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Working: A Spanish-Language Broadcaster on What Matters to His Audience

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4.22K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This week, host June Thomas talks to Spanish-language journalist and broadcaster León Krauze, who works primarily as a local news anchor in Los Angeles but also hosts a radio show and writes for outlets like Slate and the Washington Post. In the interview, León discusses the process of figuring out which topics and stories matter most to his community. He also describes what it’s like to have a hyperlocal focus and explains why his Los Angeles broadcast might differ from Spanish-language news in other parts of the country.  After the interview, June and co-host Rumaan Alam discuss the skill it takes to be bilingual, and they reflect on a point León made about the difference between audio and visual media.  In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, León shares some of the biggest misconceptions about the Latinx community in the U.S.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and the Culture Gabfest—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

At Eon Next, we believe life's better when you know you can get your hands on discounts

0:05.5

across a range of home energy solutions, like boilers and solar panels, so you can treat

0:10.4

your home to a bit of future-proofing.

0:12.8

We think that makes energy a little bit better, and that's why we're always working towards

0:17.6

helping you get more out of your energy.

0:20.2

So visit eonnext.com today.

0:22.4

Discounts available to Eon Next customers in 30th of December 2023, Teas and Seas, Eligibility

0:27.2

criteria and geographical restrictions apply.

0:35.7

The radio show is completely unscripted, and we have open telephone lines, and we've

0:41.9

had the most extraordinary discoveries and conversations and the most infuriating conversations.

0:49.3

I've gotten into shouting matches with people, and it's fascinating, and it's wonderful,

0:56.7

and I love it.

1:00.6

Welcome back to working.

1:02.0

I'm your host, Ramon Alam.

1:04.0

And I'm your other host, June Thomas.

1:06.8

June, when I was a kid learning about journalism, we were taught the five W's.

1:13.5

Who, what, when, where, why?

1:17.5

So my journalistically sound first question for you this week is who is your guest and

1:23.4

why?

1:25.0

Well, my guest and the possessor of the voice we heard at the top of the show is Leon Krauser,

1:30.4

an amazing journalist I had the pleasure of working with when he hosted Slate's Spanish

1:35.0

Language Podcast, El Gafas de Nespanyol, which was in 2017-2018.

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