ITT Radical Imagination Crossover: Open Borders
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2019
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In this crossover episode, ITT airs the first episode of the new podcast, Radical Imagination, that's produced by our very own Futuro Studios.  The U.S. once had open borders. Migrants from all over the world would arrive fleeing war, escaping poverty and seeking opportunity. Open borders made our country strong. But many Americans today are horrified by the idea of “open borders.” Harsh new immigration policies are making it more difficult than ever to come to the U.S. or even ask for asylum. Nevertheless, violence, oppression, poverty, desperation, and hope continue to drive migrants to our borders. Last year, more than 1,000 migrants from Central America gathered near the border of Guatemala and Mexico to travel north in search of asylum.  Radical Imagination host Angela Glover Blackwell of PolicyLink sits down with Roberto Corona, founder of People Without Borders, an organization that assisted this refugee caravan. We also hear from New York Times Columnist Farhad Manjoo, who has called for open borders.  Subscribe to Radical Imagination, wherever you get your podcasts. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Â
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| 0:25.0 | Hey what's up in the thick listeners |
| 0:30.0 | it's Maria here with my co-host Julio. |
| 0:33.0 | What's up? |
| 0:34.0 | So today, dear listener, we have a special episode to share with you. |
| 0:38.0 | And this is from another podcast that is produced, yes, by our very own Futuro Studios. That's right it's called Radical |
| 0:45.8 | Imagination. It's hosted by Angela Glover Blackwell of the |
| 0:49.5 | Organization Policy Link and in each episode of radical imagination Angela is going to look at a specific |
| 0:56.0 | problem in our society and some of the radical ideas that are being dreamt up and tested to |
| 1:01.0 | answer those challenges. So today we're going to share radical imaginations. |
| 1:05.0 | First ever episode, it's called Open Borders. |
| 1:08.0 | And what you might not know is that the United States actually once had all open borders. |
| 1:13.0 | Hmm, think about the pilgrims much? |
| 1:16.0 | Of course, for some Americans, that concept in and of itself might be triggering, |
| 1:21.0 | but it's been around for a while in this country. |
| 1:24.0 | Right, and then on top of it all, there's this new harsh immigration policies that are |
| 1:29.0 | making it even more difficult, right, to ever come to the States or even ask for asylum. Nevertheless, |
| 1:35.7 | violence, oppression, poverty, desperation, and hope, all those, all those factors, are continuing to drive migrants to our borders. |
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