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We're crossing the border to fix a disappointing sequel to a modern classic. 2015's Sicario is a fascinating and harrowing story of what happens on the US-Mexican border. The sequel seemed to learn the wrong lessons from the first film so, it's time for us to fix it! But will it be a sequel, prequel or remake? Listen and find out! Website: www.sequelisers.com/ Discord: www.sequelisers.com/discord Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers TikTok: tiktok.com/@sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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“It's fair to call the deteriorating situation at the US/Mexican border a crisis,” declared NBC's Meet the Press in 2021. “[CNN anchor Dana] Bash presses Netanyahu on Gaza death toll: 'Is Israel doing everything possible to... avoid civilian casualties?',” boasted CNN's State of the Union in 2023. “Principle over party… The latest high-profile Republican endorsement for Harris. And she got another Cheney endorsement,” announced ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. These shows – ABC's This Week, NBC's Meet the Press, CNN's State of the Union, CBS's Face the Nation – are fixtures of a major genre of television: the Sunday morning news show. Since the 1940s, these weekly shows have featured panel interviews with government officials, lawmakers, candidates, and other political figures, usually from the US, as part of their stated missions to “tackle pressing issues,” produce robust discourse on current events, and hold electeds and aspiring electeds accountable. A relic from a different era, these Sunday News Show still loom large today. No, they don't have particularly high ratings, but much like the role editorial boards of major newspapers play, they matter to people who matter. They shape the agenda and tell lawmakers, advisers, CEOs and other people who wield power across our political, economic and social systems what to care about that week and how to analyze the current moment. But to what extent do they serve any real journalistic function? To what extent do they actually ask difficult and challenging questions? Do the Sunday morning shows truly illuminate our political moments and interrogate the powerful, or essentially do the opposite? And what effect do these shows, known for “setting the agenda” in Washington, have on policymakers, news media, and the public? On this episode, we discuss the history, ideology, and effects of Sunday morning news shows, look at how—despite their lofty claims to challenging journalism—they prioritize and revel in prestige and access, flattering existing power structures and further enabling reactionary policy. Our guest is FAIR's Julie Hollar.

Andrew, Tom, and Carl discuss Kamala Harris' first solo network news interview conducted last night by Stephanie Ruhle on MSNBC and they chat about Harris' decision to visit the US/Mexican border tomorrow. Then, they talk about the new poll results that show growing Democratic strength in Texas and the announcement this morning that New York Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted for accepting illegal campaign contributions from overseas sources. Next, Carl talks to RCP contributor Bill Whelan of the Hoover Institution about California, politics, and baseball. And finally, Andrew talks to historian Jay Cost, author of "Democracy or Republic? The People and the Constitution" about the history of America's two party system, and the effect that Donald Trump has had on the GOP.

