In The Thick
689 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsJournalists tell you what you’re missing from the mainstream news. Co-hosted by award-winning journalists Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela, IN THE THICK has the conversations about race, identity and politics few people are discussing or want to discuss.
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ITT Sound Off: Protect Thy Neighbor
March 13, 2020 22:42 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBMaria and Julio bring you this week's ITT Sound Off from a new reality: the coronavirus pandemic. They give us an update about this past Tuesday's primary election results, by taking a look at the clear generational divide. They also get into how COVID-19 has spread around the world exponentially and how this may impact the 2020 Election. Stay safe, ITT fam! ITT Staff Picks: - The latest Deconstructed podcast episode: Capitalism v. Coronavirus via The Intercept - The New York Times ...
Weaponizing Coronavirus
March 10, 2020 23:20 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBJulio and guest co-host Jamilah King are joined by ITT All-Star Jamil Smith, senior writer for Rolling Stone magazine, to talk about the latest in 2020 politics from endorsements to the “Bernie Bros”. They discuss the ongoing spread of coronavirus, or COVID-19, and the role of media in reporting on it. They also go into Tuesday's Democratic primaries and the impact of the POC vote. ITT Staff Picks: - The questions we should be asking about Coronavirus, via ProPublica. - Jamil Smit...
LIVE From Detroit: 2020 Turnout or Burnout
March 06, 2020 23:57 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBDetroit in the house! In partnership with WDET, Maria and Julio take a trip to the historic Senate Theatre in Southwest Detroit, Michigan to discuss the 2020 Election. They're joined by Stephen Henderson, host of WDET's Detroit Today and Migdalys Bermudez, immigration attorney with Justice for Our Neighbors-Michigan. In this roundtable, they discuss Super Tuesday results and the POC vote in the Michigan primary, which is coming up on Tuesday, March 10th. Make sure to check In The T...
ITT Bonus: Amanda Furdge Live From Jackson
March 04, 2020 14:00 - 4 minutes - 4.28 MBCheck out this exclusive live spoken word performance from Amanda Furdge. Born and raised in Jackson, she is a nationally and internationally known spoken word poet and author. As the opening act for our live show in Jackson, she gave an empowering performance that shook the room. Thanks to the W.K. Kellogg Foundation who made this live show possible. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mississippi's Fight to Exist
March 03, 2020 22:55 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBMaria and Julio are joined by Arekia Bennett, executive director of Mississippi Votes, and R.L. Nave, editor-in-chief at Mississippi Today and president of the Jackson Association of Black Journalists, to talk Mississippi electoral politics. They discuss the upcoming Democratic Primary and the POC vote, the legacy of Jim Crow and voting rights in the state, and what progressive organizing looks like in such a red state. Be sure to check your feeds for a special ITT Bonus where you c...
ITT Sound Off: Primaries and Pandemics
February 28, 2020 23:46 - 27 minutes - 25 MBIn this week's Sound Off, Maria and Julio give us their takes on Tuesday's 10th Democratic Debate in South Carolina. We hear from ITT All-Star, Terrell J. Starr, who is on the ground reporting in South Carolina for their upcoming primary that's this Saturday. Maria and Julio also remind us that Super Tuesday is just less than a week away, where 15 states and territories will all be voting. And, you guessed it -- they discuss the latest news with the coronavirus outbreak, known as CO...
ITT Bonus: Teneia Live From Jackson
February 26, 2020 01:03 - 10 minutes - 9.92 MBCheck out this exclusive performance from internationally-touring musician and songwriter Teneia, a Jackson native. As the opening act of our live show in Mississippi, she rocked the historic Alamo Theatre. Thanks to the W.K. Kellogg Foundation who made this live show possible. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
LIVE From Jackson: Immigration and 2020
February 26, 2020 00:45 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBFuturo Media and Mississippi Today present this LIVE In The Thick show from Mississippi! Maria and Julio travel to downtown Jackson at The Alamo Theatre to discuss immigration and criminal justice reform in Mississippi. They're joined by Lorena Quiroz-Lewis, lead organizer with Mississippi Immigrant Coalition and co-founder of Immigrant Alliance for Justice and Equity and Rukia Lumumba, attorney and executive director of the Peoples Advocacy Institute to discuss the aftermath of the...
