Maria and Julio are joined by Greg Grandin , professor of history at New York University and author of the book, The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America . They discuss the history of the U.S.-Mexico border, immigration policy and the racist roots of the Border Patrol. ITT Staff Picks When the Frontier becomes the wall, via The New Yorker How border-crossing became a crime in the United States, from The History Channel From our sister podcast, Latino USA :...
Dec 24, 2019•44 min
In the final ITT Sound Off of the year, Julio is joined by guest co-host Jamilah King to talk about the impeachment of President Trump as well as Thursday's Democratic Debate in Los Angeles. They discuss male whiteness on the debate stage and how the candidates addressed LGBTQ rights, immigration and campaign finance. ITT Staff Picks - The Los Angeles Times gives five takeaways from the December debate - Julio was interviewed for this Mother Jones piece about Democratic candidates overlooking La...
Dec 20, 2019•30 min
This week Maria and guest co-host Jamilah King welcome Molly Woodstock , journalist and host of the Gender Reveal podcast, and ITT All-Star Imara Jones , creator and producer of Translash Media and 2019 Soros Equality Fellow. They discuss The Afghanistan Papers , a Washington Post investigative report showcasing numerous pages of internal government documents which reveal how the U.S. intentionally misled the American public about the war in Afghanistan for the past 18 years, and how mainstream ...
Dec 18, 2019•42 min
In this ITT Sound Off, Julio and guest co-host Jamilah King talk about the latest in the impeachment proceedings and the Democratic primary race. They also discuss the recent UK elections and Golden Globes nominations. ITT Staff Picks: The articles of impeachment against President Trump, via The New York Times More on Joe Biden's immigration plan, via Vox Wesley Morris' New York Times Magazine piece about why Lupita Nyong'o is one of the best actors of 2019. For information regarding your data p...
Dec 13, 2019•23 min
Maria and Julio welcome two ITT All-Stars, Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr ., the department chair of African American Studies at Princeton University, and Terrell Jermaine Starr , senior reporter at The Root. They talk about the latest with impeachment and the 2020 Democratic primary, and how Nikki Haley's comments on the Confederate flag being "hijacked by Dylann Roof" are only a manifestation of genteel racism. They also follow up from Friday's Sound Off conversation about the ProPublica video showing Ca...
Dec 10, 2019•44 min
Maria and Julio are back with an ITT Sound Off! They give updates on the impeachment inquiry and the 2020 Democratic primary race. They also discuss the latest reporting on immigration and border detention facilities. ITT Staff Picks Democrats are moving fast on impeachment, via Vox What an all-white debate stage would mean for the Democratic Party, via The Atlantic The New York Times and ProPublica's report on McKinsey consulting for ICE For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast....
Dec 06, 2019•26 min
Maria and Julio are joined by Esther Wang , senior staff writer with Jezebel, and LaTosha Brown , cofounder of Black Voters Matter and 2019 Harvard IOP Fellow, to talk about Mayor Pete Buttigieg's struggle with Black and Latino support, and how that's an extension of his poor track record with those exact constituencies in South Bend, Indiana. They also discuss how at the backdrop of the impeachment inquiry is not only the President with a number of sexual assault allegations against him, but al...
Dec 03, 2019•38 min
In this episode we get into the issues of wealth when it comes to land/home ownership and the perils of capitalism. Maria and Julio talk with Aaron Glantz , senior reporter with Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting about his new book , "Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks, and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes and Demolished the American Dream." They discuss the mortgage crisis, the history of land ownership an...
Nov 29, 2019•42 min
Maria and Julio are joined by Ai-jen Poo , senior advisor to Care in Action , executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the co-director of Caring Across Generations, and Alexsis Rodgers , Care in Action's Virginia state director, to discuss the history of the domestic care movement, and how its legacy of slavery and racism impacts labor rights to this day. Plus, they also talk about the ways in which domestic care advocates are making strides to endorse women of color cand...
Nov 26, 2019•35 min
Julio is joined by guest co-host Jamilah King for this week's ITT Sound Off. They discuss highlights of the fifth Democratic debate and how some candidates have been talking about immigration. Plus, they give the latest on the public impeachment inquiry. ITT Staff Picks: Coming out of this debate, the Democratic primary is still anyone's race, via Vox Black voters don't trust Pete Buttigeig and this is why, via The Daily Beast From Slate : Why Did ASAP Rocky Keep Coming Up at the Impeachment Hea...