In this week's episode, I review the movies and streaming shows I saw in the second half of summer 2024. The episode concludes with a preview of the audiobook of HALF-ORC PALADIN, as excellently narrated by Leanne Woodward. TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 218 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is September the 13th, 2024 and today we are discussing my Summer Movie Review Roundup, Part 2. Just to note to say that you may hear some odd background noises in this episode. My neighbor across the street is getting his roof replaced. I can't begrudge them that because no one likes a leaky roof, but it is slightly inconvenient because this is the only time today I have to record the podcast. So if you hear the occasional pop in the background, that is the sound of a nail gun driving shingles into a roof. Before we get to our main topics, let's have an update on my current writing projects and then we will do Question of the Week. First up, Shield of Conquest is very nearly done. I am about 2/3 of the way through the final round of editing and if all goes well, it should come out shortly after this episode is available, so be sure to check your favorite ebook retailer and see if it is out. Once that is done, I will be going full speed ahead on Ghost in the Tombs and I'm currently 48,000 words into that, so about halfway through the rough draft, give or take, depends on how long the rest of the book takes and how certain scenes in the final half of the book out. In audiobook news, Half-Orc Paladin is done, and it's now available on all the major audio stores: Audible, Amazon, Apple, Google Play, Chirp, Kobo, Payhip, Spotify, and a couple others, and you can get it there. We will close out this episode with a preview of Half-Orc Paladin (as excellently narrated by Leanne Woodward). 00:01:30 Question of the Week Now let's have a Question of the Week. Question of the Week is designed to inspire interesting discussions of enjoyable topics. This week's question: what is your favorite superhero movie? No wrong answers, of course (including “I don't like superhero movies”, but it turns out no one said that, so I guess superhero movies are quite popular). The inspiration for this question was that I was thinking about how superhero movies are such a major part of pop culture. Nowadays when people think of superhero movies, they usually think of Marvel and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but there were major superhero movies before the whole Marvel Cinematic approach really got going in the 2000s/2010s and they've been obviously part of pop culture for a very long time, and as you could expect, we had a wide range of responses from this. Our first response was from JD, who says: If I had to pick just one, it would probably be Guardians of the Galaxy. The first film had a near perfect mix of action, drama, and comedy. For me, the best Batman film was the 1966 one starring Adam West. Joaquim says: In the last millennium, when I was a child, we had DC Comics and Marvel Comics. I did like Batman in DC, Spider-man and The Avengers in Marvel. In the movies, I did not particularly like Batman, but I like the early Marvel movies, Avengers 1 and Captain America 2 the most. Mary says: X-Men. Todd says: 1978 Superman. Visually at 15, I believed a man could fly. Juana says: My superhero is actually a couple - The Vision and Scarlet Witch (before they turned Vision into an emotionless thing a while back). What's interesting is that the guy who was in charge of Picard Season 3, which I quite liked, is apparently going to be running a Vision show for Marvel sometime in 2026 (assuming Disney doesn't run out of money first), so it should be interesting to see how it turns out. Stephen says: I know this is random- Shang Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings. I know it was not completely an original storyline, but I liked it a lot. I agree with Stephen. I thought Shang Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings was one of the stronger Marvel movies and it's too bad it hasn't had a sequel. Becca says: The Dark Knight trilogy. Those are the real Batman films for me. Ledger was certainly the best Joker. I do love the happier Batmans, too. I grew up on West's version of Batman. For me, V for Vendetta is my favorite superhero movie and one of my favorite movies ever. I usually watch it at least once a year. Michael says: Captain America: The First Avenger. Juliana says: Second Captain America. The spy aspect really married well with the superhero genre in this one. I agree with Juliana. I think Captain America: Winter Soldier is one of the better Marvel movies. Roger says: only because we're entering the season, The Christmas Chronicles with Kurt Russell. Andrew says: Deadpool and Wolverine, followed by The Dark Knight trilogy. James says: I know Fox's X-Men get a bad rap generally, but Days of Future Past was amazing. I'd have to go with that, with The Dark Knight, Thor: Ragnarok, and Wonder Woman as runner-ups. Cheryl says: don't really have favorites, but for eye candy, Thor. Catriona says: The original Christopher Reeve Superman. Jenny says: Mystery Men. Jeanne says: Megamind. Randy says: Christian Bale and Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight movies are definitely in the top three but Iron Man has always been my favorite. Good story, good pacing, and Robert Downey Junior just nailed playing Tony Stark, in my opinion. Not to mention it kicked off the longest, largest, story movie arc to this day. BV says: Superman 1978. Terry says: Fifth Element. Gary says: Hancock. For myself, I think my favorite superhero movies would be the Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale Dark Knight trilogy. Strong performances, great action, and they managed to do something very difficult, namely bring a satisfying end to a superhero story arc. It almost feels like The Dark Knight movies are the “real” events of Batman and all the other comics and cartoons and movies are legends and exaggerations after the fact, like how the whole glittering mythos of King Arthur and the Round Table developed around an obscure Roman British warlord in the 500s AD. Also, Heath Ledger's version of the Joker was amazing. That said, for Marvel movies, which have been kind of the dominant form of superhero movies for the last decade, I think the best one of those would be Captain America: Winter Soldier (in my opinion). 00:05:45 Main Topic: Summer 2024 Movie/TV Roundup, Part 2 And now on to our main topic of this episode, my Summer 2024 Movie Roundup, Part 2. And if this movie roundup has a theme, it's miscellaneous. The reason for that is I did not actually watch all that many movies in the second half of the summer. There was no nefarious reason for that. I was just busy with travel and busy with multiple instances of home repair and busy finishing Half-Orc Paladin and Shield of Conquest. So I mostly watched some older stuff that I found on streaming, especially on Tubi, which has the delightful attribute of being free with ads. As usual, the movies are listed from my least favorite to my most favorite and the grades are totally subjective and based upon my own thoughts and opinions and nothing more substantial than that. So with that in mind, let's start out. First up is The Burbs, which came out in 1989. It's a dark comedy/horror movie satire starring Tom Hanks as Ray, a suburban homeowner with a wife and a son. On vacation for the week, Ray becomes obsessed with the Klopeks, a new family that has moved on to his street. The Klopeks have no interest in maintaining their property and show signs of other odd activities: going out only at night, constant digging in the backyard, and strange noises and lights coming from their basement. Soon, Ray and his two neighbors become determined to find out just what the Klopeks are up to. It was darkly funny, though you could tell that the ending had been rewritten a few times. The movie couldn't decide if it wanted to be a satire of clannish homeowners or to totally validate their concerns, or both. I think it tried for both and couldn't quite get there. Though it does kind of show how much the United States has changed or possibly declined in the last 35 years. Ray and his friends are shown as kind of losers, but they live in enormous, well-maintained houses. It's like how Homer Simpson in the first couple seasons of The Simpsons was shown as a bumbling loser, but yet he could afford to live in a four bedroom house, his wife didn't work most of the time, they had two cars and three children, and all without Homer having a college degree. By the standards of 2024, Homer Simpson lived like a king. Amusing anecdote-one scene in The Burbs was clearly inspired by A Fistful of Dollars, which I talk about more below. Overall grade: C Next up is The Batman vs. Dracula, an animated movie which came out in 2005. In this movie, Batman goes up against Count Dracula. This was probably as dark and gory as something can be while still technically remaining targeted at children. When a robbery goes bad, the Penguin accidentally releases Count Dracula from his tomb and becomes the Vampire Lord's new chief servant. Dracula is fascinated by the modern world, but he's especially fascinated by Batman since for obvious reasons he admires Batman's bat-themed motif. Dracula offers Batman the chance to become his chief lieutenant, which Batman refuses and Dracula takes that personally. He'll get his revenge by turning Gotham City into a city of the undead and taking Bruce Wayne's girlfriend, Vicki Vale, as his new vampire bride. Unless, of course, Batman stops him. It was interesting how neatly Dracula slots into becoming a good enemy for Batman. After all, in the original Dracula novel, Dracula's nemesis Van Helsing was definitely a man of science who brought logic, reason, and scientific method to his fight against Dracula. Batman is also a man of science in the sense that he's a detective, so he does some detective work to unravel Dracula's weaknesses and to build weapons to use against him. Overall Grade: B Next up is Set It Up, which came out in 2018. This is a romantic comedy that reminded me a bit of the more cynical 1940s-era romcoms like The Shop Around the Corner. The female lead Harper works as a personal assistant for a workaholic female sports writer who terrorizes her employees. The male lead Charlie works for workaholic male venture capitalist who also terrorizes his employees. Both their bosses are miserable, demanding people who make everyone around them unhappy. One day, both Charlie and Harper are dispatched to get dinner for their bosses and end up fighting over the last available delivery man. However, in the wake of the encounter, Harper hatches a plan. Both she and Charlie know everything about their respective bosses, so why not manipulate their calendars and schedules so they fall in love? They might be more cheerful, or at the very least they'll be in the office less frequently. Charlie has his misgivings about this plan, but after one more unfortunate encounter with his boss, decides to embark upon Harper's plan. Of course, Charlie has a high maintenance girlfriend who wants him to make a lot more money, and Harper is trying to find a boyfriend, but as per the rules of romcoms, perhaps Charlie and Harper will have more in common than they might think. This had a bit more crude humor than I might prefer but was still enjoyable. It did remind me quite a bit of the more cynical ‘30s and ‘40s movies like My Man Godfrey or the Shop around the Corner. Overall Grade: B Next up is The Bank of Dave, which came out in 2023. This is basically the cynical British version of a Hallmark movie, but with better production values. It is very, very loosely based on the activities of Dave Fishwick, a successful van dealer in the north of England who decides to start a local bank for local people, feeling that the Big London banks have lost sight of that. To do that, he recruits a London lawyer named Hugh to help him navigate a labyrinth of regulation around financial institutions. Of course the big banks dislike this idea and come after Dave hard. Dave is definitely the local Big Man, and it's interesting that humanity's default mode of government seems to be Local Big Man. However, if one must have a Big Man, one could only hope he is as benevolent as Dave. The movie was pretty funny, though a lot of the humor comes from the UK's class and regional divides, which are rather more pronounced than in the United States. Here in the United States, you can drive for 300 miles and be in the same state the entire time, and the local culture won't change all that much. The cliche is that the US East Coast and the US West Coast look down upon flyover country, but you can drive something like 1,000 miles from New York before you even get to Flyover Country. If you drive 300 miles in the UK, you've probably gone through six or seven regional accents and local traditions. The Bank of Dave does kind of turn into a Hallmark movie since Hugh falls for David's doctor niece. So basically a romance with the backdrop of British class/regional struggle as comedy. Overall grade: B Next up is Cool Runnings, which came out in 1993. A sports comedy film very (and I mean very loosely) based on the debut of the Jamaican Olympic bobsled team in the 1988 Winter Olympics. When sprinter Derice Bannock is unable to qualify for the Jamaican Olympic team due to an accident, he decides to instead to start a bobsled team to represent Jamaica in the Games. To do this, he recruits washed up former bobsledder Blitzer (played by John Candy) to act as the team's coach. What follows is a pretty good example of a sports movie. The team must come together and perform while overcoming their own personal challenges and inner conflicts, especially Coach Blitzer, who has to dig deep and overcome his past to effectively coach the team. It's interesting that sports movies tend to follow one of two trajectories. Either the team rallies and wins the championship, or they don't win the championship and nonetheless achieve moral victory by overcoming their internal difficulties in learning to work together. I won't spoil which path Cool Runnings follows. Overall Grade: B Next up is Uncle Buck, which came out in 1989. This is a coming-of-age comedy film about a 40 year old man, oddly enough. I did think this was pretty funny. Bob and Cindy are a married couple with three children living in the suburbs of Chicago, and when Cindy's father has a heart attack, they need to rush to his side. Due to the unexpected nature of the news, they have to find someone to watch the kids while they're gone. In desperation, they turned to Bob's brother Buck, who alternates between working for his girlfriend at her tire company and making money on rigged horse races. While Buck is kind of a loser, he's basically a decent guy, just averse to responsibility and settling down. He quickly steps up to take care of the children, though he conflicts with the oldest daughter Tia, who is in the grips of a full-blown adolescent rebellion. Buck soon realizes that he's come to a crossroads in his life, which is reinforced when Tia runs away to a party for the weekend. Slightly dark in places, but definitely more family friendly than many ‘80s comedies. Overall Grade: B+ Next up is the Adjustment Bureau, which came out in 2011. It is a science fiction romantic thriller based on the Philip K. Dick story, which is a very odd sentence to say, but it's true. Matt Damon plays David Norris, a congressman from New York who just lost the Senate race. Preparing for his concession speech. He meets Elise (played by Emily Blunt) and is immediately smitten with her. A month later, he runs into her by accident on a bus and receives her phone number. However, soon mysterious suited men with unusual powers arrive and burn the paper with the phone number. The men explain to David that they are The Adjustment Bureau, charged with making sure history unfolds according to the mysterious Plan. The Plan says that David can never see Elise again. David of course is not the sort of guy to take that lying down, so he soon finds himself trying to outwit the Time Cops and find Elise. It was interesting that The Adjustment Bureau was very similar to the Time Variance Authority from the Marvel Loki show, so I wonder if they drew on some of the same sources of inspiration. An interesting movie and worth watching. It actually wrestled with the oldest philosophical question in Western civilization: are all things predestined or do we have free will? Or is it somehow both? I have to admit that the scene where Elise dunked David's BlackBerry in coffee was very satisfying to me personally, since I had a lot of support headaches with Blackberries back in the 2000s. Overall Grade: B+ Now, finally the favorite thing I saw in the second half of the summer 2024: A Fistful of Dollars, which came out in 1964. This was the first Spaghetti Western I've seen, which means it's Italian director Sergio Leone's sort of stylized version of what the Old West was like. Of course, the movie actually ripped off the Akira Kurosawa samurai movie Yojimbo. In fact, it was so heavily ripped off Yojimbo that Kurosawa sued, settled out of court, and received 15% of A Fistful of Dollars' revenue. Apparently Kurosawa made more from the settlement than he did from Yojimbo. Legal troubles aside, it was quite good and I could see how it heavily influenced many subsequent movies. For example, the Star Wars character of Boba Fett was inspired by A Fistful of Dollars and Boba Fett in turn inspired the Mandalorian. Stephen King's rather disappointing Dark Tower series was inspired by Dollars as well. And there are many other examples, such as the scene in The Burbs I had mentioned above earlier. Anyway, Clint Eastwood plays The Stranger, a mercenary gunslinger who seems to be drifting from town to town without a purpose. He arrives at San Miguel, a US-Mexican border town that is dominated by two crime families at each other's throats, the Rojos and the Baxters. Both clans seek to hire The Stranger for their organizations and the gunslinger begins playing them off each other for personal profit. As mercenary and as ruthless as he is, The Stranger seems to have a core of honor to him. A couple of times he goes out of his way to help people because he can, which sometimes gets him into trouble. Definitely worth watching as a classic film. Overall Grade: A So that's it for this week. Thanks for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes at https://thepulpwritershow.com, often with transcripts (note: transcripts are available from Episodes 140 onward). If you enjoy the podcast, please leave your review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve  tackle five main releases - as usual, click the link to check out the trailers for each film! We kick off with POOLMAN (Signature Entertainment), starring, directed by and co-written by Chris Pine. Check out our review to find out if its worth a watch! Set on the US/Mexican border, DEADLAND (Lightbulb Film Distribution) follows a conflicted Border Patrol officer dealing with a mysterious dead body and the sudden appearance of his estranged father. THE LAST BREATH (Signature Entertainment) is the latest entry into the Shark Attack genre, as some old college friends become trapped inside the wreck of WW2 battleship, surrounded by sharks! Director James Bamford had already  proved himself to be a decent DTV director with Airforce One Down. JADE (101 Films)  doubles down on that, making him a director to look out for and serves up a new action star, Shaina West! Going straight to Netflix, AXEL F is exactly the nostalgia piece you'd expect. Check out our review to see whether we enjoyed it! Our Short Shot this week is THE BAKU - click the link to see the whole 30min short. Former Power Ranger Jonny Yong Bosch made the excellent short Ark Exitus a few years back, so we were eagerly anticipating his latest film! Finally, our DTV Throwback is REPTILIAN, aka Reptile 2001, aka Yongary. This is a Korean produced Kaiju, featuring a giant dinosaur resurrected by invading aliens. You have to dig hard, but it is available on Prime and other locations. Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!          

President Joe Biden says he's restricting asylum to help “gain control” of the U.S.-Mexico border. Mexico's newly elected president faces a long list of challenges, including persistent cartel violence, a deeply divided country, and cash-straitened social programs. This week marks the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy demonstrations in China. Veterans are in France to attend the 80th anniversary on Thursday of the D-Day landings, which will be marked with several ceremonies attended by world leaders

In this episode of Battlegrounds, H.R. McMaster and Jorge Castañeda discuss the future of Mexico and Mexican-US relations, on Friday, May 31, 2024. Former foreign minister of Mexico and renowned public intellectual, political scientist, and prolific writer Jorge Castañeda Gutman joins Hoover senior fellow H.R. McMaster to share his insights on current Mexican security concerns and the future of Mexico and Mexican-US relations. Reflecting on Mexico's 2024 presidential election, Castañeda discusses the significance of the election as a milestone in Mexico's history, including the implications on Mexico's economy, efforts to address climate change, and how Mexico will navigate geopolitical tensions between the world's major powers. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Jorge Castañeda Gutman was foreign minister of Mexico from 2000 to 2003. He is a renowned public intellectual, political scientist, and prolific writer, with an interest in Mexican and Latin American politics, comparative politics, and US-Mexican and US–Latin American relations. He is the global distinguished professor of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, where he has taught since 1997, and previously taught at Mexico's National Autonomous University, Princeton University, and the University of California–Berkeley. Dr. Castañeda is the author of more than more than 15 books, most recently America through Foreign Eyes (Oxford University Press, 2020). He is a regular columnist for Revista Nexos, the Spanish daily El País, and the New York Times. Dr. Castañeda received BAs from Princeton University and the Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne), an M.A from the École Pratique de Hautes Études, and a PhD in economic history from the Université Paris 1. H.R. McMaster is the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is also the Bernard and Susan Liautaud Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute and lecturer at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. He was the 25th assistant to the president for National Security Affairs. Upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1984, McMaster served as a commissioned officer in the United States Army for thirty-four years before retiring as a Lieutenant General in June 2018.

