Kwest On Media

On this episode of Margin Call, the crew discusses the shooting death of 20-year-old South Florida rapper XXXTentacion, discovering that his death sits at the eye of a storm created by three recent political mass movements: Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, and gun control.

On this week's Margin Call, guest Melanie Feliciano introduces listeners to Ricanstruction, a comic anthology of the adventures of La Boriqueña, a Puerto Rican superhero. The conversation quickly leads to a reflection on race and Latino identity. Enjoy!

In the last month, the US has implemented a "zero tolerance' crackdown on migrants at our southern border. One effect of this enforcement tactic is that hundreds of children have been separated from their parents, a troubling development that has been roundly criticized. On this episode of Margin Call, we sit down with Mizgon Darby, the daughter and sister of asylum seekers from Afghanistan and mother of two, who shares her insights on the policy and its effects on children. Also in the booth is Sheerly Avni, a Kwest On contributor living in Mexico City who works with deportees from the United States, many of whom have also been separated from their families.

On this week's episode of Margin Call, the crew discusses a range of tech-related subjects, including LSD use in Silicon Valley and how China has essentially become a really long episode of Black Mirror.

This week on Margin Call, we talk criminal justice with Amelia Gonzalez, a young woman whose advocacy work started when her father was put on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Later in the show, we discuss a viral Kendrick Lamar concert video, which leads to a debate about who can and cannot say the n-word, and under what circumstances. Brace yourself and enjoy.

This week on Margin call, we discuss the glorious and notorious Oakland snitch meme that is BBQ Becky, Spotify's decision to remove artists from playlists based on unseemly behavior and ponder whether Tupac was a mark, a gangster, or something else entirely.

On this installment of the Kwest On podcast, contributors Russell Morse and Eming Piansay discuss legal marijuana, Xanax rap, and their not so obvious intersecting point: anxiety. Digressions abound.

This month's episode of Kwest On Media podcast delves into the issue of copyright law and ways to pay off the debt of Puerto Rico following the devastating results of Hurricane Maria.