LIVE From Las Vegas Part II: Nevada's Labor Power
February 21, 2020 20:17 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBEnjoy part two of ITT's first live show of 2020 from Las Vegas, NV! Maria and Julio travel to Horn Theater at the College of Southern Nevada to discuss the POC vote. In the second part of this conversation, Bethany Khan, Director of Communications & Digital Strategy of Culinary Workers Union Local 226, joins the stage (along with Astrid Silva, Director of Dream Big Nevada and Ruben Navarrette Jr., Nationally Syndicated Columnist from Part 1) to discuss labor rights and the role of w...
ITT Bonus: Mariachi in Las Vegas
February 18, 2020 20:02 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBCheck out this exclusive performance by Mariachi Plata, the mariachi band at the College of Southern Nevada. As the opening act of our two-part Las Vegas Live show, they brought the house down! Thanks to the Guinn Center who made this live show possible. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
LIVE From Las Vegas Part I: POC Vote in Nevada
February 18, 2020 19:31 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBThis is ITT's first live show of 2020 from Las Vegas, NV! Maria and Julio travel to Horn Theater at the College of Southern Nevada to discuss the POC vote. For Part 1 of this show, they’re joined by Astrid Silva, Director of Dream Big Nevada and Ruben Navarrette Jr., Nationally Syndicated Columnist to discuss the role of immigrant rights and the impact of the POC vote in the upcoming Nevada primaries. On February 22, the Nevada caucus will become the first time this electoral season...
ITT Sound Off: Frisks and Stones
February 14, 2020 23:53 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBIn this week's ITT Sound Off, Maria and Julio give us an update on the remaining candidates of the presidential race. Policing and criminal justice were major topics in today's conversation which include Amy Klobuchar's past as a prosecutor and Mike Bloomberg's failed Stop-and-Frisk program. They also talk about how all four federal prosecutors resigned from Roger Stone's case after the decision to reduce his sentence was made. ITT on the Road 2020 RSVP Links: **NOTE the new locatio...
Debating the New Hampshire Primary
February 10, 2020 23:36 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBIn this special 2020 episode, Maria and Julio discuss the Latino vote ahead of the New Hampshire primary. They give their hot takes on last Friday's Democratic debate and Julio shares his on-the-ground reporting from New Hampshire. ITT is traveling around the country to cover the 2020 election! See our upcoming live show dates and RSVP below: - Live from Jackson, MS on 2/18: https://ittlivejackson2020.eventbrite.com - Live from Jackson, MS on 2/19: https://ittlivejacksonimmigra...
ITT Sound Off: Tearable Politics
February 07, 2020 23:45 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBIn this week's ITT Sound Off, Maria and Julio discuss the verdict of Trump's impeachment trial -- an acquittal. The President boasted about his victory in Washington DC on Thursday. They also address the chaos surrounding the Iowa caucus results. As of Friday, 99 percent of the results are in, with the exception of one precinct. They talk about how Trump's State of the Union address was boycotted by many politicians and literally ripped up by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. ITT is trave...
Caucus Chaos
February 05, 2020 00:37 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBMonday night's Iowa caucus officially kicked off the 2020 presidential election, but it also had significant delays. Maria and Julio are joined by Shirley Wang, a freelance journalist based in Iowa City, to talk about the confusion that was Iowa's caucus and why the results took so long to come out. They also talk about the POC communities in Iowa and their importance in the 2020 election. ITT Staff Picks: - Check out Shirley Wang's piece on how the Iowa caucuses work, via the New ...
ITT Sound Off: American Hurt
January 31, 2020 23:59 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBIn this week's ITT Sound Off, Maria and Julio give us an impeachment trial update highlighting the arguments made by President Trump's defense team. They also discuss the tragic death of Kobe Bryant who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday along with eight others, including his daughter, Gianna. They discuss the complexities of his life from being an important figure for communities of color to issues like his 2003 sexual assault case and his 2012 controversial comments on Trayvon M...