Today's episode comes from Electric Futures, a podcast series exploring lesser known stories of the energy transition. On the US-Mexican border in California lies the Imperial Valley. It is a mix of deserts and verdant green fields. For centuries, it has been a crossroad for immigrants and Americans searching for opportunities. The Imperial Valley is now participating in an on-going white gold rush – a sprint to extract lithium from brines deep in the earth. This lithium is critical to the production of electric vehicles, which are a vital element in strategies to slow growth of atmospheric CO2 concentrations and limit global warming. Charles Zukoski—Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and previous provost of the University of Southern California—and the team at USC Annenberg produced this episode. You can learn more about Electric Futures at: https://linktr.ee/uscelectricfutures And listen to our season of Home, Interrupted from Feet in 2 Worlds at: https://www.fi2w.org/home-interrupted/

In a time of turmoil, what happens when art and politics collide? From prisons, refugee camps and war zones, artist and journalist Molly Crabapple has documented the astounding courage of people living in the worst possible circumstances.   Crabapple wonders whether art is sharp enough to cut through razor wires. Is it time to move art out of galleries and use it as a real agent for change? Molly Crabapple is an artist and writer who has been published in the New York Times, The Paris Review, Vanity Far, The Guardian, The New Yorker and Rolling Stone. She became a journalist sketching the frontlines of Occupy Wall Street, before covering, with words and art, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Lebanese snipers, Guantanamo Bay, the US-Mexican border, Pennsylvania prisoners, New York cabbies, Greek refugee camps, and the ravages of hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

It took me a few days to get fully focused on the border struggle at Eagle Pass, TX, on the US/Mexican border, less than 3.5 hours from my home. But this has grown on a national level, with so many states offering support, and notice being made regarding constitutional rights and the involvement of the White House, we should all be paying attention.Comment, download, and catch up on all episodes at mitchwonders.comAll episodes are also at: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2041434.rssMaybe drop ol' Mitch a wee morsel to support the merch store at Venmo.com? Just search @mitchwonders And thank you all for your love and support!

The story of Mexican drug lord Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, better known as El Chapo, the leader of one of the world's most prolific, violent and powerful drug cartels.BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng follow El Chapo from childhood in the Mexican mountain region of Sinaloa to the very top of the drug business and into the New York prison cell where he now resides.Simon and Zing reveal how El Chapo innovated with tunnels along the US-Mexican border, escaped prison twice, and used extreme violence to gain power. Then they are given the simple task of deciding if he's good, bad, or just another billionaire.

Three years in to World War I, a $5 million construction project began on the northwest side of Waco. A few months later in September of 1917, the new training headquarters Camp MacArthur welcomed 18,000 troops from Michigan and Wisconsin. Throughout the rest of the war, the thousands of soldiers stationed at Camp MacArthur became a part of Waco's culture. Mary Sendón remembers the impact the camp had on her father's shoe business: "The soldiers began to come to town and have their work done in town. They'd come to my dad's shop. He had a nice big shop where you could sit around and read newspapers, or maybe he'd have magazines there where they—they'd wait. And he always had that place full of soldiers. In fact, he had one of them come in there wanting to work for him one day. (laughs) But he would work late on Saturday night. He'd work day and night, not only on Saturday nights but on weeknights to catch up. Then pretty soon, the—the government gave him a contract to take care of the officers' boots. They all had to have so much done to their boots all the time. (laughs) Of course, the enlisted men would just come and have their own shoes fixed, you know. But he had a contract for those officers' boots. He made a lot of money during the war. That was a bonanza for him. And that's where he got really established." During the life of the camp, strong ties were formed, as Sendón explains: "So many of the soldiers that came to Waco at that time married Waco girls when the war was over. And some of them are still living here in Waco. I noticed two or three in the paper the other day at some reunion. And there was one of those Michigan soldiers that had married a Waco girl." Less than two months after WWI ended, the government ordered Camp MacArthur's buildings to be dismantled and reused for such purposes as the construction of US-Mexican border stations. Cathryn Carlile recalls some of the remnants were used in the Edgefield neighborhood in Waco where she grew up: "The houses in the 1C block of Hackberry were built in the early 1920s from the surplus lumber from the barracks from World War I. And all of these houses were exactly alike except the two older houses, one at 1C, which was part of the dairy, and the house next door to it. So there were ten houses just alike. And they were very sturdily constructed. Four rooms and a bath. And we did have the utilities. We had utilities." Frank Curre Jr. bought a house on former Camp MacArthur grounds and tells what he and a neighbor did soon after: "Was a black man come down the street. Had a mule and a single-disc plow and a homemade rake that they'd made. We asked him what he'd charge to plow up all that back lot all the way across and rake it down smooth. He got out there and did all that. He dug up old hard rubber tire wheels, buckets full of them brass teardrop caps off them old trucks. And we threw all that away. Look what they're worth right now." Camp MacArthur officially closed on March 7, 1919. Since 1966, a historical marker has stood at the intersection of Park Lake Drive and Nineteenth Street as a reminder of the camp's brief but indelible existence. Base Hospital, Camp MacArthur, Waco, TX. (Photo by Gildersleeve) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this essay, Sonia Hernández describes the central role Mexican women played in the emergence of anarcho-syndicalist organizing during the early 20th century. She examines the emergence of transnational feminism influenced by anarchist ideas in the Gulf of Mexico region - such women's labor activism left an indelible mark on the greater history of the US-Mexican borderlands. Sonia Hernández is a Professor of History at Texas A&M University. Her most recent publications are For a Just and Better World: Engendering Anarchism in the Mexican Borderlands, 1900-1938 (University of Illinois Press, 2021) and "Gendering Transnational State Violence: Intertwined Histories of Intrigue and Injustice along the U.S.-Mexican Borderlands, 1900-1913," Journal of American History, Volume 110, Issue 2, September 2023: 258-281.  Anarchist Essays is brought to you by Loughborough University's Anarchism Research Group and the journal Anarchist Studies. Follow us on Twitter @arglboro. Our music comes from Them'uns (featuring Yous'uns). Artwork by Sam G.

Andrew Selee President of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), gives us great insight understanding the major challenges for Governments on creating adequate migration policies, due to its dynamics, and today's more than ever changing and unpredictable nature. Learn about the US-Mexican border, one of the world's most intensive borders, culturally, economically, and socially speaking and the relation between these two countries in terms of human movement. In this episode, Dr. Selee also talks about how the slowing down of human mobility caused by the 2020 pandemic impacted life standards and how the creation of legal channels may be the key against problems generated by migration disruption.

Welcome to Dr. Mary Travelbest: In this episode: The FAQ is how to avoid blisters on your feet. The destination is Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The mistake is my friend who went hiking alone and regrets that now and the tip is about drinking fluids. The FAQ is: Laura has a lot of blisters after she hikes. She asked me, “How can I avoid these blisters and enjoy my walks more?” Answer: What's a blister in the first place? A blister is a pocket of fluid between the upper layers of skin. The most common causes are friction, freezing, burning, infection, and chemical burns. Blisters are also a symptom of some diseases. The blister bubble is formed from the epidermis, the uppermost layer of skin. Don't pop them or remove the skin. That will protect it. Preventing blisters can be part of your routine. Wear the right shoes, and clean socks. Moist skin blisters more easily, so socks that manage moisture and changing socks often can prevent some friction and moisture. Foot sweat can be a culprit, so the right socks can be critical. Break in your walking or hiking boots in advance, too. Put some tape, padding or moleskin on the blister points on feet to prevent them. You can also add these to the inside of shoes, which last even longer, through many changes of socks or insoles. Today's Independent Destination- Puerto Vallarta, Mexico One of the favorite destinations for a solo woman traveler is to venture into Mexico, to a city that is welcoming tourists, like Puerto Vallarta. Once the US/Mexican borders open again, this may be a good destination for you.   Puerto Vallarta is a resort town on Mexico's Pacific coast, in Jalisco state. It is known for its beaches, water sports and nightlife scene. Its cobblestone center is home to the ornate Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe church, which we will describe in a few minutes, boutique shops and a range of restaurants and bars. El Malecón is a beachside promenade with contemporary sculptures, as well as bars, lounges and nightclubs. Puerto Vallarta is one of Mexico's most affordable coastal towns, with plenty of pristine beaches and street markets, as well as an old town with a Spanish colonial atmosphere. ... This is generally the most affordable area in Puerto Vallarta and, as an added bonus, you're just minutes away from the main beach. The Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe known locally as La Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, is a Catholic place of worship in Puerto Vallarta on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. It is open daily, with services in English available on Saturdays and mass in both Spanish and English on Sundays. The Church, built between 1930 and 1940, was constructed on the original foundations of a chapel initially dedicated to Lady Guadalupe in 1901. The Church is dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe, also known as the Virgin Mary. She is the patron saint of Mexico and is considered a religious symbol of Catholic faith and female empowerment.   Do you want  to experience some small group cooking classes?   Chef Mavi will take your group of 2-6 to the various local markets to buy the ingredients i.e., fish market, veggie market, tortilla market and then you to her home for the cooking class.    Chef Mavi

Adam Mansbach brings on the two-fisted action in his 2013 novel The Dead Run, with the results capturing the exhilarating vibe of a vintage exploitation movie. When a series of crimes challenges the police on both sides of the US-Mexican border, the authorities learn that a shocking conspiracy may be afoot. What's the most outrageous self-defense weapon? How wise is it to attempt the pronunciation of an Aztec deity's name? Do prairie dogs even have kitchens? All these questions and more will be explored in this episode of Bad Books for Bad People!   BBfBP theme song by True Creature. Find us at BadBooksBadPeople.com, on Twitter @badbooksbadppl, Instagram @badbooksbadpeople, on Bluesky @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social, and on Facebook. Got questions, comments or feedback? Email us at badbooksbadpeople@gmail.com

Welcome back to another exciting episode of Bad Dads Film Review! We're your trusty band of Dad cinephiles, here to discuss, dissect, and occasionally disagree over the best and most interesting films the cinema world has to offer. Today, we delve into the murky world of drug cartels and moral ambiguity with Denis Villeneuve's gripping thriller, "Sicario"."Sicario", a 2015 action thriller, takes us into the heart of the US-Mexican border's brutal drug war. Emily Blunt gives a powerhouse performance as Kate Macer, an idealistic FBI agent who finds herself in a task force aiming to bring down a notorious Mexican cartel leader. She's joined by the enigmatic Alejandro, portrayed masterfully by Benicio Del Toro, and the sly, all-business Matt Graver, played by Josh Brolin.We'll dive into the incredible performances, the tight and suspenseful storytelling, and the skillful direction that makes "Sicario" a film that's hard to forget. We'll discuss how Villeneuve and screenwriter Taylor Sheridan use the brutal violence of the drug war to explore larger themes about morality, legality, and the lengths we're willing to go to achieve perceived justice.We'll talk about the tense, climactic scenes that left us on the edge of our seats, and the questions the film leaves lingering in our minds long after the credits roll.We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. If it hasn't been completely destroyed yet you can usually find us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review, on email at baddadsjsy@gmail.com or on our website baddadsfilm.com. Until next time, we remain... Bad Dads

