January 4, 2021
Episode92
Trump’s Folly: D.W. Gibson on Building the Border Wall
Our guest this week is D.W. Gibson. D.W. is an awarding-winning writer who shared a National Magazine Award for his work on “This is the Story of One Block in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn” for New York magazine. His work has also appeared in Harper’s, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Nation. He joins us to discuss his new book 14 Miles: Building the Border Wall.
Listen:
Sources for audio clips
| Donald Trump doubles down on calling Mexicans "rapists" - CNN | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jaz1J0s-cL4 |
| Tragic photo shows migrant father, child who died trying to cross the Rio Grande | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=135TLXgB1K4 |
| Border wall prototype construction gets underway in San Diego County | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We5nOVlGOes |
| Dozen arrested in San Diego ICE raids - ABC10 News | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX4rzXty5P4 |
| Eduardo Sandoval Clip in folder | |
| Trump admits his impenetrable wall is penetrable - Washington Post | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDhSNqda19M |
| Eminent Domain | |
| Border Wall Showdown: American Families Fight To Keep Their Land At Texas-Mexico Border | NBC News | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kFBZs26DJk |
| Otai Mesa Border Wall | |
| 14 miles of border wall replaced along Mexico-San Diego border - CBS 8 San Diego | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_UwT8yLGns |
| Contruction accelerating/Biden plans | |
| Contractors Dynamite Mountains, Bulldoze Desert In Race To Build Trump's Border Wall - NPR | https://www.npr.org/2020/12/11/945194147/contractors-dynamite-mountains-bulldoze-desert-in-race-to-build-trumps-border-wa |
| Outro | |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtPBUHYMMF4 |
Show Credits
Host: Alyssa Milano
Executive Producer: Alyssa Milano
Associate Producer: Ben Jackson
Editing and Sound Production: Natasha Jacobs
Music by: Josh Cooke & Eleisha Eagle
