Podcast appearances and mentions of Jean Guerrero

What does it mean to be Latino/Latina/Latinx in 2025?Is Latinidad a fiction?Should Latino be considered a race?On this episode of Latino USA, Maria Hinojosa asks those questions in a conversation with Jean Guerrero, journalist and columnist, and Julissa Arce Raya, author and activist.They also speak about colorism, recent headlines, and how simply existing as a Latino today can make you a target.Want to support our independent journalism? Join Futuro + for exclusive episodes, sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes chisme on Latino USA and all our podcasts.Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter. 

Ever the real estate guy, Trump unleashes a demo crew on the government, says US should develop Gaza's beachfront. Elon Musk invades federal agencies, accesses all our data, brags about throwing our global humanitarian aid in a wood chipper. Criminal, cruel, and unconstitutional. Here's my 2020 conversation with JEAN GUERRERO, about her book, HATEMONGER: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda. Chief architect of Trump's Muslim travel ban and his family separation policy, Miller has even more power this time around as White House Deputy Chief of Staff. Learn more at jeanguerrero.com

Jean Guerrero - HatemongerApr 26, 2024Stephen Miller is one of the most influential advisors in the White House. He has crafted Donald Trump's speeches, designed immigration policies that ban Muslims and separate families, and outlasted such Trump stalwarts as Steve Bannon and Jeff Sessions. But he's remained an enigma.Until now. Emmy- and PEN-winning investigative journalist and author Jean Guerrero charts the thirty-four-year-old's astonishing rise to power, drawing from more than one hundred interviews with his family, friends, adversaries and government officials.Radicalized as a teenager, Miller relished provocation at his high school in liberal Santa Monica, California. He clashed with administrators and antagonized dark-skinned classmates with invectives against bilingualism and multiculturalism. At Duke University, he cloaked racist and classist ideas in the language of patriotism and heritage to get them airtime amid controversies. On Capitol Hill, he served Tea Party congresswoman Michele Bachmann and nativist Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions.Recruited to Trump's campaign, Miller met his idol. Having dreamed of Trump's presidency before he even announced his decision to run, Miller became his senior policy advisor and speechwriter. Together, they stoked dystopian fears about the Democrats, “Deep State” and “American Carnage,” painting migrants and their supporters as an existential threat to America. Through backroom machinations and sheer force of will, Miller survived dozens of resignations and encouraged Trump's harshest impulses, in conflict with the president's own family. While Trump railed against illegal immigration, Miller crusaded against legal immigration. He targeted refugees, asylum seekers and their children, engineering an ethical crisis for a nation that once saw itself as the conscience of the world. Miller rallied support for this agenda, even as federal judges tried to stop it, by courting the white rage that found violent expression in tragedies from El Paso to Charlottesville.Hatemonger unveils the man driving some of the most divisive confrontations over what it means to be American––and what America will become.BookBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

OA1098/T3BE51 - We conclude our review of Trump's immigration enforcement team with the man behind Donald Trump's immigration policies.. Who is Steven Miller, and why? You'll want to listen to this one even if you think you know who this man is, because it's all a lot weirder--and, somehow, worse--than you might have ever imagined.  Then, it's time for the answer to last week's bar exam question, and Q51! Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda, Jean Guerrero (2020)  “How Stephen Miller Manipulates Donald Trump to Further His Immigration Obsession,” Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker (2/20/2020) Check out the OA Linktree for all the places to go and things to do! If you'd like to support the show (and lose the ads!), please pledge at patreon.com/law!

To cap off our 2024 election coverage, The Latino Factor: How We Vote, Latino USA teamed up with Futuro Media's political podcast In The Thick to bring you a special episode. In the election that many Americans said was “the most important of their lifetimes,” Maria Hinojosa spends the day speaking to voters, students, journalists and movement leaders across the country. Later Maria is joined by journalists Paola Ramos, Jean Guerrero and Jamil Smith to unpack why Trump won the elections—including the popular vote—with increased support from Latinos.This story is part of our special election coverage: The Latino Factor: How We Vote.Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

In The Thick teamed up with Futuro Media's Latino USA to bring you a special episode, as part of its ongoing 2024 election coverage “The Latino Factor: How We Vote” series. In the election that many Americans said was “the most important of their lifetimes,” Maria Hinojosa spends the day speaking to voters, students, journalists and movement leaders across the country. Later Maria is joined by journalists Paola Ramos, Jean Guerrero and Jamil Smith to unpack key updates and trends in the election. Later Maria is joined by journalists Paola Ramos, Jean Guerrero and Jamil Smith to unpack why Trump won the elections—including the popular vote—with increased support from Latinos.Follow us on TikTok and Instagram.  Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

Jean Guerrero - HatemongerMay 1Stephen Miller is one of the most influential advisors in the White House. He has crafted Donald Trump's speeches, designed immigration policies that ban Muslims and separate families, and outlasted such Trump stalwarts as Steve Bannon and Jeff Sessions. But he's remained an enigma.Until now. Emmy- and PEN-winning investigative journalist and author Jean Guerrero charts the thirty-four-year-old's astonishing rise to power, drawing from more than one hundred interviews with his family, friends, adversaries and government officials.Radicalized as a teenager, Miller relished provocation at his high school in liberal Santa Monica, California. He clashed with administrators and antagonized dark-skinned classmates with invectives against bilingualism and multiculturalism. At Duke University, he cloaked racist and classist ideas in the language of patriotism and heritage to get them airtime amid controversies. On Capitol Hill, he served Tea Party congresswoman Michele Bachmann and nativist Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions.Recruited to Trump's campaign, Miller met his idol. Having dreamed of Trump's presidency before he even announced his decision to run, Miller became his senior policy advisor and speechwriter. Together, they stoked dystopian fears about the Democrats, “Deep State” and “American Carnage,” painting migrants and their supporters as an existential threat to America. Through backroom machinations and sheer force of will, Miller survived dozens of resignations and encouraged Trump's harshest impulses, in conflict with the president's own family. While Trump railed against illegal immigration, Miller crusaded against legal immigration. He targeted refugees, asylum seekers and their children, engineering an ethical crisis for a nation that once saw itself as the conscience of the world. Miller rallied support for this agenda, even as federal judges tried to stop it, by courting the white rage that found violent expression in tragedies from El Paso to Charlottesville.Hatemonger unveils the man driving some of the most divisive confrontations over what it means to be American––and what America will become.BookBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

On this week's episode of 'The Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart': How a deadly air strike on a humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza is changing the dynamic of President Biden's relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. I will speak to Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) about why she and other lawmakers are now calling on President Biden to put conditions on U.S. military aid for Israel. Plus, Avril Benoit of Doctors Without Borders will talk about how the deadly strike on aid workers highlights the dangers faced by relief organizations operating in Gaza. Closer to home, If Donald Trump wins the White House, he promises a nationwide roundup of undocumented immigrants and a focus on discrimination -- against white people. The person at the center of both policies: Stephen Miller. Jelani Cobb and Jean Guerrero will dive into this part of the chaos promised by Trump 2.0.  All that, plus “Exvangelicals,” on “The Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart."

