What happens when a language becomes a battleground for identity, power, politics, and media?

In this eye-opening episode of I Just Wanted to Push Record, hosts Lina and JC welcome Javier Marin — media entrepreneur, newspaper owner, and author of Live From America: How Latino TV Conquered the United States.

Javier traces the untold story of Spanish-language media in America, from the early rise of Spanish International Network — which would later become Univision — to the political and corporate forces that tried to suppress Spanish-speaking audiences for decades.

The conversation explores everything from censorship and forced assimilation to the cultural breakthroughs of artists like Bad Bunny, Gloria Estefan, and Ritchie Valens. Javier explains how media became both a survival tool and a cultural weapon for Latino communities navigating discrimination, misinformation, and political pressure.

But this episode is bigger than television. It’s about resilience. About preserving language. About understanding that history moves in cycles — and why knowing that history matters now more than ever.

If you care about media, storytelling, culture, immigration, or the future of representation in America, this is a conversation you need to hear.  

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