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Migrating to America: A Dream Worth Dying For
Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
Frequency: 1 episode/72d. Total Eps: 19
Migrants face life-threatening jungles, rivers, mountains, and deserts on their way to the USA. Reporter James Stout travelled from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas to the mountains of Southern California and the jungles of the Darién Gap to hear from them about the journey, their American dreams, and the people who helped them during their travels. Along the way, he interviews migrants, experts, and is joined by conflict reporter Robert Evans to discuss anti-migrant conspiracy theories.
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Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Four: When Someone Needs Help
Season 2
jeudi 4 décembre 2025 • Duration 33:45
In the final episode of a four part series, James talks about the need for mutual aid, and speaks to the family hosting Primrose now.
Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/
http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/
https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/
https://www.ice.gov/features/atd
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1225&num=0&edition=prelim
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Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Three: The American Nightmare
Season 2
mercredi 3 décembre 2025 • Duration 40:29
In the third episode of a four part series, James talks about ICE raids, Primrose’s time in detention, and the start of mass protest against Trump’s mass deportations.
Primrose’s Legal Aid Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/americas/trump-us-mexico-border.html
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/article299272524.html
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/
http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/border-patrol-nation/
https://timzhernandez.com/all-they-will-call-you/
https://www.ice.gov/features/atd
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1225&num=0&edition=prelim
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The Importance of Mutual Aid Work on the Border
Season 2
mardi 28 novembre 2023 • Duration 54:52
James talks to Heval and Aloe about the increasing number of people in outdoor detention in Jacumba and how you can help.
https://borderkindness.org/donate/
Alotrolado.org/donate
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Border Patrol are Once Again *Not* Detaining People in the Open
Season 2
jeudi 14 septembre 2023 • Duration 35:25
James talks to Robert and Shereen about CBP’s practice of detaining migrants in the open air with no food, water, or supplies, and then denying they’re detaining them
Xavier’s video coverage: https://youtube.com/@sdartivistmedia?si=LZR1a6OeqgzcA6Sf
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Title 42, Pt 4: The Border Patrol
Season 2
vendredi 2 juin 2023 • Duration 49:56
In the final episode James explains some of the history of the border and how CBP grew into an agency that operates without oversight across the USA and the world.
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Title 42, Pt 3: The Mutual Aid Response
Season 2
jeudi 1 juin 2023 • Duration 46:22
In the third part of the series on the end of Title 42, James speaks to volunteers who gave their time and resources to help the people detained in the open air by CBP.
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Title 42, Pt 2: Migrant Stories
Season 2
mercredi 31 mai 2023 • Duration 53:36
In part 2 of James' series on Title 42, we hear from asylum seekers in San Ysidro and learn about the human impact of CBP’s inhumane detention practices.
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Title 42: How a Public Health Law Kills Refugees
Season 2
mardi 30 mai 2023 • Duration 34:09
In the first of a four-part series, James discusses the last three years of immigration policy and what they mean for people seeking refuge in the USA.
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How A Butterfly Sanctuary Became The Center of a Border War, Part Three
Season 2
vendredi 27 mai 2022 • Duration 20:42
The conclusion of the saga of the Butterfly Center at the border. For now.
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How A Butterfly Sanctuary Became The Center of a Border War, Part Two
Season 2
jeudi 26 mai 2022 • Duration 28:34
James and Robert continue their exploration of the war between Qanon and the Butterfly Sanctuary.
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