Julio catches up with all-star guests Raquel Cepeda , filmmaker and author, and Wajahat Ali , TV host and contributor to The New York Times, about all the latest threats to U.S. democracy. They talk about the meeting between Trump and Putin in Helsinki, the rise of the Abolish ICE movement and what might happen with the new SCOTUS nominee. We also find out "Where's Maria?" who was –literally– on the road reporting. Want to read more? In the press conference, Putin gave Trump a soccer ball. The N...
Jul 17, 2018•40 min
We've seen the crying and suffering of children being torn apart from their parents at the U.S. border, but what is happening in these kids' brains and what is the neurological long-term impact of trauma? Maria calls up a badass neuroscientist from UCLA, Dr. Gina Poe , to understand the science behind the trauma of family separation. Want to read more? A list of the organizations helping children separated from the families, compiled by The Texas Tribune. Read the letter of the American Psycholo...
Jul 13, 2018•21 min
Donald Trump has nominated Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court and many are fearing that this will lead to an overturn of Roe v. Wade. Maria and Julio talk to Tannia Esparza , executive director of the organization Young Women United , and Regina Mahone , VP/managing editor of Rewire.News about the impact of reproductive rights restrictions on women of color. Want to read more? What will happen if Roe v. Wade is overturned? The Washington Post explain...
Jul 10, 2018•33 min
Pati Navalta Poblete went from being a columnist and journalist to being in the news when her son died due to gun violence in 2014. Maria and Julio speak with Pati about how she has turned her grief into activism and her memoir A Better Place . Want to read more? From The Mercury News, 'In wake of her son’s murder, Pati Navalta Poblete charts a course to peace.' Visit the site of the Robby Poblete Foundation , which Pati founded on her son's name. From Vox, 'America’s unique gun violence problem...
Jul 06, 2018•25 min
Maria and Julio meet up at Aspen Ideas Festival with Dr. Brittney Cooper (aka Professor Crunk), associate professor at Rutgers University and co-founder of the Crunk Feminist Collective blog and Dr. Michael Kimmel, founder and director of the Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities at Stony Brook University. They explore why everyone seems to be mad as hell, how anger has transformed our politics, and why race and gender matter when it comes to rage in the Trump era. Want to read more? Bri...
Jul 03, 2018•38 min
This Sunday July 1, Mexicans will choose thousands of political positions, from mayors to the new president. Maria and Julio talk with Mexican journalist León Krauze about what to expect from the front-runner and if this election can really change the future of the country. Want to read more? Dissent magazine's profile on Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the front-runner. El Universal explains (in English) why voter turnout will be a key factor. The NY Times writes about Mexican disenchanted youth a...
Jun 29, 2018•21 min
While immigrant families are still separated after Trump's zero tolerance policy, the Supreme Court upheld his travel ban. María and Julio talk with ITT All Star Wajahat Ali , op-ed contributor for The New York Times, about what this decision means and what we can expect in the future. Want to read more? Mother Jones' Must-Reads From Justice Sotomayor’s Dissent on Trump’s Travel Ban . Vox on How Trump's Travel Ban became normal . The SCOTUS blog analysis of the decision. For information regardin...
Jun 26, 2018•15 min
She has worked as a correspondent in Israel, Syria and Libya, but Latin America is very much in her heart. Lulu García-Navarro , host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, joins María and Julio to talk about the elections in Colombia and Mexico, and why we should pay more attention to Brazil. Want to read and see more of Lulu? The Washingtonian profiled Lulu in this piece. Lulu interviews John Moore, one of the most interesting photographers reporting on the drama of families separated at the border....
Jun 22, 2018•20 min
The government keeps defending its policy of separating migrant families at the border and the Supreme Court makes a decision that will impact voting rights for the next election. Maria and Julio discuss the latest headlines with In The Thick All Stars, Jamilah King , race and justice reporter with Mother Jones , and Jamil Smith , senior writer with Rolling Stone . Want to read more? Jamil Smith's Rolling Stone article about the SCOTUS voting rights decision Jamilah King's Mother Jones article a...
