The Politics of COVID-19
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In this special collaboration with Latino USA, Maria and Julio are joined by Carlos Odio, co-founder of EquisLabs, and Tanzina Vega, award-winning journalist, to talk about the lasting impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on Latino communities across the United States ahead of the 2022 midterms. They get into the immense losses experienced by Black, Indigenous, and Latino communities from COVID-19, and reflect on how the pandemic’s impact on the economy could affect voter turnout.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey dear listener, a quick favor. |
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| 0:22.8 | Thank you. |
| 0:24.2 | Futuro. |
| 0:27.8 | People's material needs, their cultural attachment to work goes up against public health concerns |
| 0:37.8 | in fact that folks around them were literally dying and they were worried about how they're |
| 0:42.0 | going to provide for the living members of their family through work. |
| 0:48.4 | Futuro Media and PRX, it's in the thick of podcasts about politics, race and culture, |
| 0:53.0 | I'm Maria Inojosa and I'm Julio Ricardo Varela. |
| 0:56.7 | And joining us from New Jersey is Carlos Odio, he's co-founder of Eki Slabs, which leads |
| 1:02.8 | polling and research on Latino and Latina voters across the United States. |
| 1:07.2 | Hey Carlos, nice to have you on. |
| 1:09.3 | Hello, thank you. |
| 1:10.5 | And joining us from New York City, Queens, is Tanzina Vega, she's an award-winning journalist |
| 1:16.3 | a writer, welcome to our show, Tanzina. |
| 1:19.3 | Thank you guys so much, I'm so excited to be here, thank you. |
| 1:23.3 | And so just a reminder, dear listener, we're still recording at home. |
| 1:26.8 | I happen to be in Connecticut today, so if you hear hawks or geese or me screaming about |
| 1:33.0 | a bear, but you know, yeah, you never know. |
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