Vanguard Elements: An MASM Podcast

On Episode 30 of Vanguard Elements, Steve and Aldo have a conversation with independent journalist, Chelsea Vega, regarding her latest article for LA Taco exploring the often complex reasons that Mexican Americans join the U.S. Border Patrol. 



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On Episode 29 of Vanguard Elements, Steve and Aldo discuss the unlikely political resurrection of Xavier Becerra in California's contentious gubernatorial primary with George Galvis, a Bay Area political observer and activist.

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On Episode 28 of Vanguard Elements, Steve and Aldo discuss the correlation between Evangelical Christianity and Mexican American support for Trump with April Saenz, a San Antonio political observer and activist.

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On Episode 27 of Vanguard Elements, Steve and Aldo have a conversation with Julie Renton, a podcaster and political activist, about UTEP's lost National Science Foundation and the limits of accountability. 

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On Episode 26 of Vanguard Elements, Steve and Aldo have a conversation with Anni Garcia, a content creator, Dreamer, and law student whose experience has been uniquely shaped by her life on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. What emerges from the conversation is a portrait of strength, resilience, and transformation. 

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The construct of Mexican American solidarity with Mexico in whatever form is perhaps one of the most misunderstood, mischaracterized, and consistently maligned positions in modern American political discourse.

On Episode 25, Steve and Aldo begin discussing the elusive and expansive topic of Mexican American solidarity with Mexico. 

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Despite all of the hostile rhetoric directed at Mexico and Mexican Americans, and despite Trump’s indisputable alignment with organized ideological white supremacy, Trump, the most anti-Mexican political figure in modern American history, continues to receive support from within the Mexican American community itself and, of course, from segments of the larger Latino community in general.

On Episode 24 of Vanguard Elements, Aldo Mena and Steve Siañez discuss Latinos for Trump and other oddities.

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It has now been six years since a Trump-inspired white supremacist from a suburb near Dallas, Texas drove to El Paso and perpetrated what can only be described as the worst massacre of Mexicans in modern American history.

Unfortunately, six years later, it’s not exactly certain whether the truth about why the El Paso Walmart Shooting occurred will continue to be told.

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On the latest edition of Vanguard Elements, we are joined by Dr. Oscar Martinez and Dr. Carlos Morton to discuss the problem with Heather Wilson.

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On the latest edition of Vanguard Elements, we discuss concerns about the narrative surrounding the El Paso Walmart Shooting and whether the truth about why this tragic incident occurred will ultimately prevail.

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