This is Episode 22: Afrofuturism, Colonialism, and Facing Down GriefTopics of DiscussionBefore we go in, I want to note that this film felt very strong in its meta-engagement with the audience where it mourns the loss of the Black Panther, we mourn Chadwick Boseman. This heightens what we see play out, the message in the story as well.There are two elements at work in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever that stood out to me in particular. One is a carry-over from the first film, which is Afrofuturism.In an article entitled “The Rhetoric of ‘Wakanda Forever': Afrofuturism in Black Panther”, Poojil Tiwari states that the term was coined in 1994 by Mark Dreary and it:“is a technique of Black speculative fiction that uses science fiction and futuristic imagery to imagine a future for Black people rooted in the African diaspora.” Tiwari notes that “Black Panther borrows heavily from authentic African tradition to create the wonderful amalgamation of African culture–that is the country of Wakanda. It is a reimagining of a history that never really panned out. It is the story of a nation untouched with colonialism and slavery which therefore has been successful in preserving its cultural practices.”Second is the struggles of Indigenous peoples:Jean Guerrero, in an opinion notes that ‘Wakanda Forever,' did a great job in its handling of Indigenous peoples. Speaking of the cursing of Namor by the Spanish priest when he comes to bury his mother, Guerrero points out that, The filmmakers don't intend for viewers to concur with the priest's hatred. Like Killmonger in the first “Black Panther,” Namor is a cautionary tale against embracing the colonizer's amoral tactics, but he isn't evil. He's driven by trauma and a noble desire to protect his people.The ending has Shuri not destroying Namor, like some colonizer, but recognizing him as an equal in a common struggle.*The Marvels touched on this a bit with the Kree needing to survive and going to other worlds and simply stealing their resources to keep themselves alive.Premise of DiscussionLooking at both the concepts above, Afrofuturism and issues faced by depictions of Indigenous peoples vs the outside world, how do we feel these issues are represented in the film and how do they reflect back on us as the audience? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this capítulo, Jean Guerrero, columnist for the Los Angeles Times joins us to discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Palestine. How does misinformation threaten democracy during times of global conflict? We discuss the digital economy, the algorithm, how the billionaire class depends on us, and how to cultivate empathy.  Read her column here. Find/Call your representative.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/locatora_productionsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Notes and Links to Erica Berry's Work      For Episode 201, Pete welcomes Erica Berry, and the two discuss, among other topics, her early reading and writing and generational traumas and anxieties that have colored her life and many of our lives, her move from poetry into nonfiction and an eventual embrace of many different types of writing and lenses, the “ecology of fear,” travel and confronting fears, and making storylines about seemingly disparate topics-land rights, myth, wolves, fear-into a coherent and superb book.        Erica Berry's nonfiction debut, Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear, was published in February 2023 by Flatiron/Macmillan (US+Canada), and Canongate (UK+Commonwealth) in March 2023.     Her essays and journalism appear in Outside, Catapult, Wired,. Winner of the Steinberg Essay Prize, she has received grants and fellowships from the Ucross Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board, the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources, and Tin House.    She teaches workshops for teenagers and adults through the Attic Institute, Literary Arts, the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, the New York Times Student Journeys, and Oxford Academia. She was the 2019-2020 National Writers' Series Writer-in-Residence and Teaching Fellow at Front Street Writers in Traverse City, Michigan.    She graduated from Bowdoin College in 2014, and received her MFA from the University of Minnesota as a College of Liberal Arts Fellow in 2018. She now lives in her hometown of Portland, Oregon, where she is a Writer-in-the-Schools and an Associate Fellow at the Attic Institute of Arts and Letters. Buy Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear   Erica's Website   Review of Wolfish for The Atlantic: “The Book That Teaches Us to Live With Our Fears”   "Why Do We Fear Wolves?" from LitHub, 2017     At about 2:15, Erica reps The Chills at Will swag!   At about 2:55: Erica quotes Rebecca Solnit in describing her early reading and writing and the relationships to anxiety and ease and pleasure    At about 4:20, Erica focuses in on some favorite readings and writers from growing up, including Cornelia Funke, in addition to the importance and shortcomings of journaling in her life    At about 8:55, Erica talks about her early connections to farms in her family, as well as poetry and nonfiction and her views of them as she got into high school and college   At about 13:05, Pete asks Erica about traumas and fears and how generational traumas have affected her family, her, and her writing    At about 17:15, Pete shouts out his son's soccer debut in asking Erica about confronting fears; Erica quotes a telling example from Rachel Cusk's work   At about 19:45, Erica responds to Pete's questions about the connections between travel and exploration as imperatives for writers   At about 23:00, Pete shouts out Jean Guerrero's top-notch Crux in asking Erica about her multidimensional writing style; Erica speaks about the background and rationale for her “interdisciplinary omnivorousness”    At about 26:00, Erica replies to Pete's questions about what helped her to solidify seemingly-disparate topics into Wolfish; she discusses how early iterations of the book didn't feature fear so prominently    At about 29:30, Pete sets the scene for the book's opening, the start featuring the discovery of a wolf corpse, as well as further exploration by Erica of “crying wolf” and the many permutations of Little Red Riding Hood   At about 31:20, Erica speaks of ways in investigating the wolf's effect on society's consciousness through various expressions across the world involving the wolf    At about 33:00, Erica reads from Page 6 of her book, an excerpt involving false perceptions about worldwide wolf attacks on humans   At about 35:45, Erica discusses myths and stories and cultures that don't always match up with perceptions of wolves, as well as ideas of indigenous' connections to wolves and ideas of boundaries   At about 39:10, Pete and Erica chart the journeys of OR-7 and other wolves   At about 40:15, Pete cites Oregon's horrific laws of the past involving Black people in asking Erica about how she brought together seemingly-unrelated issues and histories     At about 43:45, Erica and Pete discuss binaries and how Erica wrote against them    At about 44:45, The two discuss real-life tragedies and rational fears, and Erica discuss the implications of the “ecology of fear”   At about 49:20, Erica discusses her time at a wolf sanctuary in England and its aftereffects    At about 52:40, Erica discusses her heightened understanding of ranchers and food systems and the “stewards of the land” in eastern Oregon and beyond   At about 57:00, Erica discusses “connecting with the land” and ranchland   At about 58:15, The two discuss Erica's trip to Sicily and ideas of getting past fears/living with minimized fear   At about 1:02:20, Erica discusses exciting upcoming projects    At about 1:04:00, Pete shares two pertinent quotes paraphrased by Erica's teachers and she highlights their importance and genesis    At about 1:04:50, Broadway Books and Powell's in Portland are highlighted as indie bookstores at which to but Erica's book    You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch this and other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.    Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl     Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting my one-man show, my DIY podcast and my extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content!    NEW MERCH! You can browse and buy here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChillsatWillPodcast    This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form.    The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.    Please tune in for Episode 202 with Dennis J. Sweeney, a cross-genre writer and the author of You're the Woods Too and In the Antarctic Circle, as well as four chapbooks of poetry and prose. He has been a finalist for the National Poetry Series and the Big Other Book Award.    The episode will air on September 5.

