Not Hugo — and not even Cesar — but definitely Linda, who is our guest this week on Need to Know. What do I mean by “our”? I’m talking about Mona Charen and me, and the podcast we do.

Linda Chavez is a national treasure. Sometimes the cliché is merited. She also wrote a great book, an autobiography, which is unsung, as far as I can tell, and ought to be sung. It is one of the finest autobiographies I have read. I would link to my review of it, but can’t find it online.

It’s funny about the Internet: Every slur that has been typed about me seems readily available. But even relatively recent pieces of mine — full of sweetness and light — are unavailable. The Internet is like a permanent garbage can, with the trash never taken out.

But enough of my griping. In this podcast, Linda, Mona, and I talk about black America, Hispanic America, and America America. America at large. When Linda says goodbye, Mona and I talk about Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Rob Portman, the British royal family, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and “a host of others,” as they say in golf commentary. (“McIlroy is leading, followed by Mickelson, Garcia, and a host of others.”)

We go out with the last pages of the Korngold Violin Concerto, burned up by Jascha Heifetz. Join us here (and join Heifetz here).