Below you will find our podcast, "The Expert Take," where experts will discuss relevant topics regarding the Mexican elections.
Episode 23: In this episode, our host Miguel Toro brings back an all-star panel of experts (Lorena Becerra, Reforma newspaper pollster, Viridiana Ríos, Mexico Institute Global Fellow, Luis Rubio, COMEXI and Mexico Evalúa - CIDAC think tanks chairman, Carlos Bravo, Head of the journalism division at CIDE university, and Alejandro Poiré, Dean of the School of Social Sciences from the Tecnológico de Monterrey) to discuss the results of the Mexican elections. Who won? Who were the biggest losers? What can we expect be the future of the Mexican political system? Click below to find out.
https://soundcloud.com/the-wilson-center/the-expert-take-episode-23-mexican-election-results?in=the-wilson-center/sets/the-expert-take |
Episode 22: In this episode, our host Miguel Toro discusses with Max Kaiser and Mariana Campos about the different candidates' policies on anticorruption. With a small cameo from Viridiana Ríos, Carlos Bravo and Luis Rubio, they talk about the which policies will actually help fight corruption and which ones have been missing from the campaign. Click below to listen and get the best analysis.
https://soundcloud.com/the-wilson-center/the-expert-take-episode-22-corruption-policy-analysis |
Episode 21: In this episode, our host Miguel Toro analyzes the 3rd and final Mexican presidential debate with an all-star panel of experts comprised of Valeria Moy, Susan Parker, Sofía Charvel, Simón Levy, Marco Fernández and our own Duncan Wood. They discuss the candidates' economic proposals focusing on the topics addressed during the debate: education, health, poverty alleviation, energy, climate change and sustainable development. Click below to listen and get the best post-debate analysis.
https://soundcloud.com/the-wilson-center/the-expert-take-episode-21-3rd-presidential-debate?in=the-wilson-center/sets/the-expert-take |
Episode 20: In this episode, our host Miguel Toro gathers a panel of experts (Luz María de la Mora, trade specialist and head of LMM Consulting, Cecilia Farfán, postdoctoral fellow at the U.S.-Mexico Center at the University of California San Diego, Andrew Selee, President of the Migration Policy Institute and former Executive Vice-president of the Wilson Center and Carlos Bravo, Head of the journalism division at CIDE university to discuss the second presidential debate and the topics regarding Mexico's role in the world that the candidates addressed. Click below to listen and get the best analysis on what happened on the May 20th presidential debate.
https://soundcloud.com/the-wilson-center/the-expert-take-episode-20-2nd-presidential-debate-analysis?in=the-wilson-center/sets/the-expert-take |
Episode 19: In this episode, our host Miguel Toro brings back an all-star panel of experts (Lorena Becerra, Reforma newspaper pollster, Viridiana Ríos, Mexico Institute Global Fellow, Luis Rubio, COMEXI and Mexico Evalúa - CIDAC think tanks chairman, Carlos Bravo, Head of the journalism division at CIDE university, and Alejandro Poiré, Dean of the School of Social Sciences from the Tecnológico de Monterrey) to discuss the first presidential debate and the topics the candidates addressed. Click below to listen and get the best analysis on what happened on the April 22nd presidential debate.
https://soundcloud.com/the-wilson-center/the-expert-take-episode-19-1st-presidential-debate-analysis |
Episode 18: In this episode, our host Miguel Toro discusses with Cecilia Farfán, Alejandro Hope, José Merino, and Vidal Romero the security policy proposals from the Mexican presidential candidates. Which are the most relevant? Which could be the most effective at reducing violence? Will these policies actually improve the security situation in Mexico? Click to find out.
https://soundcloud.com/the-wilson-center/the-expert-take-episode-18-security-policy-analysis?in=the-wilson-center/sets/the-expert-take |
Episode 17 In this episode, our host Miguel Toro brings back the all-star panel of experts (Lorena Becerra, Reforma newspaper pollster, Luis Rubio, Mexico Institute Global Fellow, Carlos Bravo, Head of the journalism division at CIDE university, and Alejandro Poiré, Dean of the School of Social Sciences from the Tecnológico de Monterrey) to discuss the start of the campaigns and the state of the election. Click below to listen and get up to speed on everything you need to know.
https://soundcloud.com/the-wilson-center/the-expert-take-episode-17-mexican-presidential-campaign-begins?in=the-wilson-center/sets/the-expert-take Versión en español: https://soundcloud.com/the-wilson-center/the-expert-take-episode-17b-inicio-de-campanas?in=the-wilson-center/sets/the-expert-take |
Episode 16: In the sixteenth episode of the podcast, our host Miguel Toro speaks with Alexandra Uribe Coughlan about the independent presidential candidates (Margarita Zavala, Jaime Rodríguez "The Bronco" and Armando Ríos Piter). Who are they? What objectives might they pursue, and what impact could they have in the upcoming Mexican presidential election? Click below to listen and download.
https://soundcloud.com/the-wilson-center/the-expert-take-episode-16-independent-candidates |
Episode 15: The last episode of our presidential candidates miniseries. In this episode, our host Miguel Toro discusses the left-wing Morena's presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador with a panel of experts comprised of Lorena Becerra (Reforma newspaper pollster), Luis Estrada (CEO of SPIN), Luis Rubio (Mexico Institute Global Fellow), Carlos Bravo (Head of the journalism division at CIDE university) and Alejandro Poiré (Dean of the School of Social Sciences from the Tecnológico de Monterrey).