A Reckoning of Black Motherhood
January 28, 2020 23:37 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBMaria and Julio talk with Imani Perry, Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, about her latest book Breathe: A Letter to My Sons. They discuss the complexities of raising black children in the United States, and how her career in academia has played a role. ITT Staff Picks: - Why Imani Perry Doesn't Like Jane Austen's Novels, via The New York Times - Watch Imani's keynote speech at Valparaiso University's MLK Celebration this year - This intervi...
ITT Sound Off: If You Don't Know, Now You Know
January 24, 2020 23:36 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBIn Maria and Julio's first ITT Sound Off together of 2020, they discuss the ongoing impeachment trial with a focus on POC voices being underrepresented in the media and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries' historical context. They also talk about the migrant caravan traveling from Guatemala to Mexico and the ongoing protests in Puerto Rico. ITT Staff Picks: - Julio's opinion piece on Trump's figurative border wall via NBC News - From The Atlantic: attorney and former prosecutor Paul Savoy's...
The Basement of Politics
January 22, 2020 00:26 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBMaria and Julio are joined by Paola Ramos, Vice News correspondent, Telemundo contributor and an Emerson Collective fellow. They discuss the intersection of politics, activism and journalism in Paola's career. They also talk about what to expect in the 2020 election and how the Latino vote will play a role. ITT Staff Picks: - In this opinion piece, Jorge Ramos explains why the Latino vote will decide 2020, via The New York Times. - Latinos still need a starring role in U.S. politic...
ITT Sound Off: Deny, Deny, Deny
January 17, 2020 23:52 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBJulio is joined by our guest co-host, Jamilah King in today's ITT Sound Off. They discuss the ongoing impeachment trial proceedings with a focus on Lev Parnas' interview with Rachel Maddow. Tuesday's Democratic Debate in Iowa was a hot topic as Warren's and Sanders' friendship was questioned. They also discuss the appropriation of Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy after a new report by WalletHub was published with questionable data on race in the country. ITT Staff Picks: - According t...
The Big White Wave
January 14, 2020 23:39 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBJulio 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...
ITT Sound Off: Nonstop Disasters
January 10, 2020 23:30 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBJulio is joined by guest co-host, Jamilah King, for the first Sound Off of 2020! They discuss the latest in climate disasters from the devastating Australia fires to Puerto Rico's earthquakes, and how both governments have mishandled these crises. They also give an update on the latest with the conflict with Iran and impeachment. ITT Staff Picks: - What young Iranians think about the latest US-Iran conflict, via Vox - From The Washington Post: The Senate has conducted 15 impeachmen...
Repeating History
January 08, 2020 17:49 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBMaria and Julio are joined by Karine Jean-Pierre, chief public affairs officer for MoveOn, author, and political analyst for MSNBC. They discuss President Trump’s decision to assassinate Iran’s top military official and the mainstream media’s impact when covering war. They also talk about the latest in the 2020 Democratic race, and dive deep into Karine’s new memoir Moving Forward. ITT Staff Picks: Trump is doing the bidding of Washington’s most vile cabal, via The Intercept. ...
Whiteness in Crisis: From Thomas Jefferson to Pop Culture
January 03, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBMaria and Julio are joined by Lauren Michele Jackson, a professor at Northwestern University and author of the new book, White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation. They discuss the capitalization of black culture in pop culture, the rebranding of black aesthetics in white women, and the power of hashtag activism. ITT Staff Picks Lauren’s piece in The New Yorker about a white man’s creation of virtual supermodel Shudu Gram The Undefea...
2019, We Outta Here
December 31, 2019 12:00 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBMaria and Julio look back at the most unforgettable moments of 2019 for In The Thick, from incredible live shows across the country, to their continued investigations into immigration and White House politics. They also discuss why joy and laughter are essential ingredients to making In The Thick magic. ITT 2019 Picks: LIVE From South Texas: Borderland Life: A look at life on the border in the Rio Grande Valley, from activism to journalism. Kings of Deportation: Bill Ong Hing, p...
