The Alt.Latino Interview: Rita Moreno

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4.5 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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To celebrate a new documentary about her life and career, we revisit our 2018 conversation with none other than Rita Moreno.

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0:00.0	Does the idea of listening to political news freak you out?
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0:24.7	Hey there, we're going to run an encore episode of Alt Latino this week so that we can take a quick break and also dig deeper into planning for the rest of the summer.
0:33.0	You know, I recently saw a documentary about the iconic Latina actress Rita Moreno, and it reminded me
0:38.9	of a fabulous conversation we had three years ago. So enjoy your holiday week and enjoy this bit
0:45.8	of Rita Moreno from your pals at Alt Latino. But first, this. Three years ago, a man with a
0:52.8	grudge murdered five people at the Capitol Gazette
0:56.0	newspaper in Maryland. And now, finally, his trial has started. What we wanted to know was
1:03.0	how did the staff who survived the shooting keep going? Find out in our Capital Gazette series
1:09.1	from NPR's Embedded Podcast.
1:11.7	From NPR music, this is Alt Latino.
1:16.6	And I'm Rita Moreno.
1:21.4	Yes, that Rita Moreno.
1:23.9	The one and only Rita Moreno is here with me in NPR studios in New York, and I want to
1:29.3	thank her for being on Alt Latino. We're honored to say that this is her second appearance on the show.
1:35.8	Rita, welcome. And it's not going to be the last, I'll bet you. We're so honored for your second
1:41.2	appearance on the show. That's right. Last time you were here,
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