K f I am sixty. You're listening to Later with moch Kelly on demand on the iHeartRadio app. We have with us as we always do on Fridays at this time. The indomitable, the the un unimaginable, the amazing, the legend herself and I have to introduced her this way because I am such a fan the Natica de la Cruise. Thank you so very much, Tiffany. It's nice to see you on on the set here, you know, and we have a Boudigua on the sets, you do. I love your
shirt by the way, Oh thank you. It says Latina AF and you should know what AF means very much. Well, I'm representing today for Boudigua. So today I would like to share a little bit of my Puerto Rican heritage with you as we celebrate Sung Juan's Day aka the Ali sung Juan, which is the feast day for Saint John the Baptist, the patron saint of water, and he prayed for rain and sure enough the I was received from the sky a month soon of water that blessed the parch land in Puerto Rico.
It's celebrated on June twenty fourth, so I'm going to tell you a little bit about Discover so Cal and I'm going to do some Spanglish, but I will translate for you just in case. So for Discover La, I went to Mofongo's Restaurant, a small and quaint Puerto Rican restaurant that reminds me of my island. It's located at fifty seven fifty seven Lancashire Boulevard in North Hollywood. It's opened seven days a week, eleven am to ten pm.
And for their menu you could go to Mofongos Restaurant dot com. Now. Mofongos is a casual Puerto Rican eatery offering traditional dishes, including its fried plantains base names, and since two thousand and nine, Mofongos has been offering the savory culinary tradition of Puerto Rican to Southern California. They invite everybody with open hearts to come and experience the unique blend of Native Diino, Spanish and African cuisines. And that's what Puerto Ricans are. We are Thaino, Spanish and
Africans. I'm just a little, a little light, a little haylo An African quin cuisine that defines our comira criolea, which is creole food. You get the authentic feeling from the music, the ambiance, and most importantly, the delicious food. Now, the food is always just so flavorful, flavorful. The marinated chicken with aros conan dulas so aros conan dulas is basically rice with pigeon beans. No, pigeons do not eat these beans. They're just
called pigeon beans. Okay, you know how there's black eyed peas well. We have pigeon beans and platains in Puerto rican that's in Puerto Rico. That's a staple. They have pastelis, and pastellis are either pork or chicken. Banana tamalis. So a lot of people here in southern California know what themalies are. So Paoli camarone Is is a shrimp soup with rice and peas and mofongo. The camaronez is basically mofongo is made of green platains that is stuffed
with six jumbo shrimp and creole butter, lemon sauce. And of course they're famous dessert them bleaky. I should have eaten before I came, because this is making me sorry. My stomach is rumbling. Okay, well, then Bleke is a very famous dessert and it's made of a coconut, so it's coconut pudding. That's just a few good dishes. But their menu has so many choices. And if you love flavor, creole food and our FOODI Mofongos
is the place to go once again. Mofongo's Restaurant fifty seven fifty seven lancash And Boulevard in North Hollywood. For the menu. If you'd like to see some traditional dishes, go to Mufongos restaurant dot com. Now. The second place is Salsaunit at Ivy Station eighty eight forty National Boulevard, Culver City. Summer Salsanites are back at the Ivy Station. I went last year and I have to tell everybody about it is on the third Friday of the month.
You could join them Friday June twenty first, from six thirty to seven pm for a free intro salsa lesson. So if you've always wanted to dance salsa and you don't know how to do it, you get a thirty minute free salsa lesson before the party actually starts at the Ivy Station Plaza from a dance instructor, Pepe Gonzalez now before dancing the night away to live music from the firm in Fusion Salsa from seven to eight forty five. The event is outdoors.
It's free, free ninety nine free ski we love that word. And it's open to the public and no partner is needed to attend. So if you want to come and dance and learn how to dance SASA and just just come by yourself by all means. Parking is available in Ivy Station Garage through the entrance of Venice Boulevard and National Boulevard, with two hours of free parking
validations available at the event. The Ivy Station is conveniently located in Culver City right by the Metro E line, and there is ample bike parking as well. Food and beverages will be available also for purchase, and sometimes they have food trucks there. They have pop ups and they have food trucks, so you definitely want to stop by. This event makes a great segue into post dancing dinner or drinks in the Los Angeles Aleworks, Prima Donna or Canopy Club.