Bill Reichart talks to Roger Matkin, from San Antonio, about the importance and impact of discipleship from his latest book, “Putting It All Together.” Roger was born and spent his early years in Del Rio, Texas on the US/Mexican border. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Physics from Texas A&M University in 1967, earned his Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1970, and his Doctor of Ministry from San Francisco Theological Seminary in 1988 with a focus on nurturing spiritual growth. During his career in campus ministry, Roger served on seven campuses in Weatherford, Fort Worth, and San Antonio. In 1994, Roger was asked to begin a local CMDA ministry in San Antonio and the UT Health Science Center. He embraced the opportunity to impact student lives during these critical years and formed lasting relationships which span four decades. In retirement, the author continues to pursue his life passions: spending time with Melva, his wife of 54 years, and his “kids" and grandkids, fishing, hunting, charcuterie, cooking, carpentry, gardening, and writing. "Putting It All Together" is exactly what the title suggests: a compilation of much that the author has learned on the anvil of experience, taught to students, written about in a variety of formats, and confirmed in the day-to-day rhythms of living the Christian life. Check out our Video Edition Here: https://ccm.cmda.org/discipleship-is-relationship/ PULSE Show Notes: https://cmdastudentlife.org/pulsepodcast CMDA Student Ministries: https://ccm.cmda.org/

International borders can be very strange things.  Sometimes they measured down to the millimeter and a heavily marked and fortified.  Other times they run through desolate areas where hardly anyone pays attention to the actual location.  The latter was the case with much of the US/Mexican border in the early 20th century, and it caused a great deal of confusion.  Learn more about Rio Rico, the American town that everyone thought was a Mexican town, and then it actually was, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an online platform that provides therapy and counseling services to individuals in need of mental health support. The platform offers a range of communication methods, including chat, phone, and video sessions with licensed and accredited therapists who specialize in different areas, such as depression, anxiety, relationships, and more. Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/Everywhere ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. Visit ButcherBox.com/Daily to get 10% off and free chicken thighs for a year. InsideTracker provides a personal health analysis and data-driven wellness guide to help you add years to your life—and life to your years. Choose a plan that best fits your needs to get your comprehensive biomarker analysis, customized Action Plan, and customer-exclusive healthspan resources. For a limited time, Everything Everywhere Daily listeners can get 20% off InsideTracker's new Ultimate Plan. Visit InsideTracker.com/eed. Subscribe to the podcast!  https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is going on with Title 42 and the US-Mexican border. TIR discusses! https://youtu.be/O7qEf_4Kzgw   About TIR Thank you for supporting the show! Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube. Also, consider supporting us on   Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents   Check out our official merch store at https://www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com/   Also, follow us on... https://podcasts.apple.com/.../this-is.../id1524576360 www.youtube.com/thisisrevolutionpodcast www.twitch.tv/thisisrevolutionpodcast www.twitch.tv/leftflankvets https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/ Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland   Follow the TIR Crüe on Twitter: @TIRShowOakland @djenebajalan @DrKuba2 @probert06 @StefanBertramL @MadamToussaint @MarcusHereMeow   Read Jason's column in Sublation Magazine here:https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles

KKOB guest host Darren White calls from the US/Mexican border to discuss Title 42's expiration and what is going on down there with TJ on News Radio KKOBSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Live from the Heart of America—I'm Steve Gruber—ready to deliver an inclusive and diverse discussion on the most important topics of the day—giving you better analysis and insight that anyone else—shining a spotlight on the cockroaches of the swamp—and delivering truth and justice just when hope was starting to fade—   Here are the 3 Big Things you need to know to start today—   Number One— A horrible weekend in Texas as a mass shooting and a rampaging driver—both leaves several dead and many more hospitalized in critical condition—   Number Two— A new AI chatbot has arrived on the scene—this one however is conservative and named to honor President Ronald Reagan—its called Gippr—   Number Three— This could prove to the be the toughest week yet for President Joe Biden—in fact this week could prove to be pivotal in the race for the White House that is setting up next year—   The week will begin with President Biden staring straight down the lens of his worst polling numbers ever—and this has been the trend over the last month—one major poll after another show the American people no longer trust Biden— CBS, Reuters and Gallup have been among those giving failing grades to the Administration on just about every major issue—in fact you would be hard pressed to find a positive number anywhere on critical issues that people care about—like the economy, the border, national security or the war in Ukraine—   And even worse for team Biden is that most Americans don't believe he is even capable of doing the job—mentally or physically—   Americans have seen too much—this time it's the ABC News/Washington Post Poll showing that Biden has fallen to his lowest numbers yet—And how bad is it?   Well…   But despite the rejection of his Administration's policies and the President himself—Biden will admit no wrong—it seems he is just too arrogant to take responsibility for anything—with Biden its always the blame game—AND that is something that isn't working anymore either—   He has consistently tried to blame former President Donald Trump for his failures at the border and on the economy—but he is willing to blame his friends in the media for his flagging polls numbers too—   However like I said a moment ago—his friends in the media also seem sick of taking the blame for all of it—and they are actually asking some questions that matter—which is strange considering they didn't do that once on the way to Election Day 2020—   If the Presidential Election were held today—according to the new ABC News Washington Post poll—Donald Trump would win the National Popular Vote by 6 points—and Governor Ron DeSantis would beat Biden by 5 points—   And we haven't even gotten to the reasons—why this could turn out to be his worst week yet—   Lets start with Hunter Biden—the First Son—who was in an Arkansas courtroom last week for a child support dispute over a child he refuses to acknowledge— the President also ignores that grandchild—to be clear, its not a good look—   But that will be child's play for real, if the Whistleblowers we are told are ready to testify before Congress come out—In fact Congressman James Comer is telling the Department of Justice to hold off on any indictments of Hunter until the Republicans hold a press conference on Wednesday that could blow the lid off the entire Biden family—and the allegations of selling government policy for cash—which of course means taking bribes—and those allegations are aimed at both Hunter and his dad—   So that by itself would be bad enough—but now there are even bigger problems coming on Wednesday in the form of a human tidal wave at the southern border—   Some reports say as many as 700,000 illegals could overrun the US/Mexican border in just a few days—and this comes after everyone that is paying attention says were are already in a dire situation that is threatening our national security and some say our very existence as a nation—   It is creating a political firestorm—because it has already created a humanitarian disaster in Texas—    And like always—the soon to be 81 year old President takes no responsibility at all—for anything he has done—he just smirks and slurs—and fills his diaper—   Yeah this is going to be a tough week for Joe Biden—and you have to wonder—if its not exactly the escape hatch the Democrats have been searching for—  

President Joe Biden appears on MSNBC The 11th Hour Hosted by Stephanie Ruhle, in the interview Biden was given softball questions that made him look good and Republicans look bad. Title 42 is set to expire on March 11 in the wake of title 42 being expired there are over 700,000 illegal immigrants waiting to cross over the US-Mexican border, what is the reaction of the president and his administration? To help more illegals come across. More Biden supporters want President Biden to debate his Democrat opponents in the upcoming Democratic primaries as his opponents starts to trend up in the polls Link to The Cajun Conservative page where you can leave a message, also don't forget to subscribe and share https://anchor.fm/thecajunconservative https://www.facebook.com/thecajunconservative/ https://thecajunconservativeshow.wordpress.com Merchandise store for the Cajun Conservative https://www.bjsmediastore.com/ Where you can listen to The Cajun Conservative Show. Leave a review and also share the page to get the word out. Google Podcast https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zZjI3NzRjMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2Ptdqu1c1d1ZQ8PwRJs7wi Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cajun-conservative-show/id1539679841 Amazon Music https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/71669059-0b0e-4558-ad96-dd2b205818a1/the-cajun-conservative-show iHeart Radio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-cajun-conservative-sho-110203291/ Breaker https://www.breaker.audio/the-cajun-conservative-show Pocketcast https://pca.st/ild7wkv4 Radio public https://radiopublic.com/the-cajun-conservative-show-GmqwK2 YouTube https://youtube.com/channel/UCpZLpmIykBIF33XPmQS1P2g Rumble https://rumble.com/user/IsaacHayes #conservative #government #politics #news

Happy Wednesday! The shooter who was on the run in Texas has been captured after four days. The White House is sending military members to the US-Mexican border. NYC is giving out free Apple Air Tags. Wisconsin Supreme Court rules against using Ivermectin. Ryan Reynolds is bringing his soccer club to America. Balto, the dog, is the star of Nerd News! Sign up to play Two-Second Tunes or Cover Lovers  https://forms.gle/Bf6aPVTbEqmo4QoS6 What's Trending:https://bit.ly/3Ls2Iez NEWSLETTER ⬅️ Head to TheMorningShowPodcast.com for EVERYTHING we talk about. Seattle Gummy Company 20% off with CMA: https://seattlegummy.com/?ref=802 QUICK LINKS TO WATCH US LIVE, SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER, FOLLOW OUR SOCIALS HERE: https://www.flowcode.com/page/carlamarieandanthony Follow Carla Marie on Instagram Follow Anthony on InstagramSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, I talk to Professor Domino Renee Perez from the UT Austin. Currently, Dr. Perez serves as the Senior Associate Chair of the Department of English. Her first book There Was a Woman: La Llorona from Folklore to Popular Culture examines one of the most famous figures in US/Mexican folklore, plotting her movement from post-conquest oral narratives into contemporary cultural productions. Her recent book Fatherhood in the Borderlands: A Daughter's Slow Approach (2022).

