Storming the Wall: Todd Miller on Climate Migration

Journalist and writer Todd Miller has researched and written about border issues for more than 15 years. He resides in Tucson, Arizona, but also has spent many years living and working in Oaxaca, Mexico. His work has appeared in the New York Times, TomDispatch, The Nation, San Francisco Chronicle, In These Times, Guernica, and Al Jazeera English, among other places. Todd has authored four books: Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders (City Lights, 2021) Empire of Borders: The Expansion of the U.S. Border Around the World (Verso, 2019), Storming the Wall: Climate Change, Migration, and Homeland Security (City Lights, 2017), and Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security (City Lights, 2014). In this chat, Jamie and Kim talk with Todd about "Storming the Wall," the economic and ethical costs of militarizing our border, and the language used in different migration spaces. Check out weekly updates from Todd at The Border Chronicle.Follow Climate Decoded on Instagram @climate_decoded and LinkedInRead the transcript and find resources mentioned in the episode at the Climate Decoded website: https://climatedecoded.com/Support the podcast by buying us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/climatedecoded Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.