Finally, our intrepid Güeros get around to recording in an actual taco restaurant! What a perfect preface for the "Why Mexico City rocks" draft. Florian sticks to the concrete reasons, while Nick rambles on with the conceptual before inviting some of the Quentin locals and employees to tell us what makes CDMX extra special.
Why Mexico City rocks!
Duration: 1:04:33
Scene
Taquería Álvaro Obregón – Quentin
Background
Mabe Fratti & EvilTapes – Rory Blum – Ivan Hernandez
Entrees were skipped after the team barely finished the suggested appetizer bowl at the Baseball themed seafood place called El Peladito. Fresh back from Germany and Michigan, Nick is not letting Florian get away with complaining about Mexican winters. Following up on the hopes and fears from the last episode, the good and the bad from the 34c3 is very carefully addressed.
Big Bowls, Baseball and Brrrrr
Duration: 1:46:36
Scene
El Peladito
Background
Mark McGwire hits 70 home runs during the 1998 season – The colectivos from Pochutla to Mazunte – Twist to open (YouTube) – @Cheatha – Nick Farr and/or Cheatha – The 34C3 Awareness Team
Meeting at their favorite coffee bar, Nick and Florian go dark again. Collapsed buildings, buried, pre-columbian artifacts, and a world full of harassment. But Nick has a plan to make the world a better place.
Burning Man in Leipzig
Duration: 0:46:18
Scene
Quentin
Background
Chinampa – Popocatépetl – INAH – Angélica Ramos – 34C3 – What Jake Appelbaum did to me – Post office at Burning Man – HNIC
[Apologies for the miserable audio quality. Hang in there! The next one will be better.]
A Japanese supermarket sets the stage for Nick and Florian to discuss the several ways to die in Mexico City. Florian also learns the real difference between Tequila and Mezcal.
Do you like living in Mexico City?
Duration: 0:46:08
Shownotes
Scene
Mikasa Sushi
Gastronomy
Sushi – Onogiri – Tempura
Background
Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt – Stages (podcast) – C3S – Cultural Comments (podcast) – Tacos und Limetten (podcast) – Several Ways To Die In Mexico City (book) – Tequila – Mezcal
Florian and Nick get lost in their "Only in Mexico" draft and almost completely forget to talk about their dinners, or the pie that Nick made (famous on Instagram). From taking a stab at the real meaning behind "ahorita" to why Mexicans rush onto collapsed buildings after earthquakes, our gourmands share what they find strange and unique about the raza cosmica.
Only in Mexico.
Duration: 1:20:18
Shownotes
Scene
Fonda Fina
Gastronomy
Barbacoa – Mole – Tortilla – Milanesa
Background
Mexican Peso – Mazunte, Oaxaca – Mexican economy – Test-driven development – Ahorita – Topes – Quinceañera
Starting off with great Conchinita Pibil and finishing off with a ridiculously overcarbonated ale, Nick and Florian figure that perhaps two Gueros from different continents could eat their way to a good podcast.
This time around, our gourmandistas focus on the September 19th earthquake, Nick's role as a volunteer "Brigadista" in the Alvaro Obregon 286 building collapse and, as always, life in general in Mexico City and environs as experienced by two extranjeros.
Little Habanero Peppers & Big Devastating Earthquakes
Duration: 2:07:50
Shownotes
Scene
El Habanerito – Quentin
Gastronomy
Aguas frescas – Cochinita pibil – Mole – Guacamole – Birria – Sopa Azteca – Chilaquiles – Ceviche – Cochinita pibil – Tamale – Al pastor – Quesadilla
Background
Güeros – Rick and Morty – Se compran colchones tambores refrigeradores estufas… – Sofía Niño de Rivera: Exposed – Alexis de Anda: Mea Culpa – Topos brigada de Rescate (Donate!) – 1985 Mexico City earthquake – 2017 Chiapas earthquake – 2017 Central Mexico earthquake – Article 33 of the Mexican Constitution