Deadly fire at a migrant detention facility and tensions at the US-Mexican border, TIR speaks with journalist Camilo Gómez. https://www.ft.com/.../86644fdf-a32a-4fb3-a12c-78b7ec57e767   About TIR Thank you for supporting the show! Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube. Also, consider supporting us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents   Check out our official merch store at https://www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com/   Also, follow us on... https://podcasts.apple.com/.../this-is.../id1524576360 www.youtube.com/thisisrevolutionpodcast www.twitch.tv/thisisrevolutionpodcast www.twitch.tv/leftflankvets https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/ Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland   Follow the TIR Crüe on Twitter: @TIRShowOakland @djenebajalan @DrKuba2 @probert06 @StefanBertramL @MadamToussaint @MarcusHereMeow

This episode of the Amazing Cities and Towns Podcast, sponsored by Bearing Advisors, Jim Hunt interviews NY Best Selling Author, Sam Quinones, author of Dreamland and The Least of Us. A candid conversation about drug use and homelessness in US cities. The reason the drug world has changed with the Mexican Cartels focusing on synthetic drugs The connection between Meth, Fentanyl and mental health issues and homelessness Rethinking homelessness, drug addiction, rehab and jail time New forms of jail for homeless and drug charges How Walmart's shoplifting issues are interconnected to drug problems in US towns and cities How the drug abuse problem has evolved into a poisoning  The interconnection between drug trafficking, gun smuggling, immigration and the US/Mexican trade policies How Clarksburg WV and other communities have been impacted by the drug issues The power of the community and churches in addressing some of the drug and homeless issues for a short-term solution   ·       And, much more   7 Steps to an Amazing City:   1.     Attitude 2.     Motivation 3.     Attention to Detail 4.     Zing 5.     Inclusiveness 6.     Neighborhood Empowerment 7.     Green Awareness Thanks for listening and look forward to having you join us for the next episode.   Links Mentions During Show:  www.samquinones.com ·       www.AmazingCities.org ·       www.AmazingCities.org/podcast to be a guest on the podcast   About  Sam Quinones Sam Quinones (pronounced Kin-YOH-Ness) is a Los Angeles-based freelance journalist, a reporter for 35 years, and author of four acclaimed books of narrative nonfiction. He is a veteran reporter on immigration, gangs, drug trafficking, the border. He is formerly a reporter with the L.A. Times, where he worked for 10 years. Before that, he made a living as a freelance writer residing in Mexico for a decade (1994-2004). His latest book, released in November, 2021, is The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth. (The book is released in paperback in November, 2022.) In The Least of Us, Quinones chronicles the emergence of a drug-trafficking world producing massive supplies of synthetic drugs (fentanyl and meth) cheaper and deadlier than ever, marketing to the population of addicts created by the nation's opioid epidemic, as the backdrop to tales of Americans' quiet attempts to recover community through simple acts of helping the vulnerable. With The Least of Us, Quinones broke the story of how the methamphetamine now produced in Mexico has covered the U.S. and is creating widespread and rapid-onset symptoms of schizophrenia, becoming in the process a major driver in the country's the homeless problem. In January 2022, The Least of Us was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) award for Best Nonfiction Book of 2021. The Least of Us follows his landmark Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic (Bloomsbury, 2015), which ignited awareness of the epidemic that has cost the United States hundreds of thousands of lives and become deadliest drug scourge in the nation's history. Dreamland won a National Book Critics Circle award for the Best Nonfiction Book of 2015. It was also selected as one of the Best Books of 2015 by Amazon.com, the Daily Beast, Buzzfeed, Seattle Times, Boston Globe, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Entertainment Weekly, Audible, and in the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg Business by Nobel economics laureate, Prof. Angus Deaton, of Princeton University. In 2021, GQ Magazine selected Dreamland as one of the “50 Best Books of Literary Journalism of the 21 st Century” Dreamland was selected as one the Best 10 True-Crime Books of all time based on lists, surveys, and ratings of more than 90 million Goodread.com readers. In 2019, Slate.com selected Dreamland as one of the 50 best nonfiction books of the last 25 years. For Dreamland, Quinones has testified before the U.S. Senate's Health Committee, numerous professional conferences of judges, doctors, librarians, hospital administrators and at more than two-dozen town hall meetings in small towns across the country. A Young Adult version of Dreamland – for 7 th through 12 th graders -- was released in July of 2019. His first two books grew from his 10 years living and working as a freelance writer in Mexico (1994-2004).   True Tales From Another Mexico: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino and the Bronx was released in 2001. It is a cult classic of a book from Mexico's vital margins – stories of drag queens and Oaxacan Indian basketball players, popsicle makers and telenovela stars, migrants, farm workers, a narcosaint, a slain drug balladeer, a slum boss, and a doomed tough guy.   In 2007, he came out with Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream: True Tales of Mexican Migration. In it, Quinones narrates the saga of the Henry Ford of Velvet Painting, and of how an opera scene emerged in Tijuana, and how a Zacatecan taco empire formed in Chicago. He tells the tale of the Tomato King, of a high-school soccer season in Kansas, and of Mexican corruption in a small L.A. County town. Threading through the book are three tales of Delfino Juarez, a modern Mexican Huck Finn. Quinones ends the collection in a chapter called "Leaving Mexico" with his harrowing tangle with the Narco-Mennonites of Chihuahua.  Dagoberto Gilb, reviewing Antonio's Gun in the San Francisco Chronicle, called him “the most original writer on Mexico and the border.”   Contact him at www.samquinones.com or samquinones7@yahoo.com.   About Your Host, Jim Hunt: Welcome to the “Building Amazing Cities and Towns Podcast” … The podcast for Mayors, Council Members, Managers, Staff and anyone who is interested in building an Amazing City.   Your host is Jim Hunt, the author of “Bottom Line Green, How American Cities are Saving the Planet and Money Too” and his latest book, “The Amazing City - 7 Steps to Creating an Amazing City”   Jim is also the former President of the National League of Cities, 27 year Mayor, Council Member and 2006 Municipal Leader of the Year by American City and County Magazine.   Today, Jim speaks to 1000's of local government officials each year in the US and abroad.   Jim also consults with businesses that are bringing technology and innovation to local government.   Amazing City Resources:   Buy Jim's Popular Books: ·       The Amazing City: 7 Steps to Creating an Amazing City:   https://www.amazingcities.org/product-page/the-amazing-city-7-steps-to-creating-an-amazing-city   ·       Bottom Line Green: How America's Cities and Saving the Planet (And Money Too)  https://www.amazingcities.org/product-page/bottom-line-green-how-america-s-cities-are-saving-the-planet-and-money-too   FREE White Paper: ·       “10 Steps to Revitalize Your Downtown”  www.AmazingCities.org/10-Steps   Hire Jim to Speak at Your Next Event: ·       Tell us about your event and see if dates are available at www.AmazingCities.org/Speaking   Hire Jim to Consult with Your City or Town: ·       Discover more details at https://www.amazingcities.org/consulting   Discuss Your Business Opportunity/Product to Help Amazing Cities: ·       Complete the form at https://www.amazingcities.org/business-development   A Special Thanks to Bearing Advisors for the support of this podcast:  www.BearingAdvisors.Net  

Jim Rufenacht is a board member of Growing Hope Globally. He is married with Linda and they have two sons Cory and Jason. Their son Cory and his wife, Kylie, have three sons, Titus, Jarett and JT, and one daughter, Liza. Jim and Linda's son Jason and his wife, Shay, have thee sons, Grayden, Callen and Landon plus two daughters Railey and Aydrie. Jim started farming in the 1970s together with his brother Cork Rufenacht, and now the farm also includes the three sons, Cory, Brian and Jason. The farm in Fulton and Henry counties used for production of corn, soybeans and wheat. The farm also feeds out dairy beef steers.   Conservation practices include cover crops, filter strips, drainage water management and conservation tillage.   I talked with Jim and Linda among others about a recent visit to Guatemala we did together to see GHG supported CWS projects, their motivation to start Growing Projects, their volunteer work at the US-Mexican border, why they help others and want to end hunger in this world.   The songs picked by all our guests can be found via  our playlist #walktalklisten here.    Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.   Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org.  We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.  Stay tuned for the 11th 100 mile walk that will take place from March 26 - April 1, 2023 in Seattle, WA area, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.  

Take a trip to the seedy world of the drug trade on the US/Mexican border... and then talk... and talk... and talk... That's what The Counselor, the 2013 star-studded Ridley Scott narco drama written by acclaimed novelist Cormac McCarthy does... and people hated it for that. Will Baker is not one of those people. Mirroring the film itself, we talk for a looooooooong time about the film's use of dialogue, its nihilistic outlook, its refusal to explain plot, McCarthy's prose, Scott's costuming choices, and being intimate with automobiles. Here's an entirely real list of tangent topics we dive down over the course of 2+ hours: Moby Dick, Emo Nites, My Dinner with Andre, Grand Theft Auto, crypto shills, Top Gun, Inception, Titane, and, of course, Carly Rae Jepsen vs. Taylor Swift. You know... The Counselor.

This week on Facing the Future, we talk to Theresa Cardinal Brown, managing director of immigration and cross-border policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center about whether the humanitarian and security crisis along the US-Mexican border will be enough to enact some fixes to our broken immigration system. Even with Republicans now controlling the House in a divided Congress, bipartisan talks are underway. Plus, we'll get analysis on the Biden administration's latest move on student loans, which may turn the federal program into grants for college.

Our Daily Trades at 7.5% for the year so far  Podcast: Find out more about Blueberry Markets – Click Here Find out more about my Online Video Forex Course #488: What Are Your Trading Goals for 2023 In this video: 00:29 – Superb market conditions 00:48 – Our Daily chart trade suggestions 01:37 – The trades and their results from the last 2 weeks 04:00 – The performance that can be achieved 04:47 – Use this valuable knowledge We have had an absolute flying start to the year with our daily trade suggestions up 7.5% right now in only a week and a half. Let me explain more about that and how you can achieve results like that right now. Hey there Forex Traders. Andrew Mitchem here at the Forex Trading Coach with video and podcast number 488. Superb market conditions Well, the market conditions over the last couple of weeks have been absolutely superb. Lots of good trends, lots of moves in the markets and from our point of view, lots of good chart setups on the timeframe charts that we look at, which are mostly the daily charts and the 12 hour chart, 6 hour charts, 4 hour charts, etc.. Our Daily chart trade suggestions But I want to focus for now just on our daily trade suggestions so that based off the daily charts which we post once a day on our membership site, so all that finances matter where they live in the world can follow along with those trades. Look at the trades, the reasons why we're taking the trade, the paper, the direction, a paragraph of the reasons why, plus the exact entry and exit levels, which are all taught in the course anyway. But they just confirm what's happening and give reassurance to people why they can earn while they learn and I'm making this on Thursday. So we only had three days of the trading week so far this week plus all of last week when we started for the year and already we are up 7.5% gain with only half a percent risk per trade. I want to explain those trades to you. Our Daily chart trade suggestions We started off last week with a 1.45% gain we had and we're training some non forex markets and also a few minor pairs as well because we trade the pattern, not so much what the actual pair is. So let me explain to you the trades that we took last week. These were all there for people to follow and to get the exact same results. By the way, it doesn't matter where you live in the world. The US30, the US index, we made a 1.2% gain last week that we then got stop that on the Euro/Singapore. So we lost half of 1%. We had a US/Chinese Yuan, which is quite an unusual pair. Only one position got filled. We made .75 US/Mexican, one position filled we made half of 1% gain and we got to stop that 4% loss on the Nasdaq. So a 1.45% gain last week. So we take two positions, one at the market, one over a limit order total between the two. I suggest a path of 1%. And that's what I'm basing these figures on this week. Superb week, only three days completed so far. We are up 6.04% Aussie/US dollar on Monday made 0.9% Aussie/Franc on Monday made 1.12. They were only on one position as well as a massive reward to risk the Pound/Canadian made a 0.6 gain. The Franc/Singapore had one. Stopped out and the market or stopped out profit target on retracement 4.52 US/Mexican traded that again on Tuesday 0.5% one position. Tuesday Aussie/New Zealand one position 0.8%. And yesterday, Wednesday we took a trade on Lead of all things. Both positions fill both positions hit profit for 1.6% gain a total in just three days. This week 6.04%, no overall losing trades there at all. So just shows what can be achieved. Don't forget this is just one timeframe chart. Plus of course we post trades on other timeframe charts. Our forum sites had some fantastic trades ranging from one hour charts through to 12 hour charts, and we have our live weekly webinars as well, where we generally take between about one and five trades depending on the market conditions when we're on there live.

