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Liberal Sherpa
by Cathy Areu
Feisty Latina journalist Cathy Areu guides you through the magical, yet terrifying, terrain of our progressive new world. Don’t be left out, do call in, and don’t kill the messenger.
Episodes
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S5E1: Actress and Ballerina, Paloma Morales (billions know her as Justin Timberlake’s happy, dancing diner “waitress”) Explains the Meaning of Cuba’s Festive Noche Buena ... Celebrated by Cubans Everywhere (except Cuba)
This is a very special holiday Liberal Sherpa podcast because it was inspired by the many questions from our listeners and followers who have been asking “What is Noche Buena?” Cathy Areu knows the answer should come from a proud, and maybe one of the most recognizable Cuban V.I.P. 's in our...
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S4E10: Catching Up with Actor, Comedian, Voice Over Guru Carlos Alarazqui (a.ka. one of Reno’s 911’s finest/worst). ... and how you can follow in his footsteps!
Catching up with the great Carlos Alarazqui is too much fun. And inspirational! He’s the kind of person who makes you feel lucky just to be around him. To talk to him. To learn from him. And, luckily for this journalist, and a special co-host, podcaster Cristina, Carlos took a break for us. All…
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S4E9: "Back to School": Time to be Inspired. Meet Patricia Trejo: From a quiet school girl to "President"
It’s "back-to-school" time! Time to get us in a learning mood. Time to be inspired to rule the world with new knowledge ... and inspirational stories from our nation's classrooms. In this episode, Latina journalist Cathy Areu introduces you to a great personal story of triumph just for you! Meet...
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S4E8: Kirk Acevedo Shows Us What Passion, Dedication, & Self-Esteem Looks Like ... (exactly when most of us need to hear it)
To say the actor who goes by “Kid Vicious” on Twitter, Kirk M. Acevedo, is passionate would be an understatement. Luckily for us, the Puerto Rican actor primarily known for starring in every series and movie you know and love — like Arrow, Oz, Fringe, Law and Order, the Walking Dead, 12 Monkeys,...
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S4E7: Well-known podcast and radio personality (& producer) Brent Hatley finally opens up about a verboten topic ... medical Botox & migraines!
Liberal Sherpa podcast host Cathy Areu has been wanting to bond with Brent Hatley ever since he said “excruciating headaches” during a segment of the Howard Stern Show about a year or so ago. Brent, a senior producer on the hit show, was never able to elaborate ... or maybe he didn’t want to?…
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S4E6: Actor/Comedian/Legend Michael Rapaport Gets Political
We know him from so many movies, his unapologetically honest podcast IAmRapaport, his character on Netflix’s hit series Atypical, or as a long-time valuable/irreplaceable member of the Howard Stern show family. But, to this journalist, and many political junkies, Rapoport reached new heights…
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S4E5 - Jeff the Drunk shares his journey to, and on, the Howard Stern Show
After speaking with Mariann from Brooklyn (The Mother of the Howard Stern Wack Pack), on last week’s Liberal Sherpa episode, it was only fitting that Jeff the Drunk would be interviewed this week. How does one become a member of the most famous (and only) wack pack on radio history? What is the...
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S4E4 - Meet Mariann from Brooklyn, the sweetest toughest cookie from the Howard Stern Show
Mariann From Brooklyn is known by millions as Howard Stern’s biggest fan, singing “All I Need is Howard in my Life” all the time! And she means it. If you’re a Stern Show fan, you know Mariann as the sweet, yet tough mom, who can battle it out with a Stern staffer one day and lovingly take care…
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S4E3 - Comedian Corey “The Buttercream Dream” Forrester opens way up about “white privilege,” Southern accents, living in Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Ga. district, and his famous online rants. (Note: contains bad words)
Corey “The Buttercream Dream” Forrester is a comedian hailing from Chickamauga, GA — more specifically, this means Corey is a liberal stand-up comic, an internet sensation, and a frustrated constituent living in Majorie Taylor Greene’s 14th congressional district in Georgia. This is the perfect...
