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Talk Cocktail · Apr 1, 2026

The Chavez Myth Comes Apart

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Miriam Pawel, author of the definitive Cesar Chavez biography, " The Crusades of Cesar Chavez ," joins me on this recent California Sun Podcast to reflect on the shattering of the Cesar Chavez myth — and the harder questions beneath it: what was known, what was ignored, and why movements so often need saints. In this wide-ranging conversation, Pawel explores Chavez’s charisma, control,…

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