We need to start telling better stories about immigration

We need to start telling better stories about immigration

"Storytelling is the only place where nuance can happen," says Jose Antonio Vargas

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Immigration
052 | Jose Antonio Vargas | Telling the full, messy story of immigration

052 | Jose Antonio Vargas | Telling the full, messy story of immigration

"The dehumanization of migrants happens because we haven't heard stories that insist on complexity and nuance"

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Podcast episodes
051  | Sonita Gale  | Inside the hostile environment

051 | Sonita Gale | Inside the hostile environment

Filmmaker Sonita Gale follows people whose lives were upended by the UK's immigration system.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
Why I've been waiting 100 days for settled status

Why I've been waiting 100 days for settled status

The Home Office has massive backlogs and hundreds of thousands of people are waiting.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Immigration
The triumph of “What’s in it for us?” immigration policy

The triumph of “What’s in it for us?” immigration policy

"Let them pick fruit" is not a slip up. It's a philosophy.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
049 | Michael Rain | What not fitting in can teach you

049 | Michael Rain | What not fitting in can teach you

A conversation with Michael Rain on multiculturalism as a superpower, growing up a Black immigrant in America and why humility is outdated

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
Joe Biden campaigned on massive immigration reform. Is he delivering?

Joe Biden campaigned on massive immigration reform. Is he delivering?

The Trump administration upended immigration law and processes. Its legacy is a complex web to untangle, says Susan Cohen.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
048 | Susan J. Cohen | Donald Trump's immigration legacy

048 | Susan J. Cohen | Donald Trump's immigration legacy

Joe Biden campaigned on massive immigration reform. Here's what he's inherited, what he's already changed... and what he still hasn't.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Podcast episodes