Professor Alex Avina returns to the show, this time to discuss the US-Mexico borderlands, its fascinating history, its deep relationship to colonialism and imperialist formation, the current Mexican president AMLO, the spectre of the border in american's minds, and much more.

Find more of Alex's work here: https://alexanderavina.com/

The American Maginot Line parts 1 and 2: https://fx.substack.com/p/the-american-maginot-line?r=12vpd&s=r

https://fx.substack.com/p/the-american-maginot-line-part-2?s=r

Outro music: Ramon Casiano by Drive-By Truckers

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