Episode 145 Notes and Links to Vanessa Bee's Work       On Episode 145 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Vanessa Bee, and the two discuss, among other topics, Vanessa's adoption, her hunger for books and ideas of representation (or lack thereof) in her literary world, family dynamics and different forms of love, her various experiences living in three countries and two continents, the exquisite crafting and structuring of her book to center “home” in myriad ways, her multilingualism and its effects on her writing, evangelicalism and her coming-of-age in a changing and sometimes-chaotic world.        Vanessa A. Bee is a consumer protection lawyer and essayist. Born in Cameroon, she grew up in France, England, and the United States. Vanessa holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Nevada and a law degree from Harvard. Vanessa Bee's Website   Buy Homebound   Book Excerpt: “You Have to Suffer” from Guernica, 2020         At about 7:10, Vanessa discusses the excitement and hubbub surrounding the release of her book on October 11, including tour stops   At about 9:55, Pete asks Vanessa about her history with languages and her relationship with the written word in her childhood   At about 14:10, the two discuss ideas of the reimagination of gendered words in French    At about 15:00, Vanessa outlines formative and important reading from her childhood    At about 17:30, Vanessa discusses ideas of representation (or lack thereof) in her childhood reading, and the all-too-rare occasions in which she found that representation, including the power Americanah by Adichie   At about 22:00, Vanessa details her college and postgraduate reading, both for business (law school!) and pleasure, and Pete follows up by asking about contemporary reading    At about 25:50, Pete wonders about “seeds” for Vanessa's book and she responds to Pete's question about “ ‘Eureka' moments”    At about 30:45, Pete favorably compares Vanessa's book to Jean Guerrero's Crux and Nadia Owusu's    At about 31:25, Vanessa explains meanings for her book's title   At about 32:40, The two detail the book's structure and its use of definitions of “home” as well as the book's first chapter and connections to “home”; Vanessa gives an idea of her mindset during the book's opening scenes   At about 34:30, Vanessa explains the significance of empathy and sympathy in her book and their connections to a Page Six quote from Ishiguro   At about 37:00, Vanessa discusses the meaning of her names and gives background on her adoption    At about 42:35, Pete compliments Vanessa for her multidimensional portrayals of her fathers, adopted and biological    At about 43:25, Vanessa details her childhood homes and moves and Pete notes her multifaceted coverage of the neighborhood in rational ways and more visceral ones    At about 45:20, Vanessa remarks that her two years at Internat in France were some of her “favorite childhood years” and explains why   At about 46:25, Vanessa gives background on her family's move to Reno   At about 47:50, Pete wonders how much of joining churches, especially in London and Reno, was based on ideas of home and community and/or faith   At about 49:40, Pete highlights Lucky Lane in Reno, and Vanessa explains its significance     At about 52:35, The two discuss a fateful phone call with Vanessa's biological father, and she addresses the immediate and long-term effects of her father's death   At about 56:15, The two discuss Harvest Fellowship and its importance in her life, including her boyfriend and future husband and his treatment in the book, and the pivotal 2008 election    At about 1:00:00, Vanessa details a lack of communication between father and daughter    At about 1:01:00, Vanessa responds to Pete's questions about exposure to a liberal group of friends at Harvard   At about 1:03:00, The two discuss a “growing apart” of husband and wife    At about 1:05:30, Pete cites a profound excerpt that sums up her time in evangelical circles   At about 1:06:10, Vanessa explicates the importance of her first condo that she owned and talks about the “complex topic” of gentrification    At about 1:09:40, the two discuss different meanings of “home” as laid out in chapters in the book-home in the body, etc.-including ideas of colorism, racism, and the importance of Alek Wek in Vanessa's life and so many others' lives   At about 1:13:40, the two discuss “home as a safe space” and stories of sexual harassment and abuse, and Pete asks about catharsis for Vanessa   At about 1:18:20, Vanessa gives out social media info and thanks publisher Astra House      You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.  This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com. The Chills at Will Podcast is joining Patreon in October! Pete will be spreading the word-sharing links and discussing the perks that come with Patreon membership during next week's episode with Gustavo Barahona-Lopez. Keep your ears and eyes out as we unveil Chills at Will merch like refrigerator magnets and t shirts and unlock bonus episodes.  Please tune in for Episode 146 with Jonathan Escoffery, the author of the linked story collection, If I Survive You, a National Book Award Nominee, a New York Times Editor's Choice, and an Indie National Bestseller. If I Survive You has been named a ‘best' or ‘most anticipated' book by Entertainment Weekly, Oprah Daily, and elsewhere. The episode will air on October 18.  

LA Times columnist and acclaimed author of Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda and Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir, Jean Guerrero, joins Danielle and Wajahat to discuss how white supremacy is effecting LatinX communities and why Democrats shouldn't throw in the towel on outreach. This episode of democracyish threads the needle between culture, identity and the imperative for building a multi-racial/national coalition to fight back Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment Please check our show survey below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8QT7g1bzljCysSHmMCU6bm4sjw-hzysiPCOYO2CyGhcZO_w/viewform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's ITT's first live show of 2022! Maria and Julio travel to the NABJ-NAHJ Convention at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada to talk about the complexity of Latino communities and the role of journalists who are reporting on them. They're joined by Lori Montenegro, Washington D.C. bureau chief for Noticias Telemundo, and Ed O'Keefe, Senior White House & Political Correspondent for CBS News to discuss what is being missed in media coverage of the Latino vote and Latino communities broadly. We also hear from other journalists at the convention about what issues are most important to the communities they cover across the country. ITT Staff Picks: “A main driver of democracy's decline in the United States is Latinophobia,” writes Jean Guerrero in this opinion piece for the LA Times. For Nieman Lab, Hanaa' Tameez spoke with 12 journalists in diversity-focused roles about their experiences and the reckoning the news industry still has left to face. After the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, Latinos and Latinas approached abortion access with a new sense of urgency, reports Nicole Acevedo for NBC News. Photo credit: Courtesy of Jesus J. Montero Thank you to the Walton Family Foundation who made this live show possible.

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On this first episode of The VAMP Storytelling Podcast featuring stories from our community, we wanted to lead with our best foot forward. After a thorough review of our copious story archive, we have resolved to bring you a show on the theme of “Red Flags,” interpreted by six brilliant voices over the course of two episodes. Featuring: Jenn Stiff and Jean Guerrero. Produced by Justin Hudnall. Intro and interstitial music by Kurt Kohnen of AMFM Music, outro music courtesy of 10:32. Learn more at http://www.sosayweallonline.com (www.sosayweallonline.com), and if you like what we do and want to support us by becoming a supporting member, we'd love to have you, just pop over to https://sosayweall.wildapricot.org/

La articulista del diario Los Ángeles Times, Jean Guerrero, por mucho tiempo se debatió entre dos identidades.

The two time author has investigated everything from her father's mental health to white nationalists in the White House. Now in her new role as an LA Times Opinion columnist, Jean's examining both her own experiences and the limits of objectivity.Follow Jean on Instagram @jeanguerre. If you loved this episode, listen to Why Pioneering Journalist Maria Hinojosa Put Herself in the Story and Storyteller Extraordinaire Martina Castro Has Her Own Exceptional Story. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

Journalist and Los Angeles Times columnist Jean Guerrero covers immigration issues and the current political climate. She is the author of "Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda." Her first book, "Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir," won a PEN Literary Award and was named one of NPR's Best Books of 2019. Her writing is featured in Vanity Fair, Politico, The Nation, Wired, and The New York Times. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 38003]

Journalist and Los Angeles Times columnist Jean Guerrero covers immigration issues and the current political climate. She is the author of "Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda." Her first book, "Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir," won a PEN Literary Award and was named one of NPR's Best Books of 2019. Her writing is featured in Vanity Fair, Politico, The Nation, Wired, and The New York Times. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 38003]

Journalist and Los Angeles Times columnist Jean Guerrero covers immigration issues and the current political climate. She is the author of "Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda." Her first book, "Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir," won a PEN Literary Award and was named one of NPR's Best Books of 2019. Her writing is featured in Vanity Fair, Politico, The Nation, Wired, and The New York Times. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 38003]

Journalist and Los Angeles Times columnist Jean Guerrero covers immigration issues and the current political climate. She is the author of "Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda." Her first book, "Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir," won a PEN Literary Award and was named one of NPR's Best Books of 2019. Her writing is featured in Vanity Fair, Politico, The Nation, Wired, and The New York Times. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 38003]

You introduce yourself and then someone mispronounces your name. At that point you have to decide if you correct them or let it slide. For many people from immigrant communities, this has been a lifelong experience. And sometimes, it's about more than mispronunciation, it can signal exclusion and disrespect. Some people even change their names in order to fit in more easily and not be "othered."For years, LA Times columnist, Jean Guerrero, let people say her name without rolling their r's, the way it would be said in Spanish. But after becoming the target of MAGA trolls online, she decided to reclaim the proper Spanish pronunciation.In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what's going on in your community.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

