Chino Y Chicano
The Chino Y Chicano podcast began on December 22, 2022 with co-hosts Matt Chan (The Chino) and Enrique Cerna (The Chicano). Chan and Cerna spent their careers making television. Chan was the creator of the cable television series Hoarders. Cerna was a Seattle broadcast journalist who somehow was never fired during his 43 year career. Their podcast mission was to dish on the good, bad and ugly that people of color face in America. They took up the complexities of race, and sought out people far more interesting than they could ever be. On March 30, 2024, Matt Chan passed away after battling kidney cancer. Enrique Cerna made a commitment to continue the podcast in his honor. The Chino Y Chicano podcast partners with Converge Media to present UNFILTERED, a no holds barred conversation featuring Cerna, former Seattle City Council member Deborah Juarez and Converge Media founder Omari Salisbury. Take a listen to all the episodes presented. The content might piss you off, but you might also learn something.
Episodes
Veteran journalist and author Ray Suarez explores the stories of immigration and immigrants in America. Drawing from his latest book, We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century – An Oral History, Suarez shares firsthand accounts that reveal what it means to build a life in the United States today.
Read: https://southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/07/22/masked-men-are-detaining-people-when-will-washingtons...
Dr. Julian Perez, a physician at Sea Mar Community Health Centers, treats a significant number of patients on Medicaid. He says The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump, is bad news for his patients and for community health centers across the country.
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Journalist Lilly Fowler’s column for the South Seattle Emerald, “Masked Men Are Detaining People. When Will Washington's Leaders Protect Us?”, raises serious concerns about transparency, accountability, and civil liberties in the context of immigration enforcement by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officers. Her outreach to key figures like Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, Police Chief Shon Barnes, and Gov...
The College Assistance Migrants Program (CAMP), a federally funded initiative that has supported students since the early 1970s, may be on the chopping block.
CAMP provides critical first-year college assistance to the sons and daughters of migrant farmworkers—students who often face significant barriers in accessing higher education. Over the years, the program has helped launch the careers of countless prof...
On this episode, a conversation with Mike Gempler, the executive director of the Washington Growers League, a nonpartisan organization that advocates on behalf of agricultural employers.
Gempler says these are anxious times for growers in Washington state. Many are concerned about the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants and the potential negative impact on the workforce needed to harv...
What is it like these days to work as an immigration attorney during a time of mass deportations? It’s safe to say it’s stressful, confusing, frustrating—and often infuriating.
After seeing a Facebook post from Seattle-based immigration attorney Maribel Martinez that expressed all of those emotions, Chino Y Chicano host Enrique Cerna reached out to her to talk about her work. She represents clients who have been a...
On this special 2025 Father's Day edition of the Chino Y Chicano podcast, we honor our fathers by sharing their remarkable stories.
Former KING 5 News anchor Lori Matsukawa reflects on her father — a college football star turned educator. Award-winning photographer and editor Randy Eng explains how his dad earned the nickname “Sluggo.” Maria Lamarca Anderson, Director of Communications at UW Bothell, recounts...
A conversation with award winning journalist Claudia Rowe as she talks about her new book Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care. Rowe takes a deep dive into the foster care system and its lasting impact on the lives of former foster youth. She explores how systemic failures have contributed to the disproportionately high rates of incarceration among this population.
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Chino Y Chicano Episode 146.
Mark Trahant is celebrating his 50th year as a journalist, and making that milestone even sweeter is his selection as the 2025 winner of the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence. Trahant was recognized for his lifelong dedication to journalism and his commitment to Native American storytelling. Mark Trahant has roots in the Northwest. He worked for The Seattle Times and the S...
Port of Seattle Commissioner Sam Cho talks tariffs. What the 90 day pause in the U.S.-China trade war means for businesses, its impact on the Port of Seattle, and trade dependent Washington state.
Read: https://southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/07/22/masked-men-are-detaining-people-when-will-washingtons-leaders-protect-us
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Chino Y Chicano host Enrique Cerna marks Mother's Day 2025 by reminiscing with three close friends about the loving nature and unique backgrounds of their mothers.
Read: https://southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/07/22/masked-men-are-detaining-people-when-will-washingtons-leaders-protect-us
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Gary Locke is a former two term Governor of Washington state and the former U.S. Ambassador to China in the Obama Administration. He weighs in on the Trump Administration tariffs that sparked the current trade war between the U.S. and China. Locke also talks about a potential constitutional crisis over birthright citizenship along with the Trump Administration's deportations, federal budget cuts and how the Democ...
UFW President Teresa Romero speaks out on the need to support farm workers in a time of mass deportations and political upheaval. Romero has been the United Farm Workers President since 2018. She is the first woman to hold the UFW's top post and the first immigrant woman in the United States to head a national labor union. In 2024, President Joe Biden honored her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Laura Longinotti is worried and angry about the Trump Administration’s chainsaw approach to cutting federal funding and the federal government workforce. As a widow and single mother with a young child with special needs, she is fearful the cuts will harm her family. Laura has decided to speak out and encourages other moms with similar fears to join her.
Read: https://southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/07/22/mas...
Elaine and Chaz McEwan are two of the thousands to lose their home to the Los Angeles wildfires in January. They had some 20 minutes to gather belongings as the fire surrounded their Pacific Palisades home. On this episode, the McEwans share their story of panic, grief, and loss. They keep in mind the insightful words of Elaine's Japanese mother as they figure out their future. Read Elaine's blog post: https...
Malou Chavez is the Executive Director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project. She talks with Chino Y Chicano host Enrique Cerna about the Trump Administration's crackdown on undocumented immigrants and the importance of knowing your rights in this tense time for the immigrant community.
Read: https://southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/07/22/masked-men-are-detaining-people-when-will-washingtons-lea...
At the age of 72, Major League Baseball broadcaster Dave Sims is starting a new job as the New York Yankees radio play-by-play voice. He replaces the legendary John Sterling who retired at the end of the 2024 season after 36 years calling Yankee games.
Sims talks about how he landed the Yankee job, what it means to be a part of the historic franchise, along with his memories of his nearly two decades in Seattle.
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On the morning of Donald Trump’s second Inauguration Day, Tim Heaphy learned President Joe Biden issued a preemptive pardon for his role as the Chief Investigative Counsel of the House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. Heaphy tells “Chino Y Chicano” host Enrique Cerna he did not want the pardon because he did nothing wrong.
Heaphy is the ...
Jaime Mendez says fear of mass deportations promised by the Trump Administration has the Spanish speaking immigrant community on edge in Washington state. Mendez hosts a nightly online Spanish language newscast where talk of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) sightings are the main topic of his coverage these days. He joins Chino Y Chicano host Enrique Cerna to talk about the impact and the information he share...
Dr. Karen Thomas Brown is the Dean of Washington State University's College of Education. In an insightful conversation with Chino Y Chicano host Enrique Cerna, Dr. Thomas Brown says DEI is not dead, but under political attack. She says the demonization of DEI has gained traction because of a targeted campaign by conservative lawmakers and activists, and a lack of public understanding that DEI not just about race...
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