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Tuesday March 18, 2025

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Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

George Lopez

March 18, 2025 • This week we're talking with the one and only George Lopez. He joins us to talk about how he and his daughter Mayan approached creating their sitcom Lopez vs Lopez. He also opens up about his upbringing and the relationship he had with his grandparents who raised him. He also gets into how his comedy style has changed over the years since he first performed on The Tonight Show in the nineties.

George Lopez

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Wednesday November 14, 2018

Mexico's Endangered Stingless Bees Mysteriously Find A Sweeter Home In Cuba

A stingless Mayan bee (Melipona beecheii) gorges itself with honey during the harvest in Yucatan, Mexico. Eric Tou/Visuals Unlimited via Getty Images hide caption

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The Salt

Mexico's Endangered Stingless Bees Mysteriously Find A Sweeter Home In Cuba

November 14, 2018 • The bee, cultivated and revered by the Maya for thousands of years, is leaving its shrinking habitat for the Caribbean island, which uses its small-batch citrus-flavored honey mostly in pharmacies.

Wednesday November 11, 2015

Tragedy Made Her A Fighter — And The Star Of An 11-Minute Film

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Goats and Soda

Tragedy Made Her A Fighter — And The Star Of An 11-Minute Film

November 11, 2015 • Her life had spiraled out of control: school dropout, pregnant, parents kicked her out, baby died. Find out how Rosa Coj Bocel of Guatemala fought back.