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Jack Rico

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2023/03/04 at 6:54pm

Julio Iglesias Jr. Finds His Own Voice

03.4.2023 | By |

Fifteen years – that’s how long it has been since Julio Iglesias Jr. released a new album. In an industry where artists are expected to constantly produce new music, this long hiatus could suggest a falling out of love with the art form. However, in today’s episode of ‘Highly Relevant,’ Julio shares a different story with me. He discusses his disappointment with his last record in 2008, his love for his father’s music, and his refusal to follow sonic trends evidenced by his new album ‘Under The Covers’ – a big band album with covers of hit songs. He also opens up about race and identity and how he defines himself: as a Spaniard, Filipino, or Latino. Listen below for the full interview. Read More

Jack Rico

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2022/01/28 at 3:02pm

Justina Machado On Why People Love Animation So Much

01.28.2022 | By |

This week on episode 170 of the Highly Relevant podcast, I welcome the beloved actress Justina Machado known to many as Penelope Alvarez in the Emmy-nominated hit comedy reboot of “One Day at a Time”. In the following Q&A, we discuss her new voice-acted film, “The Ice Age: Adventures of Buckwild,” and what her role as the zorilla ‘Zee’ means for Latino representation. Our conversation also covered several interesting subjects such as the world’s love for animated films, why Hispanic animated films succeed and real-life Latino films and television shows don’t, and why she stopped using the term Hispanic to describe herself. Catch the video interview on our YouTube channel below. Read More

Jack Rico

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2021/06/01 at 8:37pm

‘The Marksman’ Juan Pablo Raba On The Value Of Border Stories And Brown Savior Narratives

06.1.2021 | By |

Actor Juan Pablo Raba currently co-stars in Liam Neeson’s border thriller ‘The Marksman’ out on streaming right now. He plays Mauricio, a Mexican cartel soldier out to retrieve his missing prize. Raba discusses how border stories are not going anywhere. People will keep coming up with these stories as they feel so relevant and are here to stay. We also debate The Marksman’s “white savior” narrative and why he believes the movie is really a “brown savior” film. Read More

Jack Rico

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2021/02/28 at 1:01pm

Spike Lee On ‘Black Superman,’ ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ And NYC Coming Back

02.28.2021 | By |

Our podcast Brown & Black had a chance to talk to icon Spike Lee about his latest film Da 5 Bloods as he makes the rounds with press and film organizations before the award shows – the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards, the Critics Choice Awards, and the Academy Awards. We also asked him his opinion on a few other topics as well including his thoughts of writing a Black Superman reboot for Warner Bros. Full video interview coming soon. Read on. Read More

Jack Rico

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2019/06/10 at 4:40pm

Podcast: Marquis Rodriguez Talks Game of Thrones Prequel

06.10.2019 | By |

On this week’s show, actor Marquis Rodriguez, one of the five young actors in Netflix’s new controversial mini-series “When They See Us” from director Ava DuVernay, discusses the acting demands of becoming Raymond Santana, and he reveals who he celebrated with being cast in HBO’s “Game of Thrones” prequel currently filming in Europe right now. Read More

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2019/01/12 at 10:08am

PODCAST Ep 100! Alfonso Cuarón Talks ROMA, Nicole Acevedo on Latin vs. Country Music, Manolo Caro Discusses ‘Perfectos Desconocidos’

01.12.2019 | By |

The Highly Relevant podcast has reached a milestone 100th episode and to celebrate it, I brought in the biggest director in Hollywood at the moment – Alfonso Cuarón (3:19). He discusses ROMA, why critics love it so much and I reveal to him my favorite scene. Also, Nicole Acevedo joins the show to discuss her article from NBCNews.com about how Latin music sales have surpassed Country albums (10:30). Then we finalize with Mexican director Manolo Caro who talks to us about his latest comedy “Perfectos Desconocidos“. (28:53) It’s a great episode, hope you enjoy it! Read More

Jack Rico

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2018/06/08 at 1:31pm

Podcast: Blockchain For Latinos – Can They All Achieve Middle-Class Or More With It?

06.8.2018 | By |

For those of you who might have heard of Blockchain, but haven’t necessarily done enough research on it, Oscar Garcia, CEO of Uulala, a technology platform company that uses blockchain technology, helps us understand who should use blockchain, why they should use it and how he believes Uulala can elevate Latinos in this country to a middle-class economy and provide 6 trillion dollars to America. Read More

Jack Rico

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2018/06/02 at 6:12pm

Podcast: 2018 World Cup Preview, Telemundo’s Viviana Vila Makes History

06.2.2018 | By |

We’re days away from the biggest soccer event in the world, the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and we’re devoting the whole show to the World Cup. We’ll be speaking in Spanish to Argentine sports journalist Viviana Vila (2:46), who this year will become the first Latina to provide commentary for a men’s World Cup on Telemundo. I’ll discuss with her if her Argentine accent will be a problem for Mexican soccer fans, the struggles she had to endure to sit at the table of a male-dominated anchor team, and if we’ll ever see the first female play by play announcer anytime soon. Read More

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2018/05/18 at 6:13pm

What The Univision and Telemundo Upfronts Told Us, Deadpool 2 Review

05.18.2018 | By |

In this new episode of Highly Relevant, it’s Upfronts Week in NYC and all the TV networks are making their annual pitches to sponsors with the intention of obtaining millions of dollars to advertise their programming. We speak with journalist/blogger Laura Martinez, about how Univision and Telemundo are trying to adapt to the demographic growth of US-born Latinos, if we’re ready for English-language novelas and why the next CEO of either network needs to be a woman. Then Mike Sargent joins us to review Deadpool 2 and why he thinks it’s better than the original – from its diversity down to its humor. Read More

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2018/05/05 at 11:28am

PODCAST: Ariana DeBose Talks Donna Summer Musical, Zetna Fuentes on Becoming a Latina TV Director

05.5.2018 | By |

This week we speak with triple threat star and freshly minted Tony nominee Ariana DeBose who is currently one of the three stars of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical on Broadway. We discuss the intense vocal preparation in becoming The Queen of Disco, why the show cast women in male roles, equal pay, pansexuality and Hispanic identity on Broadway. Then I chat with Zetna Fuentes, a Latina TV director who has directed some of the biggest shows currently on television – Marvel’s “Jessica Jones,” NBC’s “This Is Us,” ABC’s “Scandal” and Amazon’s “BOSCH” to mention just a few. We discuss why there are so few Latina directors in tv and film and what can be done to fix it, plus, how she uses her Hispanic heritage to influence her tv work. Read More

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