Traces of Reality by Guillermo Jimenez

Traces of Reality by Guillermo Jimenez


Latest Episodes

TOR Radio: Sibel Edmonds and Pearse Redmond on NEWSBUD
February 06, 2016

TOR Radio #107 | Sibel Edmonds, Pearse Redmond, and Guillermo Jimenez discuss the forthcoming, 100-percent reader-supported, media venture Newsbud. Also: the curious case of Michael Scheuer and his marriage to the CIA's "Queen of Torture" Alfreda Franc...

The Militarization of American Public Schools
September 24, 2015

DC on BFP #67 | John Whitehead joins Guillermo to discuss how zero-tolerance policies in public schools have criminalized an entire generation of young students, and trained them how to live in a police state. We also touch on the case of Ahmed Mohamed,

RadioWHO: El Chapo Escape “Conspiracy Theories”
July 24, 2015

RadioWHO #7 | "If you think you know what’s going on in Mexico, you’re misinformed." With questions mounting over the prison escape of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, and the Mexican government’s credibility at an all-time low,

Demanufacturing Consent: ISIS in Texas?
May 20, 2015

DC on BFP #66 | Tom Secker joins Guillermo to discuss the shooting in Garland, Texas allegedly carried out by the Islamic State (ISIS): the questionable circumstances, heightened security, FBI foreknowledge and years-long surveillance of one of the all...

RadioWHO: Shawn Carrie on Baltimore’s Civil Unrest and the Violation of Civil Liberties
May 18, 2015

RadioWHO #6 | Shawn Carrie, a journalist based in New York, shares his story of covering the Baltimore riots and being shot in the head by a police pepperball and then arrested and held without charge. Carrie recounts how Baltimore police were quick to...

RadioWHO: Rebecca Gordon on America’s Longest-Running War
April 10, 2015

RadioWHO #5 | Rebecca Gordon joins Guillermo to discuss her TomDispatch article: “Can You Say 'Blowback' in Spanish? The Failed War on Drugs in Mexico and the United States.” Given the money at stake, and the cyclical nature of “policy failures,

Demanufacturing Consent: Does Your Vote Really Matter?
April 07, 2015

DC on BFP #65 | Sheldon Richman joins Guillermo to discuss the issue of voting. Is it a duty or a right? Should it be mandatory, as President Obama would like? Are there candidates out there worth voting for? And does any of it really matter,

Mexicoleaks: The Answer to Mexico’s Narco-Politics Nightmare?
March 23, 2015

DC on BFP #64 | Danny Benavides joins us to discuss the launch of a new Wikileaks-style project in Mexico called "Mexicoleaks": we go over the project's goals, why its been introduced, who's involved, their source of funding, and why we remain skeptical a

Diego Quemada-Díez on the American Dream’s “Golden Cage”
February 13, 2015

RadioWHO #4 | Diego Quemada-Díez joins Guillermo to discuss his award-winning film "La Jaula De Oro," coming to US audiences in the summer of 2015 on HBO as "The Golden Dream." The film raises powerful and timely issues dealing with US immigration and ...

Cultural Warfare and Free Speech: A Roundtable Discussion
February 07, 2015

ClandesTime 47 | Tom Secker, Pearse Redmond, and Guillermo Jimenez discuss three recent examples of the crossover of popular culture and politics: the film The Interview, the attack on Charlie Hedbo magazine in Paris, and American Sniper. We talked about