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Vanguardia with James Garcia

James E. Garcia

Vanguardia features weekly news interviews on politics, business, arts and culture in the U.S. Latino community.

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00:23:15

The Music of Selena - A Phoenix Pops Symphony Concert

Vanguardia with James Garcia ·

2025/03/27

In this episode, host James E. Garcia welcomes singer and recording artist Isabel Marie Sanchez, who'll be performing in the Phoenix Pops Symphony presentation of "The Music of Selena," April 5 and 6, 2025, at the Orpheum Theater. Sanchez was the 2017 Tejano Music Awards Best New Female Artist and a 2022 Latin Grammy nominated artist. She's joined for today's interview by Christopher Powell, Vice President of Operations and Artistic Planning at the Phoenix Symphony.“The Music

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00:22:49

An interview with Mona Alvarado Frazier, author of...

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2025/02/28

Vanguardia America host James Garcia speaks with Mona Alvarado Frazier, author of “A Bridge Home,” a young adult novel published by Arte Público Press. This is her second book.Jacqui Bravo is a 17-year-old Chicana striving to earn a scholarship to attend UCLA after the loss of her father in the Vietnam War. The American Library Association wrote: "Many of the issues Jacqui is experiencing will resonate with readers—family and community relationships, social activism, systemic racism, gender

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00:11:51

U.S. premiere of "Frida" at Ballet Arizona

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2025/02/14

Vanguardia America talks to Averi Gutierrez, marketing director at Ballet Arizona, about the dance company's premiere in the U.S. of "Frida" from Feb. 13-16 at Phoenix Symphony Hall. The production was by Belgian-Colombian choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, a prolific, award-winning, and sought-afterartist who has created more than 100 works for 80 dance companies worldwide. For more information, visit BalletAZ.org.

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00:12:58

Author Sonora Reyes talks about their new book,...

Vanguardia with James Garcia ·

2025/01/21

Born and raised in Arizona, Sonora Reyes is the author of contemporary Young Adult novels The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School and The Luis Ortega Survival uClub, and the just released Adult Romance novel The Broposal. They also have contributed short stories to the anthologies Transmogrify! and For the Rest of Us.

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00:23:15

Arte Público Press Founder and Director Nicolas...

Vanguardia with James Garcia ·

2024/12/17

Dr. Nicolas Kanellos, founder and director of Arte Público Press, was recently awarded the prestigious National Humanities Medal byPresident Joe Biden. Since 1979, Arte Público has been publishig Latino literature, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry and an wide array of children’s books and books for young adults. The award was presented at a White House ceremony on Oct. 21, 2024, where Dr. Kanellos joined 17 artists, authors, musicians, historians and others honored by President Biden. To learn

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00:25:15

On the Latino vote, a post-election analysis with...

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2024/12/17

Rafael Collazo and Joe Garcia join host James E. Garcia for a free-flowing discussion about Latino voters and the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. Collazo is executive director of ⁠⁠UnidosUS Action Fund⁠⁠ and Garcia is executive director of the ⁠⁠CPLC Action Fund⁠⁠. (Both organizations are affiliated with UnidosUS.) For background information related to this episode, check out the ⁠Hispanic Electorate Data Hub⁠ (powered by the UnidosUS Latino Vote Initiative) and the following opinion

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11:54

S2 Ep109: Canto Mundo Director Belinda Acosta

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2024/11/15

Host James E. Garcia interviews Belinda Acosta, director of Canto Mundo at Arizona State University. Canto Mundo supports Latinx poets and poetry from across the nation and is housed at Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at ASU. Acosta discusses the organization's mission and events ahead of it's upcoming event on Nov. 17, 2024: Latino Poetry Anthology Reading featuring Alberto Rios and Gabriel Ramirez.Vanguardia America in Arizona airs weekly on La Onda, 1190 AM, at 8 a.m. on

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25:36

S2 Ep81: Luis Miranda, author of "Relentless, My...

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2024/05/13

Vanguardia America's James Garcia speaks with Luis Miranda about his book, RELENTLESS: My Story of the Latino Spirit that is Transforming America. Miranda shares the poignant narrative of his life and career—from his early days as a radically-minded Puerto Rican activist, to his decades of political consulting, problem solving, and life as the father of one of the most playwrights in the world, Lin Manuel Miranda, author of Hamiliton. Amid the triumphs, challenges, and ongoing hard work, Miranda

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24:43

S2 Ep80: Richard Ochoa of Motorsport Showcase Events...

Vanguardia with James Garcia ·

2024/03/22

Vanguardia host James Garcia interviews Richard Ochoa of Motorsport Showcase Events. The company hosts Lowrider car shows across the nation. Ochoa is the 10-city tour manager for Lowrider Magazine, which caps off a year of shows in Las Vegas in October. We talk about this weekend's show in Superior, AZ, the national tour he manages, and the history and continuing popularity of the lowrider car scene.

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22:02

S2 Ep76: Roberto Reveles, 91, on his race for AZ...

Vanguardia with James Garcia ·

2024/02/19

Roberto Reveles is running for AZ Legislative District 7 against ultra-right Republican Wendy Rogers. A longtime Democratic activist and civil rights leader, Reveles, who is 91, is a former president of the ACLU of Arizona. He was the founding president of Somos America, an immigrants rights coalition that organized a massive march in Phoenix by protestors in support of immigration reform in 2006. Born to Mexican immigrants in Miami, Ariz., Reveles served in the Air Force during the Korean War, and

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12:20

S2 Ep59: University of Arizona returns Castro home to...

