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 Everywhere Border: A Podcast with Mizue Aizeki
As widespread election border theater kicks in, the director of the Surveillance Resistance Lab talks about smart borders, border externalization, “identity dominance,” and what can be done about it.
How the Right Wing Hijacked the Border Narrative: A Podcast with Conservative Media Expert AJ Bauer
"We need to be thinking more creatively and less restrictively around border policy and yet we're going in the opposite direction," says Bauer.
Prepare Yourselves for the 2024 Border Chaos Narrative: A Podcast with Erika Pinheiro
Al Otro Lado's executive director discusses what’s to come this election year: more of the CBP One app and open-air border prisons, along with a hyper-distorted fearmongering narrative of overwhelm.
Love Across Borders: A Podcast with Anna Lekas Miller
What happens when you are in love but a massive border apparatus is in your way? Listen here to find out.
Asylum at the U.S.-Mexico Border has Never Been More Complex: A Podcast with Caitlyn Yates
Yates, co-author of a new report on asylum processing, speaks of increasingly fragmented asylum policies at the U.S.-Mexico border as a historic number of people cross the Darién Gap.
Education Instead of Barbed Wire and Walls: A Podcast with Felicia Rangel-Samporano
The co-founder of the Sidewalk School talks about racism and Black migration, border disinformation, and how governments could alleviate suffering at the border.
Climate Change Oppression: A Podcast with Amali Tower
“It’s not difficult to understand that a population that makes its livelihood off the land would find climate change oppressive, and would find climate change to be tantamount to persecution.”
Reforming Asylum for the 21st Century: A Podcast with Immigration Expert Muzzafar Chishti
We can't be a leader in the world if we shut down asylum, he says.
The Borderlands Are Beautiful: A Podcast with Petey Mesquitey
The legendary storyteller takes us on a trip through the Arizona borderlands, its sky islands, flora and fauna, all the way to the border wall with Mexico.
A Live Podcast with David Taylor, Artist and Border Researcher
Recorded at the Tin Shed Theater with the wonderful people of Patagonia, Arizona, we talk about Taylor's fascinating career as an educator and artist who challenges our perceptions of borders.
On Civil Rights and Operation Lone Star in South Texas: A Podcast with Roberto Lopez
"It feels like you're always being watched."
“People Need Representation”: A Podcast with Immigration Lawyer Margo Cowan
The lawyer and longtime community organizer talks about her two-year ban from practicing immigration law, how she is responding to it, and her history of border organizing and advocacy in Arizona.