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From the BorderlandsURGENT: Pastor Steven Tendo Needs Your Help, Without Delay!EMERGENCY FACT SHEET* PASTOR STEVEN TENDO, Applicant for Political Asylum * Originally from Uganda* Date of birth: November 24, 1984* A-number: 201-520-012* Kidnapped by ICE, Wednesday, February 4, 2026, Burlington, VT* Imprisoned at Stafford County Detention Center, Dover, NHSUMMARY:Steven Tendo is a respected Pastor from Uganda who suffered grave political persecution and repeated torture at the hands of government officials of his birth nation. In 2018, he presented himself legally at the United States Port of Entry in Brownsville, Texas, to request political asylum. As set...
2026-02-1027 min
From the BorderlandsWe All Suffer Wall Disease NowDear Subscribers, I’m writing this to you as I watch Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show. “We are all America,” reads the football he carries throughout a performance that pulses with the best of the country and culture I grew up in, the place my heart will always call home. His final statement — naming all the countries that comprise America, from Argentina to Canada, as he dances back and forth across the Levi’s Stadium 50th yard line, accompanied by flagbearers from each nation — resonated deeply with me. This is precisely why I never refer to the United States...
2026-02-091h 04
From the BorderlandsSlave, Border & ICE Patrols "Shoot First and Ask Questions Later"Hello subscribers, I’m writing to you from my first vacation in six years, since I started writing Crossing the Line in January 2020. As much as I’d like to remain unplugged, the news continues to move too fast. And in times like these, it’s impossible not speak out. I hope you learn something from this latest episode of From the Borderlands to fuel your efforts in support of the resistance. I’m wishing you strength. The only way through this is… Together. ✊🏼 SarahLike anyone who has studied the cruel practices of US immigration authorities, I’ve not been t...
2026-01-2924 min
From the BorderlandsThe Thing About Tyrants, They Always FallHey, everyone. Sarah here. Thanks for joining me for another episode of From the Borderlands ☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼. Podcast Transcript: Six years ago this week, I landed in Brownsville, Texas, to see for myself the inhumanity I then believed had been wrought by Trump, his acolytes, and puppeteers, folks like Stephen Miller, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, and acting director of ICE, Thomas Homan (to name just a few). The Family Separation crisis brought on by their zero-tolerance for border crossers, even those seeking safety, had been replaced by policies such as metering and the Migrant “Protection” Protocols (AKA the Remain in Mexic...
2026-01-0720 min
From the BorderlandsCan There Be Human Rights in a Security-Obsessed World?Seventy-seven years ago, on December 10, 1948, the newly established United Nations General Assembly unveiled the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). A response to the human carnage wrought by two world wars in 22 years and the genocide of 11 million people, including six million Jews, by Hitler’s fascist regime, the UDHR ushered in a paradigmatic global shift: Henceforth, the dignity and worth of all members of the human family were to be recognized equally and respected internationally, as well as within the borders of nations large and small.The UDHR was a declaration of principles, comprising 30 articles, built up...
2025-12-111h 01
From the BorderlandsTrump's Ecocidal Boondoggle Border WallHello Subscribers! I’m writing from New Hampshire today. I’m now 12 days and four events into the speaking tour, marking the second edition release of Crossing the Line. And my schedule is about to amp up, with events nearly every day from now until Halloween. I aim to keep posting as much as I can, because I’m learning so much and meeting so many people and have so much to share! But bear with me if communications become spotty, as most of my “free” time for the next month or so will be spent driving.Today’s po...
2025-10-141h 13
From the BorderlandsWhen Dehumanization is the Point, How Will You Stand Up For Human Rights and Human Decency?Hello Subscribers! The revised edition of Crossing the Line launches tomorrow, October 7! And I’m back on the road talking about how immigration has been weaponized to drive democracy into crisis. My goal is to aid in the building of the Resistance Choir, singing in glorious harmony, This is not the people we wish to be, one book talk, keynote address, and immigration study circle at a time.I spent the weekend with my Amnesty International family, where someone dubbed my upcoming event schedule Sarah’s Sweet Resistance Tour. Don’t you just love t...