Why did Biden finally come to the US/Mexican border? Was it to finally take action to stem the tide? Oh, no. That's not it at all. Listen to Secretary Mayorkas explain exactly what they are planning. (hint: it's not fewer people coming across the border.) Support our reporting at https://chuckholton.locals.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chuck-holton7/message

Thousands of migrants, many of whom are seeking asylum as they escape violence, extreme poverty, and oppression, are stopped at the U.S. border. The lack of resources available to them is a serious life-and-death concern. Adding to the many other hurdles is a language disconnect for Indigenous migrants. Wednesday on Native America Calling, we'll get an update on the crisis at the US-Mexican border and how it affects Indigenous people from Mexico and Central and South America with Odilia Romero (Zapotec), co-founder and executive director of Comunidades Indigenas en Liderazgo (CIELO); Javier Garcia (San Martín Peras from Juxtlahuaca in Oaxaca), interpreters program coordinator for the Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project; and attorney Allegra Love.

In this special episode of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the HEAT 2 BOOK CLUB, host Blake Howard joins filmmaker Joshua Caldwell and film critic/podcaster Katie Walsh to discuss "Part Four, US-Mexican Border, 1988" of the novel HEAT 2.*** SPOILERS WITHIN***One Heat Minute ProductionsWEBSITE: oneheatminute.comTWITTER: @OneBlakeMinute & @OHMPodsMERCH: https://kategabrielle.threadless.com/collections/miami-nice/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/OneHeatMinuteABOUT JOSHUA CALDWELLJoshua Caldwell is an accomplished director, writer, producer, and MTV Movie Award winner born and raised in Seattle, Washington. His debut feature film Layover, a French-language film about a young woman stuck in Los Angeles overnight, had its World Premiere to sold-out crowds at the 2014 Seattle International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the prestigious FIPRESCI New American Cinema Award. David Chen of /Film.com highlighted it "a beautiful, moving, wistful film." Scott Beggs of FilmSchoolRejects.com called it "a beautiful antidote for big budget fatigue" and a "beautifully mature work from a promising young director." He directed the feature Be Somebody for Paramount Pictures and Studio 71, the first season of the Hulu drama series South Beach and the MarVista Entertainment thriller Negative, starring Katia Winter (Blood and Treasure) and Simon Quarterman (Westworld).His latest film is the crime thriller Infamous starring Bella Thorne and Jake Manley. In addition to his feature work, Joshua has also helmed a number of high profile short films, including Dig, the story of a young Holocaust survivor who, following his exodus from Europe twenty years ago, comes face to face with the Nazi who killed his family. The film stars Mark Margolis and Aaron Himelstein and was an Official Selection of numerous festivals across the country. Another was Resignation, a short film about a world in which Superman has taken off his cape and turned his back on humanity. It was featured on Kotaku.com, GeekTryrant.com and ScreenRant.com, calling it a film that's "handled smartly with a strong script, nuanced performances, and a clever twist." Joshua and the film's creators were featured on a panel at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con.Prior to launching his career as a director, Joshua was an executive for CSI: creator Anthony E. Zuiker. Calling him the "best kept secret in Hollywood," Zuiker turned to Joshua to oversee several of his high-profile digital projects, including producing Cybergeddon the online global motion picture event for Yahoo! In addition, Joshua wrote/directed/produced all of Cybergeddon's narrative ancillary content for the immersive website. Joshua oversaw Dare to Pass's involvement with BlackBoxTV, one of YouTube's new premium channels. He served as a co-producer on the Silverwood series and producer on Anthony Zuiker Presents. Joshua was also a key player in Zuiker's digi-novel series, Level 26, which includes Dark Origins, Dark Prophecy and Dark Revelations, writing, directing, producing and editing the cyber-bridges for the final installment in the trilogy, Dark Revelations. Joshua resides in New York State with his wife Danielle, son Austin, daughter Everly and rescue dog Hadley.TWITTER: @Joshua_CaldwellABOUT KATIE WALSH: Katie Walsh is a Los Angeles-based film critic, journalist, podcast host, and moderator. She reviews weekly film releases for the Tribune News Service, and the Los Angeles Times, and is a frequent guest host of the Maximum Fun podcast Switchblade Sisters. Her writing has been published inVanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Playboy,The Playlist, Nerdist,Slate, The Hairpin, indieWIRE, Women and Hollywood, Town & Country, Movieline, CAP the Magazine, and Nonfics, and she frequently contributes film reviews to KCRW's Press Play with Madeline Brand. She has covered many international film festivals as a critic and reporter, and has moderated dozens of Q&As with filmmakers and actors around LA. She is a part-time lecturer at Chapman University, teaching the Film Studies class “Practices of Writing About Film.”Check out Twitter or Rotten Tomatoes for links to recent reviews, and use the contact form to get in touch for any writing, hosting, or moderating needs.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of The Cajun Conservative Show, with recent criticism from the left, and the right, Cajun wants to reinsure his audience that he's standing up for truth, and not political parties Warnock has defeated Walker in the last Senate race of the 2022 midterm election, what are the benefits for the Democrat Party with this win, and the struggles ahead for the RepublicanRepublican Party? President Joe Biden decided not to go to the US/Mexican border while visiting Arizona when I asked why he wasn't visiting the border, He said there is more important things going on Link to The Cajun Conservative page where you can leave a message, also don't forget to subscribe and share https://anchor.fm/thecajunconservative https://www.facebook.com/thecajunconservative/ https://thecajunconservativeshow.wordpress.com/ Contact For Solar America Initiative Phil Kennedy 225-324-3583 Email pkennedy@salescius.com Promo Code: Cajun Conservative Merchandise store for the Cajun Conservative https://www.bjsmediastore.com/ Where you can listen to The Cajun Conservative Show. Leave a review and also share the page to get the word out. Google Podcast https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zZjI3NzRjMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2Ptdqu1c1d1ZQ8PwRJs7wi Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cajun-conservative-show/id1539679841 Amazon Music https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/71669059-0b0e-4558-ad96-dd2b205818a1/the-cajun-conservative-show Breaker https://www.breaker.audio/the-cajun-conservative-show Pocketcast https://pca.st/ild7wkv4 Radio public https://radiopublic.com/the-cajun-conservative-show-GmqwK2 YouTube https://youtube.com/channel/UCpZLpmIykBIF33XPmQS1P2g Rumble https://rumble.com/user/IsaacHayes

When drummer Antonio Sanchez released his album Bad Hombre back in 2017, he was responding to a few events that took place in his world at the same time.  On a political level, the music was a response to the racism of the Trump campaign against Mexicans. In fact the title of the record Bad Hombre seemed to be an answer to Trump's assertion that a wall needed to be built at the US Mexican border in order to get the “bad hombres” out of the US.  An immigrant from Mexico himself, Sanchez reappropriated the phrase. Itseemed, in fact, to be a perfect fit for him because not only did it work as a form of resistance - by using the term he made his feelings clear without having to say too much about it - but it also borrowed from the jazz vernacular. You know, when musicians really respect someone, they will often refer to them as “bad”. And in that context, Antonio Sanchez is definitely a bad hombre. Sanchez moved to the US in his early 20s from his native Mexico to go to music school. One of his first teachers, the Panamanian born Danilo Perez, was a supporter, and their work together was one of the early launchpads for Antonio.  While he was playing with Danilo, the guitarist Pat Metheny heard him, and that led to a musical relationship that has been at the center of his life for 20 years. Sanchez went on to become one of the most sought-after drummers on the international jazz scene. Has won four Grammys, and has been named Modern Drummer's "Jazz Drummer of the Year” three times, and appeared on the covers of all the big jazz magazines.  From early on he thought about drumming, and particularly soloing, as a form of storytelling. He says “I'm a sucker for a good story.” So it was only a matter of time before some great storyteller would find a way to use Antonio Sanchez's drums to help tell a story. And that was exactly what happened when the Mexican film director Alejandro González Iñárritu asked Antonio to do an all drum score for his film Birdman in 2014.  The film went on to win three academy awards and the score earned Antonio awards (including a Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media) and nominations at the Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards. As significant as the awards and accolades were, maybe more significant was that the sound of Antonio's drumming truly entered the zeitgeist after Birdman. And though he hadn't planned for it to turn out that way, he realized that the level of expectation, curiosity, and even pressure on him to follow up that success with something equally resonant had risen.  So when in 2017 Antonio went into his newly built home studio to record Bad Hombre, he had a lot of psychic energy stored up and ready to use. He made an entirely instrumental solo record, he played all the instruments and did what has become his trademark production work of mixing drones, samples, programming and live drumming. In fact the only collaborator on the record was his nonagenarian grandfather, the Mexican actor Ignacio López Tarso who appears on the first track.  Five years, one pandemic, a few political cycles, and a handful of other projects later, he's back this year with Shift: Bad Hombre Vol. II. This time the list of collaborators is a bit longer.  Somewhere in the dense fog of the pandemic, Sanchez decided to ask some of his favorite singers and songwriters — for material he could deconstruct and reimagine. The result sees Dave Matthews & Pat Metheny, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Meshell Ndegeocello, Lila Downs, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Kimbra, Ana Tijoux, Becca Stevens, Silvana Estrada, MARO, Thana Alexa (who is his wife)  & SONICA sitting in on their own tunes — or ideas co written by Sánchez. The idea of “shifting” might not only apply to the songs on Bad Hombre Vol. II, but also to a change in Antonio's approach - In the first Bad Hombre release, he was extremely political. Over the years, his outrage and fury with Trump and the turmoil at the US–Mexican border muted – and Sánchez himself “shifted” how he thinks about what he does, and where he wants to go next.  We talked recently about that search, the same one that started back in Mexico when he was a competitive gymnast, classical pianist and aspiring rock drummer and brought him all the way to where he is today, the Bad Hombre. www.third-story.com www.patreon.com/thirdstorypodcast https://www.wbgo.org/podcast/the-third-story

The UK's National Health Service issued new draft guidelines to doctors on dealing with transgender youth: “Gender incongruence” is a phase that most children grow out of if left alone. 5) Joe Biden has drained the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to lowest level in 40 years; 4) Border Patrol made record number of arrests at US-Mexican border in September; 3) New study finds less than 1 in 100 million chance that SARS-CoV-2 originated outside a lab; 2) UK's new NHS guidelines on transgender youth runs counter to culture; 1) Leader of defund-the-police movement in Seattle upset cops won't investigate bags of human excrement thrown into her yard.

