María Hinojosa: One-on-One premieres its third season with new episodes in January 2009
Tuesdays at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
The award-winning series María Hinojosa: One-on-One premieres its third season with new episodes airing in January 2009. Host María Hinojosa interviews a wide variety of guests, including Grammy-Award winning musicians Los Lonely Boys, comedian Cheech Marin, Los Angeles Times reporter Sam Quiñones, Norteño music phenomenon Shawn Kiehne, and Guatemalan architect Teddy Cruz.
“We are thrilled with this season’s lineup,” said Executive Producer Joseph Tovares. “The guest list is a great reflection of the fabulous nuance and complexity found in the country’s Latino communities. It is an honor to bring these individual stories to television viewers around the country, and to our home audience in Boston”
In addition to hosting One-on-One, Hinojosa is the managing editor and host of public radio’s Latino USA, and the senior correspondent for the PBS newsmagazine show NOW with David Brancaccio.
Below are descriptions of One-on-One episodes airing this season.
Los Lonely Boys
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
In 2005, a family rock act from San Angelo, Texas, was propelled onto the national stage by their hit song, “Heaven.” Though their success seemed to have come quickly, Los Lonely Boys (also known as the Garza brothers, Jojo, Henry and Ringo) had in fact been building their careers in smoky bars and small venues for many years. Los Lonely Boys demonstrate their unique sound at WGBH’s Calderwood Studio and talk about their musical influences, their greatest hits and the importance of family to their success.
Sam Quiñones
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
For more than two decades, general assignment reporter for the Los Angeles Times Sam Quiñones has been exploring the complexities and contradictions of the immigration debate on both sides of the Mexican border. He is the author of True Tales from Another Mexico: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino and the Bronx and Antonio’s Gun and Delfino’s Dream. Quiñones draws on years of research to provide his own perspective on the mass movement of Mexicans into the United States.
Lupe Ontiveros
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
Lupe Ontiveros is a stage, television and screen actor, as well as producer and community activist. An institution in Hollywood’s Latino circles, she is one of the few actors capable of working both in English and in Spanish. She is best known for her comedic/dramatic roles as La Nacha in the Oscar-nominated film El Norte, as Janita Solís in the TV hit Desperate Housewives, and as Carmen García in the popular film Real Women Have Curves. Ontiveros gives a wide-ranging and candid interview that touches on a number of important issues, among them the role of women in Hollywood.
Shawn Kiehne
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
Singer-songwriter Shawn Kiehne’s story is a transnational one, where the main character—a U.S.-born Anglo—adopts a Mexican singing cowboy persona and finds his fame and fortune by tapping into deeply held beliefs about Mexican pride and nationalism. Kiehne, a.k.a. El Gringo, is widely known across Mexico for his autobiographical song “El Corrido del Gringo.” This Norteño music phenomenon, recently featured in The New York Times, brings his guitar to provide a taste of this hugely popular musical genre.
Carlos Lauría and Blanche Petrich
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
In 2006, Mexico was second only to Iraq on the Reporters Without Borders list of countries most hostile to journalists. Carlos Lauría is the Americas Program Coordinator of CPJ, an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1981 to promote press freedom worldwide by defending the rights of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal. Blanche Petrich is a reporter for La Jornada, one of Mexico City’s leading newspapers. Petrich broke the story of the arrest and torture of journalist Lydia Cacho-Ribeiro. Lauría and Petrich detail the conditions journalists face in Mexico and many parts of the world.
Cheech Marin
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
Comedian and actor Cheech Marin is best known as half of the iconic comedy act Cheech & Chong. This versatile actor has appeared in dozens of TV, film and stage productions, including Spy Kids, Nash Bridges, and The Lion King. In addition to his work as an actor, director, musician and writer, Marin is one of the leading collectors of Chicano art in the U.S. Marin talks about his successful--and tumultuous--partnership with Chong, his multifaceted film and television career, and his passion for Chicano art.