Jun 19, 2018•24 min
Maria and Julio sit down with Alicia Rose DelGallo , editor and co-founder of ProSoccerUSA.com to discuss fútbol (aka soccer)! They chat about the politics of the World Cup, diversity in U.S. soccer and whether or not pro players are using their platform to speak up for justice. Want to read more? From The Guardian, an article about diversity in the MLS and around the coaching system in the U.S. Megan Rapinoe's "Why I Am Kneeling" piece Also from The Guardian , the story of Miguel Aguilar, DACA ...
Jun 15, 2018•18 min
Maria and Julio talk about the damaging effect of separating parents and their children at the U.S.-Mexico border. They are joined by Sandy Santana , executive director of the national legal non-profit Children’s Rights , part of a group of organizations challenging this policy. Also with them, Tina Vasquez , immigration reporter at Rewire.News . Want to read more? Tina's article on how Jeff Sessions’ policy follows up on what happened during the Obama administration. American Academy of Pediatr...
Jun 12, 2018•36 min
In our weekly news roundup, Maria and Julio share the latest about the Hurricane Mara death count in Puerto Rico. They also discuss immigration news that's not making the front pages: from the largest recent workplace raid under Trump at an Ohio company to the story of Pablo Villavicencio Calderón, who was detained by ICE after delivering pizza to a military base in Brooklyn. They end the show by reflecting on the death of Anthony Bourdain. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acas...
Jun 08, 2018•14 min
In the final part of In The Thick's LIVE series at DePaul University, Maria and Julio discuss the immigration detention machine. According to the Prison Policy's 2018 report, there are 34,000 immigrants detained by ICE, 13,000 more people in federal prison for criminal convictions related to federal immigration laws and 13,000 immigrants being held pre-trial by U.S. Marshals. David Hernandez, Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies at Mount Holyoke College, and immigration attorney Mony Ru...
Jun 05, 2018•32 min
Maria and Julio sit down with queer Latinx writer Gabby Rivera, who wrote AMERICA featuring Marvel's first Latina lesbian superhero, America Chavez. They chat about why representation matters, celebrating POC joy and how Maria may just be Gabby's madrina. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Jun 01, 2018•20 min
Maria and Julio are joined by Marcela García, columnist and editorial board member with The Boston Globe, and Betty Francisco, founder of FitNation Ventures and Latina Circle, LIVE from The Podcast Garage. Looking at access to educational, economic and political power, they discuss how visible or invisible is the Latino community is in the Boston area. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
May 29, 2018•36 min
Maria and Julio check in on the week's news before the long weekend. They chat about President Trump's latest "immigration roundtable" on Long Island this week that conflated MS-13 with immigration, and the ACLU's publishing of government documents that allegedly show that the CBP abused and mistreated unaccompanied immigrant children during the Obama administration. And they catch up on this week's electoral primaries and what the wins and losses could mean for the 2018 midterm elections. For i...
May 25, 2018•20 min
Maria and Julio catch their breaths from all the incredible live shows and catch up on some major headlines with all-star Terrell Jermaine Starr, senior reporter at The Root, and María Peña, reporter with La Opinión. Terrell explains how Trump is fulfilling his white supremacy fantasy with his rhetoric and actions taken towards the Russia probe and immigration policy. And María Peña, who just returned from reporting in Jerusalem, gives important context to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Audio...
May 22, 2018•29 min
Maria and Julio chat about two headlines from this week—Trump's recent derogatory comments about immigrants and the latest fatal school shooting in Texas. Then they dig into the sexual misconduct allegations against author Junot Díaz, breaking down the complexity of the intersection of race, immigration status and gender in the Me Too movement. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
May 18, 2018•18 min
In part two of In The Thick's LIVE series at DePaul University, Maria and Julio continue the conversation about Latinos and mass incarceration. Despite making up 19 percent of the U.S. prison population, mass incarceration is often talked about in terms of the black-white binary. How does mass incarceration impact Latino communities, and especially so under the Trump administration? Prison reform activist Luis “Suave” Gonzalez, HuffPost national reporter Roque Planas and civil rights attorney Ai...