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!Michael Mann, four-time-Oscar-nominated writer-director of The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider, Ali, Miami Vice, Collateral, and Heat teams up with Edgar Award–winning author Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann's first novel, an explosive return to the universe and characters of his classic crime film—with an all-new story unfolding in the years before and after the iconic movie“Heat 2 is now one of my favorite suspense novels. . . . I'm already quoting lines from Heat 2 to my writer friends (shamelessly saying the lines are mine).” – James PattersonOne day after the end of Heat, Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer) is holed up in Koreatown, wounded, half delirious, and desperately trying to escape LA. Hunting him is LAPD detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino). Hours earlier, Hanna killed Shiherlis's brother in arms Neil McCauley (De Niro) in a gunfight under the strobe lights at the foot of an LAX runway. Now Hanna's determined to capture or kill Shiherlis, the last survivor of McCauley's crew, before he ghosts out of the city.In 1988, seven years earlier, McCauley, Shiherlis, and their highline crew are taking scores on the West Coast, the US-Mexican border, and now in Chicago. Driven, daring, they're pulling in money and living vivid lives. And Chicago homicide detective Vincent Hanna—a man unreconciled with his history—is following his calling, the pursuit of armed and dangerous men into the dark and wild places, hunting an ultraviolent gang of home invaders.Meanwhile, the fallout from McCauley's scores and Hanna's pursuit cause unexpected repercussions in a parallel narrative, driving through the years following Heat.Heat 2 projects its dimensional and richly drawn men and women into whole new worlds—from the inner sanctums of rival crime syndicates in a South American free-trade zone to transnational criminal enterprises in Southeast Asia. The novel brings you intimately into these lives. In Michael Mann's Heat universe, they will confront new adversaries in lethal circumstances beyond all boundaries.Heat 2 is engrossing, moving, and tragic—a masterpiece of crime fiction with the same extraordinary ambitions, scope, and rich characterizations as the epic film.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom welcomes back Jon Forrest Little, publisher of 'The Pickaxe' to the show. Jon discusses how the world is fracturing into two economic sides. There have been fifty-seven wars since World War II, and they have all largely been disasters. The United States has spent trillions on these conflicts, and now the dollar itself is at risk. China and Russia are studying U.S. economic policy carefully. Every time the government bails out a particular sector or engages in additional conflict, the credibility of the dollar system wanes. China is connecting seventy-five percent of the world's population, along with fifty percent of global GDP. The United States and IMF prefer to provide debt-trap financing to other nations instead of being a benefactor. The U.S. is reliant on the petrodollar, but now, even the Saudi's have pivoted toward Russia. Nations are beginning to transact in gold and are bypassing any sanctions. Western central banks never talk about gold, unlike those in the East. We will have a new Bretton Woods unless the West chooses to remain in denial. Everything is going to come down to who controls and has access to energy. Russia is good at managing foreign relations, and many countries want to move away from Western systems. U.S. foreign policy starts out diplomatic, but often escalates to forceful coercion. We see that now, domestically with, 87000 new tax collectors. The Fed is pretending to act tough on inflation, but it's all a cover to raise rates. These creatures at the Fed are creating inflation and causing most of the problems via currency debasement. The climate emergency is another method for enforcing additional control on the population. The Chinese lockdowns are due to energy issues. Governments want these authoritarian tools. They want the population always in a state of fight or flight. This way they can't think as they're too busy responding to fear. We need an informed population, not one that is being spoon-fed. The current sound-bite daily debate is woefully lacking substance. Get yourself out of the system and find a community that you can build around. Find the sources that already question things and distrust the mainstream. Those in power today aren't even bothering to hide the corruption anymore. This is normal for the endgame of empires. Time Stamp References:0:00 - Introduction1:24 - World Bifurcating6:48 - Gold, Trade & BRICS9:28 - West Vs. BRICS10:49 - Bretton Woods 2.0?16:38 - Collapse Signs18:38 - Silver Opportunity21:15 - The Fed & Inflation25:08 - Economists & Resources27:32 - Energy Issues29:08 - Climate Emergency33:16 - Normalizing Dystopia38:10 - Information Sources43:50 - Wrap Up Talking Points From This Episode The decline of the United States and the rising East.China's infrastructure project connecting 75 percent of the world's population.Why the Fed is talking tough on inflation.The collapsing middle class and the need for community in the coming years. Guest Links:Website: https://www.thepickaxe.xyzTwitter: https://twitter.com/ThePickaxe_Ag Jon Forrest Little studied at the University of New Mexico with an emphasis on history, Latin American foreign policy, and archaeology. He studied processual archaeology under distinguished anthropologist Lewis Binford. Jon also attended Georgetown University's Institute for Comparative Political and Economic Systems. Little began his professional career working for 21 years in the clay mining industry. He worked with companies drawing from shale mines surrounding Mount Cristo Rey in El Paso. These clay deposits were unique because two manufacturing plants from two separate countries (north and south of the US-Mexican border) shared the clay resources. The same clay deposits were used by Mexican and US brick manufacturers. This experience sharpened Jon's knowledge of international business and labor relations. Jon also worked with dozens of clay mines near Pueblo and El Dorado, Colorado.

Inoculation against misinformation Could people be inoculated and protected against misinformation online? A new study published in Science Advances shows that short animated videos could protect people from harmful content. Controlled experiments where people were shown how misinformation is spread e.g. using emotional language or scapegoating, appeared highly effective in helping people judge what might be fact or fiction on the web. Psychologists worked with Google Jigsaw and tested their experiments in real life by placing them in the ads section on YouTube videos. They saw a 5% impact in being able to spot misinformation and they also reduced sharing frequency. This “pre-bunking” strategy exposes people to tropes and explains how malicious propaganda is spread, so they can better identify online falsehoods. Researchers behind the Inoculation Science project compare it to a vaccine: by giving people a “micro-dose” of misinformation in advance, it helps prevent them falling for it in future – an idea based on what social psychologist's call “inoculation theory”. Lead author Dr. Jon Roozenbeek is live on the programme to explain why this works and Beth Goldberg from Google talks about their new project to reduce misinformation spread about refugees in central Europe. Indonesian data breaches There have been five major data breaches in Indonesia this month, three alone in the last fortnight; the personal data of more than 26 million users of state-owned telecommunication provider PT Telkom was allegedly leaked – but the company denied this. Last week, foreign companies, including Microsoft and PwC, were also reportedly hit by a data breach. Astudestra Ajengrastri, Deputy Editor in the BBC Jakarta office, is on the show to explain why this is such a huge problem, how little is being done about it and why so many Indonesians seem indifferent to the breaches. Robotic Dogs Have you seen the video of a robotic dog firing a sub-machine gun? It's had well over 4 million views. It comes swiftly after reports of robotic dogs being used to patrol the US-Mexican border. But can robotic dogs become our virtual best friend despite them being used by the military and security services? Reporter Dominic Watters looks at the tech and what these robots are truly capable of (walking on uneven surfaces still needs to be mastered) and could actually be used for the benefit of humankind – using their sensory systems to navigate dangerous terrains after natural disasters for instance? The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell with expert commentary from Angelica Mari. Studio Manager: Steve Greenwood Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz (Image credit: Screenshot of a video collaboration between Cambridge University, the University of Bristol, and Google Jigsaw)

Floods, landslides leave 40 dead in northern India | NPRMigrants on US-Mexican border suffer from extreme water scarcity | Climate Change NewsThe World's Addiction to Plastic in Five Charts | BloombergNEFFirst North American Freshwater Wind Farm Wins Ohio Court Case | Bloomberg LawCanada says hydrogen better than LNG for German needs | ReutersSending Canadian LNG to Germany is ‘doable,' Trudeau says | PoliticoAre plastics connected to climate change? | Beckisphere Climate Corner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEvlLrDaxPw&t=2s Source list: https://heavenly-sceptre-002.notion.site/Climate-Recap-August-23-016355d8a7e04f3489589c240d68c9cd

Hot Shot Kixxx is a two piece Alternative band from El Paso, TX with a groove that sounds as though it was brewed in a witches' cauldron full of Metal, Funk and Grunge. El Paso, Texas is the largest city on the US/Mexican border. Its culture is shaped equally by both nations and the desert between them. The Hot Shot Kixxx sound is born of that spirit. Their debut full-length album “Devils at it Again” stirs up a psychedelic and demonic stew just in time for Halloween or El Dia De Los Muertos… whichever you prefer. Hot Shot Kixxx is set to release their full length, second album titled “Still I” in vinyl this coming November. IOISH ..... in the music industry as a musician since past 18 years. I started producing music 12 years ago since then I have composed music for all the viacom 18 channels including Nat geo, History and Discovery channel and I had to leave it because of being diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis . I have a degree in sound engineering from SAE Singapore and I have produced countless bands since. I also ghost write music for other artists. After I reached my end point with viacom, I decided to pursue psychology and got a degree in sound  

HOT SHOT KIXXX    Hot Shot Kixxx is a two piece Alternative band from El Paso, TX with a groove that sounds as though it was brewed in a witches' cauldron full of Metal, Funk and Grunge. El Paso, Texas is the largest city on the US/Mexican border. Its culture is shaped equally by both nations and the desert between them. The Hot Shot Kixxx sound is born of that spirit. Their debut full-length album “Devils at it Again” stirs up a psychedelic and demonic stew just in time for Halloween or El Dia De Los Muertos… whichever you prefer. Hot Shot Kixxx is set to release their full length, second album titled “Still I” in vinyl this coming November.   OKON OKON started singing before he could talk, developing a powerful blues inspired style that commands attention. His music addresses themes of individuality, perseverance, and self-expression. Accompanied by tropical rhythms and dance inspired productions, his songs are thoughtful and mature, but upbeat enough to bring a party to any dance floor. Influenced by everything from John Coltrane to Prince and Tupac, his one of a kind style immediately grabs listeners attention and reveals new depths with every listen. With the release of ‘BRING OUT THE BEST,' OKON embraces a slick artistic dance style that emphasizes everything he does best. The melodies are sophisticated, the lyrics are inspired, and the end result is an instantly lovable album. Recorded at West End Recording Studios and produced and mixed by Pete Masitti (Snoop Dogg, Toni Braxton, Shakira, Hootie and the Blowfish), these eight tracks will be the perfect introduction to a multicultural artist capable of guiding his listeners on a spiritual adventure with his music.

