{"podcast":{"title":"The Chuck ToddCast","slug":"the-chuck-toddcast-1551191","podcast_index_feed_id":1551191,"rss_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/c749d540-b5b7-42b1-a855-b33100f844fa/8e017e60-9c2d-418d-97bb-b33100f84504/podcast.rss","website_url":"https://www.iheart.com/podcast/552-the-chuck-toddcast-28968989","image_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/c749d540-b5b7-42b1-a855-b33100f844fa/8e017e60-9c2d-418d-97bb-b33100f84504/image.jpg?t=1754492636&size=Large","author":"iHeartPodcasts","episode_count":502,"summary":"The Chuck ToddCast is back! If you're looking for smart, no-nonsense political conversation, you've come to the right place. The Chuck ToddCast goes beyond the headlines, featuring conversations with top reporters, insiders, and newsmakers from D.C. to the heartland. No scripts, no spin—just real discussions about what’s shaping our politics and why it matters.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T16:20:42.153803+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-chuck-toddcast-1551191"},"episode":{"title":"Interview Only w/ Daniel Alegre - Why Hispanics Are Now The Swing Vote In America… And How To Reach Them","slug":"interview-only-w-daniel-alegre-why-hispanics-are-now-the-swing-vote-in-america-and-how-to-reach-them","published_at":"2026-06-15T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-chuck-toddcast-1551191/interview-only-w-daniel-alegre-why-hispanics-are-now-the-swing-vote-in-america-and-how-to-reach-them","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-chuck-toddcast-1551191","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/the-chuck-toddcast/interview-only-w-daniel-alegre-why-hispanics-are-now-the-swing-vote-in-america-and-how-to-reach-them","audio_url":"https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/claritaspod.com/measure/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/p57137/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/c749d540-b5b7-42b1-a855-b33100f844fa/39d483ea-9609-432e-9ac0-b469012ad6db/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=8e017e60-9c2d-418d-97bb-b33100f84504","summary":"Daniel Alegre &mdash; CEO of TelevisaUnivision, the largest Spanish-language media company in the world &mdash; joins the Chuck Toddcast for a genuinely revealing conversation about the single most misunderstood bloc in American politics: the Hispanic vote. Alegre's central argument is one both parties keep failing to internalize &mdash; the Hispanic vote is now an issues vote, not a reliably Democratic one, and Latino voters have become measurably more engaged precisely as they've started shopping their vote across abortion, democracy, the border, the economy, and immigration enforcement. He's blunt about 2024: the Trump campaign communicated with Hispanic voters far more effectively than Democrats did, while Democrats took the community for granted. Alegre offers a striking data point from Texas &mdash; James Talarico outspent Jasmine Crockett 8-to-1 on Hispanic outreach and won that demographic by roughly the same margin &mdash; and notes that Ted Cruz never actually won the Hispanic vote until he put in serious, sustained effort to reach them. The tactical lessons are sharp and counterintuitive: campaigns have to communicate with Hispanics differently than the general population, white politicians attempting to speak Spanish get a mixed reception at best, and sending a Spanish-speaking surrogate in your place is actually worse than not showing up at all. The conversation digs into the rich complexity beneath the catch-all term \"Hispanic.\" Alegre explains that political leanings differ dramatically by country of origin (the network's biggest constituencies are Mexican, Cuban, and Venezuelan), that there are significant differences between first- and second-generation Latinos and the third and fourth generation, and that in more heavily Hispanic cities many families…","meta_description":"Daniel Alegre — CEO of TelevisaUnivision, the largest Spanish-language media company in the world — joins the Chuck Toddcast for a genuinely r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3984,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-chuck-toddcast-1551191/episodes/interview-only-w-daniel-alegre-why-hispanics-are-now-the-swing-vote-in-america-and-how-to-reach-them/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-chuck-toddcast-1551191/interview-only-w-daniel-alegre-why-hispanics-are-now-the-swing-vote-in-america-and-how-to-reach-them.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}