2025-10-061h 15
From the BorderlandsHow Did We Reach This Wretched Place?Welcome new subscribers! And thank you to all who’ve selected to become paid supporters of my newsletter, Tales of Humanity, and podcast, From the Borderlands. I haven’t had a chance to thank you all personally yet. But know that my gratitude to you knows no bounds! You’ll hear from me soon. I’m just super slammed right now, preparing for the launch of Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands, second edition, on October 7, as well as booking speakers for the Hope Knows No Borders Book Club & Webinar Series, and my forthcoming East Coast speaking tour.
2025-09-1530 min
From the BorderlandsGlobal Apartheid & The New Jim CodeWelcome back, everyone. I hope you have had a restful summer and that you’re returning to reality recharged and ready to resist! To help get you motivated…Dora Rodriguez and I are thrilled to share with you our August 3, 2025, conversation for the HOPE KNOWS NO BORDERS BOOK CLUB & WEBINAR SERIES: It’s our 30,000-foot deep dive into the global leviathan that is the Border Industrial Complex with Petra Molnar and Todd Miller.When it comes to the politics of deterrence, detention, and deportation, we can sometimes overlook that managing the moveme...
2025-09-051h 07
Normal Gossip | YouTubeBonus Episode: Rat Kings and Emotional Support Eggs with Sabrina ImblerToday's treat: an episode from our secret feed vault. If you'd like to get in on these monthly extra episodes, subscribe as a Friend or a Friend-of-a-Friend. Our guest this time is Sabrina Imbler! After catching up on Sabs' latest project—a series of interviews with federal workers fired by the Trump administration—Rachelle and Sabs partake in a batch of gossipy voice memos from our inbox.Sign up to watch SPLITSVILLE with Rachelle on August 16th here.You can find Sabs' interview with fired CDC Health Communications Manager Sarah Boim here.
2025-08-131h 02Normal GossipBonus Episode: Rat Kings and Emotional Support Eggs with Sabrina ImblerToday's treat: an episode from our secret feed vault. If you'd like to get in on these monthly extra episodes, subscribe as a Friend or a Friend-of-a-Friend. Our guest this time is Sabrina Imbler! After catching up on Sabs' latest project—a series of interviews with federal workers fired by the Trump administration—Rachelle and Sabs partake in a batch of gossipy voice memos from our inbox.Sign up to watch SPLITSVILLE with Rachelle on August 16th here.You can find Sabs' interview with fired CDC Health Communications Manager Sarah Boim here.
2025-08-131h 02
From the BorderlandsICE Invaded Their Community. Their Grassroots Response to the July 2025 Glass House Farms Raids Is a Model for Strategies of Resistance From Sea to Shining SeaWelcome new subscribers! I’m thrilled to share that our community is growing. Slowly, but surely, we are turning into a mighty chorus, singing ever louder in glorious harmony: this is not the people we wish to be! I am deeply grateful to all of you who have pledged to support this work, and while I intend to keep this newsletter and podcast free, I may soon need to turn to donations to cover my mounting costs at the back end, especially to run the Hope Knows No Border Book Club & Webinar Series. Until then, if you find my Ta...
2025-08-071h 05
From the BorderlandsWriting to Change the World with Dora Rodriguez in celebration of the Launch of 'Dora: A Daughter of Unforgiving Terrain'In this episode of From the Borderlands…Author-activist and sister humanitarian, Abbey Carpenter, engages mi hermana de alma, Dora Rodriguez, and me on the topic of “Writing to Change the World” for the June meet-up of the Hope Knows No Borders Book Club & Webinar Series. It was a special occasion for two reasons:* We celebrated the coming launch of Dora’s new memoir, Dora: A Daughter of Unforgiving Terrain, now available!* And we marked the first anniversary of Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands by announcing the second edition, with an...
2025-07-0659 min
From the BorderlandsThe Only Invasion is Federal MilitarizationWelcome new subscribers! I hope you’ll listen and share today’s video of the May meet up of the Hope Knows No Borders Book Club & Webinar Series. Talk about timely! Even my co-facilitator Dora Rodriguez and I could not have anticipated that our discussion topic would become a reality in Los Angeles just two weeks later. Click the button below if you’d like to learn more about our monthly series. Next event: June 22, 2:30-4:00 pm ET. In Chapters 9 and 16 of Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands, I warned that Trump & Co, if elected again...
