Episodes
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J.B. Sauceda wasn’t even born when “Texas Country Reporter” first went on the air. The longtime Austinite is now helming it, in its 53rdseason. He’s also hosting a new podcast, “Viva Tejano,” fueled in part by the legacy of the late Johnny Canales.
Suggested reading:
J.B. Sauceda's website
J.B. Sauceda's first TCR episode
'Viva Tejano' podcast trailer
Exclusive: Meet the La Porte man who is the new face of the long-running series 'Texas Country Reporter'
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As longtime Bexar County elections chief Jacque Callanen wraps up her last election, she also looks back at the changes during her tenure.
Suggested links:
Latinas for Kamala were out in force for the first day of early voting
Bexar County elections chief to step down amid controversy
Univision staff signs up as volunteer voter registrars
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Perhaps it’s still too soon after the November election to have a better handle on a second Trump administration. But, so far, it looks glum, says UTSA political scientist Jon Taylor in Elaine Ayala’s “Nosotros’ postmortem.
Suggested reading:
Ayala: History proves U.S. citizens can get caught up in 'mass deportations': https://www.expressnews.com/columnist/elaine-ayala/article/immigrant-raid-brown-u-s-citizens-risk-19900000.php
Mass deportations will amount to genocide, family separations and wrongful removals: https://www.expressnews.com/columnist/elaine-ayala/article/project-2025-trump-mass-deportations-19813150.php
Ayala: Donald Trump's indictment reads like a political drama and a historical text: https://www.expressnews.com/columnist/elaine-ayala/article/jack-smith-donald-trump-indictment-18282833.php
Ayala: 'Garbage' comment at Trump rally may not get all Puerto Rican voters to vote against Trump: https://www.expressnews.com/columnist/elaine-ayala/article/garbage-comment-not-sway-puerto-rican-voters-19871045.php
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Metro Columnist Elaine Ayala's email: [email protected]
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This week on ¡Nosotros! we revisit a previous interview Express-News Columnist Elaine Ayala conducted with UTSA professor emerita, Dr. Ellen Riojas Clark. Together they discuss the history of Día De Muertos and share some do's and don'ts to help celebrate the holiday respectfully. (Originally published on Oct. 28, 2022)
Suggested reading:
Day of Dead altar creators to West Side neighbors: Help us with images of your departed
Ayala: 'The sense of loss never leaves you,' nor should honoring the dead
Ayala: Día de los Muertos calls for as much reverence and knowledge as revelry
Día de los Muertos reflects cultural revival
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Metro Columnist Elaine Ayala: [email protected]
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Mine. The international superstar was in town for just 24 hours – this time – and gave “Nosotros” a half-hour of it. Two years ago, he filmed a movie here, and he was back for the VIP screening of his new indie rom-com, “Say a Little Prayer.”
Suggested reading:
San Antonio rom-com starring Luis Fonsi of 'Despacito' fame gets official trailer, release date
'Despacito' star Luis Fonsi making his feature film debut in San Antonio-shot romantic comedy
Luis Fonsi official website
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Metro Columnist Elaine Ayala: [email protected]
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Ron Nirenberg reflects on his record as he nears the end of his tenure as mayor of San Antonio – the longest anyone has served since Henry Cisneros. He talks about his best days in office and some of his worst, and he has a little advice for whomever takes the baton from him next May.
Suggested reading:
‘I’m a Democrat’: Mayor Ron Nirenberg campaigns for Kamala Harris, embraces party label
San Antonio affordable housing project killed by four City Council members
Ayala: San Antonio will gift a compassion ‘how-to’ for use by nation’s cities
Mayor Ron Nirenberg's City of San Antonio bio
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Metro Columnist Elaine Ayala: [email protected]
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“Nosotros with Elaine Ayala” brings together a panel of experts to discuss how a national designation that’s meant to be empowering and celebratory can also be troubling.
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Ayala: Success of National Hispanic Heritage Month stirring debate
Ayala: In San Antonio and elsewhere, National Hispanic Heritage Month will mean nothing unless Latinos vote and answer the 2020 Census
Mexican American Studies growing exponentially in schools, no thanks to Texas
State Board of Education just couldn’t leave well enough alone
Ayala: A modest San Antonio affair marks its 10th anniversary with another book launch
Keep in touch:
Metro Columnist Elaine Ayala: [email protected]
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Twin brothers Joaquin and Julian Castro aren’t just San Antonio political figures, they’re national ones. One a congressman, the other a former San Antonio mayor and former housing secretary under President Barack Obama. As they celebrate a major milestone in their lives, they look back at their political careers and talk about what’s to come.