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S4E2 - From MAGA to a “Liberal Democrat,” Political Commentator David Weissman explains his honest, yet controversial, journey within our country’s political landscape.
How does a former Tea Party member — very vocal Trump supporter and a self-proclaimed “MAGA” activist — switch to become a devoted Biden/Harris supporter and proud “Liberal Democrat”? I found this enigma, David Weissman, on Twitter and wanted to know more. Turns out, I wasn’t alone. Many fellow...
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S4E1 - How to: Write a Book in 2021, with guest NYTimes Best-Selling Author Caridad Pineiro
It’s January: New Year’s Resolution time. As your Liberal Sherpa, I’d like to motivate you to get started on that new book you’ve been wanting to write, and publish, but didn’t know how! Thanks to my long-time friend, NY Times and USA Today bestselling author, Caridad Pineiro, you’ll know...
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S3E8 - What’s Trump’s Legal Team Allowed to do? We ask. Our Source answers.
Most journalists follow the AP Style Manual to write and edit. Teachers follow their state curriculums to plan and teach lessons. But what set of rules and ethics are Trump’s lawyers following? After questionable tweets and “interesting” key witnesses at hearings, the host of Liberal Sherpa’s...
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S3E7 - Cover Model Lisa Guerrero catches bad guys for a living. But, right now, there’s just one thing on her mind ... the election!
In this episode in our special 2020 Election podcast series, your Liberal Sherpa catches up with TV journalist, Mosaic Artist, and CATALINA Cover Model Lisa Guerrero to discuss what’s on all of our minds: the 2020 U.S. Election! From catching bad guys on Inside Edition to being the first female...
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S3E6 - Salsa, Miami, Bella Chrissie Fit, & Cubanos con Biden!
She’s so busy, but actress and singer Chrissie Fit is taking time to tell us why she is a “Cubana con Biden” who cares about the 2020 Presidential Election. This is our third (I think) in our special series Election 2020 Liberal Sherpa podcast episodes about VIPs and their election picks. And…
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S3E5 - Cubans for Biden? ... How? Why? What?! You have Qs, Miami Cuban Amore Rodriguez has As. She’s one of the organizers for the grassroots “Cubanos con Biden” group, who answers your Qs, explains “socialism vs. communism,” & more.
In this election2020 special edition of the Liberal Sherpa podcast, your friendly Latina host Cathy Areu finds out why the historically Republican voting block of U.S. Cubans are embracing “Bydon” for president ... Amore Rodriguez (a diversity and inclusion guru by day) stops everything to...
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S3E4 - Which Presidential candidate really cares more about women’s rights? Human rights & TV Commentator Kelly Hyman says she knows. (She has a lot more to say on this topic too, BTW!)
On this latest episode of The Liberal Sherpa podcast, host (and Latina journalist) Cathy Areu talks real-talk with Kelly Hyman, a daughter of a single mom who is not afraid to give you and me a reason to vote this November. If you were wondering what’s at stake for women and children this…
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S3E3 - Dan McNeil Doesn’t Think Before He Tweets, & Pays the Price!
In this episode, things changed quickly. We were supposed to figure out why the heck Chicago radio host wrote a “crude” tweet that went viral. On [the] Twitter, “Fashion guru” (cough cough) Dan McNeil criticized ESPN’s Monday Night journalist, Maria Taylor’s outfit, not her analysis of the first...
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S3E2 - Governor Patrick Remembers MLK, Jr.And he thinks you should too ... but why?
Governor Deval Patrick, (President Obama’s close friend) and Massachusetts Governor during the horrible Boston Marathon bombing, opens up about learning how to be an activist from Martin Luther King, Jr. himself. And your podcast host brings up lessons she learned from the woman who stood by MLK...
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S3E1 Another shooting? Who’s to blame? A liberal journalist asks the founder of Blue Lives Matter NYC. ... and the news is no bueno!