Nov 23, 2019•25 min
In 1994, a ballot measure aimed at targeting undocumented immigrants in California by denying families public services —from barring children from public schools to access to non-emergency public health care— was passed 59 percent to 41 percent, but never implemented. That was Proposition 187. Maria and Julio are joined by Gustavo Arellano , L.A. Times reporter and host of the “This Is California: The Battle of 187” podcast, and Gerardo Correa, president of the Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Pr...
Nov 19, 2019•40 min
In this week's Sound Off, Maria and Julio talk the latest with the now televised impeachment proceedings and what it all means for our democracy. They also discuss the complexities and history of political turmoil in Bolivia with Evo Morales now seeking political asylum in Mexico amidst the ongoing protests and many outcrying this as a coup. Maria and Julio end with an update on immigration and the related SCOTUS cases. ITT Staff Picks: 3 ways the Supreme Court could decide DACA’s fate, via Vox ...
Nov 15, 2019•23 min
Maria and Julio are joined by L.A. based comedian, Charla Lauriston to talk about representation, the importance of comedy and the impact of political satire. Originally from Haiti, Charla has written for shows like Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt , Comedy Central’s Why? W/ Hannibal Buress , and TBS’s The Last OG and she co-hosts the new podcast The Secret Lives of Black Women . ITT Staff Picks: A review of The Secret Lives of Black Women via The New York Times The 2019 Diversity Report: Women & P...
Nov 12, 2019•28 min
In this week's ITT Sound Off, Maria and Julio talk about the results of Tuesday's elections and give an update on the latest with the impeachment proceedings. They also discuss the recent massacre of LeBaron family members in northern Mexico. ITT Staff Picks: What impeachment could mean for the 2020 election, via FiveThirtyEight The Virginia elections show (again) that women are "electable", via Vox How Mexico became home to communities of Mormons, via The Washington Post For information regardi...
Nov 08, 2019•20 min
Maria and Julio travel to Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, CT for a live show to discuss the state's immigrant and Latinx communities. Connecticut provides many protections to the over 100,000 undocumented immigrants , but the community still faces discrimination. Our ITT hosts are joined by guests Charles Venator-Santiago , associate professor with the Department of Political Science and El Instituto at University of Connecticut; Kica Matos , director of the Center on Immigr...
Nov 05, 2019•38 min
Maria and Julio discuss a major step on the impeachment front that formalizes the inquiry. They also talk about the class disparities that are at the undercurrent of the wildfires raging in California, and cover the latest in immigration hearings. ITT Staff Picks: Trump has received a formal invitation to be impeached, via The New York Times Read Brittny Mejia's article about the domestic workers working through the California wildfires, via The Los Angeles Times Listen to the full exchange betw...
Nov 01, 2019•22 min
Maria and Julio are joined by All-Stars Wajahat Ali , New York Times contributing Op-Ed writer and CNN commentator and Aisha Moodie-Mills , a political strategist and CNN commentator. They talk about the latest in the impeachment proceedings and the 2020 election. But they also discuss international news from the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi as a result of the U.S. special forces operation to the various uprisings happening around the world from Lebanon to Chile. ITT Staff Picks: Wh...
Oct 29, 2019•41 min
Maria and Julio are back with another Sound Off! They discuss the civil unrest in Chile and how history is repeating itself. Plus, the latest in Trump impeachment coverage, and a new ACLU report that sheds light on how many children have been separated from their families at the US-Mexico border. ITT Staff Picks: - The latest on what's happening in Chile, via Latino Rebels - How Trump's "lynching" comment was strategic racism, from Salon - Read more about the ICE lawsuit from Connecticut, via AP...
Oct 25, 2019•25 min
Maria and Julio travel to Three Rivers Community College in Norwich, CT for a live show to discuss addiction and mental health in POC communities. They're joined by guests Kelvin Young , sound healer and certified recovery coach, Kenyatta Thompson , senior community organizer at Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice, and Taylor Ford, statewide youth and family coordinator with FAVOR, Inc. The overdose epidemic is often treated as an issue within white communities - who do make up a majori...
Oct 23, 2019•35 min
On this week's ITT Sound Off, Julio and guest co-host Jamilah King discuss Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney's surprise press conference and the Freudian slip that has everyone talking. They also discuss the fourth Democratic debates and the undercurrent of respectability politics with white versus POC 2020 candidates. And in Fort Worth, Texas, another fatal police shooting of a black person in their own apartment comes to light. ITT Staff Picks: Bernie can’t say our name, Beto has no shame, a...
