Jeffrey Arauz

BIO: Born in Hollywood, CA, Jeffrey Arauz was destined for stardom. He moved to Miami, FL shortly after being born, and he’s been there ever since. A fan of all things pop culture, he took his passion for all things in the modern-day zeitgeist and created a popular blog site. For the blog’s third year anniversary, Jeffrey decided to launch a weekly live talk show. The show became so popular that it inspired him to create an entire internet-based radio station. Papi Chulo RADIO added a new dimension to the ever-growing “Papi Chulo” brand. In the short time its audio has hit the web airwaves, Papi Chulo RADIO has developed a feverish following.

Jeffrey describes his interview style and flow as a mixture of two of the greatest interviewers and media moguls: Howard Stern and Oprah Winfrey. Papi Chulo RADIO showcases a variety of entertainment personalities (from the vanilla to the controversial), much like Howard Stern does. But, he’s not interested in shocking the listeners. Jeffrey is more interested in telling the interviewee’s story, much like Oprah Winfrey.

The budding empire was created by accident by a man who didn’t even study journalism. He graduated with a degree in biology and minored in Africana Studies. But, it was Jeffrey’s love for all things pop culture that made the blog, talk show and radio station become a reality.

ZODIAC SIGN: Gemini

FAVORITE COLOR: Blue

FAVORITE CURSE WORD: “Fucking hell.”

FAVORITE TELEVISION SHOWS: I Love Lucy, Once Upon a Time, LOST, 227, The Cosby Show, Duck Tales, Revenge, Murder She Wrote, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Living Single, The Boondocks, OZ, True Blood, American Horror Story, The Nanny, Ugly Betty, Sex and the City, Boston Legal, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Castle, Cougar Town, Pushing Daisies, Samantha Who?, Wilfred, Black Dynamite, Dancing With the Stars, Big Brother, Will & Grace, Commander in Chief, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, The Jeffersons, Martin, Eerie Indiana, Scandal, Desperate Housewives, Happy Endings, The Muppet Show, Soul Food, The River, Modern Family, The Wire, Fraggle Rock, The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad!, Futurama, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Seinfeld, Wacky Races, Footballer’s Wives, The Real World: Las Vegas (2002), Sleeper Cell, Masters of Horror

FAVORITE FILMS: Lady and the Tramp, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Spirited Away, Wall•E, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, She Hate Me, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Psycho (1960), Bamboozled, Irreversible, Noises Off!, Scream series, Manhattan Murder Mystery, While You Were Sleeping, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman Returns, The Net, Hocus Pocus, I Love Trouble, What Lies Beneath, Jackie Brown, I Am Legend, Akira, Polly, The Others, Sister Act, Black Dynamite, The Lord of the Rings series, Captain America, The Dark Knight, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, BAADASSSSS!, The Original Planet of the Apes series, Mighty Aphrodite, HouseSitter, The Birds, Dreamgirls, The Harder They Come, Jason’s Lyric, The Witches, Death Becomes Her, The Emperor’s New Groove, Belly, The Skeleton Key, Labyrinth, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Chicago, One Night Stand, Undercover Blues, Stroke of Midnight, Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, The Bodyguard, Trois series, City of God, Motives series, Hav Plenty, House Party series, Dancehall Queen, Clue, Secret Window, The Tingler, The Ladykillers

FAVORITE MUSIC ARTISTS: Gloria Estefan, Mariah Carey, R. Kelly, Kanye West, Tupac Shakur, Whitney Houston, Sean Paul, Eric Darius, Tank, Kaoz, The Black Eyed Peas, Jay-Z, Michael Jackson

FAVORITE FOODS: Soul food, Caribbean, Thai, Latin, Italian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Seafood, African