The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: June 5
The Border Chronicle hangs out with legendary journalist Amy Goodman, plus big tech and the "everywhere border" and a podcast about Latin American art and the borderlands and more!
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
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.
What to Make of the U.S. and Mexican Elections: A Podcast with Alexander Aviña
Take a ride on the electoral rollercoaster--and how it impacts the border and U.S.-Mexico relations--with one of the most insightful historians out there.
Unbuild Walls: A Podcast with Silky Shah
With tonight’s debate, it's the exact right time to learn more about the enforcement-prison-deportation nexus. And how Shah’s vital new book offers a vision out of this mess.
Fix the Asylum System, Protect Human Rights: A Podcast with Adam Isacson
The longtime migration expert talks about solutions, and what's missing in the debate around Biden's executive order to restrict asylum.
Water Is Running Out in the Rio Grande. This Report Has Solutions, but Will Stakeholders Act?
A Q&A with Water Policy Expert Kathy Robb on her solutions-oriented report that builds off successes of Colorado river basin negotiations.
The Walls Have Eyes: A Podcast with Petra Molnar
If you want to learn about border technology, listen to this conversation about a new book on surviving migration in the age of artificial intelligence.
On a Far-Right Movement Beyond Trump: A podcast with Heidi Beirich
The longtime expert in extremism warns that far-right networks are being built globally and across borders.