Podcast: "The Hard Country," Ep. 14, a Bolivian interlude.

Melissa joins us from Bolivia, civic decline, Spanish elections, and more.

On this week’s The Hard Country, we try something a bit different as Melissa joins us from her hometown in Bolivia. We therefore talk quite a bit about the Bolivian context and history, but of course it all comes back to the U.S.-Mexico frontier. If you wanted a longform listen on indigenismo, the 1988 Mexican elections, the 2023 Spanish elections, political assassinations in Ecuador, and Bill Barr’s thoughts on U.S. military intervention in Mexico, you’ve come to the right place. Have a watch —

The Hard Country can be found on YouTube, quite obviously, and also at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, and no doubt elsewhere.