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
I Was an Asylum Seeker. Now I Help Others: A Podcast with Dora Rodriguez
"My story was tragic and painful. It took me years to open up. But I have a story that I hope can make some change, and let people know who we migrants really are."
Border Violence and Security in a Warming World: A Podcast with Nathan Akehurst and Petra Molnar
In this discussion we take a close look at the “global panopticon,” robotic dogs, the border-industrial complex, and what all this has to do with the changing climate.
How to Counter the GOP's White Supremacy Campaign Messaging: A Podcast Interview with Zachary Mueller
The political director for the nonprofit America's Voice traces the history of the GOP's embrace of white supremacy messaging from the 2017 Unite the Right rally to the upcoming midterm elections.
Nature Has No Borders: A Live Podcast with Erick Meza of Sierra Club Borderlands
We discuss the history of The Border Chronicle, the environmental impacts of the wall, and how solutions to border woes might be in the flora and fauna before our eyes.
Challenging Smuggling Myths on the U.S. Mexico Border: A Podcast with Anthropologist Gabriella Sanchez
“The focus on organized crime prevents us from seeing how enforcement and inequality disproportionately targets the poor.”
A Memoir from the Front Lines of Family Separation: A Podcast with Human Rights Lawyer Efrén Olivares
“Putting these feelings, these experiences on the page was cathartic," he says about his new book on Trump's Zero Tolerance and its aftermath.
The Most Dangerous Police Force: A Podcast with Geographer Reece Jones about His New Book on the Border Patrol
Jones discusses why the Border Patrol can racially profile people, why it can operate in a 100-mile zone from all U.S. borders, and how it “can look a lot like an authoritarian militia force."
Black Seminoles in the Borderlands: A Podcast Interview with Windy Goodloe
"We're still here and we're very proud of the legacy that has been left to us."
Border Hacker: A Podcast with Levi Vonk
A rare in-depth look inside a migrant caravan and Mexico’s amped-up border enforcement, along with scathing revelations about humanitarian networks on the Mexican migrant trail
From Border Patrol Agent to Immigrant Rights Activist: A Podcast with Jenn Budd
Budd's new book "Against the Wall" takes an unflinching look at the systemic misogyny and racism in the Border Patrol, and overcoming a childhood of trauma and abuse.
Climate Disaster, Displacement, and Divides: A Podcast with Amali Tower
“Now more than three times as many people are displaced by climate disasters and extreme weather events than conflict or violence.”
Reporter's Notebook: A Man and his Rake Against Anti-Immigrant Hate in Yuma, Arizona
The Border Chronicle visits with Fernando “Fernie” Quiroz, director of the AZ-CA Humanitarian Coalition that provides aid to asylum seekers in Yuma