Host Ruben Navarrette interviews Hollywood writer and producer Jeff Valdez about his long and unconventional personal journey from Pueblo Colorado to Beverly Hills, and his new series on HBO-MAX: “The Garcias” in which the Mexican-American protagonists — living in Mexico — are delightfully normal.

Guest: Jeff Valdez, Producer & Writer of Most Recently, “The Garcias” on HBO-MAX

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews his friend, college classmate, and UCLA law professor Laura Gomez about Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown, affirmative action in college admissions and the state of race in America.

Guest: Laura Gomez, UCLA Law School Professor

Host Ruben Navarrette talks with his friend, Phillip Rodriguez, about his long career of making more than a dozen documentary films — including many for PBS — about various aspects of the Latino experience in America, and why that road has been so difficult to travel.
Guest: Phillip Rodriguez, Documentary Filmmaker

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews his old friend, Chris Salcedo, about why neither political party has done right by Latinos and other Americans — and why, from Salcedo’s point of view, Latinos should definitely avoid Democrats like COVID-19.

Guest: Chris Salcedo, Radio Host & Newsmax-TV Host

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews his old friend, and fellow journalist Macarena Hernandez, about the Latino Experience, and how America’s largest minority is doing in its constant pursuit of the one thing it craves most of all: respect.

Guest: Macarena Hernandez, Journalist & Former Journalism Professor

Host Ruben Navarrette talks with his friend, Neal Griffin, about the serious challenges of policing America’s streets after the murder of George Floyd, in the midst of a global pandemic, and against the backdrop of a new crime wave.

Guest: Neal Griffin, Retired Police Detective Lt and Bestselling Crime Novelist

Host Ruben Navarrette talks with his old friend, and college classmate, Ron Granieri — who is now Dr. Ronald Granieri, Associate Professor of History at the US Army War College — about his specialty: Europe, NATO and US-European relations, all in the context of the current crisis in Ukraine.

Guest: Dr. Ronald Granieri, Associate Professor of History in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the United States Army War College

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews his old friend, Al Pando, a lifelong journalist and news executive who was born in Havana, Cuba about the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and something a lot of Americans don’t understand: the true meaning of freedom.

Guest: Albert Pando, Journalist & Media Innovator

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews Cid Martinez, Sociology Professor at the University of San Diego, about the deteriorating relationship between police and people of color — and why President Biden’s preferred remedy of “community policing” will only make things worse.

Guest: Cid Martinez, Sociology Professor at the University of San Diego

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews Nancy Maldonado, President & CEO of The Chicano Federation of San Diego County about the term “Chicano” and the condition of the Mexican-American community in the United States.

Guest: Nancy Maldonado, President & CEO of The Chicano Federation of San Diego County