Journalist Alfredo Corchado joins us to tell the story of how Mexicans have changed America.
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America: Stuck Between Two Borders
Stephanie Elizondo Griest joins us to talk about how borders affect the people who live near them.
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Texas’ Mass Mexican Deportation
TCU assistant professor Melita M. Garza joins us to talk about the push to preserve jobs for white Americans by deporting Mexicans – and in some cases, Mexican-Americans during the Great Depression – and how that coverage contributed to racial “othering” of Mexicans in Texas.
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How To Read A Taco
Steven Alvarez joins us to talk about the foodways that brought the taco to prominence in American culture.
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One Border, Two Brothers And The Drug Trade
Joe Tone joins us to tell the story of how two brothers, one immigrating to the U.S. and the other joining the Zeta cartel, crossed paths later in life.
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The DEA, The Zetas And A Massacre In Mexico
Ginger Thompson joins us to talk about her story “How the U.S. Triggered a Massacre in Mexico,” a co-production of ProPublica and National Geographic.
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The U.S.-Mexico Relationship
U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke joins us to talk about his views on border security. And later, Franklin Foer joins us to talk about how the U.S-Mexico relationship is changing.
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The Modern Artists Of Mexico
Agustín Arteaga gives us a tour of “México 1900–1950: Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, José Clemente Orozco, and the Avant-Garde” and then joins us in studio to talk about the lasting importance of the artists included in the show.
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The Scene Along The Border
As the United States ramps up its efforts to deport people in the country without permission, Reynosa is taking the brunt of that activity. NPR’s John Burnett has spent time recently in the city, and he joins us to talk about what life is like there.
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The History Of The U.S.-Mexico Border
Eric Meeks, senior fellow at SMU’s Clemens Center for Southwest Studies, joins us to talk about our relationship with Mexico.
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The Migrant Journey
Texas Tribune reporter Alexa Ura joins us to talk about what the journey is like for undocumented immigrants crossing the border into the U.S. We’ll also talk with Marco Malagón, who crossed the border from Mexico as a teenager, as well as immigration attorney Paul Zoltan.
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The Wolf Boys
This hour, we’ll talk about how a Mexican drug cartel turned a boy into a feared assassin – and about what such transformations say about the perilous prospect of growing up on the border – with Dan Slater.
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