The Latino Card

Co-hosts JJ Saldaña and Antonio Hernandez talk about holiday traditions, take a look at the past year for The Latino Card, and speculate wildly about how producer Rebecca De León makes money nowadays.

KTVB's Brenda Rodriguez and City Cast Boise's Evelyn Avitia drop by the studio to have some laughs and discuss how Spanish news on KTVB and fresh content on City Cast Boise is driving new and more accessible ways for everyone to engage with the Treasure Valley.

Helina Alvarez, an Indigenous PhD student in Idaho, talks to us about how Indigenous folks perceive Thanksgiving, her advocacy work, and how it is all connected to climate change.

Dr. Alejandra Necochea, an Idaho physician originally from Peru, drops by to talk to JJ and Antonio about why and how he became a superstar advocate in Idaho politics and how access to health care made him realize policy needs to change.

Nisha Newton represents the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, calling in from New Orleans to talk to JJ and Antonio about Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the kind of resources available, and where they see the future of violence prevention going.

Florina Ruvio drops by to talk to JJ and Antonio about her role in adding live closed captioning in Spanish to the Idaho political debates and why it that is a huge deal.

Fresh off his congressional campaign, we sit down with rising Idaho politico Rudy Soto as he reflects on the election and talks next steps.

In our post-election breakdown, we're processing what the hell just happened, including what people really mean when they talk about the Latino vote.

We're talking ghosts, witches, and all things spooky with playwright Patricia Santos Marcantionio and our dearly departed friend Nicole Foy.

We have Jennifer Martínez back with us to break down what the special legislative session means for Idaho Latinos.

Dele Ogunrinola is unapologetically Black. A college student at BSU, he talks to us about being at the forefront of Boise's BLM movement and then takes us to school on allyship.

We talk to Jeremy Woodson and Ruby Mendez-Mota with the ACLU of Idaho about the Black Lives Matter movement and the role Latinos play as allies.

We sat down with Idaho Press reporter Tommy Simmons to talk about the psychology of wearing a mask in public and staying distant — or not.

Things get a little weird as Rebecca, JJ, and Ash reflect on the first full month of quarantine.

En este episodio de The Latino Card, hablamos con Ximena Bustillo, reportera del Idaho Statesman, quien contesta tus preguntas sobre Coronavirus, tales como: ¿hay que preocuparnos? ¿cuando van a abrir las escuelas? ¿puedo cenar con amigos?

In this live episode, we talk to Ximena Bustillo and Nicole Foy, the two bilingual journalists at the Idaho Statesman about their local, breaking news coverage of COVID-19 in English and Spanish.

Acabaron de completar el proceso de recibir residencia Ruben y su esposa Rebecca, y quieren contar su historia con unos consejos para las parejas que también quieren empezar este proceso que puede ser espantoso.

Rebecca and Ruben have a story to tell.

Rebecca sits down with Tai Simpson, Indigenous activist and Social Change Advocate with the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence to talk about her work with the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women crisis.

We have legendary Treasure Valley artist Bobby Gaytan in the studio to talk about his work, his family, and what it means to be a role model in the Latino community.

Our favorite Census correspondents Rachel Spacek and Antonio Hernandez are back in the studio for one last push to get you ready for the 2020 Census in Idaho.

We finish the year with a very special guest: the one, the only Nicole Foy, back in the studio. She joins Idaho Press reporter Rachel Spacek to talk the importance of Latino representation in journalism, particularly here in Idaho.

We talk to Ruby Mendez and Melissa Morales, two of many people who lead the all-volunteer grassroots organization PODER of Idaho about who they are, what that is, how you can get involved, and the importance of matching hats.

Jose Alfredo Hernandez talks with us about what toxic masculinity looks like in the Latino community — and how we can break the cycle. Jose works at A New Path, a Domestic Violence Counseling center in Idaho that believes that violence and aggression are learned behaviors that can be overcome with the help of counseling, group exercises, and personal growth.

In 2011, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas revealed that he was an undocumented immigrant. Since then, he has become a prominent voice for immigrant rights in the U.S. We sit down to talk with him about his book, his documentaries, and how things have changed in the immigration system over the last decade.