May 15, 2018•35 min
Maria and Julio find pieces of hope and joy amidst heart-sinking sounds of the latest news, from DACA to undocumented journalists being detained by ICE. Julio raps a little Public Enemy while they breakdown the latest headlines of white people calling 911 on people of color. And they chat about Childish Gambino’s powerful music video of his new song “This Is America.” For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
May 11, 2018•18 min
Maria and Julio recently hosted an In The Thick LIVE show from DePaul University series on Latinos and Mass Incarceration. For the first conversation, they're joined by Luis “Suave” Gonzalez, a former juvenile lifer and now a prison reform activist. Along with hearing Suave's story, Julio also interviews Maria, who has been covering Suave's story for more than 25 years. Stay tuned for part two and three of ITT Live from Chicago series on Latinos and Mass Incarceration. For information regarding ...
May 07, 2018•35 min
After a busy week of live shows in Chicago, Maria and Julio catch up on the week's two biggest headlines: anti-austerity protests in Puerto Rico and former New York City mayor, Rudy Giuliani, exposing President Trump's lies by saying in a TV interview that Trump reimbursed his attorney, Michael Cohen, for the Stormy Daniels hush money payment. They also chat about how Giuliani fits into the white men's mayor club, which The Atlantic staff writer, Russell Berman, wrote about recently detailing ho...
May 04, 2018•12 min
Maria and Julio are joined by all-star guest, Wajahat Ali, TV host and contributor to The New York Times, and author/filmmaker Raquel Cepeda. They discuss the latest news from the Michelle Wolf's roast at the White House Correspondents Dinner to the Central American refugee caravan. They also talk about the influence of white rage in shaping the 2016 election and the nation's current politics. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy ...
May 01, 2018•28 min
Maria and Julio are joined by Futuro Media's Executive Director, Erika Dilday, to process and discuss the Bill Cosby guilty verdict for sexual assault. They talk about Cosby's complicated (or... not so complicated) legacy and the role of race and the Me Too movement. Maria and Erika share their personal Me Too stories. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
Apr 27, 2018•15 min
After catching up on the news, Maria and Julio discuss the future of the Latino community and what it means for political movements and democracy. Joining them are Lucy Flores, Vice President of Public Affairs with mitú and a former Nevada assemblywoman, and Carlos Jesus Calzadilla-Palacio, Founder and President of Young Progressives of America. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
Apr 24, 2018•29 min
With Maria away traveling, Julio sits down with Futuro Media’s Executive Director, Erika Dilday, for a special In The Thick conversation. As this Friday marks 19 years since the Columbine High School massacre and the second national student walkout for gun control following the Parkland shooting, Julio and Erika discuss the POC perspective of gun violence as a symptom of a larger issue in the country: systemic racism. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast...
Apr 20, 2018•14 min
Maria calls up all-star guest, Christina Greer, professor at Fordham University and fellow at NYU's McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, to get an In The Thick take on the latest news. Then, Maria and Julio sit down with actor and artist, James McDaniel, who is best known for his role as Lieutenant Arthur Fancy in the groundbreaking series, NYPD Blue, and has also recently starred in The Deuce and The Night Shift. They chat about all the silent battles he fought from being one of ...
Apr 17, 2018•26 min
Maria and Julio catch up on the week's news. They chat about the saucy details from James Comey's forthcoming memoir; corruption in federal immigration agencies; the fed's raid of President Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen; Republicans who are dropping like flies; and, whether the latest attack in Syria will lead the U.S. into another war. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
Apr 13, 2018•11 min
In this episode of In The Thick, Maria and Julio are joined by Shelby Chestnut, National Organizing and Policy Strategist with Transgender Law Center, and Verónica Bayetti Flores, freelance writer and co-host of Radio Menea. They discuss the LGBT rights movement and how the media can do a better job of covering the LGBT community. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
Apr 10, 2018•24 min
In this ITT Extra, Maria and Julio highlight three stories you may have missed this week because... Trump: the missing migrant voices from the coverage of the Central American refugee caravan; the conviction of former Bolivian president Gonzalo "Goni" Sánchez de Lozada for the killings of mostly indigenous civilians during the 2003 gas protests; and the latest police shooting of unarmed black man, Saheed Vassell, in Brooklyn. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy S...
Apr 06, 2018•16 min