Episode 117 Notes and Links to Nadia Owusu's Work          On Episode 117 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Nadia Owusu, and the discuss, among other topics, her early love of language and her experiences living in multiple countries, her relationship with her parents and her parents' families, aftershocks both literal and figurative, colonialism and trauma, tradition, and coming to terms with her past and all of our pasts.       NADIA OWUSU is a Ghanaian and Armenian-American writer and urbanist. Her debut memoir, Aftershocks, was selected as a best book of 2021 by Time, Vogue, Esquire, The Guardian, NPR, and others. It was one of President Barack Obama's favorite books of the year, a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice, and a 2021 Goodreads Choice Award nominee. In 2019, Nadia was the recipient of a Whiting Award. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The New York Times, Orion, Granta, The Paris Review Daily, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Literary Review, Slate, Bon Appétit, Travel + Leisure, and others. Nadia is the Director of Storytelling at Frontline Solutions, a Black-owned consulting firm that helps social-change organizations to define goals, execute plans, and evaluate impact. She is a graduate of Pace University (BA) and Hunter College (MS). She earned her MFA in creative nonfiction at the Mountainview low-residency program where she currently teaches. She lives in Brooklyn.     Nadia Owusu's Website   From The Guardian, Feb 2021: "Nadia Owusu: 'I wrote as a way to process trauma' "   Buy the Award-Winning Aftershocks   Aftershocks Review in The New York Times At about 2:50, Nadia describes her childhood reading interests and relationship with language, including the “important” Their Eyes Were Watching God and Things Fall Apart   At about 4:20, Nadia discusses books as constants in her life as the family moved often in her childhood   At about 5:00, Nadia responds to Pete's question about Achebe's book and its significance in African countries today   At about 6:40, Pete wonders about texts that were thrilling/transformational for Nadia as a high school/college student    At about 7:55, Pete and Nadia discuss the many places in which Nadia grew up, and she explores how reading connected to this upbringing, including ideas of empathy    At about 10:00, Pete asks Nadia about James Baldwin and his connection to Pan-Africanism   At about 12:00, Pete and Nadia discuss the implications of the Anansi and the African diaspora, and Nadia details the meaning of the term “bush” as used by her father and in the Ashanti culture as a whole   At about 14:35, Pete and Nadia discuss narrative and ideas of time in her book, and Nadia gives more insight into the significance of a family trip to Ghana and ideas of “double-consciousness”   At about 16:40, Nadia talks about not having a lot of information about, and connection to, her Armenian heritage, and how being Ghanaian and Armenian-American informed her life and the trip mentioned above   At about 18:30, Nadia describes the familial and political structures of Ghanaian peoples, and how they were and have been affected by colonialism   At about 20:20, Pete remarks on the specifics of “aftershocks” of the book's title, as well as the skillful ways in which Nadia writes about how much of  African life is still affected by European colonialism   At about 21:10, Nadia expands on the ways in which colonialism continues to   At about 22:30, the two talk about colonialism's specific legacy in Tanzania, particularly with regards to oppression coming from organized religion and the horrid debacle with George Bush's   At about 25:50, Pete and Nadia trace the book's beginnings and the earliest “aftershock” that came in 1988 with the disastrous Armenian earthquake    At about 28:50, Pete and Nadia parse the usage of the word “aftershock” and trauma's everlasting effects    At about 30:15, Nadia responds to Pete's questions about her exploration of her Armenian family   At about 32:50, Pete wonders about the circumstances of Nadia's mother leaving the family and its connections to misogyny and internalized misogyny    At about 35:05, Pete makes a request regarding beloved Aunt Harriet   At about 36:45, Nadia responds to Pete's questions about difficulties and challenges in writing a memoir, especially with regards to public and unfiltered exposure for her and those in her life   At about 40:45, Nadia discusses the importance of the book's blue chair motif and the history of the chair   At about 44:50, Nadia talks about her father and the term of endearment “Baba”   At about 45:30, Nadia explains her process in writing about Kwame, her half-brother, and how his case mirrored that of many victimized by racist law enforcement practices   At about 48:00, Nadia talks about her first-hand experience in New York City during 9/11   At about 49:30, Nadia explains how listening to Coltrane and allowing herself “madness” led to breakthroughs during her tough times   At about 51:20, Nadia discusses her ideas of her father as “man-god” and his contradictions and ideas of faith    At about 52:00, Shout out to the great Malala and her father!    At about 53:55, Pete shouts out the creative and meaningful ending chapters of “Libations” and “Home,” and Nadia gives her rationale for these two chapters, including her interest in ceremony   At about 56:10, Pete makes comparisons between Aftershocks and Jean Guerrero's Crux, in that books work    At about 57:20, Nadia shouts out contemporary writers who thrill, including Caleb Azumah Nelson, Hanif Abdurraqib, David Diop   At about 58:15, Pete highlights the interesting variety of work that Nadia does, and Nadia talks about future projects   At about 59:55, Pete asks Nadia about meaningful feedback from readers of her book   At about 1:02:00, Nadia gives out her social media and contact information, and shouts out Café Con Libros, The Word is Change as cool booksellers to buy her book   At about 1:03:10, Nadia reads from “Failures of a Language,” a chapter from her book     You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.  This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.     Please tune in for Episode 118 with SJ Sindu, a Tamil diaspora author of two literary novels, two hybrid chapbooks, and a forthcoming graphic novel. Her first novel, Marriage of a Thousand Lies, won the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award and was a Stonewall Honor Book and a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. Sindu's second novel, Blue-Skinned Gods, was published to high praise in November 2021 by Soho Press. A 2013 Lambda Literary Fellow, Sindu teaches at the University of Toronto Scarborough.      The episode will air on April 13.   

“A vital book for understanding the still-unfolding nightmare of nationalism and racism in the 21st century.” –Francisco Cantu, author of The Line Becomes a River Stephen Miller is one of the most influential advisors in the White House. He has crafted Donald Trump's speeches, designed immigration policies that ban Muslims and separate families, and outlasted such Trump stalwarts as Steve Bannon and Jeff Sessions. But he's remained an enigma. Until now. Emmy- and PEN-winning investigative journalist and author Jean Guerrero charts the thirty-four-year-old's astonishing rise to power, drawing from more than one hundred interviews with his family, friends, adversaries and government officials. Radicalized as a teenager, Miller relished provocation at his high school in liberal Santa Monica, California. He clashed with administrators and antagonized dark-skinned classmates with invectives against bilingualism and multiculturalism. At Duke University, he cloaked racist and classist ideas in the language of patriotism and heritage to get them airtime amid controversies. On Capitol Hill, he served Tea Party congresswoman Michele Bachmann and nativist Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions. Recruited to Trump's campaign, Miller met his idol. Having dreamed of Trump's presidency before he even announced his decision to run, Miller became his senior policy advisor and speechwriter. Together, they stoked dystopian fears about the Democrats, “Deep State” and “American Carnage,” painting migrants and their supporters as an existential threat to America. Through backroom machinations and sheer force of will, Miller survived dozens of resignations and encouraged Trump's harshest impulses, in conflict with the president's own family. While Trump railed against illegal immigration, Miller crusaded against legal immigration. He targeted refugees, asylum seekers and their children, engineering an ethical crisis for a nation that once saw itself as the conscience of the world. Miller rallied support for this agenda, even as federal judges tried to stop it, by courting the white rage that found violent expression in tragedies from El Paso to Charlottesville. Hatemonger unveils the man driving some of the most divisive confrontations over what it means to be American––and what America will become.

“A vital book for understanding the still-unfolding nightmare of nationalism and racism in the 21st century.” –Francisco Cantu, author of The Line Becomes a River Stephen Miller is one of the most influential advisors in the White House. He has crafted Donald Trump's speeches, designed immigration policies that ban Muslims and separate families, and outlasted such Trump stalwarts as Steve Bannon and Jeff Sessions. But he's remained an enigma. Until now. Emmy- and PEN-winning investigative journalist and author Jean Guerrero charts the thirty-four-year-old's astonishing rise to power, drawing from more than one hundred interviews with his family, friends, adversaries and government officials. Radicalized as a teenager, Miller relished provocation at his high school in liberal Santa Monica, California. He clashed with administrators and antagonized dark-skinned classmates with invectives against bilingualism and multiculturalism. At Duke University, he cloaked racist and classist ideas in the language of patriotism and heritage to get them airtime amid controversies. On Capitol Hill, he served Tea Party congresswoman Michele Bachmann and nativist Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions. Recruited to Trump's campaign, Miller met his idol. Having dreamed of Trump's presidency before he even announced his decision to run, Miller became his senior policy advisor and speechwriter. Together, they stoked dystopian fears about the Democrats, “Deep State” and “American Carnage,” painting migrants and their supporters as an existential threat to America. Through backroom machinations and sheer force of will, Miller survived dozens of resignations and encouraged Trump's harshest impulses, in conflict with the president's own family. While Trump railed against illegal immigration, Miller crusaded against legal immigration. He targeted refugees, asylum seekers and their children, engineering an ethical crisis for a nation that once saw itself as the conscience of the world. Miller rallied support for this agenda, even as federal judges tried to stop it, by courting the white rage that found violent expression in tragedies from El Paso to Charlottesville. Hatemonger unveils the man driving some of the most divisive confrontations over what it means to be American––and what America will become.