Live from the No Panic Zone—I'm Steve Gruber—I am America's Voice—God Bless America—God Bless You and let's do this! This is the Steve Gruber show— And I'm here to flush out the lying politicians—the tech giants—and the babbling herd of sheep—   Here are three big things you need to know right now—   ONE— Ilhan Omar—went to a Somali music festival over the weekend—in the heart of her Congressional district—and got booed off the stage while foul language was flying—kind of a shock—   TWO— The Deadliest land route in the world is the US/Mexican border—that according to the United Nations—BUT don't worry the Biden Administration is doing great—just ask em—they will tell ya—   THREE— Blackouts, inflation and the push for war—these are the things that I am concerned about as we head toward the dog days of summer— That and the fact that we don't have anybody driving the bus—I mean seriously, Joe Biden is not all there—and everyone knows it now—and despite all the serious challenges we are facing right now—he is hoping to talk only about abortion—even though that is not selling with the American people

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We're back with another episode with thru hiker, YouTuber, Podcast host, and all around good guy Kyle O'Grady!  If you recall, our last episode was chatting about Kyle's hiking history, starting Trail Tales, transitioning to YouTube and hints about an upcoming thru hike.  Well friends, this episode is all about the countdown to the Pacific Crest Trail. We talk about Kyle's physical and mental preparation as well as how he will vlog on trail. We're excited to follow along as he kicks off at the US/Mexican border in (now) less than a month! Also stick around for a hilarious trail tale about hippies and a moose.  The Moose Incident and Kyle's YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/oQ9bxRMAaPI Trail Tales on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trail-tales-thru-hiking-backpacking-and-peak-bagging/id1441376382  

Tom welcomes a new guest Jon Little publisher of 'The Pickaxe' to the show. Jon discusses the historical usage of precious metals and why metal was first used to pay soldiers. Empires tend to be based on warfare and a continuation of conquering others. Barter was considered cumbersome and paying soldiers in metals while demanding payment in taxes created a market for precious metals. You can see the debasement of coinage during the Roman Empire and the inevitable inflationary outcome. War grabs resources and as governments spend more on wars they tend to have a gradual lack of return on investment. We are witnessing the unintended consequence of sanctions on a commodity superstore nation. Jon argues that a gold standard can help a country thrive within its means. We see problems with the tock indexes and CPI metrics which ignore food and energy. We have enormous debt and an unproductive labor force while Russia has very little debt. Outsourcing has created a service economy in the West. We see the modern obsession with entertainment but countries can't stream their way out of problems. Moving back to a gold standard by a major nation would make their currency far more attractive. China, Russia, and India all promote the buying of gold by their citizenry. Those that have been hurt by hard times understand the value of sound money. It's important to note which nations have chosen to not sanction Russia because that silence is deafening. Modern monetary theory and Keynesian economics are failing rapidly. Jon explains the historic results of currency manipulation. Often government promises aren't worth the paper they are printed on. People will tolerate it a lot but eventually, confidence collapses. Today, it's highly questionable why anyone would buy treasuries for a guaranteed loss. He discusses some of the risks around digital currencies both from hackers, volatility, and a potential lack of anonymity. Lastly, Jon notes that throughout history there have been periods where people have been ordered to turn in their precious metals. Time Stamp References:0:00 - Introduction0:44 - PM Warfare Theory8:43 - Monetary Cycles16:20 - Waning Power18:40 - Gold Standards?23:29 - Sanctioning Issues28:21 - History of Manipulation31:45 - Negative Rates36:59 - Cryptos?39:57 - Sanctioning Gold?44:22 - Winning Silver Argument47:34 - Wrap Up Talking Points From This Episode The historic reasons for using precious metals for paying soldiers.The unintended consequences of sanctions and decline of the western nations.Benefits of returning to a gold standard. Guest LinksTwitter: https://twitter.com/ThePickaxe_AgWebsite: https://www.thepickaxe.xyz/ Articles:https://www.thepickaxe.xyz/single-post/precious-metal-warfare-theoryhttps://www.thepickaxe.xyz/single-post/exorbitant-privilege-precious-metals-warfare-theoryhttps://www.thepickaxe.xyz/single-post/bankers-win-paperswaps-manipulation-inflation-workers-lose Jon Forrest Little studied at the University of New Mexico with an emphasis on history, Latin American foreign policy, and archaeology. He studied processual archaeology under distinguished anthropologist Lewis Binford. Jon also attended Georgetown University's Institute for Comparative Political and Economic Systems. Little began his professional career working for 21 years in the clay mining industry. He worked with companies drawing from shale mines surrounding Mount Cristo Rey in El Paso. These clay deposits were unique because two manufacturing plants from two separate countries (north and south of the US-Mexican border,) shared the clay resources. The same clay deposits were used by Mexican and US brick manufacturers. This experience sharpened Jon's knowledge of international business and labor relations. Jon also worked with dozens of clay mines near Pueblo and El Dorado Colorado. While working in the clay-fired brick industry Jon worked with Robert AM Stern architects to set a CU Boulder...

Episode 114 Notes and Links to Reyna Grande's Work            On Episode 114 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Reyna Grande, and the two discuss, among other topics, Reyna's early reading and love of stories of all kinds, her evolving ideas of “El Otro Lado,” her early writing and “finding her voice,” and the intensive research she undertook for her latest book, A Ballad of Love and Glory. Reyna expands upon themes and events from this chapter in US/Mexican history, as well as legacies of The St. Patrick's Battalion and connections between the book's events and events of today.          Reyna Grande is the author of the bestselling memoir, The Distance Between Us, (Atria, 2012) where she writes about her life before and after she arrived in the United States from Mexico as an undocumented child immigrant. The much-anticipated sequel, A Dream Called Home (Atria), was released in 2018.  Her other works include the novels, Across a Hundred Mountains, (Atria, 2006) and Dancing with Butterflies (Washington Square Press, 2009) which were published to critical acclaim. The Distance Between Us is also available as a young readers edition from Simon & Schuster's Children's Division–Aladdin. Her books have been adopted as the common read selection by schools, colleges, and cities across the country. She has two forthcoming books due to be published in 2022: A Ballad of Love and Glory (Atria, March 15), a novel set during the Mexican-American War, and an anthology by and about undocumented Americans called Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival and New Beginnings (HarperVia, June 7). Reyna has received an American Book Award, the El Premio Aztlán Literary Award, and the International Latino Book Award. In 2012, she was a finalist for the prestigious National Book Critics Circle Awards, and in 2015 she was honored with a Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature. The young reader's version of The Distance Between Us received a 2017 Honor Book Award for the Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature and a 2016 Eureka! Honor Awards from the California Reading Association, and an International Literacy Association Children's Book Award 2017. Reyna is a proud member of the Macondo Writer's Workshop founded by Sandra Cisneros, where she has also served as faculty.   Buy A Ballad of Love and Glory and Reyna's Grande's Other Work   Reyna Grande's Opinión Piece for The New York Times- " ‘American Dirt' Has Us Talking. That's a Good Thing."   Reyna Grande's Website   Article: “During the Mexican-American War, Irish-Americans Fought for Mexico in the ‘Saint Patrick's Battalion' ” At about 3:10, Reyna talks about how things are going in the week leading up to the publication of A Ballad of Love and Glory (the episode was filmed in the week before the March 15 release   At about 4:00, Pete asks about Reyna's experiences with words, language, and intellectual curiosity as a kid; she talks about access and cites the radio show that really moved her    At about 10:00, Reyna discusses how dramas helped her escape      At about 11:05, Reyna responds to Pete's question about how she'd define “El Otro Lado”   At about 13:00, Pete asks Reyna about her love of reading and story as she was newly arrived in the US   At about 14:00, Reyna describes “discovering” Latino/a literature and coming into awareness that she “wasn't in the books [she] was reading”   At about 16:00, Reyna talks about “being connected” to VC Andrews' work   At about 18:00, Pete recounts a random run-in with romance novel model Fabio   At about 18:30, Pete and Reyna discuss Reyna's opinion column and her role in the aftermath of the American Dirt publishing fiasco, as this eases the transition into Reyna's ideas of changes in representation for Latinx writers   At about 22:40, Pete wonders about Reyna's thoughts on being at a point in her career where she has more independence    At about 24:10, Reyna expounds upon the importance of a Prop 209 protest in her college days   At about 26:45, Pete asks Reyna about “finding [her] voice” and realizing that she was, little by little, performing activism through writing   At about 28:20, Pete asks Reyna about contemporary writers who are making a difference through their writing, including Viet Thanh Nguyen   At about 30:55, Pete thanks Reyna for her visits to his school a few years back, and talks about how cool it    At about 32:10, Reyna responds to Pete's questions about the separation between author and narrator in Across a Hundred Mountains; she talks about how this book and Dancing with Butterflies didn't need a lot of research    At about 34:30, Reyna details the excruciating research for A Ballad of Love and Glory   At about 36:50, Pete remarks on how well Reyna depicts the “fog of war” and the idea of “war is hell”    At about 37:40, Reyna provides a background for the seeds of the book    At about 40:00, Reyna details her mindset in designing the book's structure and love story   At about 41:00, Reyna gives background on John Riley and Irish immigrants to the US   At about 42:30, Pete wonders about research done for the book, particularly with regard to the language used by the battalion and the mindset of the immigrant; Reyna shouts out The University of Galway's History Department's help   At about 44:45, Pete cites a telling quote from the book about ideas of “conquered” and “conqueror” and asks Reyna about connections between the book and today   At about 47:00, Pete remarks on the realistic battle scenes of the book and asks Reyna who plays who if a movie were to be made   At about 49:40, Reyna discusses Ximena's story, her background, and how she explored Ximena on the page   At about 51:45, the two discuss Santa Anna and his depiction in the book, as well as how he is seen in contemporary México    At about 53:30, Reyna details how The Battalion of San Patricio is remembered today   At about 55:00, Pete asks Reyna about “moralizing” in the novel   At about 57:00, Reyna shares how the book's characters are still “living with [her]”   At about 58:15, the two discuss themes of healing and class and the military's racial/class  differences in the book   At about 59:30, Reyna responds to Pete's questions about healing herself after writing such brutal battle scenes; she connects the pandemic to the writing of the book   At about 1:00:50, Pete wonders about early feedback from readers regarding the novel   At about 1:03:10, Reyna highlights upcoming book publication events     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 115 with Jennifer Fliss. a Seattle-based writer with over 200 stories and essays that have appeared in various publications. She has been nominated four times for The Pushcart Prize and her story, Hineni, was selected for inclusion in the Best Small Fictions 2019 anthology. Her flash fiction collection, The Predatory Animal Ball was published in late 2021. The episode will air on March 29.

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