Jul 17, 2026 · 25 min · 11 segments
In this episode, I share personal reflections on how my relationship with activism has changed since moving to Houston and becoming a parent (tldr: i am tired and freeways are ruining my life). I also…
Bianca Mabute-LouiHost
Cesar EspinosaGuestBut also, there's been a lot going on in our world, and that feels like such a trite understatement because there's always a lot happening.
But in particular, in my corner of the world, in Houston, this past week, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican man, was murdered by ICE.
An ICE officer shot and killed him while he was in his car and driving a work crew to a construction site.
And Lorenzo's murder is just one of three deaths that have occurred in this past week related to ICE enforcement.
On July 13th, an ICE officer shot Juan Sebastian Duran Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian national, in Maine, in front of his wife and three-year-old daughter.
The day after, a 28-year-old man died after being hit by a tractor trailer while fleeing an encounter with ICE agents.
And so this is all just in the last few days, in the midst of so much violence happening all the time around the world, in Palestine, in Sudan, in the Congo, in the Philippines, in so many places where our country occupies and exploits and our tax dollars are going to all of that.
But there are times when it's just like, what are we doing? Like, what do you mean I still have to do laundry? What do you mean I still have to get these edits in to my boss? What do you mean? Like, I'm still putting out a podcast in the midst of everything happening.
But that is also the point of this platform is to cultivate conversations and to mother new worlds in the midst of societal collapse, knowing that there is no rebirth without collapse and collapse.
So with that, I was thinking about the episode for this week, and I had a lovely interview edited and ready to go, but it just didn't feel right.
And so instead, I'm doing another episode focused on immigration and the anti-immigrant violence, particularly here in Houston and what the murder of Lorenzo means for the rest of the country, as well as the larger immigrant justice movement.
But also, there's been a lot going on in our world, and that feels like such a trite understatement because there's always a lot happening.
But in particular, in my corner of the world, in Houston, this past week, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican man, was murdered by ICE.
An ICE officer shot and killed him while he was in his car and driving a work crew to a construction site.
And Lorenzo's murder is just one of three deaths that have occurred in this past week related to ICE enforcement.
On July 13th, an ICE officer shot Juan Sebastian Duran Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian national, in Maine, in front of his wife and three-year-old daughter.
The day after, a 28-year-old man died after being hit by a tractor trailer while fleeing an encounter with ICE agents.
And so this is all just in the last few days, in the midst of so much violence happening all the time around the world, in Palestine, in Sudan, in the Congo, in the Philippines, in so many places where our country occupies and exploits and our tax dollars are going to all of that.
But there are times when it's just like, what are we doing? Like, what do you mean I still have to do laundry? What do you mean I still have to get these edits in to my boss? What do you mean? Like, I'm still putting out a podcast in the midst of everything happening.
But that is also the point of this platform is to cultivate conversations and to mother new worlds in the midst of societal collapse, knowing that there is no rebirth without collapse and collapse.
So with that, I was thinking about the episode for this week, and I had a lovely interview edited and ready to go, but it just didn't feel right.
And so instead, I'm doing another episode focused on immigration and the anti-immigrant violence, particularly here in Houston and what the murder of Lorenzo means for the rest of the country, as well as the larger immigrant justice movement.
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