“A vital book for understanding the still-unfolding nightmare of nationalism and racism in the 21st century.” –Francisco Cantu, author of The Line Becomes a RiverStephen Miller is one of the most influential advisors in the White House. He has crafted Donald Trump's speeches, designed immigration policies that ban Muslims and separate families, and outlasted such Trump stalwarts as Steve Bannon and Jeff Sessions. But he's remained an enigma.Until now. Emmy- and PEN-winning investigative journalist and author Jean Guerrero charts the thirty-four-year-old's astonishing rise to power, drawing from more than one hundred interviews with his family, friends, adversaries and government officials.Radicalized as a teenager, Miller relished provocation at his high school in liberal Santa Monica, California. He clashed with administrators and antagonized dark-skinned classmates with invectives against bilingualism and multiculturalism. At Duke University, he cloaked racist and classist ideas in the language of patriotism and heritage to get them airtime amid controversies. On Capitol Hill, he served Tea Party congresswoman Michele Bachmann and nativist Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions.Recruited to Trump's campaign, Miller met his idol. Having dreamed of Trump's presidency before he even announced his decision to run, Miller became his senior policy advisor and speechwriter. Together, they stoked dystopian fears about the Democrats, “Deep State” and “American Carnage,” painting migrants and their supporters as an existential threat to America. Through backroom machinations and sheer force of will, Miller survived dozens of resignations and encouraged Trump's harshest impulses, in conflict with the president's own family. While Trump railed against illegal immigration, Miller crusaded against legal immigration. He targeted refugees, asylum seekers and their children, engineering an ethical crisis for a nation that once saw itself as the conscience of the world. Miller rallied support for this agenda, even as federal judges tried to stop it, by courting the white rage that found violent expression in tragedies from El Paso to Charlottesville.Hatemonger unveils the man driving some of the most divisive confrontations over what it means to be American––and what America will become.

The crisis in Ukraine is edging toward what its president warns will be a “full-scale war” if Russian troops move in on the country — but this might also be a proxy war for democracy as we know it. What emboldened Putin to act now? Could it be that Russia believes Washington is weaker now than ever before, between troubles at NATO and turmoil at the White House? And if democracy is at risk at home, how justified is the fight for it abroad? Guest host David Greene discusses with panelists Megan McArdle, columnist at the Washington Post, on the right; and Mo Elleithee, executive director of Georgetown University's Institute of Politics and Public Service, on the left. Next: It's time for the United States to take a metaphorical look in the mirror. Former President Donald Trump gave a fiery speech in Texas, hinting at another bid for the presidency, while also calling for people to protest in American cities if prosecutors investigating him did anything “wrong or illegal.” If that sounds a little too familiar, it might be because there's an audience listening to Trump's rhetoric — and we bring on special guest Jean Guerrero of the Los Angeles Times to explain why. Then: If you're listening to this show on Spotify, you might have heard about the spat between musician Neil Young, podcast host Joe Rogan, and the audio streaming platform. Young demanded his music be taken down from Spotify because Rogan had been allowed to spread misinformation about vaccines and COVID. So what does Spotify owe its listeners? Should publishers be taking stances on the content they put out? Or does that create more echo chambers where good faith dialogue is desperately needed? Finally: Our panelists rant about why the left and right don't talk enough, and why fake snow is the absolute worst.

Maria and Julio talk about the election in California to recall Governor Gavin Newsom. They hear from Jean Guerrero, an opinion columnist for the Los Angeles Times about how this effort was rooted in white supremacy. They also get into the Senate hearing on how FBI agents failed to investigate allegations of sexual abuse against former physician, Larry Nassar. And finally, they debrief the Met Gala. ITT Staff Picks: Nathalie Baptiste writes about the flaws of California's recall election process in this piece for Mother Jones. Danielle Campoamor writes “The strength required of those who testified during the hearing, and of every sexual assault victim who comes forward, is not innate, but born out of necessity. It is the result of the blatant and consistent failures of others,” in this piece for The Lily. Zeeshan Aleem writes about why Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's dress broke Twitter in this op-ed for MSNBC. Photo credit: AP Photo/Ashley Landis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're delving into the term “Latinx.” Whom does it refer to? Who uses it? And why do people on both the left and the right, Latino and not, get so worked up about it?Fidel Martinez, who writes the Latinx Files newsletter for the L.A. Times, breaks it down. We'll also hear from folks who identify as Latinx, and from L.A. Times columnist Jean Guerrero. She used “Latinx” in a tweet recently and has been weathering a backlash ever since.More reading:Sign up for our Latinx Files newsletterWhy we chose the name Latinx Files for our new newsletterLatinx Files: The story behind the name, and why Latinx voters are exhausted

KCSB's Harry Lawton speaks with Jean Guerrero of the LA Times, who has written extensively about Tuesday's recall election. The two discuss the issues facing California voters, the possible impact of the outcome on the Latino community, and the motivations of the backers of the recall.

Plus... Will Bunch says the press saw Afghanistan as a chance to "pounce" on Biden; Trump's new fantasy about last year's election; new innovations in investigative reporting; and more. David Leonhardt, April Ryan, Will Bunch, Jean Guerrero, Emily Ramshaw, Evan Hill and Nadine Ajaka join Brian Stelter. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda by Jean Guerrero Jeanguerrero.com “A vital book for understanding the still-unfolding nightmare of nationalism and racism in the 21st century.” –Francisco Cantu, author of The Line Becomes a River Stephen Miller is one of the most influential advisors in the White House. He has crafted Donald Trump's speeches, designed immigration […] The post Book Author Podcast – Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda by Jean Guerrero appeared first on Book Author Podcast.