Mark Potok
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
According to hate crime statistics published annually by the FBI, anti-Latino hate crimes rose by almost 35 percent between 2003 and 2006, the latest year for which statistics are available. Mark Potok, a former USA Today reporter, is the director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. The Intelligence Project is dedicated to monitoring hate groups and extremist activity throughout the United States. Potok and Hinojosa look at the possible reasons behind the disturbing rise in anti-Latino incidents.
Raymond Torres and Shirley Díaz
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 7:30 pm on WGBH 2
On an average day in the United States, 1,425 children are removed from their homes and placed in foster care—more than 500,000 kids a year. Almost 20 percent of these children are Latino. Raymond Torres, the executive director of Casey Family Services, discusses causes of this overrepresentation, the need to enlist more Latino families to participate as foster families, and ways to reduce the number of Latino children who experience foster care in America. Shirley Díaz, a product of six different foster homes, produced a public radio documentary about the foster care system. She brings a very personal and poignant perspective to this moving and thought-provoking discussion.
Fernando Reimers
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
Fernando Reimers is the Ford Foundation Professor of International Education and the Director of Global Education and of International Education Policy at Harvard University. Professor Reimers talks with Hinojosa about the importance of developing global competencies, the nation’s growing Latino drop-out rate, and the often overlooked talents and opportunities that Latino children bring to classrooms across the United States.
Dr. Alfredo Quiñones
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
In 1987, Alfredo Quiñones arrived in the U.S. as an illegal migrant farm worker. Today, Dr. Quiñones is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Oncology and Director of the Brain Tumor Surgery Program at Johns Hopkins University. In addition to his medical contributions, Quiñones is recognized for his leadership in addressing inequities minorities face in medical education and healthcare.
Teddy Cruz
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
Guatemalan architect Teddy Cruz has worked on both sides of the border, in San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico, for years. A graduate of Harvard University and the American Academy in Rome, Cruz is recognized internationally for his research on new forms of affordable housing. In this conversation with Hinojosa, Cruz talks about the Tijuana-San Diego area, where some of the wealthiest real estate in the U.S. lies next to some of the poorest settlements in Latin America.
For more information, please visit wgbh.org/oneonone. Funding for One-on-One is generously provided by University of Massachusetts Boston.
Tuesdays at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
The award-winning series María Hinojosa: One-on-One premieres its third season with new episodes airing in January 2009. Host María Hinojosa interviews a wide variety of guests, including Grammy-Award winning musicians Los Lonely Boys, comedian Cheech Marin, Los Angeles Times reporter Sam Quiñones, Norteño music phenomenon Shawn Kiehne, and Guatemalan architect Teddy Cruz.
“We are thrilled with this season’s lineup,” said Executive Producer Joseph Tovares. “The guest list is a great reflection of the fabulous nuance and complexity found in the country’s Latino communities. It is an honor to bring these individual stories to television viewers around the country, and to our home audience in Boston”
In addition to hosting One-on-One, Hinojosa is the managing editor and host of public radio’s Latino USA, and the senior correspondent for the PBS newsmagazine show NOW with David Brancaccio.
Below are descriptions of One-on-One episodes airing this season.
Los Lonely Boys
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
In 2005, a family rock act from San Angelo, Texas, was propelled onto the national stage by their hit song, “Heaven.” Though their success seemed to have come quickly, Los Lonely Boys (also known as the Garza brothers, Jojo, Henry and Ringo) had in fact been building their careers in smoky bars and small venues for many years. Los Lonely Boys demonstrate their unique sound at WGBH’s Calderwood Studio and talk about their musical influences, their greatest hits and the importance of family to their success.
Sam Quiñones
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
For more than two decades, general assignment reporter for the Los Angeles Times Sam Quiñones has been exploring the complexities and contradictions of the immigration debate on both sides of the Mexican border. He is the author of True Tales from Another Mexico: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino and the Bronx and Antonio’s Gun and Delfino’s Dream. Quiñones draws on years of research to provide his own perspective on the mass movement of Mexicans into the United States.