Vanguardia with James Garcia ·

2023/11/09

The University of Arizona has ceded ownership of a historic home in Nogales that once served as the residence of the state's only ever Latino governor, Raul H. Castro, and his wife Pat. The home is now back in possession of the late governor's family. Host James E. Garcia speaks to Beth Castro, daughter of the former governor, and Nogales attorney Briana Ortega about the Castro family's claim in a recent lawsuit that the university had breached its contract with them when it accepted the home as a

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25:12

S2 Ep58: Remembering Bill Richardson (25 mins.)

Vanguardia with James Garcia ·

2023/09/11

In this episode, we remember a leading figure in American politics, someone regarded as a giant in the Latino community, the late Bill Richardson, who died at 75 on Sept. 1 at his summer home in Chatham Massachusetts. Among his many achievements, Mr. Richardson served as a member of Congress, governor of New Mexico, Ambassador to the United Nations, and Secretary of Energy under President Bill Clinton. Our guests include Arturo Vargas, CEO of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed

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12:05

S2 Ep55: UnidosUS report finds hundreds of thousands...

Vanguardia with James Garcia ·

2023/08/23

A new report by UnidosUS finds hundreds of thousands of Latino families have lost Medicaid coverage since the end of the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency declaration. Medicaid is the national health insurance program, funded jointly by the state and federal governments, for low-income families and individuals. Vanguardia America's James E. Garcia's speaks to Stan Dorn, Senior Health Policy Director for UnidosUS, about the confusing and cumbersome bureaucratic "redetermination" process

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13:01

S1 Ep50: LULAC Interim-CEO Juan Proaño talks about...

Vanguardia with James Garcia ·

2023/08/01

Vanguardia America host James E. Garcia talks to LULAC Interim-CEO Juan Proaño about the organization's 2023 convention happening in Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 31 to Aug. 5. Mr. Proaño discusses highlights of this year's convention, including a town hall featuring Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, D- TX. Rep. Escobar is co-sponsoring a bi-partisan bill called the Dignity Act (H.R. 3599) with Rep. María Elvira Salazar. The bill aims to reform the U.S. immigration system. (13 mins.)Among those

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12:58

S1 Ep49: David Castro, UnidosUS VP of Communications...

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2023/07/24

Vanguardia America host James E. Garcia interviews David Castro, vice president of communication and marketing for UnidosUS, about the highlights at this year's UnidosUS annual national convention in Chicago, including the appearance of Vice President Kamala Harris and other top Biden administration officials. (13 mins.)

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24:44

S1 Ep49: Rafael Collazo, Executive Director of the...

Vanguardia with James Garcia ·

2023/07/24

Vanguardia America host James E. Garcia interviews Rafael Collazo, executive director of the UnidosUS Action Fund, about the state of Latino politics across the nation as his group's parent organization, UnidosUS, gathers for its annual national conference in Chicago. Collazo's organization also addressed the recent allegations of abuse against immigrants at the Texas-Mexico border by state authorities.

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11:39

S1 Ep44: Actor and writer "Ithamar Enriquez Has...

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2023/05/26

Vanguardia America interviews Ithamar Enriquez, an El Paso native and now California-based actor and writer who's done television and film in L.A. for the past 15 years, even as he tours his comedy, "Ithamar Has Nothing to Say." The show is called that because Ithamar actually doesn’t utter a single word in the show. Inspired by the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Mr. Bean, and the long-running improv show, Whose Line is it Anyway, Enriquez is also an alum of the famed Chicago comedy troupe, Second

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24:59

S1 Ep43: "Private Lives" - Directed by KJ Sanchez and...

Vanguardia with James Garcia ·

2023/05/26

Vanguardia America host James Garcia interviews Director KJ Sanchez and actors Sarita Ocon (Sybil) and Brady Morales Woolery (Victor) from the Arizona Theater Co. production of "Private Lives" which runs through May 28 at the Herberger Theater Center. The play, written by Noel Coward in the 1930s, comes with a twist. Sanchez has set the play in Argentina and Uruguay and features an all Latino cast. We’ll talk about the play and what it says about human nature, love and divorce, but we’ll also get

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S1 Ep20: Playwright Jose Cruz Gonzalez and director...

Vanguardia with James Garcia ·

2023/02/14

Vanguardia America host James E. Garcia interviews California-based playwright Jose Cruz Gonzalez and Ricky Araiza of Tempe, AZ's Childsplay Theater Company. The duo will be talking about a play by Gonzalez titled “Tomas and the Library Lady,” which opened Feb. 4 and runs through March 12 at the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix. Childsplay produces shows aimed at young audiences, mainly children from about five to 12 or so, but take it from me the company’s productions are great for adult

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23:15

S1 Ep19: Lewis Nash and Joel Goldenthal of The Nash

Vanguardia with James Garcia ·

2023/02/13

Vanguarida America host James Garcia interviews Joel Goldenthal, the Executive Director of The Nash, a nightclub and educational center in Downtown Phoenix, and the club’s namesake, jazz drummer and Arizona State University professor Lewis Nash. Downbeat Magazine calls the Nash one the great jazz venues in the world. It recently marked its 10th anniversary. But the Nash is more than a jazz club. It also provides unique educational programs that are building a vibrant jazz community in Phoenix

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