Texas Politics With Cristina Tzintzún Ramírez
December 27, 2019 12:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBMaria and Julio are joined for a second time by Cristina Tzintzún Ramírez who is now running for US Senate in Texas. They discuss her candidacy in a crowded Democratic field and the Republican response to Democrats' rising popularity in the state. They also talk about the major demographic shifts and strategies to get out the youth vote in Texas. ITT Staff Picks: - After uncertain filing period, Democratic U.S. Senate candidates seek to "get down to business," via The Texas Tribu...
Border Brutalism
December 24, 2019 12:00 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBMaria 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 When the Frontier becomes the wall, via The New Yorker How border-crossing became a crime in the United States, from The History Channel From our sister podc...
ITT Sound Off: Debates of My Childhood
December 20, 2019 19:15 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBIn the final ITT Sound Off of the year, Julio is joined by guest co-host Jamilah King to talk about the impeachment of President Trump as well as Thursday's Democratic Debate in Los Angeles. They discuss male whiteness on the debate stage and how the candidates addressed LGBTQ rights, immigration and campaign finance. ITT Staff Picks - The Los Angeles Times gives five takeaways from the December debate - Julio was interviewed for this Mother Jones piece about Democratic candida...
Malignant Narcissist
December 18, 2019 00:06 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBThis week Maria and guest co-host Jamilah King welcome Molly Woodstock, journalist and host of the Gender Reveal podcast, and ITT All-Star Imara Jones, creator and producer of Translash Media and 2019 Soros Equality Fellow. They discuss The Afghanistan Papers, a Washington Post investigative report showcasing numerous pages of internal government documents which reveal how the U.S. intentionally misled the American public about the war in Afghanistan for the past 18 years, and how m...
ITT Sound Off: Local Cable Access Impeachment
December 13, 2019 21:40 - 22 minutes - 21 MBIn this ITT Sound Off, Julio and guest co-host Jamilah King talk about the latest in the impeachment proceedings and the Democratic primary race. They also discuss the recent UK elections and Golden Globes nominations. ITT Staff Picks: The articles of impeachment against President Trump, via The New York Times More on Joe Biden's immigration plan, via Vox Wesley Morris' New York Times Magazine piece about why Lupita Nyong'o is one of the best actors of 2019. For information re...
The Racial Hamster Wheel
December 10, 2019 19:40 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBMaria and Julio welcome two ITT All-Stars, Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr., the department chair of African American Studies at Princeton University, and Terrell Jermaine Starr, senior reporter at The Root. They talk about the latest with impeachment and the 2020 Democratic primary, and how Nikki Haley's comments on the Confederate flag being "hijacked by Dylann Roof" are only a manifestation of genteel racism. They also follow up from Friday's Sound Off conversation about the ProPublica video...
ITT Sound Off: Debates So White
December 06, 2019 22:36 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBMaria and Julio are back with an ITT Sound Off! They give updates on the impeachment inquiry and the 2020 Democratic primary race. They also discuss the latest reporting on immigration and border detention facilities. ITT Staff Picks Democrats are moving fast on impeachment, via Vox What an all-white debate stage would mean for the Democratic Party, via The Atlantic The New York Times and ProPublica's report on McKinsey consulting for ICE For information regarding your data pr...
Take Care of Home First
December 03, 2019 20:58 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBMaria and Julio are joined by Esther Wang, senior staff writer with Jezebel, and LaTosha Brown, cofounder of Black Voters Matter and 2019 Harvard IOP Fellow, to talk about Mayor Pete Buttigieg's struggle with Black and Latino support, and how that's an extension of his poor track record with those exact constituencies in South Bend, Indiana. They also discuss how at the backdrop of the impeachment inquiry is not only the President with a number of sexual assault allegations against ...
Homewreckers
November 29, 2019 12:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBIn this episode we get into the issues of wealth when it comes to land/home ownership and the perils of capitalism. Maria and Julio talk with Aaron Glantz, senior reporter with Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting about his new book, "Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks, and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes and Demolished the American Dream." They discuss the mortgage crisis, the history of land o...
