Border Brutalism
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Maria and Julio are joined by Greg Grandin, professor of history at New York University and author of the book, The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America. They discuss the history of the U.S.-Mexico border, immigration policy and the racist roots of the Border Patrol. ITT Staff Picks
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| 0:25.0 | Hula, go, hey what's up. |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome to Indefink. |
| 0:30.0 | This is a podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC perspective. |
| 0:33.7 | And you know what? We also talk history. |
| 0:36.1 | Hello, I'm Maria Inu Hosa. |
| 0:38.1 | And I'm Julio Riccaldo Barella. |
| 0:40.0 | That's right. We're talking history today. |
| 0:42.2 | Joining us in our Harlem studio, |
| 0:44.3 | all the way from Brooklyn, is Greg Brandon. |
| 0:47.2 | He's a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize |
| 0:49.0 | and the author of a new book called |
| 0:51.4 | The End of the Myth |
| 0:53.1 | from the Frontier to the Border Wall |
| 0:55.4 | in the Mind of America, just our kind of book. |
| 0:58.3 | Hey, Greg, welcome to the show. |
| 0:59.6 | Thanks for having it. |
| 1:01.0 | So, when did you start writing this book, Greg? |
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