Los Angeles Times columnist Jean Guerrero, an outspoken critic of Larry Elder, discusses the fraught media environment around the California gubernatorial recall, and why Elder is such a contentious candidate. She discusses different narratives about Gavin Newsom's time as governor and the recent increase in national news coverage of the recall effort. She says Elder's standoffs with the press hurt the public: "He's not being challenged on what he's actually proposing because he's refusing to talk to reporters who actually know what he stands for." To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Episode Notes and Links for Episode 74 with Jean Guerrero         In this episode, Pete speaks with award-winning journalist and author, Jean Guerrero. The two talk about her writing and life inspirations, her charismatic and intellectually-curious parents, her work on her incredible memoir, and writing an in-depth piece on white nationalist Stephen Miller. Jean Guerrero is an award-winning investigative journalist and author of Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda. Her first book, Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir, won a PEN Literary Award. Her writing is featured in The Best American Essays 2019. She is an Emmy-winning border reporter, contributing to NPR, the PBS NewsHour and more. Months before Trump's family separations captured national attention, her reporting on the practice was cited by members of Congress. She started her career at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires as a foreign correspondent in Mexico and Central America, trekking through mountains with coffee smugglers, opium poppy producers and more. She was the 2019 “Journalist of the Year” (Society for Professional Journalists, San Diego) and one of the California Chicano News Media Association's most influential Latina journalists in the region.   Buy Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir   Buy  Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda   Jean Guerrero's Personal Website   Jean Guerrero Interview with Terri Gross and NPR's Fresh Air   “Stephen Miller's Dystopian America” from March 2020 in the New York Times   At about 2:30, Jean discusses her childhood in San Diego, specifically her relationship with language, including how speaking Spanish was often maligned in political circles   At about 6:15, Jean and Pete connect Jean's seemingly disparate books and shout out former Chills at Will guest Gustavo Arellano's well-made LA Times' podcast on Prop 187   At about 6:50, Jean responds to Pete asking about how her father influenced her learning and writing   At about 10:30, Pete and Jean reflect on the loss of language and cultural connections due to restrictions against speaking foreign languages in schools, which leads to Jean quoting the great Reyna Grande's ideas on “subtractive bilingualism”   At about 12:20, Jean references a pivotal event in Maria Hinojosa's memoir that connects to a similar “crossroads” for Jean    At about 14:00, Jean details how she is a combination of both of her parents' philosophies and skills   At about 15:55, Pete asks Jean if she “saw herself” in what she read as a kid; Jean talks about how white male-centric literature has influenced her-she mentions the article she's currently writing that examines this “premium the culture places won white male perspectives”   At about 18:40, Jean discusses fantasy and sci-fi reading as a “refuge” and connecting with outcasts   At about 20:05, Pete connects the ideas expressed by Jean about books as refuge, as he discussed in a bonus episode of the podcast-an addendum to Episode 32   At about 21:15, Jean discusses the formative The Liars' Club by Mary Karr and The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea, read in her teacher Steve Brown's class   At about 23:15, Pete and Jean hone in on the unforgettable scenes that depict deaths in the desert of those trying to enter the United States, as depicted in Urrea's book   At about 24:10, Jean further lists some writers and texts that have given her “chills at will,” including Isabel Allende's Paula   At about 27:10, Jean describes the structure/format of her book in relation to the Popul Vuh   At about 28:55, Jean describes the cultivation of her writing skills and interests that eventually led to her becoming a stellar journalist and writer, including great boosts from   At about 31:45, Jean talks about Hatemonger and its inspiration, particularly US' policies regarding the border and immigration     At about 35:35, Jean delves into Stephen Miller's need to exclude and exact revenge, as evidenced in her book, including the opening; this leads to her outlining his childhood and adolescent behavior and ideology    At about 40:50, Jean touches upon discussions with psychologists about Stephen Miller and why she didn't choose to include those interviews   At about 42:30, Jean discusses the special significance and obsession of 9/11 for Stephen Miller and the “refuge of white identity” that came with listening to and communicating with David Horowitz, Rush Limbaugh, Larry Elder, etc.   At about 44:40, Pete compares Tony Soprano to Stephen Miller (yes, you read correctly)   At about 46:30, Jean recounts the statistics about crimes committed by undocumented immigrants that belie the false premise that American Renaissance and Stephen Miller put forth about the immigrants being more prone to crime   At about 47:45, Pete asks Jean her thoughts on the “normalization” of Stephen Miller; Jean talks about him being covered as either an “aberration” without historical context, and/or not calling his views what they are-white racist, nationalist views   At about 52:30, Jean examines Stephen Miller as the logical extensión of Richard Spencer and similar people “mainstreaming” white supremacy through their dress and use of “dog whistles”   At about 56:35, Pete asks about who needs whom more-Stephen Miller or Donald Trump   At about 57:55, Pete wonders what questions Jean would have asked Stephen Miller if she had been able to interview him   At about 59:20, Jean and Pete discuss Stephen's family situation, in which his great-grandmother railed against forgetting the family's US' origins as refugees; this leads to a discussion of the vile Camp of the Saints that Stephen continues to push    At about 1:01:25, Jean describes the coldblooded phone call Stephen made as a kid to former friend Jason Islas   At about 1:03:20, Jean discusses Crux and its origins and challenges in terms of the quote “to ignore the truth is to deny oneself”; this leads to Jean describing the process and emotions associated with jumping into such personal subject matter, including hard, but necessary, work at Goucher College with mentor Suzannah Lessard   At about 1:06:25, Pete talks about Crux as, “in the best sense of the word, ‘unclassifiable' ”   At about 1:07:00, Pete and Jean discuss the moving scenes in which Jean's grandmother details traumas in her life   At about 1:09:10, Jean outlines self-discovery in connection to the origins and history of her family, as well as the power of writing the memoir and her gratitude to her teacher Steve Brown for inspiring her   At about 1:11:00, Pete details some masterful writing by Jean regarding existentialism and “nothingness” and the distinctive experiences of children (especially the girls) of divorced parents   At about 1:14:50, Pete notes the second-person usage of Part IV of the book, and Jean explains the rationale for the usage    At about 1:17:30, Jean gives the background and rationale for the title of her memoir   At about 1:19:43, Jean reads an excerpt from Crux, a second-person address to her father   At about 1:21:06, Jean reads an excerpt from Hatemonger   At about 1:22:55, Jean talks about her exciting work upcoming for The Los Angeles Times as a new columnist, including her desire to debunk misinformation, as she's seen how it has hurt her father so badly You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com. You can watch this episode and other episodes on I'm excited to share my next episode with Marcos Breton on Aug 28. Marcos writes for the Sacramento Bee, and is California Opinion Editor for McClatchy Newspapers.

Show Notes and Links to Roberto Lovato's Work and Allusions/Texts from Episode 73          On Episode 73, Pete talks with Roberto Lovato about his outstanding, moving, and illuminating memoir, Unforgetting. Using the book as a foundation, the two talk about US foreign policy in El Salvador and beyond, media and propaganda, connections between the past and today, “La Matanza” and other traumatic events in El Salvador's history, the importance of “unforgetting” and “re-membering,” and hope as embodied by the Salvadoran resolve and beauty shown despite great tragedies.         Roberto Lovato is the author of Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs and Revolution in the Americas (Harper Collins), a memoir picked by the New York Times as an “Editor's Choice” that the paper also hailed as “Groundbreaking…. A kaleidoscopic montage that is at once a family saga, a coming-of-age story and a meditation on the vicissitudes of history, community and, most of all for [Lovato], identity.”  Newsweek listed Lovato's memoir as a “must read” 2020 book and the Los Angeles Times listed it as one of its 20 Best Books of 2020. Lovato is also an educator, journalist and writer based at The Writers Grotto in San Francisco, California. As a Co-Founder of #DignidadLiteraria, he helped build a movement advocating for equity and literary justice for the more than 60 million Latinx persons left off of bookshelves in the United States and out of the national dialogue. A recipient of a reporting grant from the Pulitzer Center, Lovato has reported on numerous issues—violence, terrorism, the drug war and the refugee crisis—from Mexico, Venezuela, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Haiti, France and the United States, among other countries. Buy Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas (Bookshop.org)   Roberto Lovato Personal Website   "When reporting on a nation's civil war erases the truths of a beautiful people" from October 1, 2020 in San Francisco Chronicle Datebook   At about 2:30, Roberto talks about the journey that his book takes him on, and how it's an investigation of secret history and  At about 4:30, Roberto talks about his literary childhood, including his connection with Danny Dunn, The Bible, and Piri Thomas, among others; he connects his reading to Carl Jung's quote-”The gold is in the dark” and talks about his extensive lifetime habit of writing in journals At about 7:00, Roberto discusses education's history in his family and gives background on his father's childhood in El Salvador; this leads to an outline At about 10:10, Roberto explains the feeling of being “half-dead” as a Salvadoran-American and ideas of post-traumatic stress and the connections felt to his story by those of the Salvadoran and Jewish diasporas At about 11:40, Roberto talks about obstacles to his intellectual growth, though he was identified as a “gifted” child, and he gives a summary of the book through a description of his relationships with people and places throughout  At about 12:45, Roberto talks about early reading and refuge through reading The Bible, and believing that “words had the power of God” At about 14:20, Roberto talks about the different religious organizations he's been part of in his life, with his love for The Word being the one constant At about 15:30, Pete references the universal and hyper-specific references to trauma and fascism and quotes the wise Hannah Arendt, saying “terror forces oblivion”; Roberto reverses the Arendt quote and connects it to US government policies of Central American child separation and “normalization of fascist tendencies” in the US At about 21:00, Roberto explains the path he took to becoming a writer/journalist and the path to Unforgetting that crystallized  around age 50, including visits to Karnes, Texas and learning about migration stories and jailing and separation of Central American children and America's historically-destructive role in Él Salvador At about 25:10, Pete compliments the ways in which Roberto seamlessly builds pathos through the nonlinear narrative, and this leads to talk of earlier Salvadoran immigration caused by Reagan and US policies in the region, as evidenced by what was once called The School of the Americas At about 28:30, Roberto talks about the ways in which Salvadorans and Central Americans are erased from telling their own stories and how organizations like FAIR have found disturbing patterns in diction that paints Central Americans as two-dimensional; Roberto also cites his own research on media narratives, written for The Columbia Journalism Review  At about 35:00, Roberto discusses the interests of the United States, especially economic ones, as catalysts in backing horrible governments in Central America and beyond, in particular in backing the Salvadoran military dictator who enacted “La Matanza,” in which 10-40,000 are said to have been killed At about 37:00, Roberto cites his book as an “only” among the “Big Four Publishers” and he talks about how hard he had to work to tell his Central American stories, as opposed to those writers who are not Central American and often tell one-sided, surface-level stories for which they are often lauded  At about 39:20, Roberto talks about his book as an exploration at the way he and other Americans look at their country and at themselves; he explicates by talking about ideas of “American exceptionalism” in movies and media At about 42:40, Roberto and Pete delve into Salvadoran “Conradesque” depictions by mainstream writers, especially the famous/infamous quote by Joan Didion-Roberto's article about her words is here At about 47:00, Pete asks Roberto about the flipside of negative and simplistic portrayals of Salvadorans-the failure to know them in society as a whole AND the lack of knowledge within the Salvadoran communities of past history and atrocities; Roberto quotes Roque Dalton and interesting poll numbers At about 48:55, Roberto's interesting take on important parts of the Salvadoran experience being “lost in translation” reminds Pete of an anecdote from the book about a well-read Salvadoran gang leader and leads to discussions of retelling and stories' and their differing context and Roberto's takes on being bilingual and bicultural At about 51:50, Roberto talks about the significance of the book's title and its connection to ancient Greek and Hannah Arendt At about 56:25, Roberto discusses his use of “re-membering” in the book and its implications and the power of rebellion in his life  At about 59:50, Roberto talks about various meanings of apocalypse and its connections to the book At about 1:02:30, Roberto explains the statistics from various institutes that place the Salvadoran “La Matanza” of 1932 as one of, or possible, the worst concentrated massacre in 20th century At about 1:04:15, Roberto discusses the Salvadoran indigenous people as by far the biggest victims in state violence and connections between Vietnam and El Salvador At about 1:05:25, Pete compliments the beautiful ending of the book with its beautiful sewing metaphor   You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Spotify, Stitcher,  and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch this episode and other episodes on YouTube-you can watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com. I'm excited to welcome the intrepid, thoughtful, and profound journalist, Jean Guerrero, for my next episode, so be sure to check out that episode on August 25.

Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda by Jean Guerrero Jeanguerrero.com “A vital book for understanding the still-unfolding nightmare of nationalism and racism in the 21st century.” –Francisco Cantu, author of The Line Becomes a River Stephen Miller is one of the most influential advisors in the White House. He has crafted READ MORE The post Chris Voss Podcast – Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda by Jean Guerrero appeared first on Chris Voss Official Website.

As vaccine mandates increase, it remains to be seen how successful they will be, and what level of backlash they may provoke. Also, between spiking case rates and a potential return of a mask mandate, some San Diegans are saying they're experiencing “COVID whiplash.” Plus, a San Diego lawyer said he was discriminated against for “banking while black” when he tried to cash a large settlement check at Bank of America in Pacific Beach. Then, Los Angeles Times columnist Jean Guerrero says San Diego-based One American News Network is a hotbed of “white paranoid extremism” and “Trump propaganda.” In addition, as San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer says he did not allow tent encampments and achieved a “double digit” reduction in homelessness, experts say his claims are overstated and incomplete. And, President Joe Biden's decision to end U.S. involvement in Afghanistan has raised questions about the wisdom of leaving and the wisdom of having stayed so long. Finally, The San Diego Writers Festival is wrapping up its virtual event this weekend with Kaitlyn Greenidge, whose second novel “Libertie” is noted as one of the most anticipated novels of the year.

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews San Diego-based journalist Jean Guerrero about her recent piece in the LA Times about Vice President Kamala Harris' ill-fated trip south of the border, and the turmoil it caused.

Stephen Miller, the architect behind many Trump-era immigration policies, recently established America First Legal, a conservative organization aimed at "resisting the radical left's agenda." This week, we break down who Miller is, the policies he enacted, and how he came into power. Later on in the episode, we spoke with journalist and author of Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda about what contributes to Miller's worldview, and why immigration was the most logical vehicle for him to advance white nationalist talking points. Jean Guerrero is an award-winning investigative journalist and author of Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda. Her first book, Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir, won a PEN Literary Award. Her writing is featured in Vanity Fair, Politico, The Nation, Wired, the New York Times, The Washington Post, Best American Essays 2019 by Rebecca Solnit and more. She is an Emmy-winning border reporter, contributing to NPR, the PBS NewsHour and more. You can find Jean Guerrero on Twitter and Instagram. Her book Hatemonger is available for purchase. Learn more about Hyphenated America on our website. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter! We offer accessible guides, a weekly newsletter featuring immigration news, and much more! Have a topic that you want broken down? Reach out at team@hyphenatedamerica.org Hosted and Written by Sophia Houdaigui and Maria Castillo Edited by Sophia Houdaigui Music by Ian Yan Audio Excerpt from Fox News --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hyphenatedamerica/support

Host Ruben Navarrette speaks with San Diego author/journalist Jean Guerrero about the hottest story in the country, which also happens to be the most divisive issue since slavery: immigration.

La periodista Jean Guerrero es una de las voces más autorizadas en Estados Unidos cuando se trata de la migración. En esta plática con León Krauze, habla sobre sobre la crítica situación actual en la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos, así como del papel que tuvo en su origen el equipo de nativistas que dictó las políticas del gobierno de Donald Trump en la materia. Mira la versión subtitulada en: https://www.letraslibres.com/mexico/politica/jean-guerrero-explica-como-el-nativismo-estadounidense-origino-la-crisis-migratoria See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is a first-in rereading Jean Guerrero's incredible memoir, Crux, I found common themes and extended metaphor with Simon and Garfunkel's "I am a Rock," covered in Episode 32, and so I did a bonus episode! I look forward to doing a more in-depth discussion of Crux on a later episode.     Jean Guerrero is an award-winning investigative journalist and author of Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda. Her first book, Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir, won a PEN Literary Award. Her writing is featured in Vanity Fair, Politico, The Nation, Wired, the New York Times, The Washington Post, Best American Essays 2019 by Rebecca Solnit and more. She is an Emmy-winning border reporter, contributing to NPR, the PBS NewsHour and more. Months before Trump's family separations captured national attention, her reporting on the practice was cited by members of Congress. She started her career at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires as a foreign correspondent in Mexico and Central America, trekking through mountains with coffee smugglers, opium poppy producers and more. She was 2019 “Journalist of the Year” (Society for Professional Journalists, San Diego) and one of the California Chicano News Media Association's most influential Latina journalists in the region.

Show Notes and Links to Kai Adia's Work   Kai Adia's Personal Website Writegirl Bee Infinite Publishing The Depths of Anima-buy Kai's poetry collection!   Talking Points/Authors/Books Mentioned and Allusions Referenced During the Episode: Kai talks about the beautiful diversity and vibrancy of LA, and how growing up in LA has informed her writing-at about 2:20 Kai talks about her parents' encouraging her artistic and cultural experiences through trips to museums and being artists themselves-at about 3:10   Kai talks about “art” in her life-its meanings, its iterations, and some artists who have inspired her-at about 4:30   Kai talks about her artistry in terms of visual arts/fine arts/writing-at about 6:00   Kai talks about gravitating towards science-fiction and fantasy and surrealism in arts of all types, and her gradual shift to-about 7:15   Pete and Kai talks unibrows and the genius of Frida Kahlo-at about 8:35    Kai talks about reading inside and outside of school in finding great works of literature-at about 9:15   Kai talks about discovering the wondrous Octavia Butler in middle school, first through Fledgling, and how Kai herself came to discover through reading Butler's works that she “had many stories inside of [her]-at about 10:15   Kai shouts out Cathy's Key, a fun text in Kai's life-at about 11:15   Shout out to the great Lynell George and her recent portrait of Octavia Butler, A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia Butler-at about 12:00   Kai continues to talk about the “chills at will” that come from Octavia Butler, who “can take you so many places” and what is now known as Afrofuturism; Kai loves how she could “imagine the story with a person that looked like [me].”-at about 13:30   Kai talks about the tender and beautiful and complex sci-fi of Tracey K. Smith, especially Life on Mars-at about 15:15    Kai talks about Afrofuturism and its meanings and its connections to the arts of all types-at about 16:30   Pete asks Kai to convince him, a sci-fi dissenter, that sci-fi is worth reading; and she succeeds!-at about 18:10   Kai references Lovecraft Country and The Watchmen as examples of the vast array of themes available in a more open-ended view of science fiction's possibilities-at about 21:00    Kai explains the sci-fi power of the two shows above and Get Out's (perhaps tangential) link to sci-fi/Afrofuturism/speculative fiction-at about 22:10   Pete and Kai talk Get Out and Star Wars and allegory and Lovecraft Country and their thematic/genre-based flexibility-at about 23:50   Kai shouts out the chill-inducing and weird and original writing of Haruki Murakami, especially Norwegian Wood-at around 26:00   Kai cites the tremendous work of Tomi Adeyemi, especially Children of Blood and Bone, and Laney Taylor's work, like Strange the Dreamer, which deals with intergenerational trauma-at around 27:40   Kai talks about the wonderful writing of N.K. Jemisin and her “fun” book from the disastrous 2020, The City We Became   Kai talks about Writegirl, the incredible LA-based organization which both Pete and Kai have great experiences with-at around 30:40   Kai talks about the importance of the mentorship and female-centric ethic of Writegirl and how it opened so many possibilities in her mind-at around 38:10   Pete asks about the meaning of The Depths of Anima, Kai's poetry collection-at around 40:50   Kai talks about the poetry collection, including its history as a set of ideas and its construction, including the culture of the “zine,” as she experienced at Claremont-at around 43:00   Kai talks about balancing the solitude needed to write well with the idea of workshopping and sharing work in social situations-at around 44:20   Kai talks about the importance of a writing “safe space” that she learned throughout her life, particularly with Writegirl-at around 45:25   Pete asks Kai if she has a target audience, and if so, who?-at around 48:00   Kai talks about some of the positive feedback she has received about her poetry collection, including from the great Keren Taylor, the founder of Writegirl, and Nia McAllister, dynamic poet and museum professional-at around 49:50   Kai reads from her poetry collection, The Depths of Anima-at around 52:25   Pete talks about cenotes with connection to Jean Guerrero's incredible work, Crux-at about 59:00   Kai talks about the challenges and triumphs of being a writer in 2020-at about 1:01:20   Kai talks about future projects for her and Bee Infinite Publishing, which she co founded, including challenging future writers to add to an upcoming anthology from the lens of “What kind of future do you want for our world?”-at about 1:04:15     If you have enjoyed The Chills at Will Podcast, pause your podcast player right now, and go to Apple Podcasts to leave me a nice review.  You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Spotify and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.