2025-06-101h 23
From the BorderlandsCROSSING LINES: Cruelty, Compassion, & the Real Border Crisis, Part IIWelcome new subscribers! Thank you for joining the movement for JUST migration. I aim to post podcast episodes, webinar recordings, stories, news, event announcements, and calls to action weekly, though sometimes life and other writing deadlines get in the way. Like last week. Following an exciting update regarding Crossing the Line, my to-do list was unexpectedly hacked. But for a good reason! Stay tuned for more on that in my next post. Today, I’m thrilled to finally bring you Part II of Crossing Lines: Cruelty, Compassion, & the Real Border Crisis…In April 2025, I had the great hono...
2025-06-0345 min
From the Borderlands"I'm Not an Alien. I Don't Bleed Green. I Bleed Red Just Like You."Welcome new subscribers! I hope you find the latest podcast episode beneficial. It was recorded as part of my monthly community discussions and workshops with fellow author-educator-activist Dora Rodriguez. The next meet-up of our Hope Knows No Borders Book Club & Webinar Series is Sunday, May 25, and we hope you’ll register to attend. You’ll find more information following the post below. In the meantime…The Revolution Will Be BroadcastThings are bad out there, folks. No doubt about it. ICE is sowing terror across the land, hunting and abducting our community members with the compli...
2025-05-161h 07
PWS UnitedEp41: PWS Origin Stories, Success, and AwarenessPWSA | USA staff members Sarah Kasaby, Melanie Zalman, Charles Conway, Elaine Towle, and Kristi Rickenbach, are parents of loved ones with PWS. On this episode of PWS United, they share their PWS origin stories, how things have changed since the early days of their PWS journey, and their favorite ways to spread PWS awareness. Honesty, wisdom, support, pride in their loved ones, and hope for the future permeate this episode - an inspiring way to celebrate PWS Awareness Month for all of May, focusing on May 15 as PWS Awareness Day! Find ways you can help spread awareness at our P...
2025-05-1347 min
From the BorderlandsThe Movement for JUST Migration Starts Here...Welcome new subscribers! And apologies if my first posting for you is a repeat of Austin Kocher's recent interview with me, published on May 8, the date Germany surrendered to the Allied Forces 80 years ago. It was such an animated interview that Austin and I decided it deserved to be shared out via my Substack, too. And as I'm just getting back from a research trip to Berlin, during which I traced the parallels between today’s rise of US Fascism with that of Hitler’s Third Reich, I am a bit behind with my own postings. I am thrilled, ther...
2025-05-101h 02
The Andrea Mitchell Center PodcastEpisode 6.14: Crossing the Line: Finding America in the BorderlandsINTERVIWER: YARA DAMAJ. Author SARAH TOWLE discusses her book, Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands.
2025-05-0633 min
From the BorderlandsCROSSING LINES: Cruelty, Compassion, & the Real Border Crisis, Part ILast year, from June 10 to Thanksgiving, 2024, I criss-crossed the United States, engaging with faith- and community-based organizations as well as learning groups of all ages and stages on the central topic of my book:How our “broken” US immigration system works just fine for the demagogues and profiteers of the Border Industrial Complex that benefit from it, which is why we’ve achieved no human-centered reform to the system in four decades.For seven months, I traveled from sea to shining sea, raising awareness about the deathly deterrence-to-detention-to-deportation pipeline: an infrastructure of destruction and an instru...
2025-04-2450 min
From the Borderlands"We're not the Statue of Liberty country."Welcome new subscribers! And hello to one and all! THE HOPE KNOWS NO BORDERS BOOK CLUB & WEBINAR SERIES kicked off on March 30, 2025, with a focus on providing Sanctuary & Building Railroads. As the US Department of Homeland Security's 80k-member+ forces — ICE and Customs and Border Protection, which includes the Border Patrol — continue their Reign of Terror, disappearing people with no criminal record into its 200+ prison Gulag, which now includes a high-security concentration camp in El Salvador, we must:RESIST government overreach as a civic duty;REFUSE government lawlessness as a legal responsibility;
2025-04-131h 06
Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel PeopleGetting Things Done (to them): Romance with ListsWe're crossing off a classic romance novel structure this week -- the list! Whether life changing to-do lists, bucket lists, or lists for kinky exploration, these romances take characters and readers on remarkable rides, reminding us all that sometimes it really does pay to be organized. If you want more Fated Mates in your life, please join our Patreon, which comes with an extremely busy and fun Discord community! Join other magnificent firebirds to hang out, talk romance, and be cool together in a private group full of excellent people. Learn more at patreon.com....
