Look on My Wall, Ye Wilderness: Trump, Ozymandias & the Last Wild Valley

In this episode, Alex traces how Donald Trump’s border wall is blasting through protected land at Coronado National Memorial and carving a black-steel barrier across the San Rafael Valley—one of the last unwalled stretches of the U.S.–Mexico border. As billions pour into a project now pushing through mountains, wildlife corridors, and fragile ecosystems—severing migration routes and splitting ecosystems that have flowed freely for centuries—Alex connects these choices to Ozymandias, and to a landscape that has endured since the time of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and the conquistadors.