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The Esau McCaulley Podcast

ICE in Chicago: Tear Gas, Helicopters, and the Cost of Dehumanization

The Esau McCaulley Podcast

Esau McCaulley

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

5.01.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Federal immigration raids have swept through Chicago under "Operation Midway Blitz," leaving neighborhoods filled with fear, tear gas, and helicopters overhead. Esau McCaulley, producer Mike, and pastor Pricelis Perreaux-Domínguez ask how Christians should respond when law enforcement tactics strip away human dignity, what it means to defend the image of God in our neighbors, and how the cruelty of the Trump administration cannot be ignored. Then, what does the NFL's choice of Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl Halftime Performer say about belonging, hospitality, and who America welcomes to the stage? Also, social media usage is down everywhere but one country. Can you guess which one? And is The Princess Bride a perfect movie?

 

0:00 - Theme Song

 

0:15 - Producer Mike's Car Wreck

 

3:55 - What Movies Shouldn't Be Remade?

 

8:25 - Chicago's ICE Raids

 

16:37 - Apartment Raids

 

24:10 - Bad Bunny SuperBowl Controversy

 

36:13 - Social Media Use is Going Down?

 

Being a Sanctuary: The Radical Way for the Body of Christ to Be Sacred, Soft, and Safe by Pricelis Perreaux-Dominguez: https://a.co/d/gLSFArw

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, everyone, welcome to the latest episode of the East

0:09.0

I'm a call it podcast.

0:10.2

I am joined by producer Mike.

0:12.7

It's good to have you here, Mike.

0:13.6

It's great to be here, you saw.

0:14.7

Yeah, people should probably be excited because we almost didn't have you because a few

0:20.1

weeks ago, we had to reschedule the podcast

0:21.8

because you were in a wreck so people should be excited that you survive like this dangerous action that you

0:26.9

have I know but it's why Priscilla we tried to have you on a couple weeks ago and we had to reschedule

0:31.5

and and it was it was interesting though you saw how do you feel about me surviving that car accident? I was super excited about it. Oh, because because what happened. What happened? So it was a minor, I should have minor fender bender. Not a big deal. But I am, you know, waiting for the police to come and Esau, Esau tries calling me. Because normally Monday morning is when we kind of hash out what we're going to talk about. And I don't take the phone

0:54.4

call. Instead, I text them. Like, hey, it was in a minor car accident. Everything's fine. I'll call you

0:58.8

when I can. And about a second later, I got a text message back and it said, you saw McCauley

1:05.2

laughed at what I wrote. He laughed. Priscilla, let me explain. We're going to introduce you in a moment.

1:12.0

If you've ever, if anyone ever open up the like little icon options when there is like to

1:18.2

respond to something, the exclamation mark and the laugh like thing are right beside each other.

1:23.8

So I saw that my friend had been in an accident. I was like surprised and like, you know, undone by this.

1:30.1

So I thought that I hit the exclamation button, but I hit the laugh emoji.

1:35.5

And I didn't see it, Priscilla, for a good hour.

1:40.7

During which time he screenshots it and sent it to the entire staff at the Holy Post.

1:47.0

We're going to put it on, at least in this episode, go to YouTube.

1:50.0

I got evidence.

1:51.0

You saw you can't help yourself.

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