The Domestic Care Movement
November 26, 2019 22:53 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBMaria and Julio are joined by Ai-jen Poo, senior advisor to Care in Action, executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the co-director of Caring Across Generations, and Alexsis Rodgers, Care in Action's Virginia state director, to discuss the history of the domestic care movement, and how its legacy of slavery and racism impacts labor rights to this day. Plus, they also talk about the ways in which domestic care advocates are making strides to endorse women of ...
ITT Sound Off: Smash the Bro-y Macho Quid Pro Quo
November 23, 2019 00:15 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBJulio is joined by guest co-host Jamilah King for this week's ITT Sound Off. They discuss highlights of the fifth Democratic debate and how some candidates have been talking about immigration. Plus, they give the latest on the public impeachment inquiry. ITT Staff Picks: Coming out of this debate, the Democratic primary is still anyone's race, via Vox Black voters don't trust Pete Buttigeig and this is why, via The Daily Beast From Slate: Why Did ASAP Rocky Keep Coming Up at t...
Prop 187: Blue State, Red Country
November 19, 2019 23:41 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBIn 1994, a ballot measure aimed at targeting undocumented immigrants in California by denying families public services —from barring children from public schools to access to non-emergency public health care— was passed 59 percent to 41 percent, but never implemented. That was Proposition 187. Maria and Julio are joined by Gustavo Arellano, L.A. Times reporter and host of the “This Is California: The Battle of 187” podcast, and Gerardo Correa, president of the Chicano Latino Youth L...
ITT Sound Off: Home Is Here
November 15, 2019 23:09 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBIn this week's Sound Off, Maria and Julio talk the latest with the now televised impeachment proceedings and what it all means for our democracy. They also discuss the complexities and history of political turmoil in Bolivia with Evo Morales now seeking political asylum in Mexico amidst the ongoing protests and many outcrying this as a coup. Maria and Julio end with an update on immigration and the related SCOTUS cases. ITT Staff Picks: 3 ways the Supreme Court could decide DACA...
Creating a Better World Through Comedy
November 12, 2019 23:09 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBMaria and Julio are joined by L.A. based comedian, Charla Lauriston to talk about representation, the importance of comedy and the impact of political satire. Originally from Haiti, Charla has written for shows like Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Comedy Central’s Why? W/ Hannibal Buress, and TBS’s The Last OG and she co-hosts the new podcast The Secret Lives of Black Women. ITT Staff Picks: A review of The Secret Lives of Black Women via The New York Times The 2019 Diversity Repo...
ITT Sound Off: Time To Lawyer Up
November 08, 2019 22:39 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MBIn this week's ITT Sound Off, Maria and Julio talk about the results of Tuesday's elections and give an update on the latest with the impeachment proceedings. They also discuss the recent massacre of LeBaron family members in northern Mexico. ITT Staff Picks: What impeachment could mean for the 2020 election, via FiveThirtyEight The Virginia elections show (again) that women are "electable", via Vox How Mexico became home to communities of Mormons, via The Washington Post For inf...
LIVE From Connecticut: Immigration
November 05, 2019 22:00 - 38 minutes - 35 MBMaria and Julio travel to Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, CT for a live show to discuss the state's immigrant and Latinx communities. Connecticut provides many protections to the over 100,000 undocumented immigrants, but the community still faces discrimination. Our ITT hosts are joined by guests Charles Venator-Santiago, associate professor with the Department of Political Science and El Instituto at University of Connecticut; Kica Matos, director of the Center...
ITT Sound Off: Tiptoe Into the Trump Administration
November 01, 2019 21:47 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBMaria and Julio discuss a major step on the impeachment front that formalizes the inquiry. They also talk about the class disparities that are at the undercurrent of the wildfires raging in California, and cover the latest in immigration hearings. ITT Staff Picks: Trump has received a formal invitation to be impeached, via The New York Times Read Brittny Mejia's article about the domestic workers working through the California wildfires, via The Los Angeles Times Listen to the ...