In a new season of the Liberal Sherpa podcast, your favorite liberal (that would be me) is asking my Fox News friends & other newsmakers: What’s going on?! Our Season 3 debut podcast is about this Tweet today. Oh boy! It read: "He was working as a security guard at an auto body shop. Police…
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S2E12: Should protestors care about George Floyd? Does a woman have to obey her husband, have babies, & serve her family? Guest Jesse Peterson shares his unique thoughts on these topics & more.
What does “far right” Political Radio and TV Host, Jesse Lee Peterson, Show" think about George Floyd and Black Lives Matter? Quick answer: a lot! And He’s not afraid to give you a piece of his mind. Lucky for us, he shared his views from growing up in the (not-so-bad) era of Jim Crow laws — to…
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S2E11: From Protests to Riots, U.S. Cities Are War Zones ... & We Ask NYPD’s Finest: Why?
American cities are burning, hearts are breaking, and the world is watching. So many of us are asking: what’s happening? The nation is seeing protests reminiscent of the ‘60s Civil Rights movement, but with more rage and fury. So, Cathy invites her new co-host, Former Navy Seal Carl Higbie, for a...
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S2E10: Trump Never, But Should, Ask: To Tweet or not to Tweet? But would liberals like his answer anyway?
To Tweet or not to Tweet? This is just not a question President Trump seems to ask himself. And his supporters will say that it's just one of the things what got him elected. Liberals (like me), on the other hand, will say there are a bunch of other reasons Trump got elected (like Russia and that...
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S2E9: Lights, Cameras, and ... No Action? Actor Oscar Torre Tells Us About Zoom Auditions and Empty Movie Sets
In our latest podcast, in what's become a "special series" of COVID-19 hot topics, Host Cathy Areu talks to an actor trying to navigate in a familiar world turned upside down: the entertainment industry. At a time when most of us are turning to Netflix and Hulu as much-needed distractions in our...
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S2E8: Quarantined Mental Health: How to Conquer Corona Cabin Fever
Does social distancing have you down? Do you miss your boss’ annoying habits? Are you reading books you don’t even like? Hey, you’re not alone. It’s the “new normal!” On this special “mental health” edition of the Liberal Sherpa podcast, host Cathy Areu is on a quest to let you know that it’s all...
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S2E7: #QuarantineLife Money Matters From Wall Street to Your Street
In our #quarantined "new normal" world, entrepreneurs and so many others have their money on our minds and our minds on our money (as Snoop Dogg would say). The state of our world, country and personal economies has taken over our lives and this Liberal Sherpa podcast. Wallstreet worker and guru...
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S2E6: We’re talking to a Wall Street Guru about coronavirus, money, jobs, and more! Get ready for his Financial IQ (literally)!
It’s an economy “special edition” of the Liberal Sherpa podcast. Forget the blame game. Wall Street Consultant and Guru (with a heart) Matt Porio is here for one reason: to answer your questions about our economy during and after the coronavirus. Yes, it’s all about the money! And Matt says it…
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S2E5: Special edition: Answering Your Coronavirus Questions with Former HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt! And Trump’s National Emergency!
Welcome to a special “edition” of our podcast, where we are joined by one of the country’s most credible health officials: Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt. He was one of my favorite interview subjects during my time at the Washington Post Magazine. Today, Governor...
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S2E4: This is Not Child’s Play: "T-Shirt Communism” defined, Bernie Sanders analyzed, and a farewell to an NYC Mayor, with guest Joseph Pinion!
During another crazy 24/7 news week this election year, everyone's favorite Republican strategist, (and former college star) Joseph Pinion, III, stops by to let us know why no one should feel the Bern! We discuss early mornings in the Fox newsroom, Pinion’s funny on-air Bernie visuals, and the...
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S2E3: Who’s the Real Boss? Pelosi?! Trump?! Daily Caller’s Stephanie Hamill tells it like she sees it ... but it’s not at all like I see it. Uh oh.
