The Revolución Podcast

Most books have a quiet birth, but not “Neruda on the Park” (Ballantine 2022). Cleyvis Natera’s debut novel has been trumpeted by NBC’s “The Today Show” as one of its “what to read this summer” recommendations. Elle Magazine named it among the season’s “must-read” books . The positive New York Times review called the work “earnest, provocative” and praised the author’s style as “refreshingly direc...

Inspired by 9/11, Tony Valdovinos's childhood dream was to serve as a Marine. But on his 18th birthday, he discovered a family secret which prevented his dream from coming true. Born in Mexico, Tony was an undocumented immigrant. His moving story has been turned into ¡Americano! The Musical which runs through June 19th in New York City. The Revolución's Linda Lane Gonzalez, Kathryn Garcia Castro,...

Representation matters but has there been progress? Nielsen's latest Diverse Intelligence Series report shows diversity on-screen at an all-time high across cable, broadcast, and streaming platforms. Yet the report (" Being Seen on Screen: The Importance of Quantity and Quality Representation on TV ") also finds a quarter of viewers surveyed say that representation is inaccurate. Nielsen SVP Staci...

At the Hispanic Television Summit, leading media buyers and sales executives discuss the rapid changes and new opportunities for brand messaging that advanced advertising and streamed content are providing to advertisers. This panel features Isabel Rafferty, Founder & CEO of Canela Media, a leading digital media tech company; Jason Hall, EVP, Advertising Sales for Estrella Media, and the person re...

Isabella Sánchez has worked with some of the country's largest brands, including current clients Ford Motor Company, JP Morgan Chase, and Lincoln Motor Company. She was featured as the 2021 Hispanic Television Summit keynote. As a marketing partner of HTVS, The Revolución podcast proudly features her interview in this episode. Sánchez currently serves as Executive Board Member and Treasurer for th...

Ana Navarro serves as a co-host on ABC television's The View, as well as a political commentator for CNN, CNN en Español, and Telemundo. The Nicaraguan native is known as an expert in US politics after serving as an advisor to Jeb Bush, John McCain, and Jon Huntsman. She talks with The Revolución's Kathryn Garcia Castro, Linda Lane Gonzalez, Diego Lastra, and Court Stroud to share thoughts on what...

Grammy winner Gloria Estefan, her daughter and rising musician Emily, and niece and Univision star Lili host Red Table Talk: The Estefans on Facebook Watch. Season Two debuts on Thursday, September 30th at 9 AM Pacific/12 noon Eastern. In this episode, the three generations of women join The Revolución's cohosts Linda Lane Gonzalez, Kathryn Garcia Castro, Diego Lastra, and Court Stroud. The Estefa...

Sandra Cisneros is a national treasure. Her first novel, The House on Mango Street , was named an NEA "Big Read" for this year. The work has become a modern classic since its release in 1984, translated into 25 languages with over 6 million copies sold. This month, Cisneros releases her first work of fiction in a decade, Martita, I Remember You / Martita, te recuerdo . The Revolución co-hosts Lind...

Actor Danny Trejo often plays the tough guy in the movies. But in his car, he keeps dog food to feed strays and clean underwear and socks to share with those living on the streets. The native Angelino talks with The Revolución cohosts Linda Lane Gonzalez, Diego Lastra, and Court Stroud about his rough upbringing and incarceration, the ways sobriety changed him, and how he switched from working as...

Rosa "Rosie" Gumataotao Rios is the 43rd U.S. Treasurer and the person responsible for the Harriet Tubman $20 bill. Moe Vela is a lawyer who served as adviser for two U.S. Vice Presidents: Al Gore and Joe Biden. Rosie and Moe are great friends and star in Unicorn Hunters , a new reality series searching for the next $1 billion company. Among their costars are Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and sin...

He's won an Emmy, a Tony, a Golden Globe and is the first -- and only -- American of Hispanic descent nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award. Edward James Olmos joins The Revolución's guest co-host Linda Lane Gonzalez and podcast regulars Diego Lastra and Court Stroud in this episode. Olmos shares thoughts about how the new movie In the Heights will affect Hispanic representation during the next...

Carlos Watson is co-founder and CEO of OZY Media. The former MSNBC contributor and CNN anchor has interviewed trendsetters and tastemakers from George W. Bush and Barack Obama to Cardi B and Heidi Klum. The Carlos Watson Show has amassed over 100 million viewers, making it the fastest-growing talk show in YouTube history, and recently began its third season. Carlos joins The Revolución team, inclu...

