Margin Call

On this episode of Margin Call, Kwest On contributor Krista Bryant shares the story behind her video profile of a female wrestler. The rest of the show is a heated discussion on the merits of Christina Aguilera’s music, and the high art of Cardi B’s “oral history of a woman scorned by an iPhone.”

Krista Bryant shares the story behind her video profile of a female wrestler.

This week on Margin Call, we speak with Victoria Law and Aviva Stahl, two journalists who have reported on the experiences of trans people in jails and prisons in the United States. In the course of our conversation, we explore some of the indignities, injustices, and inconsistencies that occur when trans-identified people are locked up.

On this week's episode, the Margin Call crew share their current pop culture favorites, or as we're calling it: what to watch when the world has got you down. Josue Rojas shares the power of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, Melanie Feliciano goes full sci-fi nerd on Rick and Morty, and Amelia Gonzalez explains the classist and ethical elements of Westworld. With special appearances from Mexico City correspondent Sheerly Avni and Margin Call producer Eming Piansay.

On this episode of Margin Call, the crew discusses the shooting death of 20-year-old South Florida rapper XXXTentacion, discovering that his death sits at the eye of a storm created by three recent political mass movements: Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, and gun control.

On this episode of Margin Call, the crew discusses the shooting death of 20-year-old South Florida rapper XXXTentacion, discovering that his death sits at the eye of a storm created by three recent political mass movements: Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, and gun control.

On this week's Margin Call, guest Melanie Feliciano introduces listeners to Ricanstruction, a comic anthology of the adventures of La Boriqueña, a Puerto Rican superhero. The conversation quickly leads to a reflection on race and Latino identity. Enjoy!

In the last month, the US has implemented a "zero tolerance' crackdown on migrants at our southern border. One effect of this enforcement tactic is that hundreds of children have been separated from their parents, a troubling development that has been roundly criticized.

On this episode of Margin Call, we sit down with Mizgon Darby, the daughter and sister of asylum seekers from Afghanistan and mother of two, who shares her insights on the policy and its effects on children. Also in the booth is Sheerly Avni, a Kwest On contributor living in Mexico City who works with deportees from the United States, many of whom have also been separated from their families.

On this week's episode of Margin Call, the crew discusses a range of tech-related subjects, including LSD use in Silicon Valley and how China has essentially become a really long episode of Black Mirror.