Suggested links:
Latino Community Foundation CEO
Congressman for the 20th District of Texas
After getting divorced and landing a new job in California, Julián Castro is staying in San Antonio
What you don't know about Rosie Castro is that she's a poet
Ayala: Should 'Blood In, Blood Out' be in the National Film Registry? U.S. Rep. Castro says yes.
Joaquin Castro talks about the boar that saved his life
Keep in touch:
Metro Columnist Elaine Ayala: [email protected]
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When San Antonio artists Lionel and Kathy Sosa bought a historic home in Querétaro four years ago, they began to learn about the surprising connections between the two cities. Those go back at least 300 years and has led an exhibit of San Antonio artists in the central Mexican city and a four-part documentary on KLRN.
Suggested links:
Al Otro Lado Del Espejo (othersideofthemirror.com)
Commentary: Beating the heat in Mexico
Sosa: Keep striving, friendly city, to be inclusive
Children of the Revolucion - The Project
Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico- Trinity University Press
Keep in touch:
Metro Columnist Elaine Ayala: [email protected]
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Longtime KSAT 12 reporter Jessie Degollado is now the former KSAT 12 reporter. But the beloved broadcaster won’t leave our TV screens entirely, announcing her new gig at KLRN.
KSAT announced in May that Degollado and five other veteran on-air personalities would retire from the station as part of buyouts offered by parent company Graham Media Group.
Her final day at the station was July 1 after 40 years on the job. But she’s not done telling San Antonio's stories.
Suggested reading:
Ahead of retirement from KSAT-TV, reporter Jessie Degollado reflects on 40-year career at station
Five longtime KSAT-TV personalities to retire July 1
‘I love you San Antonio’: Legendary reporter Jessie Degollado talks about her 40-year career at KSAT
GMSA@9 debrief: Jessie Degollado talks about her 40-year career with KSAT
Keep in touch:
Metro Columnist Elaine Ayala: [email protected]
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With shaker in hand, the celebrated San Antonio restaurateur talks about food and beverage trends and shakes up a couple of her favorite cocktails.
Suggested reading:
365 Days of Tacos: Aldaco’s Mexican Cuisine
Add teacher to Blanca Aldaco's culinary resume
Best margaritas in San Antonio: Aldaco's
Keep in touch:
Metro Columnist Elaine Ayala: [email protected]
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The groundbreaking Netflix series from Shonda Rhimes may be about England's Regency era, but Chicanas are fans, too. And on this episode of "Nosotros," they spill a ton of tea.
Suggested reading:
Live out your 'Bridgerton' fantasies at these San Antonio tea parties
'Bridgerton' author to be featured by the San Antonio Public Library on heels of big news for the Netflix series
Compete in 'Squid Game,' waltz through 'Bridgerton' at Netflix House entertainment venue in Texas
Keep in touch:
Metro Columnist Elaine Ayala: [email protected]
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José María DeLeón Hernández, otherwise known as Little Joe, the five-time Grammy winner and leader of Little Joe y la Familia, has a lot to look back on at 83. The memories are both heartbreaking and hilarious.
*Suggested reading:*
Little Joe’s American story to be documented: _https://www.expressnews.com/news/news_columnists/elaine_ayala/article/Little-Joe-s-American-story-to-be-documented-6122465.php_
Ayala: ‘Call Ramón’ — chronicler of Tejano music has known everyone who was anyone, from Selena to Freddy Fender: _https://www.expressnews.com/columnist/elaine-ayala/article/Ayala-Call-Ram-n-chronicler-of-Tejano-17355615.php_
A national honor recognizes Tejano music legend and pioneer Little Joe: _https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/little-joe-national-heritage-award-tejano-music-mexican-american-rcna118601_
Ayala: We missed César Chávez’s birthday, let’s not miss his legacy: _https://www.expressnews.com/news/news_columnists/elaine_ayala/article/Ayala-We-missed-Cesar-Ch-vez-s-birthday-15183190.php_
*Keep in touch:*
Metro Columnist Elaine Ayala: [email protected]_
Follow @ElaineAyala on X (Twitter): _https://twitter.com/ElaineAyala_
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In this episode, veteran political activist and San Antonio icon Rosie Castro — also known as mother to Julian and Joaquin Castro — reaches back in time to reveal moving memories of the leaders of the Chicano civil rights movement, including La Raza Unida’s Irma Mireles, voting rights leader Willie Velasquez and others who’ve never fully received the recognition they deserve. She also reveals herself as a published poet.
