A Barber, a Spider & Pepe the Squirrel

For my first Día de Muertos in Mexico City, Este helps me make an ofrenda. I put out a beer for my dad and a deck of cards for my grandmother. There’s also a parade, a giant skeleton and lots of tourists wearing terrifying makeup. Also, I drank the beer. Sorry, Dad.The following weekend, I sat sweating in a temazcal in Tepoztlán screaming "forgive me".Get new episodes in your inbox. Join for free on Patreon, or become a paid member to support the show and get access to extra content: http://www.patreon.com/onefjefInstagram: @onefjefpodTikTok: @onefjefpodcastSubstack: https://onefjef.substack.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjefEmail: [email protected] can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air.Thank you for listening, please do it again, but in a heat hut.Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.

Kevin Ahern has hosted sex parties in Berkeley, been to Burning Man fifteen times, and moved to Mexico for a woman he met in a dental office. These days, you might find him at a Mexico City punk club holding a sign offering free hugs.Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjefInstagram: @onefjefpodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpodTikTok: @onefjefpodcastSubstack: https://onefjef.substack.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjefEmail: [email protected] can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air.Thank you for listening, please do it again, but bring condoms and lube.Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.

After months of putting off getting a haircut because of my limited Spanish, I finally found a supposedly English-speaking barber in Mexico City. What could go wrong? Also, the math on how few Americans actually live here, why every country blames its outsiders, and four women at a bakery who remind me why loud Americans here annoy me.Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjefInstagram: @onefjefpodTikTok: @onefjefpodcastSubstack: https://onefjef.substack.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjefEmail: [email protected] can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air.Thank you for listening, please do it again, and then vote?Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.

Mike Moll spent most of his adult life in Toronto, building a business he could run from anywhere. In 2019, he and his partner came to Mexico to try working remotely. When COVID lockdowns began they were in Sayulita, so they stayed for six months. Mike has spent at least half of every year in Mexico since 2020, and now plans to put down roots here with his wife. We talk about the community he found, what draws him to Mexico City, why he calls himself an immigrant rather than an expat, and how he thinks about gentrification and belonging.Follow Mike on Instagram @themikemollPlease show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjefInstagram: @onefjefpodTikTok: @onefjefpodcastSubstack: https://onefjef.substack.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjefEmail: [email protected] can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air.Thank you for listening, please do it again, and then get hit by a Jeep.Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.

Growing up in California, Frank Dutro never imagined living outside the States. Then, in the early 1990s, Televisa brought him to Mexico City to teach digital video production, where he met the woman he would eventually marry. The two spent the next two decades going back and forth before moving here for good in 2016. We talk about his years as Hollywood’s computer guy, why he calls this place Tope Town, and what he says when people ask him if Mexico is dangerous.Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjefInstagram: @onefjefpodTikTok: @onefjefpodcastSubstack: https://onefjef.substack.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjefEmail: [email protected] can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air.Thank you for listening, please do it again, and then feed people tacos.Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.

Keo grew up in Mexico City without an easy answer to the question of where he belonged. Born in the United States and raised in Mexico, he spent his life moving between identities, social classes and cultures. He talks about his childhood and abusive father, the friendships and relationships that shaped him, the realities of class in Mexico, and the strange experience of being both deeply connected to Mexico and permanently marked as American.Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjefInstagram: @onefjefpodTikTok: @onefjefpodcastSubstack: https://onefjef.substack.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjefEmail: [email protected] can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air.Thank you for listening, please do it again, and then read the label.Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.

I met Ted in Spanish class. He grew up across the bridge from Boston in a neighborhood where, as he puts it, everybody was a car thief, and that's where he says his fascination with beating the system started. It took him onto the internet before most people knew what it was, and into a career spent hiring people to hack into Boston's biggest investment firms.Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjefInstagram: @onefjefpodTikTok: @onefjefpodcastSubstack: https://onefjef.substack.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjefEmail: [email protected] can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air.Thank you for listening, please do it again, but finger it first.Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.

I explain why the mezcal glasses in Mexico City cantinas have a cross on the bottom, why my apartment 601 is on the seventh floor, and why I'm not buying the Green Grow the Lilacs explanation for the word gringo. I also stab myself with an EpiPen.Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjefInstagram: @onefjefpodTikTok: @onefjefpodcastSubstack: https://onefjef.substack.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjefEmail: [email protected] can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air.Thank you for listening, please do it again, and then fix my toilet.Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.

I met Fernando Marquez at a Wednesday night language exchange in Condesa, talked to him for about half an hour, and decided that was enough to have him on the podcast. He grew up in Del Valle and still lives there, drives to his mom's place in Querétaro when the city gets to be too much, and dated a woman from Maryland for two years, which meant explaining to her that Mexicans are warm and Americans are, in his words, a little bit colder. I told him he could take out the little bit.Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjefInstagram: @onefjefpodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpodTikTok: @onefjefpodcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjefEmail: [email protected] can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air.Thank you for listening, please do it again, and then go watch the sunset.Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.

Today is my six-month Mexico City-iversary, which I celebrated by locking myself out of my apartment twice in as many days. I also finally rode the Metro, heard the loudest clap of thunder I've ever heard while lying in shavasana, and fed an avocado to a squirrel named Pepe, who buried half of it and then shit all over my terrace. My ex-landlord also called to tell me he's suing me for a hate crime.Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjefInstagram: @onefjefpodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpodTikTok: @onefjefpodcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjefEmail: [email protected] can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air.Thank you for listening, please do it again, and then share it with your former landlord.Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.