During one of the craziest 24/7 news’ weeks of the year, Daily Caller’s Political journalist and “conservative” news analyst Stephanie Hamill stops by to make sense of it all! We discuss cable TV news hallways, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s paper-tearing habit, and the odd world of politics as we know…
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S2E2: Have you heard of the NYPD’s “stop & frisk” policy? Well, whatever you think you know about this hot political topic is wrong!
As a New Yorker, I remember the term “stop and frisk” becoming a controversial topic referring to how the NYPD treated “suspicious” characters on City streets. Nowadays, Presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg is apologizing for a policy that some call pure “racial profiling.” But was it? What is…
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S2E1: What is Presidential Candidate Tom Steyer up to? Find out in this exclusive, unrehearsed, conversation/interview!
His press release says ”... Tom will use executive authority to restore commonsense and humanity to our immigration system.“ But do you ever really believe what you read? I don’t think anyone does anymore. That’s why the popular democratic candidate, Tom Steyer, joins me to set the record…
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S1E7: Who is this Bloomberg fella anyway? An expert is watching his, and your, every move!
On this week’s “Liberal Sherpa”podcast, your “Liberal Sherpa” Cathy Areu asks one of the savviest strategists in the country what’s up with Presidential Candidate Mike Bloomberg. Turns out researcher Lee Carter is not only watching Bloomberg closely, but she’s watching you closely too! Don’t...
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S1E6: For Years, Most Ads Have Hurt Women at Home and Beyond. Thanks again, Peloton.
It’s “Cathy vs. Kathy” on this week’s “Liberal Sherpa” podcast. Your “Liberal Sherpa” host, Cathy Areu, chats with one of her long-time debating adversaries from Fox News: Veteran and Republican Strategist Kathy Barnette. This popular debating duo almost agree on the influence ads (even the…
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S1E5: Fake News and Authors Named “Anonymous” Reign Supreme
This week, TV’s only “Liberal Sherpa“ Cathy Areu talks to long-time syndicated journalist Ruben Navarrette about the state of journalism today. When these two writers get together, the truth comes out. Or does it? Is AOC a genius or just a typical freshman in Congress? Truth is: Ruben Navarrette…
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S1E4: Mixing Religion and Children’s Agencies in the Era of Trump.
Fox News Contributor Rachel Campos-Duffy stops by to discuss a hot topic with long-time friend, and on-air political foe, Cathy Areu, your “Liberal Sherpa.” Together, these two tackle Trump’s new policy affecting the LGBTQ community’s right to adopt and foster children, how moms balance it all…
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S1E3: Let’s Stay ‘Woke’ and Discover the Real Truth Behind Blue Lives Matter.
This week, Political Pundit Cathy Areu, a.k.a. the “Liberal Sherpa,“ discusses the “woke” culture as newly defined by former President Obama, explains why a liberal supports Blue Lives Matter, and asks if Trump is helping or hurting the NYPD. Cathy’s guest, Blue Lives Matter-NYC Co-Founder…
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S1E2: We’re Punishing Poor Kids in the Nation’s Schools?
This week, Cathy Areu, your “Liberal Sherpa,“ unveils one of her hidden identities, explains why school lunches should be free for all, breaks down how public schools really work, and how today’s school unions aren’t what they used to be. Cathy’s guest, NYC Republican Councilman Joe Borelli…
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S1E1: Thumbs up to Sesame Street and Drug Addiction!
This week, your one and only “Liberal Sherpa“ Cathy Areu will tell you why it's awesome that America’s longest-running children’s show is talking about drug addiction with America’s youngest viewers! Does Republican Strategist, and Fox News regular, Christopher Prudhome agree with our Liberal...
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Feisty Latina journalist Cathy Areu guides you through the magical, yet terrifying, terrain of our progressive new world. Don’t be left out, do call in, and don’t kill the messenger.
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Feisty Latina journalist Cathy Areu guides you through the magical, yet terrifying, terrain of our progressive new world. Don’t be left out, do call in, and don’t kill the messenger.
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