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Mixed Media: Dallas is obsessed (again) with Mexican food, sports as overproduced televised drama, 'Jurassic World'

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On episode 6 of Mixed Media: Dallas Morning News restaurant critic Leslie Brenner and Al Día managing editor Alfredo Carbajal join us to discuss why Mexican cuisine is trending again in Dallas and how they produced the newspaper's first bilingual interactive feature.

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Next, the N.B.A. finals are upon us, which might not mean much if you are a basketball agnostic, but the annual shoot-out has resonance beyond sports: It gives us a chance to consider sports' place in the entertainment industrial complex. Dallas Morning News architecture critic — and long-suffering Knicks fan — Mark Lamster returns to Mixed Media to join us for a conversation about sports as overproduced television drama.

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Finally, Jurassic World, the third sequel to 1993's Jurassic Park, stomps through theaters this weekend. Yes, after all that mayhem, someone still thinks it's a good idea to monkey with dinosaur DNA. We discuss the highs, the lows and the literal scenery chewing. And since all blockbusters are now required to have an accompanying smartphone app, we try out the new Jurassic World Mobile MovieMaker. See the result at the bottom of the post.  

Road test: A Raptor invades the Mixed Media studio via the Jurassic World Mobile MovieMaker app
Road test: A Raptor invades the Mixed Media studio via the Jurassic World Mobile MovieMaker app