This episode is a fun ride with stories from American's, Mexican's and Canadians living in, or around Yuma, Arizona. Originating from Rick's Kitchen on Frontage Road, the podcast begins with the diner's namesake, Rick, who hasn't always been a restauranteur--he started his career as a carnival worker and stuck with it for 57 years! Rick's shares a few stories that will make you actually say WTF out loud.
Bill, a full-time Yuma resident who lives in an RV park, talks about the "snowbirds" who flock to this desert oasis every winter and the recent migrant "crisis" that has been declared by local authorities because of a huge gap in the U.S. border wall.
Podcast host John Murphy steps away from the diner and crosses the border into Algodones, Mexico to see the gap for himself, and in the process, meets Pepe, a Mexican father whose entire family lives in the U.S. while he's stuck in Mexico because of a teenage drug trafficking felony. Pepe shares what it's going to take to reunite with his family.
And finally, back at Rick's Kitchen, Deb, a former Canadian Pharmaceutical Tech, talks prescription Med prices in Mexico versus the U.S. and Canada, as well as the downside of living with Universal Health Care--you're gonna wait to see a doctor.
Diner Info:
RICK’S KITCHEN
12471 FRONTAGE RD.
YUMA, AZ. 85367
928-342-8143 (MAIN)
https://ricks-kitchen.com