#120: Time to Take Comrade Trump Seriously

In The Thick

Futuro Media

News, Politics

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Julio catches up with all-star guests Raquel Cepeda, filmmaker and author, and Wajahat Ali, TV host and contributor to The New York Times, about all the latest threats to U.S. democracy. They talk about the meeting between Trump and Putin in Helsinki, the rise of the Abolish ICE movement and what might happen with the new SCOTUS nominee. We also find out "Where's Maria?" who was –literally– on the road reporting. Want to read more?

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0:00.0	I'm going to put down the button.
0:03.0	I gotta put down the volume map.
0:05.0	Pull over.
0:08.0	I'm just going to the speed limit which is 70 miles an hour, but I'm good.
0:12.0	It's all straight.
0:13.9	This is how the magic happens.
0:15.3	Where's Maria?
0:17.8	Where's Maria?
0:19.0	Where's Maria?
0:20.1	Where's Maria?
0:22.2	Yo, I am literally behind the wheel of a car
0:26.0	because that's how we do it here in the thick.
0:28.0	I'm Maria In Nohosa and you know this is a podcast about politics,
0:32.0	race and culture and we record from wherever we are like
0:35.2	right now going just below the speed limit here in Texas. What's up Julio?
0:39.5	I'm Julio Ricalo-Barela and you are literally in Texas in a car.
0:45.0	You know I'm out here doing reporting.
0:47.0	So where are you specifically because you are doing reporting for Latino USA?
0:51.0	I am driving back from Snyder, Texas on my way to Abilene Texas where I'm going to get on a plane to Austin
0:57.4	the reporting that I'm doing right now is exclusive reporting for Latino USA. Okay.
1:04.0	And it's a follow-up to a story that we have,
1:08.0	which is the story of Estrella, who is the trans undocumented Mexican woman who was taken from a courtroom
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