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The Kids Go First

Today on the show, I want to tell you about a young lady named Maria. A young mother from a central town in Mexico. More specifically, I want to tell you about the time Maria took her four children from the home they ever knew and traveled north. They traveled north to reunite with her…

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A Taquero’s Birthday Wish

Today is my father’s Birthday. He turns 83 today. Though we are very lucky to still have him in our lives, he suffers from a wide array of ailments. One of those ailments, or conditions, is dimentia. But today I’d like to ask all of our listeners for a favor. If you can record Happy…

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Taco Truck Exhaust

On today’s show, Isidro takes us back to the time his sister started driving. Recall in a previous episode – Trust the Tortilla -, he told us of a time when his sister would take the neighborhood kids to school in a car though she was too young to legally drive. In this episode, Isidro…

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Taco Truck Parents

On today’s episode Isidro talks a little about parenting, specifically a time when his parents helped him, at the ripe old age of 31, set up his own apartment. The lesson he learned was not to be so quick to judge people when it comes to how and what parents will do for their children….

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The Baddest Taquero, Part One

Today we talk about the person who literally drove the truck! Isidro’s father – the person who Isidro considers the “Baddest Taquero” who roamed this earth. In this episode, Isidro tells us about why he gets emotional when talking about his dad as well as what his folks went through on the initial day of…

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Catering on a food truck!

“Connie, can you make me a bean and cheese burrito?” “Do you have some of that special salsa?” “Could I have bacon, lettuce and tomato with mayo and avocado?” Mom always gave them what they wanted. My Mom was the cook on La Chiquita. The truck traveled to a certain place at a specific time…

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Stung by too many Tacos!

“Slow down! You are eating so fast!” If you have ever heard this statement before, this episode is for you. It’s easy to eat fast when you are preoccupied, rushed or just really into your food and can’t hold back the excitement of the beautiful taco before you. Or maybe you are like Isidro, who…

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Welcome to 10,000 Tacos® Podcast

Welcome to the 10,000 Tacos® Podcast! This is a podcast about, you guessed it, tacos! Maybe even the occasional tortas, enchiladas or chile relleno, but tacos are the reason we are here. Isidro’s family sacrificed tremendously so that himself and his family could have the best life possible, and this podcast is just one way…

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