{"id":2688,"date":"2020-09-25T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=2688"},"modified":"2020-10-12T09:58:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T14:58:07","slug":"actor-john-leguizamo-starts-off-17th-season-of-the-distinguished-speaker-series-virtually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/25\/actor-john-leguizamo-starts-off-17th-season-of-the-distinguished-speaker-series-virtually\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor John Leguizamo starts off 17th season of the Distinguished Speaker Series virtually"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-24-at-7.41.34-PM-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-24-at-7.41.34-PM-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-24-at-7.41.34-PM-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-24-at-7.41.34-PM-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-24-at-7.41.34-PM-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-24-at-7.41.34-PM-2048x1280.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Communication Professor and moderator Greg Selber listens to actor John Leguizamo talk about his career as a Latino. SCREENSHOT TAKEN BY VICTOR G. RAMIREZ  DURING TONIGHT\u2019S LIVESTREAM OF THE DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/John-Leguizamo_mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cLook at the Oscars, what they just did was incredible. 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