Ruben in The Center

Episode 12 | Who’s Afraid to Acknowledge Anti-Asian Racism? Just about Everyone! | Lee Ann Kim

Host Ruben Navarrette speaks with Lee Ann Kim, a first-generation Korean American, former award-winning television journalist, and founder of the San Diego Asian Film Festival.

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Episode 11| You Build A Wall! You Build A Wall! Every President Builds A Wall

Host Ruben Navarrette digs into the deliciously ironic story about how President Biden — who once campaigned against Donald Trump’s border wall — may just now finish it.

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Episode 10 | Is Covering Derek Chauvin’s Trial Hazardous Duty For Black Journalists?

Host Ruben Navarrette talks about the ongoing trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and whether the details might be triggering PTSD among black journalists covering it.

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Episode 9 | The She-Cession: How The Pandemic Crushed Working Moms | Cathy Areu, The Liberal Sherpa

Guest: Cathy Areu, Cuban-American writer, publisher of Catalina Magazine, TV commentator, and Host of the Podcast, “The Liberal Sherpa.” Host Ruben Navarrette has an engaging conversation with Cathy Areu, Cuban-American writer, publisher of Catalina Magazine, TV commentator, and host of the podcast, “The Liberal Sherpa.”

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Episode 8 | Why Are Public School Teachers in San Diego Teaching Refugee Kids?

Host Ruben Navarrette steers into the intersection of two explosive topics: the refugee crisis involving children and teens & the teacher-union orchestrated lockdown of CA’s public schools.

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Episode 7 | Baseball & Voting Rights — From the Center

Host Ruben Navarrette uses centrist common sense to explain why Major League Baseball is pulling the All-Star Game out of Georgia over a voter restriction law.

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Episode 6 | Immigration & The Border: Americans Have Seen This Movie Before | Angela Kocherga, El Paso Public Radio

Guest: Angela Korcherga, News Director of KTEP — El Paso Public Radio Host Ruben Navarrette speaks with his good friend, fellow journalist Angela Kocherga, who — like the host — has covered immigration for 30 years. Angela is the News Director of KTEP, El Paso Public Radio, and has a front-row seat to the latest…

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Episode 5 | Anti-Asian Hate; It’s The Racism, Stupid!

Host Ruben Navarrette takes a hard look — from the center — at the scourge of anti-Asian violence in America, and why many Americans are in denial.

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Episode 4 | When The Center Gets Political

Host Ruben Navarrette looks at issues ranging from abortion to gun control to explain why the center is the only sensible place to be.

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Episode 3 | Searching for the Purple With Guest Anthony Butler

Host Ruben Navarrette has an engaging conversation with Anthony Butler, an African-American millennial podcaster who camps out in the middle of the road regularly on his “Where’s The Purple Podcast.”

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