Ruben In The Center

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews Marty Chavez, Partner & Vice Chairman of Sixth Street and Former Goldman Sachs CIO & CFO, about his remarkable story — from Albuquerque to Harvard to Stanford to Silicon Valley to Goldman Sachs — and lessons learned along the way. Guest: Marty Chavez, Partner & Vice Chairman of Sixth Street and Former Goldman Sachs CIO & CFO

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews Carlos Sanchez, director of public affairs for Hidalgo County, TX, and a former journalist who worked — over 37 years — in several newsrooms including those at the Washington Post and Texas Monthly. Guest: Carlos Sanchez, Director of Public Affairs for Hidalgo County TX and former journalist

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews his friend, UCLA law professor Laura Gomez, about the state of race relations in America including the current national outcry over so-called critical race theory. What is it? And why the ruckus? Guest: Laura Gomez, UCLA Professor of Law and director of the law school’s Critical Race Studies Program

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews Mexican-American writer, author and columnist Raoul Lowery Contreras about his life’s journey and 30-year career in newspapers, radio and TV.

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews Monica Guzman, journalist, storyteller and author of the forthcoming book, "I Never Thought of It That Way" about the power of curiosity and the value of being able to see even the most divisive issues from the point of view of someone else. Guest: Monica Guzman, journalist, storyteller, and author of the forthcoming book, "I Never Thought of It That Way"

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews his friend Rick Sanchez, former CNN and RT America anchor, media entrepreneur, and co-founder of Cano Health about the real "art of the comeback" and how to live your best life after television. Guest: Rick Sanchez, journalist, former CNN & RT America anchor, media entrepreneur and co-founder of Cano Health

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews Jose Angel Gutierrez, civil rights activist, UT Arlington political science professor (emeritus), and author of the new children's book, "Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin: My Story of Cinco de Mayo" about the Latino experience in America. Guest: Jose Angel Gutierrez, civil rights activist, retired UT Arlington political science professor and author of "Ignacio Zaragoza Segu...

Host Ruben Navarrette goes after a band of GOP senators who unfairly attacked Attorney General Merrick Garland over — they said — sending the FBI and federal prosecutors after parents. Nonsense. Here’s how Garland should have responded.

Host Ruben Navarrette defends the use of vaccine mandates — especially in the case of public servants and public service employees such as police, nurses, and members of the military.

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews Harvard classmate Luis Razo — who grew up in Southern California but now lives in Barcelona Spain — about the “Hispanic Triangle”: Spain, Mexico and the United States. Guest: Luis Razo Bravo, author & founder/director of The European Institute of Science in Management (EISM)

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews Harvard Law School Professor Randall Kennedy — his former professor, as a Harvard undergraduate — about race in America in 2021 and his new book: “Say It Out: On Race, Law, History, and Culture.” Guest: Randall Kennedy, Harvard Law School Professor and author of “Say It Loud: On Race, Law, History, and Culture”

Host Ruben Navarrette marks Dyslexia Awareness Month by interviewing Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley, co-founder of the San Diego-based Dyslexia Training Institute and author, most recently, of the forthcoming book: “The Adult Side of Dyslexia.” Guest: Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley, co-founder of the San Diego-based Dyslexia Training Institute and author of “The Adult Side of Dyslexia”

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews Ana Valdez, Executive Director of the Los Angeles-based Latino Donor Collaborative, about the significance and value of the now concluded Hispanic Heritage Month. If there is any. Guest: Ana Valdez, Executive Director of the Los Angeles-based Latino Donor Collaborative

Host Ruben Navarrette decries our nation’s broken promise: to the Haitians, who took literally the idea that “huddled masses” are welcomed in this country, only to be deported after traveling thousands of miles and spending their life savings. Shame on us!

Host Ruben Navarrette tears into clueless California Republicans, who play dumb and pretend they don’t know why Latinos hate them, and then turn around and throw a party for 300 conservatives to honor he whose name shall not be spoken: Pete Wilson.

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews his old friend, Arnold Torres, about the predicament that Latino voters face in choosing between two terrible political parties and explores whether Latinos are better off today than they were 50 years ago. Guest: Arnold Torres, Policy Analyst, TV Commentator and Radio Host

Host Ruben Navarrette dives into the extreme level of denial that many CA Republicans have about the events over the last 25 years that have driven away Latinos, and forced them into the waiting arms of Democrats who abuse and neglect them

Host Ruben Navarrette unpacks the ins-and-outs of the wacky CA recall election that kept failed Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in office, and kept hapless Republicans out of power once again.

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews his old friend, and fellow Latino journo and author, Ray Suarez about the enormous Latino community in the United States, and where it stands in the year 2021. Guest: Ray Suarez, television journalist and author

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews his friend of 27 years, Larry Elder, a lawyer, syndicated radio talk show host, and the leading Republican candidate to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in the Sept. 14 recall election.

Host Ruben Navarrette dives back into the biggest political story in the country: the too-close-to-call Sept 14 recall election that will decide the fate of beleaguered California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Host Ruben Navarrette unpacks the recent desmadre of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and explains why the blame for the entire episode — including the deaths of 13 members of the U.S. military — belongs exclusively to the Biden administration.

Guest: Alfredo Corchado, journalist and author Host Ruben Navarrette interviews his old friend, and fellow Latino journo and author, Alfredo Corchado about his fascinating beat covering Mexico, the United States and the border that lies in-between.

Host Ruben Navarrette explores why California’s Democratic governor Gavin Newsom — who was elected handily — is fighting a recall effort in a dark blue state, and explains why polls show the race to be a toss-up. Newsom would win the recall battle, but still lose the war of public confidence.

Host Ruben Navarrette — the son of a retired cop — unpacks the paradox of pro-cop, back-the-blue conservatives refusing to condemn the Jan. 6 melee at the U.S. capitol which resulted in Capitol Police Officers and DC Metro Police Officers being tased, beaten, sprayed with tear gas and bear spray and threatened with death by an angry, pro-Trump mob of rabid right-wingers.