Oct 18, 2019•21 min
For this live show from Cambridge, Mass. Maria and Julio discuss 2020 and the POC vote with guests IOP Resident Fellow LaTosha Brown , award-winning organizer and co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, and Renée Graham , associate editor and columnist with The Boston Globe. The 2018 midterms were the highest turnout rate for a midterm election in recent history, with voters of color turning out in greater numbers than in 2014, according to a Pew Research Center . And in 2020 voters of color wil...
Oct 15, 2019•42 min
In this ITT Sound Off, Julio and guest co-host Jamilah King discuss the pivotal SCOTUS cases that could affect LGBTQ rights for the foreseeable future. Plus this week, CNN and the Human Rights Campaign hosted the Power of Our Pride Equality town hall where 2020 hopefuls answered questions on LGBTQ issues. Then, we turn to the latest news on the impeachment front and what's going on with China, the NBA and free speech. ITT Staff Picks: What you need to know about 2020 Democratic candidates' LGBTQ...
Oct 11, 2019•21 min
In this crossover episode, ITT airs the second episode of the new podcast, Climate 2020 , a podcast that zeroes in on climate change as a top issue of the 2020 presidential election. Impeachment has thrown a monkey wrench into the news cycle -- and the scandal has a climate change link. Hosts of Climate 2020, journalist David Gelber and executive director of Climate Nexus, Jeff Nesbit talk with Ben Lefebvre , energy reporter at Politico, and Leah Stokes , climate and energy politics researcher a...
Oct 08, 2019•31 min
Maria and Julio are back with another Sound Off! They talk the latest in the impeachment proceedings chaos and how the media should cover authoritarianism. They also give an immigration update and discuss the conviction and sentencing of Amber Guyger, the Dallas police officer who shot and killed her black neighbor, Botham Shem Jean, last September. ITT Staff Picks: Botham Jean, Amber Guyger and the Delusion of Forgiveness, via The Root From The Intercept : Trump Attacked the Women of Color Who ...
Oct 04, 2019•22 min
Maria and Julio are joined by senior reporter at The Root and ITT All-Star Terrell Jermaine Starr to discuss the whistleblower scandal that has rocked the White House. They talk about the viability of the impeachment proceedings being launched against Trump and the response of politicians from both sides of the aisle. Plus, they talk about the latest in immigration and how the mainstream political media isn't doing a good enough job covering the POC 2020 candidates. ITT Staff Picks: - Check out ...
Oct 01, 2019•38 min
In this crossover episode, ITT airs the first episode of the new podcast, Radical Imagination , that's produced by our very own Futuro Studios . The U.S. once had open borders. Migrants from all over the world would arrive fleeing war, escaping poverty and seeking opportunity. Open borders made our country strong. But many Americans today are horrified by the idea of “open borders.” Harsh new immigration policies are making it more difficult than ever to come to the U.S. or even ask for asylum. ...
Sep 27, 2019•33 min
Maria and Julio are joined by ITT All-Stars, Feminista Jones , writer and activist, and Jenni Monet , independent journalist and tribal member of the Pueblo of Laguna. They discuss the latest with the 2020 election and the erasure of POC and Indigenous organizing within the Global Climate Strike and the UN Climate Summit. They also talk pop culture and break down the 2019 Emmys. ITT Staff Picks: Listen to the full Latino USA interview with Bernie Sanders The climate movement needs to make teens ...
Sep 24, 2019•41 min
Julio and guest co-host Jamilah King sound off over the week's news about abusive men in power. They talk about the multiple instances of brown/blackface by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (and his ridiculous apology), the charges against wealthy Democrat donor Ed Buck for operating a drug house, administering methamphetamine, and battery; and the sexual assault and rape allegations against NFL player Antonio Brown. ITT Staff Picks: Wealthy Democratic donor Ed Buck finally arrested after ...
Sep 20, 2019•22 min
Human rights lawyer and journalist, Gisela Pérez De Acha and journalist with El Universal Mexico, Melissa Amezcua join Maria and Julio to discuss the recent wave of feminist protests in Mexico. They talk about the gender-based violence that provoked the demonstrations and how the AMLO administration has fallen short of their duty to protect women. They also speak about the new details that have emerged from a recent New York Times essay that calls out Justice Brett Kavanaugh for sexual misconduc...
Sep 17, 2019•41 min
In this ITT Sound Off, Julio and guest co-host Jamilah King discuss the third Democratic Debate, which took place in Houston this week. Julio and Jamilah talk through Biden's confusing response to a question about the legacy of slavery in the United States, the reaction to an intense moment between Biden and Castro, and how the candidates successfully and unsuccessfully addressed issues from healthcare to gun violence. ITT Staff Picks Read Joe Biden’s baffling debate answer about record players,...
Sep 13, 2019•28 min
