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Fickle Future

Fickle Future

By: Ruben Estrada
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 In Season Two of Fickle Future, explore the history of the commodification of psychoactive substances worldwide before diving into the current state of the War on Drugs in the United States, and where it may be heading. Episodes realeased every Thursday.Copyright Ruben Estrada World
Episodes
  • Season Two Epilogue: A Conversation with My Father

    Season Two Epilogue: A Conversation with My Father
    Mar 21 2025
    In this episode, my father and I discuss my latest interview with Dr. Salvador Maldonado Aranda, which was conducted in Spanish. It is a brief discussion but I wanted to include it to provide any non Spanish speakers some context for my previous episode, while also giving you some personal insight into why I started this season in the first place.

    This concludes season two of Fickle Future. Thank you all so much for listening. I will see you soon.
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    20 mins
  • A Conversation with Dr. Maldonado Aranda (IN SPANISH)

    A Conversation with Dr. Maldonado Aranda (IN SPANISH)
    Mar 21 2025
    In this epiosde, I speak with researcher and professor Dr. Salvador Maldonado Aranda. For years, he has studied violence in Mexico, in particular in southwestern Mexico, where states such as Michoacán and Guerrero have seen sharp spikes in both narcotic production and trafficking since the 1980s. In this episode, we discuss the origins of these ongoing issues, the inaccurate ways they are often portrayed in the media, and what new challenges may arise in the years to come.

    NOTE: This episode is in Spanish. If you'd like to hear a little about what we discussed, listen to the next episode on this feed, which features my father and I having a conversation in English about this interview.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • A Conversation with Professor and Human Geographer Kendra McSweeney

    A Conversation with Professor and Human Geographer Kendra McSweeney
    Feb 14 2025
    In today's episode, I speak with Kendra Mcsweeney, a Professor at the Ohio State University. Focusing in human-environment interactions, her research has largely been concentrated in Central America, and in particular the impact climate change, deforestation and drug trafficking have on the indigenous peoples of the region. For well over a decade, she has specifically studied the Tawahka people of eastern Honduras. As the smallest indegnous community in the country whose native land is deep in the rainforest, their home has been a sought out trafficking destination for years. We discuss the impact this has had, as well as its origins, and the powers at be that make it possible.

    Please Note: This episode was recorded in 2022.

    For more work by Kendra McSweeney, check out the links below

    "Drugs, Destruction, and Deforestation" for Nat Geo Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx6wWbja9cE

    Climate Change in Central America: The Drug War Connection
    https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2020/05/13/climate-change-in-central-america-the-drug-war-connection/

    Acknowledging Cocaine Capital in Central American Development: https://jied.lse.ac.uk/articles/10.31389/jied.110
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    36 mins
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