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.

Wall Watch: Mapping Trump’s $46 Billion Border Mega-Project

In this week's podcast, Melissa del Bosque and Geographer Dugan Meyer explain how the Border Chronicle's new project, Wall Watch, helps residents document and understand the massive construction project underway at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Latest in The Border Chronicle Podcast
Protecting the Last Grandmother Cottonwood: A Podcast with Kate Scott

A vivid depiction of what has been happening during the last eight weeks of resistance against border wall construction in southern Arizona’s San Rafael Valley.

Why Local Pressure is Key to Impacting National Immigration Politics: A podcast with John Washington, author of “How to Close a Camp.”

In February, the country broke an ominous record: over 68,000 people were being held in detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, more than ever before.

The Everywhere Border: A podcast with Border Chronicle founders, Todd and Melissa

Border Chronicle founders, Todd and Melissa, talk about how law enforcement surveillance, high-speed chases instigated by Border Patrol, unwarranted searches and seizures, and other heavy-handed policing that border communities have endured for decades has now moved into the interior of the country.

The Term “Border Security” Is Completely Inaccurate: A Podcast with Jacques Servin

This conversation, hosted by Todd Miller, about a great borderlands adobe brick building project is going great, until Jacques Servin—of the political performance artist trickster and activist troupe called the Yes Men—fails to grasp the meaning of the term "border security."

Bringing the Border into Latin American Art: A Podcast with Gabriela Rangel
Inside the Sentinel Surveillance Tower in Ciudad Juárez: A Podcast with Investigative Journalist José Olivares

Torre Centinela, a Mexican surveillance hub that will share intelligence with U.S. and Texas law enforcement is slated to open soon. Olivares discusses his investigation on Torre Centinela and the private corporation running it.

Inside the “National Defense Areas”: A Podcast with Investigative Reporters Sonner Kehrt and David Roza

With more than 40 percent of the U.S.-Mexico border now under military authority, we discuss our Border Chronicle/The War Horse investigation examining this unprecedented expansion of federal power and its impact on border communities.

What’s Wrong with Mexico’s Right Wing? A Conversation with Alex González Ormerod
Running through Borders: A Podcast with Amy Juan

Each year since 1995, the Tohono O’odham Nation has held the Unity Run. “These runs,” Amy Juan says,“not only have their purpose as prayer for the people and the land but also put us on the ground to actually see what is happening” on the border.