https://soundcloud.com/the-wilson-center/the-expert-take-episode-15-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador |
Episode 14: Our special edition episodes on the candidates continue. In this third episode of the miniseries on the Mexican presidential candidates, our host Miguel Toro discusses the right-wing PAN's presidential candidate Ricardo Anaya with a panel of experts comprised of Lorena Becerra (Reforma newspaper pollster), Luis Estrada (CEO of SPIN), Luis Rubio (Mexico Institute Global Fellow), Carlos Bravo (Head of the journalism division at CIDE university) and Alejandro Poiré (Dean of the School of Social Sciences from the Tecnológico de Monterrey).
https://soundcloud.com/the-wilson-center/the-expert-take-episode-14-ricardo-anaya |
Episode 13: Following along with our series on the Mexican presidential candidates, in this episode, our host Miguel Toro discusses the PRI's presidential candidate José Antonio Meade with a panel of experts comprised of Lorena Becerra (Reforma newspaper pollster), Luis Rubio (Mexico Institute Global Fellow), Carlos Bravo (Head of the journalism division at CIDE university) and Alejandro Poiré (Dean of the School of Social Sciences from the Tecnológico de Monterrey).
|
Episode 12: In this episode, our host Miguel Toro gathers an all-star panel of experts to recap what has happened up until now (February 2018) on the 2018 Mexican elections. This episode represents the first of several episodes dedicated to the various presidential candidates. Lorena Becerra (Reforma newspaper pollster), Luis Estrada (CEO of Spin and political comentator), Luis Rubio (Mexico Institute Global Fellow), Carlos Bravo (Head of the journalism division at CIDE university) and Alejandro Poiré (Dean of the School of Social Sciences from the Tecnológico de Monterrey) will comment on the state of the election. Click below to listen and get up to speed on everything you need to know.
|
Episode 11: In this episode, our host Miguel Toro speaks with Alejandro Moreno, Political Science Professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and El Financiero newspaper's pollster, on the impending nomination of José Antonio Meade as the PRI candidate and the state of democracy in Mexico. Will Meade be a competitive candidate in this election cycle? Click below to find out.
|
Episode 10: The tenth episode of the Mexico Institute's "Expert Take" podcast represents the end of 'Trade Month''. Our host Miguel Toro spoke with various experts on some of the consequences that a U.S. withdrawal from the NAFTA agreement could have on Mexico in the upcoming Presidential election, the countrie's economy and on the U.S. - Mexico relation.
|
Episode 9: In the ninth episode of the Mexico Institute's "Expert Take" podcast, our host Miguel Toro talks with various experts on what are the elements in which the three countries coincide and diverge in the current NAFTA renegotiation process. In the third out of four episodes dedicated to trade in this month, the analysis focuses on the technical issues being discussed in the NAFTA renegotiation rounds.
|
Episode 8: Our host Miguel Toro continues his analysis on NAFTA, this time focusing on who benefited from the agreement and who wast negatively affected. In the second of four episodes dedicated to trade, exploring who won and who lost helps understand what each country wants in the fifth round of negotiations.
|
Episode 7: Our host Miguel Toro dives into the issue of the NAFTA renegotiation process by looking at the origins of the free trade agreement and the objectives it had back in 1994. In the first of four episodes dedicated to trade, he talks with various experts from the three member countries to get a better understanding of the situation.
|
Episode 6: Our host Miguel Toro has a conversation with José Merino, Political Science Professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and co-founder of the Data4 data science firm, on how corruption affects many areas of the Mexican economy, such as labor markets. Why is it that countries with similar income and productivity levels have higher manufacturing wages than Mexico? Click below to find out.
|
Episode 5: Our host Miguel Toro has a conversation with Viridiana Ríos, Mexico Institute Global Fellow & Assistant Professor of Purdue University, on income inequality, how the fragility of the rule of law in Mexico affects the country's politics, and what it may represent in the upcoming election, How much could the debate on corruption sway the election? Will independent citizen presidential candidates provide an effective alternative? Tune in here to listen.
|
Episode 4: Our host Miguel Toro discusses with Alejandro Poiré, Dean of the School of Social Sciences of the Tecnológico de Monterrey university, how parties are funded in Mexico and some of the implications of modifying that status quo. Who are the winners of a private system, and what are some of the perils of abandoning the public funding system? They also discuss why the citizen petition of eliminating public funds for parties could backfire and what it means for the 2018 Mexican presidential elections . Click the link below to listen.
|
Episode 3: Our host Miguel Toro interviews Lorena Becerra, Reforma newspaper's head pollster, on how the Mexico earthquake can affect politics and election probabilities, as well as reflecting on the way parties are funded in Mexico. An interesting listen if you want to hear a little bit on how state elections can affect the federal election.
Note: This podcast was recorded 2 days before Margarita Zavala resigned from the PAN party, altering election probabilities. |
Episode 2: Our host Miguel Toro interviews Luis Rubio, President of CIDAC, a think tank in Mexico City, on Mexican politics and how typically presidential candidates do not have an economic development project behind their proposals that looks to the future. What does this look like, and what are some of the consequences of this? Listen to find out:
|
Episode 1: Our host Miguel Toro discusses with Duncan Wood, Director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, what can be expected of the 2018 Mexican election cycle. What issues will be addressed, and what are the main concerns of this electoral process?
|
The intro music in the podcasts is property of Bensound but can be freely used without any violation of copyright according to its terms of licensing (https://www.bensound.com/licensing). You can find "Acoustic Breeze" by Bensound on https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/acoustic-breeze