Latest Bakerinstitute Podcast Episodes
Episode 75: Mexico's Elections: The Results (Guest: Lorena Becerra)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - June 05, 2024 20:19 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsTony Payan sits down with Lorena Becerra, political analyst and CEO of Lorena Becerra Encuestas, to analyze the results of Mexico’s presidential election on June 2, 2024. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico visit our website, and follow us on X/...
Episode 74: Mexico's Post-Presidential Election Scenarios (Guest: Javier Martin Reyes)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - May 13, 2024 15:53 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn this episode we sit down with Javier Martin Reyes, researcher at the Institute for Legal Research at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) for a conversation on Mexico's post-presidential election scenarios and their possible legal consequences. For more information on the Baker In...
Episode 73: Mexico's Presidential Elections, the Candidates, Continuity and the Binational Relation (Guest: Carlos Bravo Regidor)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - April 26, 2024 15:11 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsAs Mexico's current presidential administration approaches its final days, key questions about the country’s future arise. Some of the critical challenges facing Mexico range from political to democratic principles, such as the growing poverty rate, the state of public safety, and the U.S.–Mexic...
Episode 72: The 2024 Presidential Elections in Mexico (Guests: Tony Payan, Ivan Rodriguez Sanchez; Edward M. Emmett)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - March 25, 2024 19:24 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsWe're back! After a hiatus of almost 2 years the Mexico Centered podcast returns...and just in time for Mexico's 2024 presidential elections. In this episode, a crossover with the Baker Institute's Baker Briefing podcast, host and Baker Institute fellow Edward M. Emmett sits down with Tony Payan...
Episode 71: Hosting Mexico Centered (Guests: Tony Payan and Enrique Quezada)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - August 18, 2022 14:53 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn his final episode as host, Enrique Quezada sits down with Tony Payan, director of the Baker Institute Center for the U.S. and Mexico, to look back at how the podcast started and the role it has played at the Center. Enrique talks about preparing for interviews and the behind-the-scenes work t...
Episode 70: Trans-border Collaboration Across the Rio Grande (Guests: Bob Krumenaker, superintendent of Big Bend National Park, and Javier Ochoa, subdirector of the protected areas Maderas del Carmen and Ocampo)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - July 27, 2022 13:39 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsBob Krumenaker, superintendent of Big Bend National Park, and Javier Ochoa, subdirector of the protected areas Maderas del Carmen and Ocampo, talk about the different models of conservation the U.S. and Mexico have, their day-to-day activities, and the numerous ways in which they collaborate ...
Episode 69: The Significance of Mexico's 2022 Local Elections (Guest: Alejandro Cruz, director of special studies at BGC Ulises Beltrán y Asociados)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - July 05, 2022 13:19 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsAlejandro Cruz, director of special studies at BGC Ulises Beltrán y Asociados and an expert in local elections in Mexico, discusses the results of the June 2022 local elections in Mexico and their significance for the López Obrador administration and the president’s party. For more information...
Episode 68: The Dream of a Binational Park (Guest: Francisco Cantú, writer, translator, and author)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - May 13, 2022 13:53 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsFrancisco Cantú, author of The Line Becomes a River, discusses his recent article for Audubon Magazine where he wrote about a grand dream for an international park encompassing Big Bend on the U.S side and Santa Elena and Maderas del Carmen on the Mexican side. Cantú talks about what he learned ...
Episode 67: Mexico's National Guard and Public Safety (Guest: Richard Kilroy)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - March 28, 2022 13:54 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsRichard J. Kilroy, nonresident scholar at the Center for the United States and Mexico and associate professor of politics at Coastal Carolina University, discusses the role of Mexico’s National Guard in President López Obrador’s public safety strategy. For more information on the Baker Instit...
Episode 66: The Dangers of Being a Journalist in Mexico (Guest: Peniley Ramírez)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - March 03, 2022 23:12 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsPeniley Ramírez, investigative journalist and columnist for the newspaper Reforma, talks about the dangers of being a journalist in Mexico, the mechanisms in place to protect journalists, and the relationship between Lopez Obrador and the media. For more information on the Baker Institute Cent...
Episode 65: 2021 Annual Roundup (Guest: Tony Payan)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - December 03, 2021 15:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsTony Payan, director of the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico, discusses what happened in 2021 to Mexico’s economy, politics, public health, and to the binational relationship with the United States. He also sets out expectations for 2022. For more information on the Bak...
Episode 64: Binational Healthcare: A conversation with Houston Methodist Hospital (Jose Nuñez, VP, Global Development at Houston Methodist’s Global Health Care Services)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - November 08, 2021 15:37 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsJosé Núñez, the vice president for Global Development at Houston Methodist’s Global Health Care Services, talks about how Mexican patients access healthcare services in the United States, what Houston Methodist’s partnerships with the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey and Mexico City’s ABC Medi...
Episode 63: A Conversation with Consul General Alicia Kerber Palma
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - October 15, 2021 14:49 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsAlicia Kerber Palma, consul general of Mexico in Houston since 2019, talks about her time in the Mexican Foreign Service, the programs and services provided by Mexico’s Consulate General in Houston, feminist foreign policy, and the binational relationship. For more information on the Baker In...
Episode 62: El Problema del Crimen Organizado en México (Guest: Eduardo Guerrero)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - August 23, 2021 19:21 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis podcast is in Spanish. Eduardo Guerrero, socio fundador y director de Lantia Consultores y Lantia Intelligence, habla sobre la complicada situación de seguridad nacional y el incremento en la violencia relacionada al crimen organizado en México. Para mayor información sobre el Centro p...
