Brand New Podcast

In the first episode of our joint podcast series on Venezuela, Chief Policy Director Jordan Valerie Allen speaks with North American Congress on Latin America Executive Editor, NYU Gallatin Professor, and author of "Barrio Rising: Urban Popular Politics and the Making of Modern Venezuela" Alejandro Velasco and Visiting Scholar at the Hemispheric Institute in New York and the Institute of Social Research at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and author of "We Created Chávez" George Ciccariello-Maher. (Alejandro Velasco and George Ciccariello-Maher are not affiliated with Brand New Congress and speak only for themselves as guests on this podcast episode.)

Brand New Congress Chief Policy Director Jordan Valerie was joined by three members of the Brand New Congress slate – Mindi Messmer of New Hampshire, David Benac of Michigan, and Roza Calderon of California – for a discussion about the right to clean water and environmental justice.

In the third episode of the Brand New Podcast, Brand New Congress Chief Policy Strategist Jordan Valerie is joined by two undocumented artists, Yosimar Reyes and Helday de la Cruz, for a conversation centering the humanity of undocumented Americans and why we need to #AbolishICE. Music by Bensound.com.

Make sure to follow Yosimar on Twitter @YoSoyYosi and Instagram @Yosirey and check out his website: Yosimar.Com.

Make sure to follow Helday on Instagram @el.dye and @wethedreamers.pdx and check out his website: heldaydelacruz.com and wethedreamerspdx.org.

In the second episode of the Brand New Podcast, Brand New Congress Chief Policy Strategist Jordan Valerie discusses Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) abolition with candidates Chardo Richardson (FL-7), Rick Treviño (TX-23), and Marc Whitmire (TN-2).

In the very first episode of Brand New Congress' Brand New Podcast, Chief Policy Strategist Jordan Valerie interviews Executive Director Issy Allison, Social Media Director Suzanne Driscoll, and Communications Director Cory Archibald about how Brand New Congress started and the success of our candidates in the recent Texas primary. Music by Bensound.com.