Hosted by six-time Emmy Award winner John Carlos Frey, THE RAID PODCAST is a deep dive into the frontlines of the ICE and Border Patrol immigration raids being implemented by the Trump administration. With an expert team of journalists and community members, the ever changing landscape and stories of the “mass deportation” are documented and broadcast. Learn firsthand what the raids feel like, whether they are lawful and what is happening to the people swept up by the unprecedented and ever increasing show of force.
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Signup to Generate a PitchHosted by six-time Emmy Award winner John Carlos Frey, THE RAID PODCAST is a deep dive into the frontlines of the ICE and Border Patrol immigration raids being implemented by the Trump administration. With an expert team of journalists and community members, the ever changing landscape and stories of the “mass deportation” are documented and broadcast.
Recent episodes include "ICE Raids are on the Ballot with Astead Herndon" (30 October 2026, 46 minutes), "The Coalition Taking On “Rigged Elections”" (27 October 2026, 24 minutes), and "Blame the Immigrants" (23 October 2026, 12 minutes).
The Raid publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 30 minutes across 154 episodes.
Booking probability for The Raid is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Raid requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Raid's contact route on record: verified email.
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The Raid is a news podcast with 154 episodes published.
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Episode #160
The ICE raids are on the ballot this November. But does any of it actually move voters? Political journalist Astead Herndon has spent a decade asking voters what they really believe, and his answers aren’t comfortable...
Episode #159
Days before the midterms, a coalition of Los Angeles business, faith and civic leaders went inside the county’s vote count to answer one question: will your vote be counted? Miguel Santana, CEO of the California...
Episode #158
A 143-year-old city hall in Limoges, France goes up in flames. Within hours, Vice President J.D. Vance shares the video and tells Americans, “This is the future if congressional Democrats win.” The next morning...
Episode #156
John Carlos Frey sits down with Aaron Parnas, the former public defender turned independent news creator with millions of followers on TikTok and one of Substack’s top newsletters, The Parnas Perspective. Parnas started...
Episode #157
Fear is keeping people from the polls. On this episode of The Raid, investigative journalist John Carlos Frey talks with former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa about A Count You Can Trust, a new nonpartisan...
Episode #155
John Carlos Frey talks with Nick Miroff, staff writer at The Atlantic, 2026 Pulitzer Prize finalist, and George Polk Award winner, about what’s really happening inside ICE and the Department of Homeland Security. He...
Episode #154
John Carlos Frey sits down with Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, to talk about what mass deportation is doing to immigrant families, U.S. citizens, and the country itself. Cárdenas came to the...
Episode #153
In 2018, Jess Morales Rocketto helped put people in the streets of hundreds of cities to stop family separation. Now she says the deportation machine has gotten smarter, and that pushing back still works. John Carlos...
Weeks before the November 3 midterms, Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) joins John Carlos Frey to talk about ICE raids in her district, the detention center that refused to let her in, and whether immigration agents could show up at...
Episode #151
ICE agents stopped a work van outside Albany, Georgia. Three men ran. One of them, 28-year-old Edgar Cabrera-Gómez, ended up pinned beneath an ICE agent's Dodge Charger in the grass median of the Liberty Expressway. The...
Episode #149
In February 2026, ICE's acting director told the U.S. Senate under oath there was "no reason" for immigration agents to be at polling places. Within months, armed agents made an arrest outside a San Antonio polling...
Episode #148
Is ICE coming to the polls? Independent investigative journalist Justin Glawe joins host John Carlos Frey to connect two stories that are rapidly converging: America's deportation machine and the organized effort to...
Episode #147
Can armed agents be at your polling place? The city of Denver just did something no city has done before: it sued the Trump administration to keep armed ICE agents away from the polls. On Thursday, September 10, 2026...
Episode #146
Election Day is weeks away, and the officials who control armed federal law enforcement still won't say a simple word: no. Host John Carlos Frey breaks down the pattern building since February 2026 — FBI Director Kash...
Episode #145
Host John Carlos Frey sits down with immigration attorney and author Robert Coughlon Jr. to discuss his new book, Fixing Immigration in America: A Commonsense Plan for Immigration Reform. Drawing on more than 30 years...
Episode #144
In the summer of 2026, the Department of Health and Human Services quietly published a federal procurement notice most Americans never saw. The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is asking contractors to design...
Episode #143
George Pappas spent twenty years as an immigration attorney before becoming an immigration judge in 2023. Two years later, he was fired by email — three sentences, no explanation, the same day as a dozen colleagues...
Episode #142
They want you exhausted. That's the strategy. Journalist Memo Torres returns to The Raid to talk about ICE burnout — and why staying engaged might be the most radical thing you can do right now. After more than a year...
Episode #141
Before you press play, host John Carlos Frey wants you to know what this episode is. More than a year ago, a source he's worked with for close to 15 years — someone who has never once given him bad information — told...
Episode #140
Veteran journalist Charles Fleming returns to The Raid to tell the story of Maritza, an asylum seeker from Guatemala who survived decades of abuse before finding refuge in the United States. Host John Carlos Frey and...
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