The World According to Jen & Carolyn
The World According to Jen & Carolyn is a podcast where history, politics, psychology, and humor collide in unexpected yet brilliant ways. Hosted by Jen, a community servant with a sharp wit and a knack for digging up the historical receipts, and Carolyn, a licensed marriage and family therapist who expertly unpacks the psychological layers behind it all, our show offers listeners a smart, hilarious, and refreshingly real conversation between two friends with 25 years of stories and opinions to share.
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The CIA, Latin America, and Immigration
Ever wonder why so many migrants from Central America, South America, and Mexico come to the U.S. in search of a better life? Hint: it’s not because America is the greatest country on earth. It has more to do with the lingering effects of American colonial interventionist policies and coups orchestrated and perpetrated by the CIA. Join Jen and Carolyn as they discuss the dirty deeds of the CIA and how the overthrowing of democratically elected governments results in long-term destabilization of the region and out migration. We’ll also throw in some crappy economic policies like NAFTA and tie that into why desperate folks come to the US from Mexico. This one is bound to get us in trouble with the government and we say “bring it.”
Meet 'The Brothers' Who Shaped U.S. Policy, Inside And Out
Background on the Guatemalan Coup of 1954
June 27, 1954: Elected Guatemalan Leader Overthrown in CIA-Backed Coup
The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War, Stephen Kinzer
Center for Justice and Accountability
NAFTA's Promise and Reality: Lessons from Mexico for the Hemisphere
NAFTA and Its Twenty-Year Effect on Immigration