Power, Sashay Away
October 29, 2019 22:26 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBMaria and Julio are joined by All-Stars Wajahat Ali, New York Times contributing Op-Ed writer and CNN commentator and Aisha Moodie-Mills, a political strategist and CNN commentator. They talk about the latest in the impeachment proceedings and the 2020 election. But they also discuss international news from the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi as a result of the U.S. special forces operation to the various uprisings happening around the world from Lebanon to Chile. ITT S...
ITT Sound Off: Ghost of Chile's Past
October 25, 2019 22:07 - 25 minutes - 23 MBMaria and Julio are back with another Sound Off! They discuss the civil unrest in Chile and how history is repeating itself. Plus, the latest in Trump impeachment coverage, and a new ACLU report that sheds light on how many children have been separated from their families at the US-Mexico border. ITT Staff Picks: - The latest on what's happening in Chile, via Latino Rebels - How Trump's "lynching" comment was strategic racism, from Salon - Read more about the ICE lawsuit from C...
LIVE from Connecticut: Addiction in POC Communities
October 23, 2019 00:31 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBMaria and Julio travel to Three Rivers Community College in Norwich, CT for a live show to discuss addiction and mental health in POC communities. They're joined by guests Kelvin Young, sound healer and certified recovery coach, Kenyatta Thompson, senior community organizer at Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice, and Taylor Ford, statewide youth and family coordinator with FAVOR, Inc. The overdose epidemic is often treated as an issue within white communities - who do make ...
ITT Sound Off: Dancing With the Angels
October 18, 2019 21:45 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBOn this week's ITT Sound Off, Julio and guest co-host Jamilah King discuss Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney's surprise press conference and the Freudian slip that has everyone talking. They also discuss the fourth Democratic debates and the undercurrent of respectability politics with white versus POC 2020 candidates. And in Fort Worth, Texas, another fatal police shooting of a black person in their own apartment comes to light. ITT Staff Picks: Bernie can’t say our name, Beto...
LIVE From Cambridge: POC Vote in 2020
October 15, 2019 22:44 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBFor this live show from Cambridge, Mass. Maria and Julio discuss 2020 and the POC vote with guests IOP Resident Fellow LaTosha Brown, award-winning organizer and co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, and Renée Graham, associate editor and columnist with The Boston Globe. The 2018 midterms were the highest turnout rate for a midterm election in recent history, with voters of color turning out in greater numbers than in 2014, according to a Pew Research Center. And in 2020 voters of...
ITT Sound Off: Only Basketball Questions
October 11, 2019 21:01 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBIn this ITT Sound Off, Julio and guest co-host Jamilah King discuss the pivotal SCOTUS cases that could affect LGBTQ rights for the foreseeable future. Plus this week, CNN and the Human Rights Campaign hosted the Power of Our Pride Equality town hall where 2020 hopefuls answered questions on LGBTQ issues. Then, we turn to the latest news on the impeachment front and what's going on with China, the NBA and free speech. ITT Staff Picks: What you need to know about 2020 Democratic c...
ITT Climate 2020 Crossover: Trump Flops With Fossil Fuels
October 08, 2019 11:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBIn this crossover episode, ITT airs the second episode of the new podcast, Climate 2020, a podcast that zeroes in on climate change as a top issue of the 2020 presidential election. Impeachment has thrown a monkey wrench into the news cycle -- and the scandal has a climate change link. Hosts of Climate 2020, journalist David Gelber and executive director of Climate Nexus, Jeff Nesbit talk with Ben Lefebvre, energy reporter at Politico, and Leah Stokes, climate and energy politics ...
ITT Sound Off: Everybody Gets an Impeachment Clause
October 04, 2019 20:44 - 21 minutes - 20 MBMaria and Julio are back with another Sound Off! They talk the latest in the impeachment proceedings chaos and how the media should cover authoritarianism. They also give an immigration update and discuss the conviction and sentencing of Amber Guyger, the Dallas police officer who shot and killed her black neighbor, Botham Shem Jean, last September. ITT Staff Picks: Botham Jean, Amber Guyger and the Delusion of Forgiveness, via The Root From The Intercept: Trump Attacked the Wo...