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Beatriz Lopez - The Politics of Immigration

June 30, 2026 4:00am 1:02

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The Reality-Based Economics of Immigration, with Jenny Hunt

June 19, 2026 4:00am 48 min

Jenny Hunt is a Rutgers University professor, the former Chief Economist at the Department of Labor, and a key contributor to the gold-standard, 600-page consensus report on the economic consequences of immigration. Don’...

News Digest: Green Card Chaos, Hunger Strikes, and Stern Dad Energy

June 03, 2026 11:00am 1:08

We dive underneath the latest immigration headlines to make sense of the senseless. Why did the Trump administration threaten to shut down U.S. green card processing? Why did the press believe that Markwayne Mullin would...

The Truth About ICE, with Jason Houser

May 26, 2026 11:00am 1:01

From calls to abolish ICE to deeply held misconceptions about immigration and criminality, few agencies generate more heat and less light than Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In this episode, we dig into the reality...

Who’s Afraid of the H-1B?

March 17, 2026 8:03am 1:13

The H-1B is a white-collar work visa, essentially unchanged by Congress since 1990 – before the birth of the first text message, the first website, and 40% of our population.  Is the H-1B program an essential step on the...

DACA and the Dreamer Movement, with Felicia Escobar Carrillo

March 09, 2026 11:06am 1:35

You may know about the plight of Dreamers – over 3 million undocumented individuals who were brought here as children and are Americans in every way but immigration status. And you may know about DACA, the Obama-era poli...

The Heartbreak of Immigration Reform, with Esther Olavarria

March 02, 2026 4:00am 1:38

Everyone knows that our immigration system is broken, so why hasn’t Congress fixed it for over 35 years? What you may not know is how close we came to comprehensive immigration reform – not once, not twice, but *four tim...

Biden and the Border (Part 2), with Charanya Krishnaswami

February 22, 2026 8:30pm 1:09

You don’t serve four years as a senior official in Biden’s Department of Homeland Security without seeing some things. This episode is Part 2 of Charanya Krishnaswami’s never-before-told story, walking us through the unp...

Biden and the Border (Part 1), with Charanya Krishnaswami

February 22, 2026 8:25pm 1:12

Nobody’s happy with how the Biden administration handled the U.S./Mexico border, but it’s hard to find an honest reckoning. That’s why you need to hear the story of Charanya Krishnaswami, a senior advisor at the Departme...

Welcome to The Melting Pod

February 22, 2026 8:23pm 52 min

The Melting Pod brings you stories of our dysfunctional immigration system, and where we go from here.  In this inaugural episode, Claire reveals how everything going on with ICE is even worse than it looks; Amanda expla...

Trailer: What is The Melting Pod?

February 22, 2026 7:58pm 2 min

The Melting Pod brings you stories of our dysfunctional immigration system, and where we go from here. Join experts Claire Trickler-McNulty, Amanda Baran, and Doug Rand, who’ve served inside the federal government for tw...

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