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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Writer Daniel Olivas on “Things We Do Not Talk About”

    It seems like the entertainment industry is trying harder than ever to reach the country’s 55 million Latinos. This fall, for example, the major TV networks brought us not one but two sitcoms about Latino families: Jane the Virgin and Cristela. But Latinos are still sorely underrepresented in most media. This is not lost on L.A.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 29, 2014 • 1 min read

    It seems like the entertainment industry is trying harder than ever to reach the country’s 55 million Latinos. This fall, for example, the major TV networks brought us not one but two sitcoms about Latino families: Jane the Virgin and Cristela. But Latinos are still sorely underrepresented in most media. This is not lost on L.A. writer Daniel Olivas, who joins us to talk about his new book.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Daniel Olivas

      author, "Things We Do Not Talk About"

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