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Jonathan Menjivar

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(men-HEE-var) Podcast EP, The Guardian US. Past: Classy with Jonathan Menjivar, Pineapple Street Studios, This American Life, Fresh Air

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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

02.11.2025 04:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1880    πŸ” 195    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 14
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Me before the game started

01.11.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I clapped like Jeff Hiller would clap. That’s how excited I was

15.09.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Classy With Jonathan Menjivar' Is on The 100 Best Podcasts of All Time Here's why "Classy With Jonathan Menjivar" made TIME's list

Thrilled that TIME named Classy, one of the 100 Best Podcasts of All Time. All time?

time.com/collections/...

23.07.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I needed to feel better and the new Josh Gondelman special was right there. Face stuck in a smile now

30.06.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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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."

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...

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I read the headline, pictured this, and moved on

17.06.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a rooster standing in front of the door to a KFC restaurant, it looks pissed

a rooster standing in front of the door to a KFC restaurant, it looks pissed

i’m here you fuckaas bitch

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Requiem for Larry Massett - Transom Requiem for Larry Massett - Transom

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...
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13.05.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Toothpaste Lizzie. I used toothpaste

23.04.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

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It was already true before all of this, but the objectification of Salvadorians β€” people dehumanized into a thing through which disconnected experts can further show off their legal theories and editorial prowess β€” has somehow hit new heights.

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The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexicoβ€”a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.

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...

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An interview podcast is not the way to report on his ideas and influence. There’s never time for the bajillion follow-ups required.

11.04.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

β€œMommy, 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...

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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...

08.04.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

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.

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Someone please save us. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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β€œOur 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...

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I definitely ate crumbs after they fell on my baby’s head

04.04.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump take tossed salad and scrambled egg

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But I like all the TEMU jokes Sam

02.04.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

America gonna look like Havana but instead of cool, classic cars we'll be driving 2013 Corollas

02.04.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Was it just to make the chart longer?

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THEY'RE CALLED MUPPETS NOT MONSTERS

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I've certainly thought about David Sedaris's Stadium Pal in the last day.

01.04.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œTren de Aragua does not use any tattoos as a form of gang identification; no Venezuelan gang does.”

01.04.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cool thing is that you sweat kreme after applying

28.03.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW: Friends of Neri Alvarado, rotting in a Salvadoran prison on Trump's orders, made a video highlighting his volunteer work helping neurodiverse children learn to swim. Neri was sent there after someone at ICE thought his autism awareness tattoo was a gang tattoo.

Vid posted by Noah Lanard on X.

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The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.

This is a fantastic piece of rigorous, in-depth reporting. It will make you want to pass out with rage. But definitely read it.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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