Episode 61: The Aftermath of Mexico's 2021 Midterm Elections (Guest: Tony Payan)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - June 10, 2021 13:40 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsTony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University, discusses the implications of the 2021 midterm elections for Mexico’s president, the president's party, the opposition, and ele...
Episode 60: Mexico's 2021 Midterm Elections (Guest: Javier Martin Reyes)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - May 14, 2021 18:52 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsOn June 6, Mexico will hold its midterm elections. A total of 21,368 elected positions will be on the ballot, making this the largest single-day election in Mexico’s history. The results will define Mexico’s political landscape through at least 2024, and may also determine whether President Lópe...
Episode 59: Data for U.S.-Mexico Border Studies: Challenges in Data Collection and Distribution (Guests: James Gerber and Jorge Eduardo Mendoza Cota)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - April 22, 2021 21:07 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsJames Gerber, professor emeritus of economics at San Diego State University, and Eduardo Mendoza, professor in the Department of Economic Studies at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, discuss the challenges in making comparisons between sub-national units across the U.S.-Mexico border with existin...
Episode 58: The Path to Permanent Residency for DREAMers (Guest: Catherine Glazer)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - April 01, 2021 18:36 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsCatherine Glazer, U.S. immigration attorney, discusses what the current path to permanent residency is, the obstacles for DACA recipients, and potential avenues the current administration could pursue to grant permanent legal status to Dreamers. Glazer is the author of the recently published r...
Episode 57: The Growth of Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship in Mexico (Guest: Vincent Speranza)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - March 15, 2021 15:39 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsVincent Speranza, Managing Director of Endeavor Mexico, discusses the growth of venture capital and entrepreneurship in Mexico, the role of Endeavor in supporting entrepreneurs, and the challenges and opportunities during the pandemic. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the...
Episode 56: Expectations for Mexico in 2021 (Guest: Tony Payan)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - January 20, 2021 17:56 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsTony Payan, director of the Baker Institute’s Center for the United States and Mexico, discusses the expectations for Mexico in 2021 in regard to the country's economy, politics, public health, and the binational relationship with the United States under the Biden administration. For more inf...
Episode 55: El Tercer País (Guest: Michael S. Malone)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - December 14, 2020 16:19 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsMichael S. Malone, high-technology/business journalist, producer of the award-winning PBS miniseries The New Heroes, editor of Forbes ASAP magazine, and Dean’s Executive Professor at Santa Clara University, talks about his recent book, "El Tercer País", where he explores the connections between ...
Episode 54: U.S.-Mexico Relations Under President-Elect Biden (Guest: Mark P. Jones)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - November 17, 2020 14:50 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsMark P. Jones, fellow in political science at the Baker Institute and the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies at Rice University, talks about the binational relationship between the United States and Mexico in the context of the 2020 presidential election and the new president-elect...
Episode 53: Health Inequalities in the US-Mexico Border Region (Guests: Eva Moya and Silvia Chavez-Baray)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - October 23, 2020 14:42 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsEva Moya, Associate Professor, and Silvia Chavez-Baray, Post Doctoral Fellow, at the Department of Social Work, University of Texas at El Paso, talk about the unique characteristics of the US-Mexico border, the health of its residents, and the challenges and opportunities of managing health poli...
Episode 52: Subnational Governments and Paradiplomacy (Guests; Lucas McMillan and Jorge Schiavon)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - September 25, 2020 15:20 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsLucas McMillan, Dean, College of Behavioral & Social Sciences, Lander University; and Jorge Schiavon, Professor of International Relations at the International Studies Department, CID, talk about the ways in which subnational actors in Mexico and the U.S. engage to further international cooperat...
Episode 51: The Future of US-Mexico Security and Defense (Guests: Richard Kilroy and Abelardo Rodríguez Sumano)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - August 20, 2020 19:46 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsRichard Kilroy, nonresident scholar in the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico and associate professor of politics at Coastal Carolina University; and Abelardo Rodriguez Sumano, professor and researcher at Universidad Iberoamericana, discuss the key drivers impacting national...
Episode 51: The Future of US-Mexico Security and Defense
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - August 20, 2020 19:46 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsRichard Kilroy, nonresident scholar in the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico and associate professor of politics at Coastal Carolina University; and Abelardo Rodriguez Sumano, professor and researcher at Universidad Iberoamericana, discuss the key drivers impacting national...
Episode 50: The Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic in Mexico (Guest: Tony Payan)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - June 05, 2020 20:08 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn this episode, Tony Payan, director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University's Baker Institute, analyzes the current situation of the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico. The Center hosted a webinar conversation on Mexico's response to the pandemic on April 1, 2020. It is...
Episode 50: The Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic in Mexico
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - June 05, 2020 20:08 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn this episode, Tony Payan, director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University's Baker Institute, analyzes the current situation of the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico. The Center hosted a webinar conversation on Mexico's response to the pandemic on April 1, 2020. It is...
Episode 49: Migration, Marriage and Family (Guest: Nora Haenn)
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - March 27, 2020 15:23 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsNora Haenn, associate professor of anthropology and international studies at North Carolina State University, talks about how women experience and deal with the disruption to family dynamics that comes from migration and how they work to keep families together. Haenn’s new book Marriage after Mi...
Episode 49: Migration, Marriage and Family
Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered - March 27, 2020 15:23 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsNora Haenn, associate professor of anthropology and international studies at North Carolina State University, talks about how women experience and deal with the disruption to family dynamics that comes from migration and how they work to keep families together. Haenn’s new book Marriage after Mi...
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