Untangled

Politicians on the right often bring up crime when discussing immigration but research shows that immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than people born in the U.S. Guests include Marty Schladen, Reporter, Ohio Capital Journal; Austin Kocher, Geographer, Syracuse University; and Alex Nowrasteh, Vice President of Economic and Social Policy Studies, Cato Institute.

When we talk about our immigration system being broken, we’re really talking about asylum. Our laws let people seek refuge from persecution, but the rules weren’t created to handle hundreds of thousands. Out guests include Emily Brown, director of the Immigration Clinic at Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law; Chris Levesque, assistant professor of law at Kenyon College; and Debu Ghandi, senior director of immigration policy at the Center for American Progress.

When it comes to the politics of immigration, Ohio's members of Congress have been front and center. We look the political fault lines that severed bipartisan efforts at immigration reform. Guests include Theresa Cardinal Brown, Senior Advisor for Immigration and Border Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center, and James Massa, CEO of NumbersUSA.

The immigration system in the U.S. needs to be fixed, but how and when? We'll discuss with New Yorker reporter Jonathan Blitzer and Roy Beck, an author and founder of NumbersUSA.

Untangled is back. Listen as we take a complicated topic and untangle it. This season we’re untangling immigration - from an Ohio perspective. Guests include Angie Plummer, executive director of Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS); Rob Cohen, an immigration attorney at Porter Wright; Steven Hubbard, data scientist for the American Immigration Council; and Julia Gelatt, associate director of U.S. Immigration Policy Program, Migration Policy Institute.

Let's be honest, these days immigration feels like a four-letter word. Compromise in our current political environment feels impossible and a showdown at the Texas border feels inevitable. But Ohio isn't Texas. Our borders don't touch other countries, but we are touched by immigration.

Housing is the foundation on which our lives are built. Throughout this special series, we’ve looked at the affordable housing puzzle from many different angles.

The growth of income inequality has reached every level of society, and as inflation drives up prices, many people are struggling to afford housing. In this episode, we examine how generational wealth and income inequality can hurt people seeking to buy a house. Guests: Leah Evans, Chuck Collins, and Gene Slater.

A look at how the increased cost of living expenses affects the ability to save up to afford a home. We talk to Stephanie Moulton, Ken Johnson, and Richard Cordray.

How many Ohio homes are part of corporate portfolios? Is Wall Street cashing in on the American dream? In this episode, we talk with State Sen. Bill Blessing, Prof. Athena Tsouderou, and Gene Slater.