Secrets of Mexico’s Left Populist Success

Episode 200 Sneak Peek

Happy Week 200 of KK&F! To those who have been here with us from the beginning and to those who have just discovered the podcast — we’re thrilled to have you with us as we ask our heroes, adversaries, colleagues, and co-conspirators to help us make sense of this truly unprecedented political moment. And it feels more unprecedented than ever. As we stare down the barrel of another four years of Trump, it’ll be easy for the left to alienate itself, to become hopeless and atomized as Trump’s cronies do their worst in terms of destroying our social welfare programs (insofar as they exist) and putting people in danger just for trying to live their lives peacefully. Needless to say, unity and purpose among leftists seem more essential than ever. Luckily, we’re not an island — there are international examples of leftist success to which we can turn.

For our two hundredth episode, we’re having special guest Juan David Rojas, a specialist on political economy and a columnist for Compact magazine, on the show to analyze the precedent set in Mexico, first by AMLO and now by Claudia Sheinbaum. The US’s southern neighbor has an amazing example of leftist electoral victory to offer, and we want to consider both how this took place and how the Trump years will affect the relationship between the US and Mexico. It’s sure to be a fascinating, insightful conversation, and we hope you’ll tune in!

Paying subscribers get access to the video conversation via Substack on Friday night. Everybody else, you can tune in through Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, and more when the episode is released on major streaming platforms this Saturday.