2025-04-091h 32
From the BorderlandsIt Can Happen Here. It Is Happening here.This time last year, with my publisher anxious to get Crossing the Line to press and into public hands during the 2024 US presidential campaign, I struggled to bring to a close what, it turns out, is a tale with no end.Only so many pages can fit between the front and back cover of a book. And there was so much more I wanted to share:- About the 140+-year history of mass expulsion from the United States that has resulted in the deportation of more than 60 million people since the 1880s.* – About th...
2025-03-2120 min
From the BorderlandsResistance Anthem by Mama Sass & the HomeboysListen, Like, Share... This was Mama Sass’s demo version before heading into the studio. The Nashville Country Rock version can be found on YouTube here with an admittedly better chorus lyric: (Begging forgiveness for all the IP credits I’m unable to cite.)Thanks for reading From the Borderlands! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Tales of Humanity at sarahtowle.substack.com/subscribe
2025-02-2305 min
From the BorderlandsImmigration Detention at Guantánamo Bay Repeats Historical Horrors83 years ago—on February 19, 1942—President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued Executive Order No. 9066, which became the basis for the forced displacement and incarceration of over 120,000 people of Japanese descent during WWII. They were rounded up, taken to processing centers, and interned in ten concentration camps operated by the War Relocation Authority (WRA) in California, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Arkansas. Interned individuals were allowed to bring with them only what they could carry, leading to the tragic loss of homes and businesses. About two-thirds were U.S. citizens. In too many cases, families were separated.The annual Day of R...
2025-02-2122 min
The WhatsOnStage Podcast43. How to solve a problem like OpheliaSarah talks to Nancy Carroll and Nia Towle about working on Rupert Goold’s new production of Hamlet which opens at the RSC this week with Luke Thallon playing the prince. They discuss what it’s like to take on Shakespeare’s women, how you shape a classic play in the context of feminism and #MeToo, nudity on stage and quite a lot more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-02-1429 min
From the BorderlandsWho Are The Real Criminals In Trump 2.0's Mass Deportation Story?Hey everyone, Sarah here. Thanks for joining me for another episode of From the Borderlands.Today, I want to shine a light on the notion of “criminality” in US immigration enforcement because it’s a word that’s bandied about a lot without explanation. For example, Trump & Co state that ICE raids are targeted, that they are only going after “bad guys.” Border Czar, Tom Homan, says that every time a media outlet puts him on camera. But basic evidence would suggest otherwise: ICE is surveilling apartment buildings in Silver Spring, Maryland; boarding school buses in Alice, Texas; raidi...
2025-02-0924 min
From the BorderlandsPurges, Freezes, ICE Unleashed, Remain in Mexico Redux...In less than 10 days, the full fury of Trump & Co 2.0’s agenda has been revealed. Among staff purges and funding freezes, the country’s top immigration enforcers, ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in paramilitary-style actions reminiscent of Hitler’s Gestapo, have exposed that the US is now well beyond the first and second, even the third, stages outlined by Toni Morrison’s Ten Steps Towards Fascism. Indeed, after reading them over, I’d say we’ve reached the endgame. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, an expert on fascism and authoritarianism, reminds us that Trump & Co’s use of dehumanizing r...
2025-01-2923 min
From the BorderlandsIs Dr. King's Dream Deferred (Again) as Democracy Descends into Darkness?On November 6, 2024, the day after… I had the great honor of joining colleagues from El Paso’s Hope Border Institute and members of the New Jersey Immigrant Rights team of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) at the beautiful New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, to introduce the premiere of the latest film by Robert Bilheimer and Worldwide Documentaries: Running to Stand Still - Migrants Search for Hope in the Promised Land. Graciously hosted by the New Brunswick Development Corporation (DEVCO) in partnership with AFSC, Good Faith, and Retreat to Broadway, we knew in advance that convening an even...
2025-01-2017 min
From the BorderlandsTrump’s Rogue Police Deployed Two Weeks Before "Day One"PODCAST TRANSCRIPT:Hello. This is Sarah Towle, author of Crossing the Line. Thanks for joining me for another episode of From the Borderlands.~ ~ ~Five years ago this week, my journey of discovery of the many-headed hydra, that is the U.S. immigration system, began in Brownsville, Texas, with the act of bearing witness to the inhumanity of the Remain in Mexico program, otherwise known as the Migrant “Protection” Protocols, which didn't protect anyone at all.Family separation was the inciting incident that drove me to the border to see for myself the...
2025-01-1531 min
From the BorderlandsLessons from Trump 1.0: Christmas at the Tornillo, Texas, Teen Internment CampPODCAST TRANSCRIPT:Hi there. This is Sarah Towle, author of the award-winning book, Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands.It was family separation, kids in cages, and refugee camps on the threshold of the world's richest nation that incited me to go to the U.S. southern border to see for myself the inhumanity I then believed had been wrought by Trump 1.0. Once there, however, it didn't take me a hot minute to realize that the cruelty was not theirs alone. Indeed, they had been enabled by presidential administrations dating back...
2025-01-0625 min
Battleground PAInterview with author Sarah Towle on immigration issuesPennLive's Joyce Davis speaks with Sarah Towle, author of “Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands," about immigration issues in the 2024 election.
2024-10-0333 min
The Great BattlefieldAuthor of Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands, Sarah TowleSarah Towle joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her book "Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands" where she writes about how unwelcoming our government is to people fleeing danger and seeking refuge at our border with Mexico.
2024-08-281h 02
The Politics GuysCrossing The Line: US Immigration PolicyMike talks with educator, researcher, and writer Sarah Towle about her latest book, Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands.Topics Mike and Sarah Discuss Include: - the historical roots of our current immigration issues - the connection between trade policy and immigration - why prevention through deterrence hasn’t worked - if “remain in Mexico” is a viable approach to asylum seekers - immigrants, crime, and American jobs - helping border communities cope with the flow of migrants - what a more e...
2024-07-1750 min
Get Hooked On The Mind-Blowing Full Audiobook Now, Book-Lovers!Crossing the Line by Sarah TowlePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/46479to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Crossing the Line
Author: Sarah Towle
Narrator: Sarah Towle
Format: mp3
Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
Release date: 06-05-24
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 7 ratings
Genres: Social Sciences
Publisher's Summary:
It was family separation and “kids in cages” that drove Sarah Towle to the U.S. southern border. On discovering the many-headed hydra that is the U.S. immigration system—and the heroic determination of those caught under its knee—she could never look away again. Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands charts Sarah’s journey from outrage to activis...
2024-06-052h 41
NHR Sunday Morning Local ArtsSarah Towle from Central Musical Theatre Company chatting about "Oliver"Sarah Towle from Central Musical Theatre Company chatting about "Oliver" at the Duchess Theatre.
2024-02-1117 minNormal Gossip | YouTubeShould've Said No to the Ceviche with Sarah-Violet BlissTV writer and showrunner Sarah-Violet Bliss joins us for an evening of moral quandaries and infinite amounts of ceviche.
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2023-11-0847 minNormal GossipShould've Said No to the Ceviche with Sarah-Violet BlissTV writer and showrunner Sarah-Violet Bliss joins us for an evening of moral quandaries and infinite amounts of ceviche.
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2023-11-0847 min
True Crime ABCsS1E7: G is for...GuillotineIt's Episode 7 of the True Crime ABCs podcast and heads are ROLLING! Why? Because G is for GUILLOTINE!
Follow us on social media @truecrimeabcpodcast or email us your thoughts, ideas, and listener stories at truecrimeabcpodcast@gmail.com
This week, Dani tells the story of French woman, Charlotte Corday, who was executed by guillotine for assassinating a political leader during the French revolution. Sarah Covers Johann Reichhart, the official executioner in Germany from 1924-1946, notably during World War II.
Reading Recommendations:
Hitler’s Henchman: Nazi Executioners and How They Escaped Justice After WWII by Helmut Ortner
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2023-09-0339 min
Normal GossipMurder Binders and Unthinkable Burgers with Mariah SmithMariah Smith joins us for a true crime adventure.
