Episode #67: The Cuties Controversy, The Supreme Court, Podcasting and More with Chica Chats Co-host, Rocio Vives
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about. This week I had the opportunity to speak with Rocio, co-host of the podcast, Chica Chats. Chica…
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Episode #66: How Trump Has Changed Immigration and More with Immigration Lawyer, Tahmina Watson
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about.This week I had the opportunity to speak with Tahmina Watson, the inspirational founder of Watson...
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Episode #65: Can Latinx Artists Say the"N" Word?", How the Rap Industry is Changing, the 2020 Election and More with Diva Hustle Radio
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about.This week I had the opportunity to speak with Pam Pendleton, the co-host of Diva Hustle Radio an 100%...
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Episode #64: "Psychedelics Today" Co-Founder Joe Moore (Pt.2)
This week we continue our conversation with Joe Moore, the co-founder of Psychedelics Today, an organization dedicated to exploring and discussing the important academic and scientific research in the field of psychedelics.In part one of the interview, which was released last week, we got to know...
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Episode #63: "Psychedelics Today" Co-Founder Joe Moore (Pt. 1)
This week I had the opportunity to dive into a subject I've been very curious about for a long time. In recent years the taboo around psychedelics has shifted and more and more we hear about it in the media. In May of 2019, Denver, Colorado became the first city to decriminalize hallucinogenic...
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Episode #62: Comedy During Quarantine with Mike Nicolia
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about.This week I had the opportunity to talk to my homie Mike Nicolia. Mike is a stand-up comedian, a…
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Episode #61: Black on Black Crime, Dark Skin Media Representation and Changing the Entertainment Industry with Sheba Kamisri
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about. This week I had the opportunity to talk with Sheba Kamisri, a journalist, the founder of the...
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Pretty Normal Sundays: #ChallengeAccepted, Kanye's Election Campaign, China and the Tik-Tok Ban
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about. This week I went live on the Podbean app to discuss serveral different current events such as the...
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Episode #60: The Telling Image: Shapes of Changing Times with Lois Stark
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about. This week I had the opportunity of interviewing Lois Stark, an Emmy award-winning producer,...
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Episode #59: Who Were The Madrigal 10? with Kathryn Boyd-Batstone
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about. This week I had the opportunity of interviewing Kathryn Boyd-Batstone, a Director, photo journalist...
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Episode #58: The 2020 Census, DACA, Latinx Communities and More with Reyna Marquez
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about.This week I had the opportunity of interviewing Reyna Marquez, a community organizer and immigration...
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Episode #57: Traveling the World as a Solo Female Backpacker with Adrien Behn
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that reimagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about.This week I had the opportunity of interviewing Adrien Behn, host of the Strangers Abroad Podcast, a...
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Episode #56: The Aftermath of George Floyd's Murder, White Privilege, Stereotypes and Protesting in Mexico with SRV
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that reimagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about.This week I had the opportunity of interviewing my homie the one and only SRV. He was a guest on…
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Episode #55: Traveling the World and Relationship and Confidence Advice with Alexandra Streisand
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that reimagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about.This week I had the opportunity of interviewing Alexandra Streisand, a certified confidence and...
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Episode #54: Crazy Hiking Stories with Alec Santiago, Host of Trail Pope Confessions
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that reimagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about.We recently crossed the one year anniversary of the podcast and I put out an episode detailing the big...
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One Year Anniversary!
Its officially been one year since I started A Pretty Normal Podcast and it has been an incredible year of growth and learning! I want to thank you all for tuning in every week to listen to the amazing stories our guests have shared with us.Thank you so much to everyone who has supported the…
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Episode #53: Personal Loss During Quarantine, Content Creation and the 2020 Election with Hendel Leiva
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that reimagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about. Before the interview starts I give a short moment of silence for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and...
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Episode #52: Chicago Based South African Artist, Abena Motaboli
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about. This week I had the opportunity of interviewing Abena Motaboli, a Chicago based, South African...
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A Pretty Normal Monologue: America Needs Therapy!
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about. As the deaths and hospitalizations continue to decline, NY Governor, Andrew Cuomo has said we are...
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Episode #51: Becoming More Sustainable with Harriet Robinson
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about. This week I had the opportunity of interviewing Harriet Robinson, a journalist, presenter and the…
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Episode #50: Supporting African Artists with Soraya Sheppard
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about. This week I had the opportunity of interviewing Soraya Sheppard, the founder and president of Color…
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A Pretty Normal Monologue: Support #GivingTuesdayNow
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about. This week I wanted to focus my weekly monologue on an industry that I truly hope does not get...
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Episode #49: Child Marriage, Human Trafficking and Menstrual Restrictions with Rima Nashashibi
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about. This week I had the opportunity of interviewing Rima Nashashibi, the founder and president of Global...
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A Pretty Normal Monologue: Protesters Gone Wild!
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about. This week I wanted to focus my monologue on the protests occurring all over the United States and...
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Episode #48: Luis Martin, "The Art Engineer"
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that reimagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about. This week I had the opportunity of interviewing Luis Martin also known as The art engineer. Luis is a...
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Episode #47: Coronavirus, Bill Gates and the World Health Organization
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that reimagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about. This week I had the opportunity to talk with two fellow New Yorkers about the current state of the...
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A Pretty Normal Monologue: The Origin and Future of 4/20
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about. This week I wanted to focus my attention on the mystery behind the origin of the worldwide…
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Episode #46: The Future Was Now with J.R Harber
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that reimagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about. This week I had the opportunity to interview J.R Harber, an environmentalist, founder of a nonprofit...
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A Pretty Normal Monologue: What About China!!!
Hello everyone and welcome to A Pretty Normal Podcast, a show that re-imagines what society considers normal. Each week I interview different guests about the topics they’re most passionate about. This week I wanted to focus my monologue on something I believe deserves a lot of attention and...
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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.
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Xavier Diaz
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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.
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