And if you're busy on June twenty first, which I already told you they're having the Salsa Night. You could always go July nineteenth, and Salsa Night is going to be there until October. And last, but not least, I brought my big flyer here. I have to mention because we are celebrating the Ali San Juan Sunday, June thirtieth. It is the big, the huge, the ginormous Puerto Rican Festival at the Rainbow Lagoon Park in Long Beach is Yes, Oh Steph, You're the bomb. And it is a
tribute to one of my favorite sasettos of all time. His name is Hector Level. He passed in nineteen eighty five. But I'm a huge Hector Level fan. And if you're interested, you could always go online, or you could a Rainbow Lagoon or you could also call seven one four three three seven ninety four nineteen. So a lot going on, and tomorrow it's big in New York. It's not big in here, but tomorrow on Saturday is the
big Puerto Rican festival that you know. Jennifer Lopez and Mark Anthony have all been a part of and been the Grand Marshal, and they televise it in New York, but they don't do it here. But we have a lot of Puerto Ricans here in southern California, mostly in San Diego because of because of the the you know, the the what do you call it, the
Navy, Yeah, the down there at the port, the ports. So but you know, I like, I like for everybody to learn a little bit about culture and just come together and have a really good time, have some good food, learn a dance, some sessa, burn off those calories and just have fun. You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on Demand from KFI AM six forty Back to Nautica DLA Cruise with Friday Nights with Nautica. Thank you so very much to fin you welcome. All right, Well,
today's Hidden jem is Miss Carla Suitor. Carla Soudor grew up in the northeast San Fernando Valley in the predominantly low income neighborhood, and as a child she loved taking apart all kinds of things and trying to put them back together. She said, most of the time she would really end up breaking her toys or her sisters. Appliances in the house were also torn apart, like toasters, hair dryers, fans, and even a few radios. I told her
that was a crime. She was very curious and wanted to know how things really worked. Let's just say her mom worked to buy appliances. One day, her father brought home an old computer that they were donating from his job. And we're talking an old Apple computer with a floppy disc. We're aging ourselves here. He's not a ka easy. He brought it home for her to take a part, and he put it in the garage. He said, he put a boat. She said, he put a bow on it
and gave her some tools and told her go have fun. Kid. Her parents knew she was very smart and needed to do something with those skills. Carla is one of three sisters, and her parents always instilled in the importance of education. She attended and graduated from my alma mater, San Jose State University with a master's in software engineering. After graduating, she got hired from a software development company and she gets to travel the world. She is now
an aunt and she loves giving her nephew's toys to destroy. She says, I don't even care how much the toy costs, as long as they take it apart. She says she would love to see more women in tech, and she is very very passionate about helping students from her community so they can have access as the same opportunities that she had. She came across dygirls dot
org, where she donates and volunteers at different schools. Diygirls' mission is to increase girls and gender expansive youth's interests and long term success in technology, engineering and making through innovative educational experiences and mentor relationships. In recent years, the DIY maker movement has witnessed a remarkable accent, empowered by the newfound accessibility of
tools that were once exclusive to engineering labs. Open source software and hardware have revolutionized the landscape, making it possible for individuals with determination to design and construct their own products. Their programs inspire and support students from fifth grade to twelfth grade so they are able to participate in the maker movement and the future of the economy. In recent years, the DIY maker movement has witnessed a remarkable
accent, empowered by the newfound accessibility. They have their Creative Electronics Program, with which introduces fifth grades fifth grade girls and gender expansive youth to technology engineering, concepts and related career fields through engagement in hands on projects and valuable exposure to various engineering disciplines through making and designing, These projects encourage students to expand