Lupe Ontiveros
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
Lupe Ontiveros is a stage, television and screen actor, as well as producer and community activist. An institution in Hollywood’s Latino circles, she is one of the few actors capable of working both in English and in Spanish. She is best known for her comedic/dramatic roles as La Nacha in the Oscar-nominated film El Norte, as Janita Solís in the TV hit Desperate Housewives, and as Carmen García in the popular film Real Women Have Curves. Ontiveros gives a wide-ranging and candid interview that touches on a number of important issues, among them the role of women in Hollywood.
Shawn Kiehne
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
Singer-songwriter Shawn Kiehne’s story is a transnational one, where the main character—a U.S.-born Anglo—adopts a Mexican singing cowboy persona and finds his fame and fortune by tapping into deeply held beliefs about Mexican pride and nationalism. Kiehne, a.k.a. El Gringo, is widely known across Mexico for his autobiographical song “El Corrido del Gringo.” This Norteño music phenomenon, recently featured in The New York Times, brings his guitar to provide a taste of this hugely popular musical genre.
Carlos Lauría and Blanche Petrich
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
In 2006, Mexico was second only to Iraq on the Reporters Without Borders list of countries most hostile to journalists. Carlos Lauría is the Americas Program Coordinator of CPJ, an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1981 to promote press freedom worldwide by defending the rights of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal. Blanche Petrich is a reporter for La Jornada, one of Mexico City’s leading newspapers. Petrich broke the story of the arrest and torture of journalist Lydia Cacho-Ribeiro. Lauría and Petrich detail the conditions journalists face in Mexico and many parts of the world.
Cheech Marin
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
Comedian and actor Cheech Marin is best known as half of the iconic comedy act Cheech & Chong. This versatile actor has appeared in dozens of TV, film and stage productions, including Spy Kids, Nash Bridges, and The Lion King. In addition to his work as an actor, director, musician and writer, Marin is one of the leading collectors of Chicano art in the U.S. Marin talks about his successful--and tumultuous--partnership with Chong, his multifaceted film and television career, and his passion for Chicano art.
Mark Potok
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
According to hate crime statistics published annually by the FBI, anti-Latino hate crimes rose by almost 35 percent between 2003 and 2006, the latest year for which statistics are available. Mark Potok, a former USA Today reporter, is the director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. The Intelligence Project is dedicated to monitoring hate groups and extremist activity throughout the United States. Potok and Hinojosa look at the possible reasons behind the disturbing rise in anti-Latino incidents.
Raymond Torres and Shirley Díaz
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 7:30 pm on WGBH 2
On an average day in the United States, 1,425 children are removed from their homes and placed in foster care—more than 500,000 kids a year. Almost 20 percent of these children are Latino. Raymond Torres, the executive director of Casey Family Services, discusses causes of this overrepresentation, the need to enlist more Latino families to participate as foster families, and ways to reduce the number of Latino children who experience foster care in America. Shirley Díaz, a product of six different foster homes, produced a public radio documentary about the foster care system. She brings a very personal and poignant perspective to this moving and thought-provoking discussion.
Fernando Reimers
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
Fernando Reimers is the Ford Foundation Professor of International Education and the Director of Global Education and of International Education Policy at Harvard University. Professor Reimers talks with Hinojosa about the importance of developing global competencies, the nation’s growing Latino drop-out rate, and the often overlooked talents and opportunities that Latino children bring to classrooms across the United States.
Dr. Alfredo Quiñones
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
In 1987, Alfredo Quiñones arrived in the U.S. as an illegal migrant farm worker. Today, Dr. Quiñones is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Oncology and Director of the Brain Tumor Surgery Program at Johns Hopkins University. In addition to his medical contributions, Quiñones is recognized for his leadership in addressing inequities minorities face in medical education and healthcare.
Teddy Cruz
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 7:30pm on WGBH 2
Guatemalan architect Teddy Cruz has worked on both sides of the border, in San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico, for years. A graduate of Harvard University and the American Academy in Rome, Cruz is recognized internationally for his research on new forms of affordable housing. In this conversation with Hinojosa, Cruz talks about the Tijuana-San Diego area, where some of the wealthiest real estate in the U.S. lies next to some of the poorest settlements in Latin America.
For more information, please visit wgbh.org/oneonone. Funding for One-on-One is generously provided by University of Massachusetts Boston.
