"With these drugs, it's really about supply creating demand"

A conversation about synthetic illicit drugs and how they've transformed addiction and trafficking with journalist Sam Quinones

Jan 18

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44:03

Win some, lose some

Morena struggles with another divisive reform, plus assorted 2026 predictions

Jan 16

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Out of the frying pan, into the fire

Are we missing 2025 yet?

Jan 14

8

2

December 2025

Pick your battles

All tense on the North American front, plus a year of newsletters wrapped

Dec 20, 2025

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2

"Women are being denied respect and dignity"

A conversation about midwives and the struggle for maternal rights in Mexico with photojournalist and filmmaker Janet Jarman

Dec 12, 2025

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4

35:46

"We try to make the bones speak"

A conversation with archaeologist Dr. Cristina Valdiosera about the genetic history of the "mestizaje"

Dec 7, 2025

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33:15

Checkmate

The abrupt exit of the attorney general, plus a Christmas card from La Chingada

Dec 6, 2025

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November 2025

Who owns water?

The debate about a water law reform, plus some thoughts on bots

Nov 29, 2025

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Too little, too late?

The fallout from a mayor's murder, plus a diplomatic defrosting with Spain

Nov 14, 2025

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5

"We are dying in disorder"

A conversation with end-of-life doula Wilka Roig about death, dying and ritual in Mexico

Nov 8, 2025

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5

3

41:59

Jump scare

Mexico plays tariff or treat with Trump, tourism stats spook Tulum, plus what I'm reading

Nov 1, 2025

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October 2025

Too good to be true?

A deep dive into homicide data

Oct 26, 2025

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