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The Melting Pod

Hosted by The Melting Pod · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 8 episodes

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Episodes
8
Last ep.
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Avg length
66m
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28
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About this podcast

The Melting Pod brings you stories of our dysfunctional immigration system, and where we go from here. Hosted by three friends who’ve served inside the federal government for two decades and four presidents of both parties, The Melting Pod will give you a deeper understanding of the immigration headlines, without jargon or shallow punditry. Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty will also bring you extraordinary people with extraordinary stories to tell – about how we got here and where we're going.

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The Melting Pod hosts The Melting Pod, a government show with 8 episodes published.

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News Digest: Green Card Chaos, Hunger Strikes, and Stern Dad Energy

Jun 3, 20261h 8mEp. 8S1

We dive underneath the latest immigration headlines to make sense of the senseless. Why did the Trump administration threaten to shut down U.S. green card processing? Why did the press believe that Markwayne Mullin would

The Truth About ICE, with Jason Houser

May 26, 20261h 1mEp. 7S1

From calls to abolish ICE to deeply held misconceptions about immigration and criminality, few agencies generate more heat and less light than Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In this episode, we dig into the reality

Who’s Afraid of the H-1B?

Mar 17, 20261h 13mEp. 6S1

The H-1B is a white-collar work visa, essentially unchanged by Congress since 1990 – before the birth of the first text message, the first website, and 40% of our population. Is the H-1B program an essential step on the

DACA and the Dreamer Movement, with Felicia Escobar Carrillo

Mar 9, 20261h 35mEp. 5S1

You may know about the plight of Dreamers – over 3 million undocumented individuals who were brought here as children and are Americans in every way but immigration status. And you may know about DACA, the Obama-era poli

The Heartbreak of Immigration Reform, with Esther Olavarria

Mar 2, 20261h 38mEp. 4S1

Everyone knows that our immigration system is broken, so why hasn’t Congress fixed it for over 35 years? What you may not know is how close we came to comprehensive immigration reform – not once, not twice, but *four tim

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Biden and the Border (Part 2), with Charanya Krishnaswami

Feb 22, 20261h 9mEp. 3S1

You don’t serve four years as a senior official in Biden’s Department of Homeland Security without seeing some things. This episode is Part 2 of Charanya Krishnaswami’s never-before-told story, walking us through the unp

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Biden and the Border (Part 1), with Charanya Krishnaswami

Feb 22, 20261h 12mEp. 2S1

Nobody’s happy with how the Biden administration handled the U.S./Mexico border, but it’s hard to find an honest reckoning. That’s why you need to hear the story of Charanya Krishnaswami, a senior advisor at the Departme

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Welcome to The Melting Pod

Feb 22, 202652mEp. 1S1

The Melting Pod brings you stories of our dysfunctional immigration system, and where we go from here. In this inaugural episode, Claire reveals how everything going on with ICE is even worse than it looks; Amanda explai

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Trailer: What is The Melting Pod?

Feb 22, 20262m0

The Melting Pod brings you stories of our dysfunctional immigration system, and where we go from here. Join experts Claire Trickler-McNulty, Amanda Baran, and Doug Rand, who’ve served inside the federal government for tw

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