Bienvenidos a The Moment. Each week, journalists Jorge Ramos and Paola Ramos — a father-daughter duo- bring the Latino perspective to the center of today’s conversation with guests who are redefining politics, power, and identity in America.

In our first episode, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani joins us to talk about what it takes to win the Latino vote, how to make the world’s wealthiest city affordable, and what it would mean to become the first Muslim mayor in New York’s history.

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Raúl Rodríguez se dedicó a proteger la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México durante casi veinte años. Su trabajo como oficial de migración, controlando quién podía o no entrar al país, era un compromiso patriótico. Pero un día, sin aviso, el secreto mejor guardado de su familia derrumbó todo eso que tanto cuidaba.

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Raúl Rodríguez spent nearly twenty years protecting the border between the United States and Mexico. His job as an immigration officer —deciding who could and couldn’t enter the country— was a patriotic duty. But one day, without warning, a long-held family secret shattered everything he had worked so hard to protect.

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They tried to label him, he chose freedom. Enrique Santos, one of the most influential Latino voices in U.S. media, sits down with Lex Borrero on You vs You to reveal the truth about Latino identity, representation, and the real cost of authenticity.
From growing up between cultures to building a powerful platform on iHeartRadio, Enrique shares the untold story behind the labels, the pressure of being a public voice, and what authentic success looks like when family, culture, and faith come first.
In this raw and unfiltered You vs You conversation with Lex Borrero, Enrique explains, • why labels can become prisons or superpowers, • how representation and stereotypes shape identity in media, • the role of family, culture, and faith in building self worth, • mental health, resilience, and staying true to yourself, • the advice he would give anyone fighting to belong.
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In 1999, two Florida fishermen found a cherub of a boy named Elián González in the sea on Thanksgiving. The boy had floated alone for days. His mother managed to save her son’s life by strapping him to an inner tube before she drowned. Elián's father in Cuba desperately tried to get his son back.

Our host, investigative journalist Peniley Ramírez, was also separated from her family by the Florida Straits. When Peni was 11 years old her dad told her a dangerous secret before he left on an official trip on behalf of the Cuban government — he would not be returning.

Relating to Elián in many ways, Peniley seeks to unearth his story with the clarity of history, nearly a quarter century later. Looking beyond the mythology around Elián saga, from the miracle rescue to dolphins, Peni uncovers a more layered story, even dark at times. This season on Chess Piece, we tell you the Elián story unlike you've heard before.

This season's cover art by Ranfis Suárez Ramos.

Thanks to These Archival Sources:

Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives

Original Material Appeared In:

AP Archive

Belly of The Beast

Cuba CBS Early Show

CBS Evening News

CNN

CNN's "Elián: The Remarkable Story of A Cuban Boy's Journey to America"

C-SPAN

Cubavisión

Good Morning America

ITN Archive

Univision

7 News At 5pm

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What if success wasn’t about achieving but about believing?

In this deeply inspiring episode with Joshua Rosa, we explore how your personal story holds the key to lasting confidence, inner peace, and real fulfillment. Whether you’ve faced heartbreak, rejection, or self-doubt… your story isn’t broken it’s being written.

Featuring the powerful story of Mother Teresa and U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield, we dig into what it really means to be faithful in your journey even when the odds seem stacked against you.

• How your story shapes your identity
• Why vulnerability is your secret weapon in building real confidence
• Healing from the identity wound and generational trauma
• Reclaiming power from people who never earned it
• Why storytelling is a survival tool AND a gift to the world

“You’re not called to be successful. You’re called to be faithful.”

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El gobierno de Donald Trump ha usado a Los Ángeles como una advertencia de lo que es capaz de hacer ICE, el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas. Desde comienzos de junio, agentes enmascarados han detenido a miles de personas, la mayoría sin antecedentes criminales. Pero esta ciudad, donde más de un tercio de la población es inmigrante, también se ha vuelto el epicentro de la resistencia contra las redadas de ICE y las políticas migratorias de Trump. Esta semana hablamos con Javier Cabral, el editor de L.A. Taco, un pequeño medio independiente que empezó cubriendo la escena de graffiti, cannabis y tacos de la ciudad en 2006, y estos meses se ha convertido en un recurso indispensable y un símbolo de lucha en medio del terror y las detenciones.

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After experiencing the complexity of migrating to the U.S. “the right way,” comedian Felipe Torres Medina set out to write a book that was informative but also fun. His goal: to help “remove the weight around the subject of immigration.” The writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert published "America Let Me In," which breaks down the serpentine world of visas and legal migration—with a lot of laughs along the way. “Out of respect” for the horrors and challenges of being undocumented, Torres Medina doesn’t touch on those stories in his book. Listen to his conversation with Latino USA.

Latino USA is the longest-running news and culture radio program in the U.S., centering Latino stories and hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa.

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In this episode, we sit down with the legendary Luis Guzmán a true Hollywood icon whose career spans decades and unforgettable roles like Pachanga in Carlito’s Way and now Gomez Addams in Netflix’s Wednesday.

We talk fatherhood, the importance of being present, and his thoughts on today’s youth including Bad Bunny. He shares the story of how he scored his role in Wednesday, his feelings on immigration, the state of our current presidency, and why he’d rather take risks to speak up for what’s right even if it means facing cancel culture.

From film sets to real-life advocacy, Luis’s passion, humor, and honesty shine through every minute of this conversation.

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