Mexico: The Podcast

By The Mexico Political EconomistGovernment History

Mexico: The Podcast episodes

March 26 Mexico's most famous park
This week Tavo and Alex take a stroll down Chapultepec park. Explore its greatest landmarks and historical moments—from a US invasion to a hidden piece of nineteenth century tech.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Our episode on Cinco de Mayo

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31 min
March 07 The Mexico-China relationship today
In this episode, Tavo and Alex discuss current Mexican and Chinese relations.
Missed part 1 of Mexico-China? Here’s the previous episode!
Mexico: The Podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Leave us a review and a comment, and for even more insider insights on Mexico, subscribe to www.mxpe.org
Mentioned in this episode:
How Mexico was “China’s first victim”
Tavo explains inflation in Mexico
Mexico’s tariffs on China
Chinese investment in Mexico

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33 min
February 21 China in Mexico, a history
In this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex look back at the mutual influence and relations between China and Mexico.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Colonial Mexico and Imperial China’s early relations
Mexico’s porous borders
Echeverría’s Third World ideology

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37 min
February 05 Mexico's first post-revolutionary technocrat
Manuel Gómez Morín was many things: A member of the government, an opponent of the government, a lawyer, a massive stick-in-the-mud, and the subject of today’s episode of Mexico: The Podcast. In it Tavo and Alex unpack the life of one of Mexico’s most influential men, and how his personal qualities have created the political situation the country is in to this day.
Mexico: The Podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Leave us a review and a comment, and for even more insider insights on Mexico, subscribe to www.mxpe.org
Mentioned in this episode:
Alex’s book: La derecha no existe (pero ahí está)

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35 min
January 22 Mexico's anti-interventionist foreign policy
Long before Mark Carney declared the international rules-based system dead, Mexico was working to balance the global law of the jungle with its own principles.
In this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex look into over a century of Mexican foreign policy, as they seek to answer whether Mexico has been more principled or pragmatic.
Mexico: The Podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube! Leave us a review and a comment, and for even more insider insights on Mexico, subscribe to www.mxpe.org
Mentioned in this episode:
A previous episode on Vicente Fox’s approach to government
Alex’s book on the Mexican right: La derecha no existe (pero ahí está)

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30 min
January 08 Mexico's economy in 2026
Mexico’s economy didn’t do all that well in 2025… Things could get much worse.
In episode one of season two of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex dissect the factors that will affect Mexico’s economic growth, investment, and prosperity in 2026.
Mexico: The Podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube! Leave us a review and a comment, and for even more insider insights on Mexico, subscribe to www.mxpe.org
Mentioned in this episode:
Why local governments suck at taxation
Mexican inequality, explained
Taxing Mexico’s moguls
Unexpected tax collection increase in 2025
Pemex, explained
Mexico’s judicial election, explained
What happens to Mexico after Trump’s Venezuela strikes
Plan Mexico Project

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43 min
December 11, 2025 Guadalupe-Reyes
In this yuletide episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Alex raises a glass to a time honoured tradition and toasts Tavo for being an integral part of it.
The Guadalupe-Reyes “marathon” is a Christmas tradition like no other; here we explain what’s behind it.
Mexico: The Podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and now on YouTube! Leave us a review and a comment, and for even more insider insights on Mexico, subscribe to www.mxpe.org
Mentioned in this episode:
La Guadalupana song
Why Mexicans are so good at partying
A look inside Tavo’s time in the central bank

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36 min
November 27, 2025 What it means to be right-wing in Mexico
How did Mexicans go from avoiding being called “conservative” to opposition figures coming to show off they’re on the extreme right?
In this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo grills Alex on his upcoming book—La derecha no existe (pero ahí está)—and about what it truly means to be on the right in Mexico.
To buy the book click here or go to your favourite book shop soon. For international shipping outside of Mexico, the book will be available on Amazon within the next week.
Mexico: The Podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and now on YouTube! Leave us a review and a comment, and for even more insider insights on Mexico, subscribe to www.mxpe.org
Mentioned in this episode:
The rise of Porfirio Díaz in the battle of 5 de mayo
The strange nature of Mexico’s 19th Century liberals
More on Mexico’s judicial reform

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44 min
November 13, 2025 Markets
Take a tour around Mexico City’s most iconic markets. From the most humble street tianguis to one of the largest covered markets in the world.
In this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex explore the market capital of the world—or at least thats how we feel about Mexico City in our hearts.
Mexico: The Podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and now on YouTube! Leave us a review and a comment, and for even more insider insights on Mexico, subscribe to www.mxpe.org
Mentioned in this episode:
Explaining the farmer’s protests in Mexico

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31 min
October 30, 2025 Why's no one investing in Mexico?
In this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex try to explain why the Mexican government can’t get the resources to invest in the economy and why business is too scared to invest either.
Mexico: The Podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and now on YouTube! Leave us a review and a comment, and for even more insider insights on Mexico, subscribe to www.mxpe.org
Mentioned in this episode:
Why Mexico’s fundamentals are so strong
The Justice reform saga
Carlos Slim—Political business wizard
The recent Salinas Pliego v government fight
¡Fresas! Mexico’s problematic aristocracy
The Plan Mexico Project

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42 min