The Media Gap: Latinos Behind and In Front of the Camera | Capítulo 266

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🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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This week, Diosa and Mala discuss Latino representation in media, sparked by backlash over white actress Odessa A'zion being cast as a Latina character in an upcoming A24 film. Together, they review a study conducted by USC's Norman Lear Center, which highlights that Latino-led/Latino-created shows offer a more nuanced representation of Latinidad. (OBVIO!!) They also consider how digital media has lowered the barrier to entry for Latino/Latine talent. Will AI also lower the barrier to entry or is there another risk for bias?

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.8	Loca Tora Radio.
0:09.0	Ola, Ola, La Loca Mores.
0:10.7	I'm Diosa.
0:11.6	And I'm Mala.
0:13.0	You're listening to Locator Radio.
0:15.2	And today we're talking about the current landscape of Latinos in media.
0:19.4	O'H.
0:20.2	Are Latinos in media?
0:21.7	Barely.
0:23.1	Barely.
0:23.7	And we need to stop saying the landscape of Latinos and media.
0:26.9	How reckless.
0:27.9	How reckless of us.
0:29.6	But there's been some happenings.
0:33.0	There's been some research.
0:34.2	There's been some upheavals online,
0:35.9	especially with regards to casting of white
0:39.2	actresses in roles written for Latina characters. Which is nothing new, by the way.
0:45.1	Not at all, not at all. It's tale as old as time. But it's happened again. Yes. And you guys might
0:52.1	have seen the uproar around an actress named Odessa, who is a white
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