The Big White Wave
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Julio and guest co-host, Jamilah King, are joined by Verónica Bayetti Flores, co-founder of The Center for Advancing Innovative Policy and co-host of Radio Menea, and ITT All-Star Wajahat Ali, New York Times contributing Op-Ed writer and CNN commentator. They discuss how 2020 candidates are doing with Latino voters and issues like reproductive rights. They also talk about the latest with Iran, impeachment and immigration, and give their hot takes on the Oscar nominations. ITT Staff Picks: - How the small Latino population in Iowa could make a big impact, via The Los Angeles Times. - Everything you need to know about the upcoming impeachment trial, from Vox. - Why Governor Abbott's refugee resettlement decision goes against Texas tradition, via The Dallas Morning News. This episode was mixed by Leah Shaw.
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| 0:23.0 | Grazias. |
| 0:24.0 | Hey welcome to In the Thicca Podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC perspective. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm Julio Rico Lueuella. |
| 0:36.0 | And I'm Jimmy King. |
| 0:37.0 | Of course, so happy to have you back guest hosting |
| 0:41.0 | Jamila, while Maria is out on a reporting trip. |
| 0:44.0 | So happy to be here, Julio. |
| 0:45.4 | Joining Jamila in our Harlem studio is Veronica |
| 0:47.4 | Paieti Flores, co-founder of the Center for Advancing Innovative Policy, |
| 0:51.8 | freelance writer, and co-host of Radio Melea. |
| 0:55.0 | Hey Veronica, welcome back. |
| 0:57.0 | Hi, hi, thank you so much for having me. |
| 0:59.8 | And joining us from Washington, D.C. is IT all-star Wajahat Ali, New York Times contributing |
| 1:06.0 | op-ed writer and CNN commentator. |
| 1:08.9 | Welcome back, Waj. |
| 1:11.0 | We have a Bay Area domination here and this means that the... I know you and |
| 1:14.0 | Jamilah, but listen before we start watching... The Niners will win, that's all I wanted to say. |
| 1:18.0 | Okay, all right. We've turned into a sports podcast, but before we begin, Wajz, from the bottom of our hearts, we in the thick team saw the wonderful news about your daughter Nusaba and you tweeted it out. |
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