Podcast #8: Trump and the Southwest: Border Politics, Immigration, and Detention

Podcast #8: Trump and the Southwest: Border Politics, Immigration, and Detention

Author: Trump Watch Sussex August 24, 2018 Duration: 42:12
How has Donald Trump capitalized on the politics of the border during his election and presidency? In this podcast, Melissa Milewski and Sam Solomon, lecturers at the University of Sussex, interview the founders of the Southwest Political Report, Dr. Irene Sanchez and Matt Sedillo, to discuss Trump and the Southwest. They discuss why Trump focused on immigration and the border during the 2016 election and how Trump's use of the Southwest fits into how local and national politicians have used it in the past. Sanchez and Sedillo also discuss the history and context behind Trump's Southwest policies, including the recently ended policy of separating families at the border.

From a quiet corner of a British university campus, a unique and ongoing analysis of a tumultuous American era continues. Trump Watch Sussex is not a conventional news recap but an academic deep dive, chronicling the presidency and enduring legacy of Donald Trump through a distinctly transatlantic lens. Each episode draws from the collective expertise of scholars and the fresh perspectives of postgraduate students at the University of Sussex's Centre for American Studies. This podcast functions as a living seminar, where complex political events are unpacked with historical context, theoretical frameworks, and spirited debate. Listeners will hear detailed dissections of policy shifts, electoral strategies, and the cultural reverberations felt on both sides of the Atlantic. The conversation is grounded in scholarly rigor but delivered with the accessible clarity of a well-taught lecture. By framing contemporary U.S. politics within broader patterns of history, populism, and media, Trump Watch Sussex offers listeners a valuable toolkit for understanding not just what happened, but why it matters. It's a sustained intellectual project, recording an extraordinary period in real-time from an observatory thousands of miles away.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 12

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Podcast Episodes
Podcast #1:  Coming To America [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:41
Dr. Melissa Milewski talks to students at the Sussex Centre for American Studies, University of Sussex, to gain some insight as to how Trump is perceived on a British campus.