Carl Hoffman is a very brave man—and one hell of a reporter. In 2019, he set out on one of the most audacious reporting gigs ever: driving thousands of miles across the country attending President Trump's MAGA rallies. He had no Trump supporters among his friends, and really didn't know any of the president's die-hard supporters personally. Why did they stick with him through every scandal, every outrage, and lie after lie after lie?By embedding himself in the rallies—lining up outside huge arenas in the cold the night before the event to spend the night in a folding chair alongside the devoted rallygoers who fight for their spot at the very front of the line—he began to get a sense of who these people are, and why they idolize Trump. “They're not freaks, they're not foreign aliens, they are us, they are just like us in so many ways and they're funny and they made me laugh.”But, there is a dark side to the president's supporters, both in their vilification of journalists and in their unquestioning belief in the most extreme conspiracy theories.In our conversation, Hoffman talks about taking on this assignment—and about the people he blames for allowing the MAGA movement to take root in America. BIG UPDATE: The podcast is now available on Apple Podcasts! If you get podcasts via Apple, please subscribe—and if you like the conversation, please consider giving the show a review and a 5-star rating. Reviews and ratings are the most important metric in convincing Apple's algorithms to put @standupkid conversations in front of more people who might like it.STORIES FROM THE LAST WEEK:PODCAST: Episode 2: Jean Guerrero, “Hatemonger”Shep Smith on Leaving Fox News: ‘It Was Time For a Change'Trump Biden Debate Draws 22.8 Million Viewers On Broadcast NetworksHas Chris Wallace Watched The Debate Again? ‘Oh, God No'Chris Wallace Tells Fox News Viewers: ‘Wear The Damn Mask'CNN's Jake Tapper: Trump Has Become Symbol Of His Own FailuresChris Wallace Tests Negative For Covid-19 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit standupkid.substack.com

Last night, during the chaotic and discouraging debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the president refused to condemn white nationalism—and even appeared to send a message directly to the Proud Boys, a far-right neo-fascist group, saying “stand back and stand by.” The group heard the message—and celebrated it.How did we get here? How could an American president be so comfortable engaging with hate groups? Journalist Jean Guerrero points to Stephen Miller, senior policy adviser to the president—and the man she says has “radicalized” Donald Trump. Her new book, Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda, details Miller's own radicalization as a young man growing up in California—a process fueled by right-wing talk radio, and later some of the darkest corners of the far-right web. It's not easy reading, but it is brilliantly reported and exceptionally well written. Guerrero describes Miller as “a true fanatic,” and “probably the most ideological person in the White House today.”In the podcast, we talk about her work covering immigration stories along the U.S. border with Mexico, and how being one of the first journalists to expose the Trump Administration's policy of separating migrant children from their parents led her to begin focusing on Miller, the architect of the child separation policy, which she reveals was designed from the very beginning to intentionally cause the most excruciating pain possible to migrant families.Have a listen, let me know what you think, and if you enjoy the conversation please share it with your friends. It's exceptionally difficult to get new podcasts in front of people, so sharing and recommending is vital.And if you haven't already listened to Episode 1, the link is right below. I had a fantastic conversation with NBC's Keith Morrison, perhaps the most distinctive reporter in all of TV News—that voice!Stories from the last 7 days:PODCAST EPISODE 1: Keith Morrison, ‘Dateline NBC'How NBC's ‘Dateline' Delivered a New Season Despite Covid-1955 Million Viewers Watch Trump's Supreme Court AnnouncementKamala Harris On Trump's Taxes: ‘Tell Us Who Do You Owe The Money To?'‘Hannity' Has Highest-Rated Quarter In History As Fox News Beats Broadcast Networks, A TV FirstCNN's Jake Tapper: ‘The President Thinks He Is Going To Lose And He Wants To Bring Us Down With Him' This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit standupkid.substack.com

two feminists discussing Breonna Taylor, Hatemonger by Jean Guerrero and being anti racist.

two feminists discussing Breonna Taylor, Hatemonger by Jean Guerrero and being anti racist.

Talk Radio. Not good. Not since hosts and management sold out to Trump. Joe Walsh was a syndicated star at Salem Media till he jumped off Trump Train. Joe and I discuss true Salem stories. Prager & Hewitt. Larry Elder too. Damning truths are told by former Tea Party leader.   Walsh is a former GOP Congressman now fighting to save the country by opposing Trump and his enablers. Joe knows Cory Gardner well from Congress and he will tell you whether to vote for Gardner now. I shook up Joe with this question, “What happens if Trump wins?”   Cole Wist, former Colorado state legislator and Assistant House Minority Leader announces that he, as a stalwart Republican, is voting for Cory Gardner and Joe Biden. Cole and I go back and forth in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge about the Bob Woodward quotes showing Trump disrespected all of us as he hid the truth about Covid. We also talk about creeping fascism and dangers posed to our families and country.   Jean Guerrero is author of Hatemonger, the best book out there about Trump senior advisor Stephen Miller, a powerful advocate for white nationalism. Miller gets along great with his boss, President Trump. Both are big fans of talk radio. Miller appeared 69 times on Larry Elder Show when he was at Santa Monica High School.  David Horowitz heard Miller and saw a rising star. Guerrero got sit down interviews with David Horowitz who is now furious about her book. Hear all about it on my podcast.   Dave Gunders, our Troubadour, asks us to Give it Up. And the message of that song has never been more germane.   Rundown- Joe Walsh - 4:05 Jean Guerrero 39:39 Cole Wist in Craig's Lawyer's Lounge P1 - 1:11:02 Cole Wist in Craig's Lawyers Lounge P2 - 2:02:01 Dave Gunders - 2:27:41

At last month's Republican National Convention, President Donald Trump declared, “Your vote will decide whether we protect law-abiding Americans, or whether we give free rein to violent anarchists and agitators, and criminals who threaten our citizens.” The man behind this rhetoric is Stephen Miller, a powerful Trump advisor. The 35 year-old anti-immigration crusader and white nationalist has been the moving force behind Trump's immigration policy and the author of his darkest speeches. Miller has conjured apocalyptic visions of immigrants as a threat to America and has targeted refugees, asylum seekers, and migrant children. So who is Stephen Miller? Jean Guerrero, an Emmy-winning investigative reporter formerly with the Wall Street Journal, explores the influence of Miller and white nationalism in the Trump administration in her new book, Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda.