We’ve seen the crying and suffering of children being torn apart from their parents at the U.S. border, but what is happening in these kids’ brains and what is the neurological long-term impact of trauma? Maria calls up a badass neuroscientist…

Donald Trump has nominated Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court and many are fearing that this will lead to an overturn of Roe v. Wade. Maria and Julio talk to Tannia Esparza, executive director of t…

Pati Navalta Poblete went from being a columnist and journalist to being in the news when her son died due to gun violence in 2014. Maria and Julio speak with Pati about how she has turned her grief into activism and her memoir A Better Place….

Maria and Julio meet up at Aspen Ideas Festival with Dr. Brittney Cooper (aka Professor Crunk), associate professor at Rutgers University and co-founder of the Crunk Feminist Collective blog and Dr. Michael Kimmel, founder and director of the …

This Sunday July 1, Mexicans will choose thousands of political positions, from mayors to the new president. Maria and Julio talk with Mexican journalist León Krauze about what to expect from the front-runner and if this election can really ch…

While immigrant families are still separated after Trump’s zero tolerance policy, the Supreme Court upheld his travel ban. María and Julio talk with ITT All Star Wajahat Ali, op-ed contributor for The New York Times, about what this decision m…

She has worked as a correspondent in Israel, Syria and Libya, but Latin America is very much in her heart. Lulu García-Navarro, host of NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday, joins María and Julio to talk about the elections in Colombia and Mexico, and…

  The government keeps defending its policy of separating migrant families at the border and the Supreme Court makes a decision that will impact voting rights for the next election. Maria and Julio discuss the latest headlines with In The Thic…

Maria and Julio sit down with Alicia Rose DelGallo, editor and co-founder of ProSoccerUSA.com to discuss fútbol (aka soccer)! They chat about the politics of the World Cup, diversity in U.S. soccer and whether or not pro players are using thei…

Maria and Julio talk about the damaging effect of separating parents and their children at the U.S.-Mexico border. They are joined by Sandy Santana, executive director of the national legal non-profit Children’s Rights, part of a group of orga…

In our weekly news roundup, Maria and Julio share the latest about the Hurricane Mara death count in Puerto Rico. They also discuss immigration news that’s not making the front pages: from the largest recent workplace raid under Trump at an Oh…

In the final part of In The Thick’s LIVE series at DePaul University, Maria and Julio discuss the immigration detention machine. According to the Prison Policy’s 2018 report, there are 34,000 immigrants detained by ICE, 13,000 more people in f…

Maria and Julio sit down with queer Latinx writer Gabby Rivera, who wrote AMERICA featuring Marvel’s first Latina lesbian superhero, America Chavez. They chat about why representation matters, celebrating POC joy and how Maria may just be Gabb…

Maria and Julio are joined by Marcela García, columnist and editorial board member with The Boston Globe, and Betty Francisco, founder of FitNation Ventures and Latina Circle, LIVE from The Podcast Garage. Looking at access to educational, eco…

Maria and Julio check in on the week’s news before the long weekend. They chat about President Trump’s latest “immigration roundtable” on Long Island this week that conflated MS-13 with immigration, and the ACLU’s publishing of government docu…

Maria and Julio catch their breaths from all the incredible live shows and catch up on some major headlines with all-star Terrell Jermaine Starr, senior reporter at The Root, and María Peña, reporter with La Opinión. Terrell explains how Trump…

Maria and Julio chat about two headlines from this week—Trump’s recent derogatory comments about immigrants and the latest fatal school shooting in Texas. Then they dig into the sexual misconduct allegations against author Junot Díaz, breaking…

In part two of In The Thick’s LIVE series at DePaul University, Maria and Julio continue the conversation about Latinos and mass incarceration.

Despite making up 19 percent of the U.S. prison population, mass incarceration is often talked abo…

Maria and Julio find pieces of hope and joy amidst heart-sinking sounds of the latest news, from DACA to undocumented journalists being detained by ICE. Julio raps a little Public Enemy while they breakdown the latest headlines of white people…

Maria and Julio recently hosted an In The Thick LIVE show from DePaul University series on Latinos and Mass Incarceration. For the first conversation, they’re joined by Luis “Suave” Gonzalez, a former juvenile lifer and now a prison reform act…

After a busy week of live shows in Chicago, Maria and Julio catch up on the week’s two biggest headlines: anti-austerity protests in Puerto Rico and former New York City mayor, Rudy Giuliani, exposing President Trump’s lies by saying in a TV i…

Maria and Julio are joined by all-star guest, Wajahat Ali, TV host and contributor to The New York Times, and author/filmmaker Raquel Cepeda. They discuss the latest news from the Michelle Wolf’s roast at the White House Correspondents Dinner …

Maria and Julio are joined by Futuro Media’s Executive Director, Erika Dilday, to process and discuss the Bill Cosby guilty verdict for sexual assault. They talk about Cosby’s complicated (or… not so complicated) legacy and the role of race …

After catching up on the news, Maria and Julio discuss the future of the Latino community and what it means for political movements and democracy. Joining them are Lucy Flores, Vice President of Public Affairs with mitú and a former Nevada ass…