TM Audio subscribers have access to this episode one week early. Visit our FAQ page to learn how to link your subscription to your podcast app. This week’s guest on Viva Tejano, Congressman Joaquin Castro, grew up on the West Side of San Antonio, in a household steeped in the Chicano movement, with a soundtrack full of tejano music. Freddy Fender, Emilio Navaira, and Selena were mixed in with eighties pop stars and folk singers such as Linda Ronstadt and Joan Baez (both of whom have Mexican roots).Today, Castro is on a mission to ensure the whole country understands that Hispanic and Latino music is American music. He’s been working to get Latino artists added to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress, nominating dozens…
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