Episode 12 - What is the deal with Open Borders

The Mexico-U.S. border is the most frequently crossed border in the world and the site of much tension and conflict. Rosie and BJ discuss open borders and if they could be a solution to the U.S.'s immigration policies.

The two co-hosts focus on the Mexico-U.S. border. As BJ points out, "If you're anywhere along the northern border, you can cross over, and half the time, no one's going to notice."

Resources for Saving the World

📚 "Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World," by Rutger Bregman.

📑 "The Climate Crisis, Migration, and Refugees," reported by John Podesta for the Brookings Institution.

📑 "Chinese Exclusion Act," Wikipedia article on the 1882 federal law that barred Chinese workers from entering the U.S.

📑 "Bacon's Rebellion," Wikipedia article on a 1676 uprising of indentured white servants and enslaved Africans against the ruling class.

📑 "Stanford's History of Eugenics," an article by Claire Wang for The Stanford Daily.

📺 You Are on Indian Land, a documentary about the Akwesasne border crossing dispute in 1969.

📑 "'George Zimmerman on steroids:' How armed 'militias' roam the border in legal grey areas," reported by Alex Horton for The Washington Post.

📑 "Toba catastrophe theory," Wikipedia article discussing the volcanic explosion that almost wiped out humanity 75,000 years ago.

⭐ Out of The Box, Rosie's other podcast.

⭐ Dirty Change, a sex education podcast by Rosie and co-host Tommy Pistol.

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