their technical skills such as troubleshooting, reading schematics, and building circuits with a variety of electrical components. By designing and building projects that encourage the expansion of technical skills, students develop the self confidence that enables them to embrace their creativity
and curiosity. They also have a tech in Arts program that engages middle schools, middle school girls, and gender expansive youth by combining the art of painting with the art of making, soldiering, and coating, where students can paint a unique canvas and bring it to life by adding LED lights and three D printed elements. And last but not least, during the summer, they have their Summer wood Workshopping Camp, which is a two week long experience for middle
school students. This program introduces students to hands on engineering woodworking skills and encourages technical exploration. Students construct planters from wood using hand and power tools such as a drill, which I am a master at a drill. I am so good a handsaw, table, saw hammer, tape measure and clamps. I love that because I am starting to see more female construction project managers and doing a lot of diyse. For more information on how you could donate volunteer,
please visit Dygirls dot orgs org. That's Dygirls dot org and Carla Suter. Thank you for being our hidden gym today and for inspiring more little girls to dream big, to get into tech, to get into construction, to get into arts and three D printing, and just you know, just developing our future of women that you know we could. We could do a man's job too. Yeah we can, Yeah we can. It's like the Rosi the
riveter posters, right with the muscles and everything. We can do anything they can do, if not better, probably right, Natica, Of all the possible people to speak about tonight, what made this woman and her mission stand out to you? What caused you to choose her? Well? I met her at a graduation that I was speaking at. Remember I told you last
week. I was like, I got to go because I have to do a speech at a graduation, and she was one of the speakers, and she was talking to the class of the graduating class about technology and women just you know, learning other skills. And she said that if it wasn't because of her breaking things and her father giving her a computer, she wouldn't really
know of what software and engineering was. And you know, she she also said many times that she came predominantly from a low income neighborhood, and sometimes when you come from a low income neighborhood, you don't have the advantages of you know, that other children have, and sometimes you don't. She said, she didn't get a laptop for years. Okay, she you know, she would have to go to school to the library to use a computer.
So that got her interested. And and she said she she didn't know what coding was, ok And she wanted to learn how a computer functions and how software is made and what do engineers actually do. She's like engineers, it's not about just fixing stuff, it's coding, it's learning all the terminology. And so it was very inspiring for me because I'm not really computer like savvy.
I know the basics of the basics, right, most of us know kind of how to navigate, but of course, yes, but sometimes we're curious of like how does this computer actually work sure, so she gets to travel the world. She gets to speak as well. And you know, she says that DIY Girls dot org is great because they teach these girls how to kind of maneuver and kind of get into tech. And also wood shop.
I remember when I in middle school, we either had wood shop or medals, and I took metals instead of wood because I didn't want splinters in my fingers. But I feel like, like I said earlier, I feel like women could do anything. You know, I watch HGTV a lot, and I see a lot of women building using the mill, saw and hammers and just so much and just constructing. And I think it's amazing because if you dream big and you have a little bit of faith, it could happen
for you. Now, you said that you very well said. You said that you are handy with different power tools. That is your thing. Well, you would laugh because I call my de wault my boyfriend. As soon as I on charge it and I gooo, I'm like, oh, okay, you speaking my language here. What's something that you have constructed that you
are extremely proud of. So when I moved into my apartment, I have a laundry, I have a laundry closet right, and there was a out I don't know, a good a good three feet of just deaded space. And I said, oh, I need to make shelves here. So I went to home Depot and I took my measurements. And if you go to home Depot and you buy some plywood, and you know, if you could kind of wink at one of the guys, they'll cut it for you.
