About this episode

The episode discusses the Republican backlash to Trump's IRS fund, Ethiopian runners' success, and a Glasgow protest against immigration enforcement.

Bruce Shapiro looks at the Republican backlash to Donald Trump's so-called IRS slush fund. How Ethiopian runners win over performance enhanced athletes and a protest in Glasgow took over Kenmure Street, and stopped immigration officers in their van. Guests: Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor with the Nation, Executive Director at the Global Centre for Journalism and Trauma Felipe Bustos Sierra, Director Everybody to Kenmure st plus Tabassum Niamat, Executive Director, Bowling Green Together Community Centre and Kenmure St protester Michael Crawley, social anthropologist at Durham University, UK and marathon runner.

People in this episode

Guests: Bruce Shapiro, Felipe Bustos Sierra, Tabassum Niamat, Michael Crawley

Topics covered

• politics
• running
• protests
• immigration
• journalism
• sports

Keywords

• Republican backlash
• Donald Trump
• Ethiopian runners
• Glasgow protest
• immigration officers
• journalism
• marathon running

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Nation, Global Centre for Journalism and Trauma, Everybody to Kenmure St, Bowling Green Together Community Centre

Places: Glasgow, Kenmure Street, USA

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