Jonathan Menjivar
@jmenjivar.bsky.social
(men-HEE-var) Podcast EP, The Guardian US. Past: Classy with Jonathan Menjivar, Pineapple Street Studios, This American Life, Fresh Air
Such a good episode of the Guardian’s new podcast, featuring @samtlevin.bsky.social, @chasestrangio.bsky.social and some of the trans kids who just want to play sports
'Gratuitously cruel': Chase Strangio on how trans youth became political targets
Podcast Episode · Stateside with Kai and Carter · July 8 · 39m · Video
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On the Fourth of July, the Trump administration's new 'Trump accounts' for children went live. @cartersherman.bsky.social speaks with @moiradonegan.bsky.social about how these accounts are really the work of the pronatalist movement, which wants women to have as many babies as possible:
The shadowy movement behind ‘Trump accounts’ – Stateside with Kai and Carter
On the Fourth of July, the Trump administration's new 'Trump accounts' for children went live. Carter Sherman speaks with Guardian columnist Moira Donegan about how these accounts are really the work ...
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By the way this is 10000000000% a match you’ll be wanting to watch in Spanish.
Guys is it good when you can declare a game to be an instant classic before halftime?
Cabo Verde wins the World Cup in the round of 32, 2-3 to Argentina
The ref should simply let them play until Cape Verde wins
Half-time reading! Recommend this strong piece by Raúl Vilchis on Julián Quiñones, his road to the Mexican national team and what his breakout at this World Cup means for the country:
Julián Quiñones, Blackness in Mexico and the complexities of national identity
Two years ago, Quiñones was the target of racist chants by fans. Now, hailed as a hero in that same country, he’s challenging expectations of race and identity
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brought some of the books and zines found in the Prairieland exhibit files to sentence 8 people to a combined 450 years in federal prison to @us.theguardian.com's podcast, Stateside, in the longest interview I've done so far about the story
How Trump’s DoJ used zines to convict leftists of terrorism
YouTube video by Stateside Podcast
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Lex McMenamin (they/them)@lexmcmenamin.com · 2mo agoLiz Soto and Savanna Batten are 2 of those sentenced to 50 years in prison for Prairieland. I visited them in a north Texas jail—11 months into their incarceration over a July 4 noise demo—to meet the Trump admin’s “Antifa terrorists”. from behind glass, Soto said, “They didn’t like my book club.”
A group of activists who joined an anti-ICE protest that went dangerously awry have been sentenced to decades in prison. @cartersherman.bsky.social speaks with @lexmcmenamin.com about the case that could have enormous consequences for the future of the first amendment and American protests:
How Trump’s DoJ used zines to convict leftists of terrorism – Stateside with Kai and Carter
A group of activists who joined an anti-ICE protest that went dangerously awry have been sentenced to decades in prison. Carter Sherman speaks with Guardian reporter Lex McMenamin about the case that ...
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I think this is what NYC must have felt like during the events seen in the documentary Ghostbusters
Beyond thrilled to have Kai Wright and @cartersherman.bsky.social on board for our new @us.theguardian.com podcast
max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 6mo agoFrom last night's @semafor.com media newsletter: The Guardian is launching a video-first daily news podcast hosted by Kai Wright and Carter Sherman. It's part of a larger push by the publication into video, and a further investment in the US, where the Guardian now has 200 staffers.
Not to be corny but i am deeply moved watching a bunch of people from all over the world, who speak different languages and live different lives, do a thing together
I clapped like Jeff Hiller would clap. That’s how excited I was
Thrilled that TIME named Classy, one of the 100 Best Podcasts of All Time. All time? time.com/collections/...
'Classy With Jonathan Menjivar' Is on The 100 Best Podcasts of All Time
Here's why "Classy With Jonathan Menjivar" made TIME's list
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I needed to feel better and the new Josh Gondelman special was right there. Face stuck in a smile now
Josh Gondelman@joshgondelman.bsky.social · last yr.My new standup special Positive Reinforcement premieres TONIGHT at 8pm eastern time on Blonde Medicine’s YouTube channel. I’m really proud of this hour and grateful to all the people who helped make the special happen. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvN...
This is very sad news. Pineapple Street was a real pioneer, a dominant force in what I guess in retrospect was the golden age of narrative podcasts. It was also, in my experience making Wind of Change, just a wonderful company full of decent, creatively brilliant people. variety.com/2025/digital...
Audacy Shuts Down Podcast Studio Pineapple Street, Lays Off Staff; Division Had Produced Multiple Shows for HBO and Max
Audacy is shuttering Pineapple Street Studios, which produced companion podcasts for TV shows like "Game of Thrones" and "The Last of Us."
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The audio world lost a giant on April 23rd. Artist, sage, eccentric, Larry Massett's unassuming influence runs deep. Longtime friend Barrett Golding made this sonically apropos requiem to hearten all who knew Larry and inspire others to learn more: transom.org/2025/requiem... @jayall.bsky.social
Requiem for Larry Massett - Transom
Requiem for Larry Massett - Transom
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Bone chilling. A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States. The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0. 1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
It was already true before all of this, but the objectification of Salvadorians — people dehumanized into a thing through which disconnected experts can further show off their legal theories and editorial prowess — has somehow hit new heights.
Last month, ICE announced that it had arrested 48 people in a sweep in New Mexico. But local & state officials, and immigrants-rights advocates, can’t get any information about who was arrested or where they are. What actually happened? My latest: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests
In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexico—a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.
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“Mommy, no. Mommy.” Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody. The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
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A recent report estimated that undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in taxes in 2022. $25.7 billion went toward Social Security, which they do not benefit from. Weaponizing our tax system is not only cruel it seems like a massive self own itep.org/undocumented...
Lizzie O'Leary@lizzieohreally.bsky.social · last yr.Massive, unprecedented. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
Tonight the Supreme Court made it possible to have m ore cases like Andry's, by requiring that people challenging Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act file individual habeas corpus lawsuits. Many people in detention don't have any money to hire a lawyer. They won't be able to do this.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · last yr.Tonight we learned that it was indeed Andry, the gay man sent to El Salvador because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, who an American journalist saw sobbing as guards slapped him repeatedly and shaved his head. He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison. Bring them back!
Someone please save us. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
“Our client, who was in the middle of seeking asylum, just disappeared.” Lindsay Toczylowski represents 31-year-old Andry, a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who was flown to a notorious prison by the Trump administration after seeking asylum in the U.S. MORE: www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
Trump take tossed salad and scrambled egg
Cameron Yarde Jnr@cameronyardejnr.bsky.social · last yr.We all see it don't we?
America gonna look like Havana but instead of cool, classic cars we'll be driving 2013 Corollas
