<![CDATA[The Mexpatriate: The eXpat Files]]>https://www.themexpatriate.com/s/the-expat-fileshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0dFK!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F506da606-acc9-40f4-9d2f-71ff5a84aa79_500x500.pngThe Mexpatriate: The eXpat Fileshttps://www.themexpatriate.com/s/the-expat-filesSubstackWed, 08 Apr 2026 19:49:32 GMT<![CDATA["With these drugs, it's really about supply creating demand"]]>https://www.themexpatriate.com/p/with-these-drugs-its-really-about-85ehttps://www.themexpatriate.com/p/with-these-drugs-its-really-about-85eSun, 18 Jan 2026 15:00:00 GMTA conversation with reporter Sam Quinones, author of “Dreamland” and "The Least of Us,” about how the shift from plant-based to synthetic illicit drugs has supercharged both addiction and trafficking profits, and how he thinks unchecked capitalism has contributed to the expansion of an addiction economy—legal and illegal—in the world today.

Episode Notes

* Subscribe to Sam’s The Dreamland Newsletter here.

* For more background on Mexican cartels, weapons trafficking and illicit drug flows, check out my 2025 interviews with Ioan Grillo and Chris Dalby.

* LA Times report referenced by Sam in the interview: “Mexico says it doesn’t have a fentanyl problem. New data reveal a hidden epidemic.”

You can listen to the audio-only version of this interview on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and the video version is also available on YouTube.



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]]><![CDATA["Women are being denied respect and dignity"]]>https://www.themexpatriate.com/p/women-are-being-denied-respect-and-76ahttps://www.themexpatriate.com/p/women-are-being-denied-respect-and-76aFri, 12 Dec 2025 16:00:00 GMTA conversation with photojournalist and filmmaker Janet Jarman about her years documenting Mexican midwives and how their struggle for recognition and for the dignity of birthing women is also a bigger human rights story.

Janet’s forthcoming book “Birth Wars: In Search of Dignity” is available for pre-order here.

Learn more about the film “Birth Wars” and where to watch it here.



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]]><![CDATA["We try to make the bones speak"]]>https://www.themexpatriate.com/p/we-try-to-make-the-bones-speak-6bbhttps://www.themexpatriate.com/p/we-try-to-make-the-bones-speak-6bbSun, 07 Dec 2025 16:00:00 GMTA conversation with Dr. Cristina Valdiosera, a Mexican molecular archaeologist who is leading a multi-disciplinary study of the “mestizaje” called AdMEXture.

To learn more about AdMEXTure, visit this page:

https://www.instagram.com/admexture/



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]]><![CDATA["We are dying in disorder"]]>https://www.themexpatriate.com/p/we-are-dying-in-disorder-3b8https://www.themexpatriate.com/p/we-are-dying-in-disorder-3b8Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:51:52 GMTMy guest in this interview is Wilka Roig, an end-of-life doula originally from Puerto Rico who is based in Mexico. We discuss the ancient history of accompaniment of the dying and our modern disconnection from death, the roots of Day of the Dead, the first “green” burial site in Latin America, access to palliative care and much more.



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