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Ximena and I discuss her most recent album Amor Adolecente and how her hit ballad 'Una Vez Más' came to be. We also discuss the significance her sophomore English-language album had on her artistic growth, the pressures for Latin artists to succumb to the Reggaeton momentum, why it’s hard for Latina artists to find global acceptance, and we discuss her dreams of one day composing on the New York Broadway stage.

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In this week’s episode, I talk to Simón Mejía, the founder and band leader of the Grammy-winning Colombian group ‘Bomba Estéreo’. We discuss his latest solo film and music project EL DUENDE, inspired by the Afro-indigenous music of Colombia’s jungles, as well as, what he thinks of Colombia’s newly elected president Gustavo Petro, and how the Bad Bunny collaboration of ‘Ojitos Lindos’ came to be without them ever meeting.

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La isla de Lesbos - Javiera Mena

El Lobby - Micro TDH, Pablo Alborán

Mala Vibra - Gativideo

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This week I interview my good friend Benjamin Odell, who is the CEO of 3Pas Studios, the production company he and his friend Eugenio Derbez formed together. Their latest project is the remake of the French film ‘The Valet’ which premieres on HULU May 20th. In this conversation, Ben and I talk about his unique life and cultural upbringing, as well as the work 3Pas Studios has accomplished in a short time. We discuss in detail the unique ways he and Eugenio have used Latino storytelling to successfully reach general audiences, and why 'The Valet' could very well be a culmination of that work.

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Dominican actor Manny Perez, perhaps best known for his films 'Washington Heights,' 'El Cantante,' 'Bella' and the hit action film ‘La Soga,’ is now doing his directorial debut with the sequel - 'La Soga Salvation'. We discuss what it takes to write, direct and produce his own movie, what the future of Dominican cinema looks like, and his opinion on the film ‘In The Heights’.

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Santo - Christina Aguilera y Ozuna

Melancolia - Sinego y Ácido Pantera

Eucalipto - Mario Puglia

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Join Jack Rico, ShowBizCafe’s founder and editor-in-chief, as well as entertainment analyst for TODAY, Telemundo, NY1 and NBCNews.com, for a weekly Hispanic-American podcast breaking down the week’s most highly relevant stories in the mainstream and Latino entertainment scene. From movies, music, television, books, politics and media, ‘Highly Relevant with Jack Rico’ offers engaging in-depth interviews, reviews and personal recommendations on everything currently shaping our tastes and opinions of today’s America. This is a podcast for people who live a bicultural and bilingual lifestyle and who love to have their finger on the pulse of American and Latino pop culture.

Jack Rico

Jack Rico is a bilingual entertainment journalist, with a focus on ﬁlm and bicultural pop culture. He is one of the rare personalities who can seamlessly traverse ﬂuidly between the Spanish and English language mainstream market. Jack is also the founder and editor in chief of ShowBizCafe.com, a pop culture website that is a fusion between the American and Latino pop culture experience, the ﬁrst of its kind. Born and raised in Queens, New York, Jack contributes his pop culture knowledge on major outlets such as NBC’s TODAY Show, VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live with Nick Lachey and Telemundo NY. His written work and interviews can be seen on NBCNews.com. He also is the host of The Highly Relevant Podcast, a weekly Hispanic-American pop culture show. Rico is credited with creating the ﬁrst Spanish language syndicated movie review radio segment on Univision Radio, plus he was the ﬁlm critic for People En Español magazine, the largest Spanish language magazine in the United States, for almost a decade. Jack Rico made journalism history when he became part of the founding on-air anchors that launched Univision’s Al Despertar in 1999, the ﬁrst Spanish language morning newscast in New York City. Rico holds a degree in journalism from Miami Dade and has held various television awards, including the Associated Press, El Diario ‘EL‘ Award and The Ace Award. He is currently a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, one of the most prestigious and largest ﬁlm critic organizations in the United States, as well as the New York Film Critics Online. In 2011 Jack was named Chair of the ¡Viva Broadway! Advisory Board, the ﬁrst Hispanic initiative ofThe Broadway League.