The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: February 13
How exactly do we get out of this apocalypse? The artists might just know. And why we need to be concerned about how U.S. military tactics abroad find their way home.
The Border Chronicle Podcast
The Border Chronicle podcast is hosted by Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller. Based in Tucson, Arizona, we interview fascinating fronterizo/as, community leaders, activists, artists and more at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Episodes
The Migrant Criminality Narrative: A Podcast with César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
One of the nation’s top immigration scholars cuts through the crap and lays bare this moment of border and immigration control, how we got here, and where we’re headed.
What Is Texas’s Operation Lone Star, and What Happens If Trump Makes It a National Model? A Podcast with Texas Civil Rights Advocate Bob Libal
What Is Texas’s Operation Lone Star, and What Happens If Trump Makes It a National Model? A Podcast with
What’s Gonna Happen on the Border in 2025? A Podcast with Erika Pinheiro
If you want to know about what’s to come on the border—what to expect, how it got to this point, and ways to fight back—put everything down right now and give this a listen.
Reporter's Notebook: Melissa Talks About a New Binational Investigation on Border Militarization and Drownings in the Rio Grande
A special podcast with Lighthouse Reports about a year-long collaboration with The Washington Post and El Universal in Mexico published this week.
Border Chronicle Postelection Podcast
Melissa and Todd discuss the election aftermath and what it means for the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.
No Borders as a Practical Political Project: A Podcast with Nandita Sharma
“This is the moment of solidarity. This is the moment for mutual support.”
A Special Border Chronicle Election Podcast
Melissa and Todd on the last time Trump deployed active military to the border; the immigration policy of cansancio in Mexico; and Harris and the Dems’ tough talk on asylum.
A Live Podcast from Nogales with Educators Celia Concannon and Gustavo Lozano
The Border Chronicle helps kick off an exciting new oral history project called "The Border Before" led by the nonprofit Voices from the Border, and other local border organizations.
The Expanding Immigrant Detention Nexus: A Podcast with Jesse Franzblau
Immigrant detention has doubled during Biden, which now wants to expand it more. But not if rights groups can help it, explains the senior policy analyst for the National Immigrant Justice Center.
The Highest Law in the Land: Journalist Jessica Pishko on Right-wing Sheriffs and Democracy
Pishko talks about her new book on sheriffs, far-right extremism, and what it means for our democracy and the upcoming election.
From Green Beret to Border Human Rights Activist: A Podcast with Mike Wilson and José Antonio Lucero
Tohono O’odham Mike Wilson’s story gives us a compelling, personal, and geopolitical glimpse into the borderlands across a history of militarization, resistance, and transformation.
Beyond 'El Mayo' and Drug Cartels: A Podcast with Journalist Luis Chaparro
Let's retire the term "drug cartel" he argues. These are multinational corporations that literally get away with murder.