Episode 10: Beyond the Wall (with Coco actor Natalia Cordova)
In the final episode of the year we speak to the actor Natalia Cordova about her role as the iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in Disney Pixar's Coco....
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News and views on Mexico in the age of Trump. An English-language podcast by Stephen Woodman and Duncan Tucker.
Episode 9: Raised Fists and Rubble (with feminist activist Susana Ochoa)
We discuss the impact of the devastating earthquake that killed over 300 people in Mexico last month. We also speak to Susana Ochoa, a local activist ...
Episode 8: Laughter Behind Walls (with comedian Sofía Niño de Rivera)
Mexico’s leading millennial comedian Sofía Niño de Rivera tells us about her own brand of standup, her work in prisons and her meeting with Mexican pr...
Episode 7: That F***ing Wall (with former president Vicente Fox)
In an exclusive interview the former Mexican president Vicente Fox tells us why he's been trolling Donald Trump for the last two years. Fox also expla...
Episode 6: The Writings on the Wall (with DBC Pierre and Andrew Paxman)
Booker Prize winning novelist DBC Pierre tells us how growing up in Mexico influenced his writing. We also speak to the historian Andrew Paxman about ...
Episode 5: The Walls Within (with indigenous presidential candidate María de Jesús Patricio)
María de Jesús Patricio Martínez, the first indigenous woman to ever run for president in Mexico, tells us what she hopes to achieve through her campa...
Episode 4: A Wall of Protest (with Owen Jones and Sofía Virgen)
British author, journalist and activist Owen Jones discusses Donald Trump, Mexico, protest and the press. Women's rights activist Sofía Virgen talks a...
Episode 3: Walled Off From Power (with veteran politician Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas)
Three-time presidential candidate Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas tells us Mexico needs a different kind of government to defend it from Donald Trump's attacks. W...
Episode 2: Bridges Not Walls (with journalist Alfredo Corchado)
We discuss how Mexico could respond in a trade war with the Donald Trump administration, and award-winning Mexican-American journalist and author Alfr...
Episode 1: Walls Can Fall (with independent politician Pedro Kumamoto)
Pedro Kumamoto, the first independent candidate ever elected to congress in the western state of Jalisco, tells us about his plans to reduce the publi...