Vanguard Elements: An MASM Podcast

Aldo Nicolas Mena
  • 4.2 (5)
  • Politics

Vanguard Elements is the official Podcast of Mexican Americans In Solidarity With Mexico.

  1. 4d ago

    Episode 29: The Resurrection of Xavier Becerra

    On Episode 29 of Vanguard Elements, Steve and Aldo discuss the unlikely political resurrection of Xavier Becerra in California's contentious gubernatorial primary with George Galvis, a Bay Area political observer and activist. This episode was produced by Mexican Americans In Solidarity With Mexico.  Please follow us on X at @solidaritywmex or on Bluesky at aguilanews.bsky.social. Please also feel free to check out our affiliated publication fronterizonews.com.  Have feedback or story ideas? Feel free to email us at solidaritywithmexico@yahoo.com.

    1h 14m

  2. Apr 8

    Episode 28: Hearts and Minds with April Saenz

    On Episode 28 of Vanguard Elements, Steve and Aldo discuss the correlation between Evangelical Christianity and Mexican American support for Trump with April Saenz, a San Antonio political observer and activist. This episode was produced by Mexican Americans In Solidarity With Mexico.  Please follow us on X at @solidaritywmex or on Bluesky at aguilanews.bsky.social. Please also feel free to check out our affiliated publication fronterizonews.com.  Have feedback or story ideas? Feel free to email us at solidaritywithmexico@yahoo.com.

    1h 16m

  3. Mar 12

    Episode 27: El Paso's Lost NSF Dream featuring Julie Renton

    On Episode 27 of Vanguard Elements, Steve and Aldo have a conversation with Julie Renton, a podcaster and political activist, about UTEP's lost National Science Foundation and the limits of accountability.  This episode was produced by Mexican Americans In Solidarity With Mexico.  Please follow us on X at @solidaritywmex or on Bluesky at aguilanews.bsky.social. Please also feel free to check out our affiliated publication fronterizonews.com.  Have feedback or story ideas? Feel free to email us at solidaritywithmexico@yahoo.com.

    1h 20m

  4. Feb 8

    Episode 26: Outside the Golden Cage with Anni Garcia

    On Episode 26 of Vanguard Elements, Steve and Aldo have a conversation with Anni Garcia, a content creator, Dreamer, and law student whose experience has been uniquely shaped by her life on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. What emerges from the conversation is a portrait of strength, resilience, and transformation.  This episode was produced by Mexican Americans In Solidarity With Mexico.  Please follow us on X at @solidaritywmex or on Bluesky at aguilanews.bsky.social. Please also feel free to check out our affiliated publication fronterizonews.com.  Have feedback or story ideas? Feel free to email us at solidaritywithmexico@yahoo.com.

    1h 2m

  5. Jan 24

    Episode 25: Misunderstood, Mischaracterized, and Maligned

    The construct of Mexican American solidarity with Mexico in whatever form is perhaps one of the most misunderstood, mischaracterized, and consistently maligned positions in modern American political discourse. On Episode 25, Steve and Aldo begin discussing the elusive and expansive topic of Mexican American solidarity with Mexico.  This episode was produced by Mexican Americans In Solidarity With Mexico.  Please follow us on X at @solidaritywmex or on Bluesky at aguilanews.bsky.social. Please also feel free to check out our affiliated publication fronterizonews.com.  Have feedback or story ideas? Feel free to email us at solidaritywithmexico@yahoo.com.

    1h 17m

  6. 11/15/2025

    Episode 24: The Friend of My Enemy

    Despite all of the hostile rhetoric directed at Mexico and Mexican Americans, and despite Trump’s indisputable alignment with organized ideological white supremacy, Trump, the most anti-Mexican political figure in modern American history, continues to receive support from within the Mexican American community itself and, of course, from segments of the larger Latino community in general. On Episode 24 of Vanguard Elements, Aldo Mena and Steve Siañez discuss Latinos for Trump and other oddities. This episode was produced by Mexican Americans In Solidarity With Mexico.  Please follow us on X at @solidaritywmex or on Bluesky at aguilanews.bsky.social. Please also feel free to check out our affiliated publication fronterizonews.com.  Have feedback or story ideas? Feel free to email us at solidaritywithmexico@yahoo.com.

    1h 25m

  7. 08/21/2025

    Episode 23: The Show Must Go On

    It has now been six years since a Trump-inspired white supremacist from a suburb near Dallas, Texas drove to El Paso and perpetrated what can only be described as the worst massacre of Mexicans in modern American history. Unfortunately, six years later, it’s not exactly certain whether the truth about why the El Paso Walmart Shooting occurred will continue to be told. This episode was produced by Mexican Americans In Solidarity With Mexico.  Please follow us on X at @solidaritywmex or on Bluesky at aguilanews.bsky.social. Please also feel free to check out our affiliated publication fronterizonews.com.  Have feedback or story ideas? Feel free to email us at solidaritywithmexico@yahoo.com.

    40 min

  8. 09/04/2021

    Episode 22: The Problem With Heather Wilson

    On the latest edition of Vanguard Elements, we are joined by Dr. Oscar Martinez and Dr. Carlos Morton to discuss the problem with Heather Wilson. This episode was produced by Mexican Americans In Solidarity With Mexico.  Please follow us on X at @solidaritywmex or on Bluesky at aguilanews.bsky.social. Please also feel free to check out our affiliated publication fronterizonews.com.  Have feedback or story ideas? Feel free to email us at solidaritywithmexico@yahoo.com.

    1h 10m
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