Suggested reading:
Rosie Castro has been here before: on the precipice of the seemingly impossible
Ayala: Appointing Castro to D7 seat would right a historical wrong
Rosie Castro finishes what she started — 52 years ago
Rosie Castro has been selected to take over District 7. Here’s 5 things you should know about her.
Keep in touch:
Metro Columnist Elaine Ayala: [email protected]
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The popular San Antonio TV news anchor settled into to the ¡Nosotros! podcast chair to talk about her conversion to Catholicism, her long career in front of the camera and her new role in the classroom, training up the next generation of journalists at University of the Incarnate Word.
Romero also dished about working with husband Phil Anaya at KENS, being a mom to three boys and enjoying life in San Antonio, a "magical" city that she considers her second hometown.
Suggested reading:
Isis Romero embraces her Catholic conversion
Isis Romero takes up new role, as teacher
Isis Romero leaves KSAT ‘broken hearted beyond measure’
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Elaine Ayala’s conversation with San Antonio native Jesse Borrego covered so many topics, it had to be split in two. Last week, they talked about the Harlandale High School alum’s acting career and the role he’s probably best known for, Cruzito in the cult classic “Blood In, Blood Out.” This week, Borrego shares his dream of building a full-fledged film and music studio on San Antonio’s South Side. Plus his work to get young Chicanos educated and to the polls, and his involvement in the radio, TV and film program at San Antonio College, which his brother James Borrego heads up.
Suggested reading:
‘Blood In, Blood Out’ star dreams big about a film studio for San Antonio
San Antonio native Jesse Borrego starred in a 1996 film that is making an impactful comeback
San Antonio actor Jesse Borrego talks about ‘Phoenix, Oregon,’ an unlikely No. 1 movie in an unusual time
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Elaine Ayala’s conversation with San Antonio native Jesse Borrego covered so many topics, it had to be split in two. They begin with the role Borrego is probably best known for: Cruzito in the cult classic “Blood In, Blood Out.” It’s a movie that fans clung to on old VHS tapes and DVDs. But this May, the Vato Locos began streaming on Hulu, and new generations are seeing it for the first time. It’s only a small part of Borrego’s storied career, which includes acting credits in more than 40 movies and 30 TV shows. He’s also an activist — #vatoslocosvote — mentor and musician, but you’ll hear more about that in part two, dropping June 10.
Suggested reading:
Ditch the DVD. 'Blood In Blood Out' with San Antonio's Jesse Borrego available to stream on Hulu.
San Antonio native Jesse Borrego starred in a 1996 film that is making an impactful comeback
'Blood In Blood Out' makes U.S. Rep. Castro's list of nominees for the National Film Registry
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Fresh from winning a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for her contributions to a landmark Washington Post investigation examining the AR-15 — “a lethal weapon with a singular hold on a polarized nation” — Silvia Foster-Frau stopped by our studio to talk with Elaine Ayala about the series that included revisiting an old story: the aftermath of the 2017 mass shooting at a Sutherland Springs church, which Foster-Frau covered for the Express-News.
Suggested reading:
Sutherland Springs three years later
Sutherland Springs, a tragedy without end
Silvia Foster-Frau joins Post’s national investigations team
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Metro Columnist Elaine Ayala: [email protected]
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Tejano star Shelly Lares joins Elaine Ayala and talks about her childhood friend, Selena Quintanilla Perez, and sings a cappella.
Suggested reading:
Tejano star holds class, and John Leguizamo showed up
Tejano star leaves the stage
Wearing a mask, it's not political, Tejano stars says
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Rebecca Flores might have retired from the state leadership of the United Farm Workers, but there's still lots of activism to do, protecting sunflowers and Brackenridge Park among them.
Suggested reading:
‘That was my education:’ Union leader Rebecca Flores, ex-child farm worker, honored in Labor Plaza
Ayala: Unions have a lot to celebrate — without them, we’d be much worse off
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