• Executive Producer & Storyteller Flavio Morales S2E4
    Oct 15 2025

    Flavio Morales, is an experienced programming executive and producer. He's served as an executive producer on shows for Vix, Amazon, Netflix and Telemundo. Flavio started at the age of 17 co-creating the public access variety show “ILLEGAL interns” where the show championed local bands, artists from Latino LA as well as leading in the exposure of Latin alternative music in the 1990’s. Morales was EVP at BIG VIDA Entertainment, where he oversaw production of the NCLR ALMA Awards, along with Eva Longoria and produced the Gerardo Ortiz concert film Como Un Sueño. Previously, Morales was a top programming executive at NBCUniversal's Telemundo's cable network mun2, where he developed the network's series I Love Jenni. In 2006, Morales won a Peabody Award for his work on the documentary, "For My Country? Latinos in the Military.” Morales worked at Endemol Shine for 7 years and is still attached as Executive producer on HBO Max’s series Like Water for Chocolate alongside Salma Hayek. He’s also worked with Robert Rodriguez, Nicky Jam, Eugenio Derbez and Kate del Castillo to name a few. He also sits on the board of NPR station KCRW Santa Monica and the Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory.

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  • Producer Yissendy Trinidad reality of indie filmmaking pushing beyond stereotypical boundaries S2Ep3
    Oct 3 2025

    Yissendy Trinidad is a Dominican writer, producer, director, and actor based in Los Angeles. She has directed award-winning projects including Doumi Girls and her debut feature film One Guy, Too Many Dates, which recently completed post-production. A member of SAG-AFTRA and the Television Academy, she is passionate about elevating diverse voices and telling stories that center women, empowerment, and inclusion. Through her production company, Trinidad Entertainment Group, Yissendy is building a slate of bold, global projects designed to entertain, inspire, and spark conversations.

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    48 Min.
  • Journalist Tanzina Vega (CNN & NY Times) Future of Journalism & Financial Literacy for BIPOC S2Ep2
    Sep 26 2025

    Tanzina Vega’s journalism centers on inequality and wealth in the United States through the lens of race and gender. She is a contributing writer for the Boston Globe Opinion section and founder of La Mala Media, where she provides strategy, writing and podcast services for companies and brands. Tanzina has been a reporter and producer for The New York Times and CNN where she led coverage of race and inequality in addition to covering technology and breaking news. She has covered the Biden and Trump presidential elections, the COVID 19 pandemic, the rise of #BlackLivesMatter, Puerto Rico’s political crisis and the January 6 Capitol insurrection. In 2019, she was awarded the Robert G. McGruder Distinguished Lecture and Award from Kent State University for her coverage of race. Other awards include the I Have a Dream Foundation's “Spirit of the Dream” award, multiple citations from the National Press Photographers Association and a contributing producer recognition in the 31st annual news and documentary Emmy Awards. She has held fellowships at The Nation Institute and at Princeton University where she served a Ferris Professor of Journalism. Tanzina is a distinguished graduate of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at The City University of New York where she earned a Master’s in digital journalism.

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    33 Min.
  • Exec Producer Rafael Jimenez Compelling Storytelling & Embracing Technology S2Ep1
    Sep 23 2025

    Rafael Jimenez is an Executive Producer with more than 20 years of experience in the media industry. He has worked on key projects at renowned media organizations such as CNN, MTV, ABC New Digital, Refinery29, and Scholastic, where he was responsible for content production. Founder of Republica Trading Co. a Latino inspired menswear brand República.

    Rafael helmed the launch of Refinery29's Branded Content Studio. He was tasked with overseeing the studio's development and growth. Within 18 months, he grew the department producing branded content for a range of top-tier brands. At CNN+, Rafael was recruited not only for his expansive production knowledge but also for his visual skills. In his short time there, he helped supervise and execute the visual look and feel of several CNN+ production shoots including "No Mercy, No Malice" featuring Scott Galloway, "The Rex Chapman Show," and "Masters in Medicine" with Dr. Sanjay Gupta. More

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    38 Min.
  • Race Of Your Own S1 Ep 25 Larry Namer Founder & Creator of E! Entertainment
    Sep 14 2025

    This weeks episode we sit down and have an in depth discussion with Larry Nemar Founder & Creator of E! Entertainment Television. After several years as a technician, he became the Vice Chairman of the Cable TV division of the Electrical Workers Union. By age 25, he became the Director of Operations at Manhattan Cable and a year later was given sales and marketing. In 1979, he became Director of Corporate Development and was charged with building businesses derived from non-entertainment uses of the cable TV systems. He was recruited to become VP/General Manager of Valley Cable TV in Los Angeles. Namer and his friend Alan Mruvka created a plan for a TV network, Movietime, that would eventually become E!Entertainment Television. The platform would give rise to shows such as Talk Soup and Fashion Police starring Joan Rivers. Namer and Mruvka eventually sold their stake in the company, which is now owned by Comcast. He eventually went on the sell E! Entertainment for $3 Billion dollars. In 1989, he was awarded the President's Award from the National Cable Television Association. While remaining on the Board of E!, he started a media company in Russia called Comspan Communications. The company promoted or produced several hundred rock concerts and brought the soap opera Santa Barbara to Russia. Additionally, the company was heavily involved in live sporting events and produced and promoted the Champions Tennis Tour with Conners, McEnroe, Borg and others.

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    39 Min.
  • NEW Segment LAVINIA INT'L Presents Gerrit Winter S1 Ep 24 Author & Mental Health professional
    Sep 14 2025

    Singer, Songwriter, Author - International "Be a Voice Not an echo" - Finding your own voice personal development importance of voice itself in society "The adventure of dedication" - more personal development & mental health." A little biography.

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    28 Min.
  • NEW Segment "LAVINIA INT'L" Presents Kristina Love S1 Ep 23 - Being "Blessed" by Tina Turner
    Sep 14 2025

    Kristina Love – Singer , Actress, Artistic Ambassador for Unicef Training: The University of Oklahoma: Bachelor of Fine Arts Theatre Credits Include: TINA, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Aladdin, Dreamgirls, Sister Act, Dirty Dancing, Oliver, Hairspray, Ragtime, The Who’s Tommy, Little Shop of Horrors, and The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. Kristina Love was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in Houston,Texas. Coming from a musical family, she discovered a love for performing at a very early age. At the age of two, she began singing gospel in her church and at the age of eleven began to study classical music. It was her love for music and story telling which led her to study musical theatre. Kristina has performed with Oscar and Tony Award-Winning composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, presenting their work in Hamburg, Germany. She has recently appeared in a fundraiser gala for the Make a Wish Foundation in Vienna, Austria, honouring EGOT recipient Alan Menken and his accomplishments in Hollywood, alongside the ORF Symphonic Orchestra. Her London performance debut was at the Hammersmith in a fundraising concert for the Charlie Waller Trust to support mental health awareness. She was most recently seen as a soloist in the arena tour of Disney’s 100 the Concert through Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

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    46 Min.
  • NEW Segment "LAVINIA INT’L Presents" Ryan Rhein S1 Ep 22 From Asst Creative Director to Healthcare
    Sep 14 2025

    This is still a new episode of a Race Of Your Own BUT we started to implement our latest venture which is Lavinia International. A place where we will feature guests from all around the World who will share their stores of how Inspiration leads to Resilience. This week's guest is Ryan Rhein who talks about how he went from being an Assistant Creative Director for international artists like Helene Fischer & Kylie Minogue to being a Healthcare Professional.

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    42 Min.