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2023-05-241h 08Normal Gossip | YouTubeMurder Binders and Unthinkable Burgers with Mariah SmithMariah Smith joins us for a true crime adventure.
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2023-05-241h 08
Team Up! Team-based primary and community care in actionPatients as Team MembersPatients are (of course) key members of primary care teams. In this episode Morgan and Sarah dive into the ‘patient role’ in primary care teams.To prepare for this episode the ISU connected with a handful of patient advocates from across BC. Drawing on the stories and experiences from these interviews Morgan and Sarah weave together aspects of the patients role in teams to talk about 3 things:
Patients involved in direct care
Patients involved in supporting the system (Education Research and Advocacy)
How to best support patients in the shift of primary care to team based care...
2023-05-0926 min
From the BorderlandsAlvaro Enciso's Desert Monument to the DeadIt starts with a dream that becomes a dot. A red dot, representing a GPS coordinate on a map transformed into a hole, not too deep, cut into the earth with a pickaxe and shovel, then filled with moistened gravel and quick-dry cement into which Tucson, Arizona-based artist, Alvaro Enciso, plants a simple cross of rough 2x3inch pine strips painted a vibrant color and secured at the midpoint with a red dot made from metal trash he’s harvested from the floor of the vast Sonoran.Since the October 1, 1994 launch of Operation Gatekeeper, the Sonoran desert, one...
2022-06-2532 min
From the BorderlandsWho Gets Welcomed? Who Gets to Move?We begin the second season of Witness Radio with a mind-blowing treat. Witness Radio Executive Producer Camilo Perez-Bustillo and I join Nandita Sharma and Reece Jones to explore the question: From the war in Ukraine to the U.S.-Mexico border and beyond: Who gets welcome? Who gets to move?We conclude with ideas about how to create a more inclusive world, one better able to confront such challenges as climate change, global pandemics, capitalist greed run amok, and the hardened, racialized borders throughout the world that have given rise to violent exclusionary t...
2022-04-2737 min
From the BorderlandsTitle 42 ReCast: It's Biden's Legacy NowHow hard is it to welcome immigrants with dignity in the US? To bring order, fairness, and humanity to an immigration system built on foundations of white supremacy and racial exclusion?Very hard. Especially when immigration is a voting issue for only one party. The use of Title 42 is the perfect example. An obscure public health order, it was brought out of obscurity two years ago this month by Trump & Co, ostensibly to stop Covid-19 at the US Southern border but really to stop people, most egregiously those seeking protection. Now the reason fo...
2022-03-1734 min
From the BorderlandsA Tale of Two Presidencies: Proof that #ImmigrationISaBlackIssueThe past two years have brought the world changes never imagined: a global pandemic; the lockdowns and the losses; the border closures and the politics of avoiding illness, even death.But throughout it all, there is one thing that hasn’t skipped a beat: the US Deportation Machine. This episode's featured guest is Thomas Cartwright, a member of the leadership team of Witness at the Border. Tom dedicated his time during the past 24 months of the global pandemic to collecting, compiling, and communicating data that the US government would prefer you did not know.W...
2022-02-2843 min
From the BorderlandsIs Family Separation What We Voted For?Witness Radio's Sarah Towle and Camilo Perez-Bustillo kick off a second season with reflection on the Biden administration's one-year record on border and immigration, framed through the civil rights legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.They start with the question, What would Dr. King have said about one of the greatest human rights crimes in recent US history: family separation?A civil rights lawyer and human rights scholar, Camilo was at ground-zero in El Paso, Texas when the practice of separating migrating families was piloted by the Trump administration before being rolled out across...
2022-01-2434 min
From the BorderlandsRemain in Mexico or MPP 2.0: Can Inhumane be Less Inhumane?The Grand Finale of Witness Radio's Inaugural SeasonA cruel, anti-asylum Trump-era policy is back under a president who promised a more humane border: the Migrant "Protection" Protocols, which never protected anyone at all.Biden maintains that his Remain in Mexico program, or MPP 2.0, will be a gentler, “lite” version of his predecessor’s policy.But can Inhumane be less Inhumane?That is the question Sarah Towle, Host and Director of Witness Radio, asks Charlene D’Cruz, Lawyers for Good GovernmentAaron Reichlin-Melnick, American I...
2021-12-2249 min
From the BorderlandsWhat's a Migrant's Life Worth?In December 2018, Heads of State and Government met in Marrakech, Morocco under the auspices of the United Nations to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration, placing migration and refugee matters squarely on the international agenda. Camilo Perez-Bustillo, the Executive Producer of Witness Radio, was there. In remembrance of both International Human Rights Day (Dec 10) and International Migrants Day (Dec 18), he sat down with Sarah Towle, Witness Radio Host & Director, to discuss the tragic migrant deaths in Chiapas, Mexico, the unresolved humanitarian crisis on the Poland-Belarus bo...
2021-12-1735 min
From the BorderlandsKidnapped by Uncle Sam!In a month that history will remember for the US welcoming Afghan refugees fleeing political chaos, violence, and persecution while expelling Haitians fleeing all these things and more, we perhaps lost sight of the nearly 13,000 children still being held captive by the US Department of Health and Human Services. Hidden from view by US government contractors in retro-fitted big box stores and "shelters" -- aka kid's jails -- many of these were separated from their families at the US border as an unintended consequence of first Trump's, now Biden's, invisible border wall: Title 42. There is one m...
2021-09-2934 min
From the BorderlandsColombia's Summer of the Patriarch with Manuel RozentalViolence and repression have been a national plague in Colombia for more than half a century.The latest turn in the vicious cycle came this summer when a post-pandemic tax hike aimed at the middle class and poor drove Colombians of all stripes into the streets. A peaceful demonstration, resembling a street party, erupted nationwide. The southwest city of Cali, population 2.2 million -- 60% of whom are Afro-Colombian, joined by an untold number of indigenous people driven off their land in the past decade -- became its epicenter.Here, where racism and brutal police repression have...
2021-08-3028 min
From the BorderlandsClimate Refugees: Humanity's Unacknowledged Migration CrisisOn the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, Margaret Seiler of Witness at the Border sits down with Amali Tower, Founder and Executive Director of Climate Refugees, a research and advocacy organization that calls for the protection of those displaced by climate change.The latest driver of forced migration, climate change has had devastating effects throughout the Global South. Years of drought followed by back-to-back category-4 hurricanes, for example, have made the Central American region increasingly uninhabitable. Amali stresses the urgency: Not only is climate change an existential force that k...
2021-07-2820 min
From the BorderlandsAviva Chomsky on the Real Root Causes of MigrationEveryone’s talking about “root causes of migration” these days.We’re hearing a lot about poverty, corruption, violence. But we’re not hearing much about what’s behind that poverty, corruption, violence, or the climate-related disasters and failing economies that force people to pull up stakes and flee. Why?We’re also hearing a lot about bringing “Security and Prosperity” to the Central American region. But does this herald a new policy direction, or is it simply a euphemism for more of the same?In this sit-down with Professor Aviva Chomsky, we explore these ques...
2021-06-2936 min
From the BorderlandsMarch for Detained ChildrenNo Place for Kids. Let Our Children Go! It was April 30th, 2021, Mexico’s Children’s Day — El Dia de las Niñas y Niños, which happened to coincide with the 100th day of the Biden administration. Witness at the Border, together with over 80 national and international sponsors, and in collaboration with local partners — the Border Network for Human Rights, the Coalition to End Child Detention, and the Hope Border Institute — convened at the Paso del Norte Bridge in the borderlands of El Paso, Texas. From there, we walked six miles to the gates of Fort Bliss, the largest military base...
2021-05-2731 min
From the BorderlandsTitle 42 - The Invisible Border WallWith Guerline Josef of Haitian Bridge AllianceIf you've never heard of Title 42, I'm not surprised. It's a super obscure part of the United States public health code. In this inaugural episode of Witness Radio, we unpack the evils lurking behind Title and explain why everyone should demand President Biden and DHS Secretary Mayorkas to rescind it...Now!On the night I joined Guerline Jozef, Thomas Cartwright, Camilo Perez-Bustillo, and Joshua Rubin to discuss the tragic unintended consequences of Title 42, the Biden administration had already realized 23 deportation flights to Haiti, dropping thousands...
