Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2026-06-20
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 237
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Carlos Berrios Polanco recommended Border Patrol Nation by Todd Miller and Empire of Borders by Todd Miller, and discussed More than a Massacre by Sabine F. Cadeau. Andrew Santiago discussed Settler Colonialism by Patrick Wolfe. Robert Evans discussed Empire of AI by Karen Hao.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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More than a Massacre
Discussed“This is according to the book More than a Massacre: Racial Violence and Citizenship in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands by Sabine Cadeau.”
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Border Patrol Nation
Border Patrol Nation by Todd Miller is an investigative book that examines the expansion of border enforcement, the militarization of immigration policies, and the complex collaboration between governments in managing migration and security.
Recommended“So, a lot of this modern history of collaboration between the US and the DR immigration enforcement is recorded in Todd Miller's Border Patrol Nation and Empire of Borders both of which I recommend everyone go read.”
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Empire of Borders
Empire of Borders by Todd Miller examines the modern history of immigration enforcement and the collaboration between the United States and international entities.
Recommended“So, a lot of this modern history of collaboration between the US and the DR immigration enforcement is recorded in Todd Miller's Border Patrol Nation and Empire of Borders both of which I recommend everyone go read.”
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Settler Colonialism
Discussed“I'm mainly looking at the parallels through the lens of analysis provided by historian Patrick Wolfe in his famous article Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native.”
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Empire of AI
Empire of AI by Karen Hao is a work of investigative journalism detailing the operations, material realities, and human costs behind the artificial intelligence boom and companies like OpenAI.
Discussed“Almost all of that 1.7 trillion gallons of water per year is specifically water that is withdrawn and then returned to the source,’ Masley told me, referring to a widely cited estimate from Karen House's Empire of AI. The book claimed surging AI demand could use up to 1.7 trillion gallons of fresh water globally by 2027, or half the”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“To go back into the the people who helped make Dialogue the great organization it is, the executive director of Dialogue is apparently Raffi Grinberg, and he is also the author of a self-help book titled How to Be a Grown-Up.”