And then I bought some brackets and I just nip took my the wall and I screwed it in and I took a picture of it, and my dad was like, well done. I was like, okay, who need who needs a boyfriend? I haven't a Walt? Exactly right? Yeah, it's the Walt. He is. He is the wall to he is the boyfriend. Last question before we go to break quickly? Best way to learn salsa in person? YouTube? What do you say for people interested? I would say, I would say in person? Okay. Also, I see a
lot of great dancers on TikTok doing lessons. And the great thing about also YouTube there are some great instructors. Instructors you could all put it on pause and rewind you know what I mean, right, so, and sometimes when you're in front of an instructor, he'll ali, he'll she, or he will only do it two or three times, and it's like, Okay, you gotta get it now, you know what I mean? But oh yes, move them hips, girl, move them hips. Thank you, Natica,
You're always a pleasure. That was lovely. Thank you to hang around with us for a bit, of course, fantastic. You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty. We're gonna move along into this next conversation and I'm gonna ask both producer Keiana and Nautica for their ideas or their thoughts about texting. Everyone texts from the oldest person you know, probably down to the youngest. Texting is probably the most ubiquitous form of
communication we have. It is highly dependent on it can be extremely effective. But whatever the case, it is here to stay. And there are experts who have been analyzing what our texting styles, because those are a thing actually mean so quickly, what's your texting style? Are you a quick texter when it comes to responding? How about this? It's it's let's make it a little bit more specific. We'll do a quick roundtable. So Mark, Steph mccome to you guys too, Keanna, do you text back quickly? Do
you delay? Depends on the text itself. So sometimes I'm on it, and if I'm excited about the conversation that I'm having, I'm like on top of things. But then if it's just a conversation, I'll acknowledge it, just the conversation. I'm sorry. I'm sorry my friends. If it's just if it's just like a going back and forth and casual talk, like it may take me a while to get to it, or i'll see it, I'll answer it my head and I'll forget to even do that all the time.
Or you compose it and it sits there and you don't press send all the time? What about you naughty? I'm really good. I'm really good. But like, for example, with my besties, if I have tea, I go, okay, I got tea so, and then I put the phone emoji so that means so we're not texting for the next you know hour, I just pick up the phone and I just call that okay. But I'm really good at unless I'm in the shower or I'm in a meeting. But I'm really good at response. Okay, I've seen that of you
too, Steph. Do you text back quickly? Do you wait? Do you let it marinate? What's your texting style? I guess if it's like a family member, like a really close friend, I'm usually pretty quick on it. But now that I'm guess I'm in the world of dating again, it's like, I guess, if you're trying to talk to someone new, you can't be too overly excited, So I let that one sit for you know, a little while. I have to let it sit because you can't
be too eager. I was looking for make them cool their heels. Is that the plan? Make them want it right right exactly? Mark? What about you? I'm generally pretty good about it. But then I text you you won't text me back. Yeah, I just remembered that I never text you guys back because you guys all text kind of early in the morning, and by early I mean before noon, yes, And so yeah, I'm bad on that one front. But in general, I'm such a thorough texture
that I use the Queen's English in my text. You do. I don't use, like, you know, shorthand like a little lower case you for you, it's y O you. Yeah, I feel very kind of judge me. Let me not say judge. I don't think you're a judgmental person. I am. It's okay, So I feel judged. Like when I text you if I say like I don't know something that might be shorthand or something slang. I think I put lol with something and you didn't respond, and I was like, oh, no judging me. I'll tell you this
right now. I don't think I've ever in my life said lol to anybody in a text, email or anything. There's just something about that that I found find irritating. Do you use he look irritating? Mary? I will never use it again? Well, I mean, because how much more effort is it to say? Ha? I mean, I just it just seems a little thoughtless to me. And it's not just you. I mean I'm the outlier on this. Everybody else uses that. Do you do emojis? By the way, Well, I'm a big fan of the poop emoji.
I can't see that lie who doesn't love the poopy Because it's cute, it's got eyes and it smiles at you. It's not it's not like nasty poop. It's a fun poop emoji. Quick little side note, I just saw that there's an update to iOS and Android that has the poop emoji formerly known as the poop emoji, as actually being a chocolate swirled ice cream. So that's really what it is, and we've been used it as poop this entire time. It's always gonna be poop. I don't care what they say that.