2021-04-2132 min
From the BorderlandsWitness Radio TrailerMeet the mighty band from Witness at the Border. Find out what it means to Witness and to be a Witness. Learn how witnessing is different (and not so different) from activism, and how YOU can become a Witness at the Border today!In order of appearance:Joshua RubinCamilo Perez-BustilloJulie SwiftKarla BarberLee GoodmanThomas CartwrightMargaret Seilerand Witness Radio host & creator, Sarah Towle. Click here to support us on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to Tales of Humanity at sarahtowle.substack...
2021-03-2508 min
Off The Beaten Podcast#6 - Mad Unicorns Are Damn Tasty w/ Sara TowleThis week Dion (@Dionsmusica) chats with Sarah Towle, (@Unicornsarat) owner of the local jam company Mad Unicorn Eats! Dion met Sara in the concession line at Riot Fest. They hit it off immediately, bonded over a burning need for food, and when he learned she was a new entrepreneur running a jam company, it was only a matter of time before we had her as a guest.
Dion and Sara talk jam, music, and Chicago. Also, following the outro, check out a sneak clip that was taken while Dion was testing out the microphone and audio levels....
2019-10-091h 57Final Fling: France rolls Belgium & Ronaldo's relocationIn today's episode, hosts Emile Donovan and Max Towle welcome back Football Fern Sarah Gregorius, and after weeks of pleading, Producer Zen is allowed into the studio to pontificate about France's 1-0 win over Belgium, to preview England vs Croatia, and to recap the transfer of the summer - Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus.
2018-07-1100 minVirtual Reality Check: Heroes, hangovers & handballsIn episode three of Squeaky Bum Time, hosts Emile Donovan and Max Towle are joined by Football Ferns legend Sarah Gregorius and RNZ's Patrick O'Meara to wrap the weekends action. They dissect the struggles of Germany, Brazil and Argentina, get to grips with VAR, applaud the efforts of Iceland and Australia and salute "the greatest game of all time". Later, the team discuss the rise of the women's game, and introduce Achilles the cat, the latest World Cup clairvoyant.
2018-06-1800 min
RISK!Shake-UpsJohn Hodgman hosts as Bowen Yang, Sarah Skilling and Kahlie Towle share about startling surprises in life.
2015-10-061h 05
RISK!Shake-UpsJohn Hodgman hosts as Bowen Yang, Sarah Skilling and Kahlie Towle share about startling surprises in life.Support RISK! on Patreon at Patreon.com/RISKMake a one-time donation to RISK! at PayPal.me/RISKshowGet tickets to RISK! live shows at RISK-show.com/tourGet the RISK! book at TheRISKBook.comTake our storytelling classes at TheStoryStudio.orgHire Kevin Allison to make a personalized video at Cameo.com/TheKevinAllisonHire Kevin Allison as a coach at KevinAllison.com
2015-10-061h 07
Brain Burps About BooksBBAB 231: A New Storytelling Form Brings History to LifeBrain Burps About Books Podcast #231
A New Storytelling Form Brings History to Life
An Interview with Author Entrepreneur Sarah Towle
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The Press Gallery: Inside Alberta politicsThe Press Gallery #66: The Rose By Any Other Name editionIs Alberta still Wild Rose Country?
That’s the big question up for debate on The Press Gallery this week, as podcast host Sarah O’Donnell talks with three newsroom colleagues about the abrupt defections by MLAs Kerry Towle and Ian Donovan from the Wildrose party to the Progressive Conservatives.
Provincial affairs reporter Mariam Ibrahim, legislature columnist Graham Thomson and city columnist Paula Simons look at how the floor crossing unfolded and what it says about the state of the Wildrose party an
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2014-11-2830 min
The Weakly Villain PodcastCharlotte Mini-Con 2014 - Ben TowleBen Towle is a three time Eisner-nominated cartoonist whose current comics project is the webcomic Oyster War (www.oysterwar.com). His most recent book, Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean (with Sarah Stewart Taylor), a graphic novel for young adults, was released by Disney/Hyperion Books in 2010. The book has received accolades from such publications as The New York Times and Publishers Weekly and was a Junior Library Guild selection. His previous work includes the historical fiction graphic novel Midnight Sun as well as an earlier volume of comics folk tales, Farewell, Georgia, both from SLG Publishing.
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2014-01-2911 min