Only 10% of traveling stand-up comics are women. Men have long dominated the art form. Jessica Kirson wants to change that inequality. The comedian, one of the strongest in the industry regardless of gender, is now the Executive Producer and creator of Hysterical , a new documentary airing on FX on April 2nd, followed by streaming on FX on Hulu. Kirson was recently named "Best Female Comic" by the...

Curtiss Cook's career is on fire. On Showtime's The Chi , the actor plays Douda, a savvy Southside businessman who becomes mayor of Chicago . The Lena Waithe-created drama recently announced Cook has been promoted to a series regular on season four, which is filming now and comes out this summer. Later this year, Cook originates the role of "Abe," a new character written into the script of Steven...

Ballet Hispánico is one of America's cultural treasures. Founded in 1970 as a community-based performing arts troupe, the nonprofit has grown into a world-class institution whose dancers have performed before millions throughout the United States and abroad. The Revolución talks with CEO and Artistic Director Eduardo Vilaro about his experience as an immigrant from Cuba, how he started with Ballet...

From Alaska to Argentina, Mario Kreutzberger's face is recognized by millions as a family friend. Better known as "Don Francisco," the Chilean native served as host of Sabado Gigante, the longest running variety TV show in world history according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The Univision program ran for 53 years and 42 days, signing off in 2015. The 80-year-old talks with The Revolución...

In Mexico, they're entertainment royalty. Television producer and director José Alberto "El Güero" Castro has shepherded a string of megahits like Médicos: Línea de Vida , Vino El Amor and Teresa . Sofia Castro is a popular emerging actor, the child of El Güero and telenovela star Angélica Rivera and the stepchild of former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto . Father and daughter Castro are work...

Despite the attention placed on partisan prime time cable shows, some newsrooms, like Estrella Media's in Los Angeles, aim firmly for the middle, neither right nor left. In this episode of The Revolución, Estrella's Mirthala Salinas, Interim VP of News and National News Anchor, and LeaAnna Hernandez, VP of Partnerships and Integrated Marketing, Digital Streaming Media, talk about the company's new...

Gonzalo del Fa is the President of Multicultural for Group M, perhaps the world's leading media investment company. He's also current chair of the Culture Marketing Council (CMC). Nancy Tellet is the founder of insights company PureClarity, as well as the research chair for CMC. The two join The Revolución to talk the release of a new study, Multicultural Majority 2020, which examines how global c...

During International Transgender Awareness Week, The Revolución invites writer and activist Meredith Talusan, a native of the Phillipines who lives with albinism. Talusan moved to the United States at 15, went to Harvard for undergraduate studies and medically transitioned in her twenties. Talusan is the founding editor of THEM, Condé Nast's first-ever platform devoted to the queer community. She...

Steve Mandala is the guy everyone in Hispanic media and advertising knows. For over thirty years, Mandala has been a power player with key positions at both Univision and Telemundo. In this episode of The Revolución, the longtime media executive talks with co-hosts Diego Lastra, Ana Crandell and Court Stroud about how he got started in the industry, why the march to greater diversity, inclusion an...

The Mundo Hispano Digital Network is the top independently-owned Spanish-language digital media company in the United States. It has won 8 Emmy Awards and amassed some 10 million users per month with 9 million Facebook fans. Leading the company is Rene Alegria, an entrepreneur who began his career in publishing. After leaving that industry, he create Mamiverse, a digital media property famous for...

During a Black Lives Matter protest, Nia Miranda stopped two women from vandalizing an outdoor shopping mall in Los Angeles. A video of that interaction went viral and was viewed millions of times. On this episode of The Revolución, Miranda talks with co-hosts Ana Crandell, Diego Lastra and Court Stroud about her views on the racial justice movement, the relationship between art and activism and h...

Emmy-winner Maria Hinojosa is una chingona, or loosely translated, "a badass." She's been shaking up newsrooms, where she usually was the first Latina, for the past quarter century. Hinojosa has reported for CBS, WNBC, CNN, PBS and NPR, where she is anchor and executive producer for Latino USA . Born in Mexico City, raised in Chicago and educated at New York's Barnard College, she joins The Revolu...

Continuing its coverage of the 18th annual Hispanic Television Summit, The Revolución is rebroadcasting the event's keynote interview with Marla Skiko, a longtime multicultural marketer who currently serves as Ford Motor Company's media lead for the United States and the world. Skiko talks how consumer data was vital to Ford’s ability to pivot its advertising during the initial stages of the pande...