They can't control everything. It's Mama named it poop. You're gonna call it poop, right, that's exactly right. There you go. So instead of analyzing emojis, there is an expert, a body language expert, who has analyzed our texting style based off of how quickly we respond. And as you heard, there's a variety of response times and efforts amongst just the one, two, three for five of us. So this body language expert said that the importance of digital body language is high. We need to know what
our texting style might mean to others. Her name is Adrian Carter. Again, she's a body language expert, and she explained her take on texting behavior. She says, if you text back quickly, it means that you are more organized and attentive seeing the faces here. If you are more delayed with your text responses, a bit more sporadic kind of spreading it out, you mean to get to it, You mean, well, but you don't get
right to it, perhaps because you're busy or whatnot. It can mean that you are introverted and that you value more meaningful interactions, You want a deeper connection to people. I think I'm just lazy. She's dignifying you a bit more right, And then she says that overall, surprise, surprise, the best form of communication is to communicate, and she literally typed out, I r L. What's IRL mean? Anyone know in real life? In real life that shorthand Mark is shaking his head. This is what hated. How
much effort is it to just say what you mean? Said that this body language expert actually typed out I r L. But again she says that your texting style is really indicative of the type of connection that you have with people, and if you value your connections with the people in your life, then you need to go ahead and pay closer attention to your texting style. When we come back, we're going to talk about another expert that gives us the
five texting styles and what they reveal about your personality. And we're going to go through the list, and we have a variation on the Runner Report. Yeah, we're gonna do the RNA Report first, right, Mark, We're gonna get to you first. Whatever you say, I'll follow your lead, ma'am, No, no worries. Well, we'll flip it. We'll do the RUNA report that's more important I RL and then we will do this texting style stuff a little bit later if we have some time. And that was
lol, that was ha. You're listening to later with Moe Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty him Mark Ronner. And this is not the RNA Report because KFI has been taken over by women. Tonight, our host Tiffany Hobbs suggested we talk about female centric shows. Two of my favorite current ones fit the bill. First Evil, which started on CBS and is now on Paramount Plus. Now this is a little bit more conversational. I'm not completely
working from a script here or anything. We're just talking tonight, Tiffany, have you seen Evil? I have like in I r L or do you mean like on the the show? Please? He's like, you're killing me. Right now. I can do this by myself if you want. I got one. Finally, no, I have not seen this show. Mark all right. Well, it's a little like The X Files in that it has a main ongoing story or regular story threads, but then different sort of
case of the week situations and monsters. The protagonist is a psychologist and a mom played by a Dutch actress named Katya Herbers. She is teamed up with a priest in training played by Luke Cage I mean Mike Colter, the actor, and uh, a tech wizard played by Austif Monvie who used to be on The Daily Show if you remember that. They're assigned by the Catholic Church
to investigate supernatural incidents and possessions and the like. Here's a bit of the trailer for the first season, and we'll stop it when we get sick of it. Bella and Robert King Evil coming this fall to CBS. True or false? I like mechanics magazines. Are you serious? False? I have diarrhea once or more? I'm up? False? But thanks for asking. I like the sound of a woman screaming awesome. How many times have you
declared a defendant? Saying forensic psychologists doesn't decliney times? Have you determined the defendant had the mental capacity to be prosecuted? Thirty four times? Is my client possessed by a demon? Are you referring to demons metaphorically or clinic way? As for sure? I work for the Catholic Church, so you're a priest, no penessessor. My colleague Ben and I investigate unexplained phenomenon. I didn't know that was a job. It is. I don't believe in all
that devil's in possession. The problem with my job is that possession looks a lot like insanity, and I need someone to help me distinguish between the two. All Right, you get the idea, and the main bad guy is some sort of diaboldolical human minion of hell played by Michael Emerson. Now you probably remember him if you saw a Lost or person of interest. He was born to play bad guys. Yeah. Also, Andrea Martin from SCTV shows up as a fearless old nun, which is some pretty inspired casting. Always
cast comedians in dramatic parts. They kill it. Christine Lottie plays the psychologist hero's mom, and she's a mess. She gets mixed up with Emerson and the Satanic folks off and on throughout the series. The show's in its fourth and final season now, and a storyline about one of the psychologists missing eggs is finally wrapping up. A bit of a Rosemary's Baby vibe to that, but it's not a retread of that either. They put their own spin on
it and it's really entertaining. This is a CBS show, but it's on Paramount Plus now, which means they can swear, and that makes everything better. I'm not gonna haul off and say Katya Herbers is a missus Ronner, but she does radiate smart and cool, and I liked her enough to watch a comedy thriller she starts in called The Columnist, which you can find streaming.
