{"podcast":{"title":"Latino USA","slug":"latino-usa-45412","podcast_index_feed_id":45412,"rss_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/eba15fe4-c3fd-4e63-a8f9-b2dc01092685/a324c6a1-2e41-486b-b538-b2dc010926c5/podcast.rss","website_url":"http://www.latinousa.org/","image_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/eba15fe4-c3fd-4e63-a8f9-b2dc01092685/a324c6a1-2e41-486b-b538-b2dc010926c5/image.jpg?t=1752532636&size=Large","author":"My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts","episode_count":676,"summary":"Latino USA is the longest-running news and culture radio program in the U.S. centering Latino stories, hosted by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Maria Hinojosa Every week, the Peabody winning team brings you revealing, in-depth stories about what’s in the hearts and minds of Latinos and their impact on the world. Want to support our independent journalism? Join Futuro+ for exclusive episodes, sneak peaks and behind-the-scenes chisme on Latino USA and all our podcasts. www.futuromediagroup.org/joinplus","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T16:17:16.302910+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/latino-usa-45412"},"episode":{"title":"Comedy Legend John Leguizamo: A Self-Proclaimed Ghetto Intellectual and Freak","slug":"comedy-legend-john-leguizamo-a-self-proclaimed-ghetto-intellectual-and-freak","published_at":"2026-04-12T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/latino-usa-45412/comedy-legend-john-leguizamo-a-self-proclaimed-ghetto-intellectual-and-freak","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/latino-usa-45412","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/latino-usa/comedy-legend-john-leguizamo-a-self-proclaimed-ghetto-intellectual-and-freak","audio_url":"https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/eba15fe4-c3fd-4e63-a8f9-b2dc01092685/8721ff05-32b5-4173-8925-b42701295065/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=a324c6a1-2e41-486b-b538-b2dc010926c5","summary":"John Leguizamo is back on our screens—though he never really left. For decades he has played characters that have become comedy cult classics: Chi Chi Rodriguez in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar , to Benny Blanco in Carlitos Way , and Tybalt in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet . He’s the voice of Bruno in Encanto and Sid the Sloth in Ice Age . Roles that he argues would have skyrocketed any white actor to stardom. In this episode we break down his roles, why he thinks entertainers have a responsibility to speak up and get a peek into his new Hulu show where he plays Pablo Escobar.  Latino USA is the longest-running news and culture radio program in the U.S., centering Latino stories and hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa. Follow the show to get every episode. Want to support our independent journalism? Join Futuro+ for exclusive episodes, sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes chisme on Latino USA and all our podcasts. Follow us on  TikTok  and  YouTube . Subscribe to our  newsletter .   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.","meta_description":"John Leguizamo is back on our screens—though he never really left. For decades he has played characters that have become comedy cult classics: Chi C…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1655,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/latino-usa-45412/episodes/comedy-legend-john-leguizamo-a-self-proclaimed-ghetto-intellectual-and-freak/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/latino-usa-45412/comedy-legend-john-leguizamo-a-self-proclaimed-ghetto-intellectual-and-freak.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}