That's pretty good. Evil has that kind of a first rate network production burnish to it that you recognize in shows on CBS, but it also pushes things further than you would expect from a network show, and it's got a sense of humor. Where it lands on the continuum is it's not The Exorcist, but it's also not Chucky either. Okay, it's from the creators of a show that you have heard of called The Good Wife, and the showrunners
are Robert and Michelle King, so pretty good pedigree there. I don't watch a lot of network TV because honestly, it tends to be stale and empty and unoriginal and agreed. It insults the intelligence of most human adults who like anything more sophisticated than say, hehaw. But Evil is a lot of fun and I fully expect that last sentence to be taken out of context and used
against me. I'm also a massive fan of horror TV shows. You ask most journalists what inspired them, and they'll say they watched All the President's Men. For me, it was Cullshak The knight Stalker, And I mean that Evil is three episodes into its final season. It's all on Paramount Plus, so you can binge yourself current on that show. Number two women centric show, number two Hacks on max Akahbo. Have you seen Hacks? Well, I have been around people who pretend to be things that they are not,
and I guess I could call them. Okay, I'm done with you. It is incredible. It's so funny, it's so well ratten, and because I've worked with comedians before, it really shows the the transcendence of how a comedian has to deal with as they get older. Then they bring in young blood and this and that. It's just oh my god, it's it's literally about comedic hacks. Well, I'll play on it, Okay, keep listening.
It's great fun. Jeane Smart plays an older, really famous comedian, and there's a bit of Joan Rivers DNA in this character, so that part will be familiar to to you. The series follows are ups and downs with a much much younger writer played by Hannah Einbinder. Episodes are short, they're funny, and I just gobble them up like the cookie Monster, and then I'm sad that there are none left. Here's some of the trailer for the
current season, which is the third special. Your career has never been hotter. Did you ever think you'd be back on top of it? Yes, you're here. She hired new writers you know what, Jared too, which is actually a compliment, isn't it. She had to replace you with two people. Wow, I'm not ready to see her. Can you hold the door? The problem with a lot of trailers is that they're largely visual. Great soundtrack though, so Jeane Smart's been around a while she's got a closet
full of awards. You know who she is and you probably remember her from Designing Women. Can't say I was the demographic for that show, but I really I'm the outlier once again. But I'll tell you this, I did a double take on her when she was in HBO's short Watchman series. She was just incredibly cool in that, and when you see her after that as a comedian in Hacks actually performing, you see that she can do anything. I am a huge fan of hers. Now Season three just ended, so
now you can inhale them all in a couple sittings on Max. I don't know if Hannah Einbinder is that irritating in real life or if she's just a good actress, But I do like that both of the characters are seriously flawed. They do rotten stuff to each other, they insult each other, They make up a lot of Yuck's big recommendation for Hacks and those two broads. Did I do that right, Tiffany? You did a fantastic job. I
have a question for you really quick. Can Hacks be watched? Can each episode be watched independently or do you have to kind of follow it sequentially. You want to follow it sequentially because it starts someplace and the series isn't ending now, at least I hope it's not. But yeah, they go through they evolve for sure. El you did a wonderful job Mark. I want to see Hacks and Evil both good choices. I was seriously personally a fan
of both shows. Thank you for being willing to pivot at the last minute. Thank you very much. You're in the driver's seat tonight. We didn't crash. Kf I AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. It's Later with mo Kelly. You've been listening, so Later with mo Kelly. You can always hear us live on KFI AM six forty seven pm to ten pm every Monday through Friday, and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.